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PEARY, Robert E. (1856-1920). The North Pole. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910.
Small 4to. Illustrated from photographs. Original gilt-lettered blue-green cloth with a central gilt medallion on upper cover, spine illustration and lettering on rear (a touch of light wear to extremities). Provenance: A. Josephine Bullock (ownership signature dated 1910 with a two-line whimsical exploration poem below).
RARE SALESMAN’S SAMPLE BOOK of the first English edition, containing: title-page, introduction, list of illustrations, illustrations, foreword, appendix, and index. [With:] the first English trade edition, perhaps in a variant binding with a printed gilt medallion mounted on upper cover (also seen on the rare slipcase) rather than the usual embossed gilt. Arctic Bib. 13230.