[ARCTIC EXPLORATION]. A group of 29 titles, including:
PAYER, Julius. New Lands within the Arctic Circle. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. 2 volumes, 8vo. Numerous plates and maps including a color lithograph frontispiece in vol. I. Contemporary half calf, red leather lettering-piece gilt (spines lightly rubbed). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting Report of Lieut. G.B. Harber, U.S.N., concerning the search for the missing persons of the Jeannette Expedition… 28th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 163, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C., 1884. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled sides (light rubbing to corners). -- COOK, Frederick. How I Reached the Pole. Camden: Victor Talking Machine, 1910. 4-minute recording of Cook telling his story of reaching the North Pole. A small number of copies went into circulation, as the record was quickly recalled. Small hairline crack. -- HANSEN, Godfred. Den Norske GJOA-Ekspedition til den Magnetiske Nordpol og Gennem Nordwestpassagen, 1903-06. Copenhagen: G.E.C., 1912. 8vo. Original pictorial light green cloth. FIRST EDITION.
And several others, numerous monographs on the subject, condition generally very good or better. Complete list available upon request.