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Group of 9 Polar First or Early Edition Books or Related Items, including: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society… November, 1884. [London: Wm. Clowes and Sons, 1884]. 8vo. With maps. Wrappers. With maps of Point Barrow and the North Coast of Greenland. Light wear, else fine. And: BYRD, Commander Richard E. Into the Home of the Blizzard. [St. Louis: St. Louis Post Dispatch], 1928. 8vo. Original plain wrappers with label on front, publisher's glassine and box with lid. Fine. And: MCGINLEY, Rev. Wm. A. Reception of Lieut. A. W. Greely… Washington, D. C.: GPO, 1884. 8vo. wrappers. Light wear, creasing, pencil signature on front wrapper. Very good. And: HEILPRIN, Angelo. The Arctic Problem and Narrative of the Peary Relief Expedition… Philadelphia: Contemporary Publishing Co., 1893. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher's full blue cloth (light rubbing to cloth, hinges just starting, text toned). Near fine. And: WALDEN, Jane Brevoort. Igloo. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher's binding, in the rare dust jacket (front flap missing lower portion, worn). Good. Second printing. And: HUTTON, Dr. S. K. Among the Eskimos of Labrador. Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1912. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth binding (light rubbing, ownership signatures on front endleaves, text toned). Very good. And: Two Polar Maps with Notes on Recent Polar Exploration. American Geographical Society Special Publication No. 11. 2 folding maps in publisher's slipcase, along with “Brief History of Polar Exploration Since the Introduction of Flying" booklet. New York: American Geographical Society, 1930. Light rubbing, toning. else fine. And: 2 Spode fine bone China commemorative plates of polar exploration. Fine.