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PEARY, Robert E. (1856-1920). The North Pole. With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. One Hundred and Sixteen Illustrations from Photographs. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. 4to. Profusely illustrated with mounted photographs on captioned pages. 326 pp. Bound in publisher's deluxe binding of full vellum, boards and spine stamped in gilt (binding worn, soiled, silk ties missing, hinges cracked, endleaves toned, some foxing to limitation page). Good. With the bookplates (on both pastedowns) of explorer and naturalist Henry Wemyss Feilden. EDITION DE LUXE, #35/500 COPIES SIGNED BY PEARY AND CAPTAIN ROBERT BARTLETT ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. Bartlett was the captain of the S. S. Roosevelt, the ship that took Peary to the North Pole. This title is Peary's account of his achievement of the pole introduced with high praise by Theodore Roosevelt. Bartlett was captain of the SS Roosevelt, accompanying Peary on his attempts to reach the North Pole. Arctic Bib. 13230.