[POLAR COMPILATION]. [LEE, Mrs. H. A., compiler]. Homemade, Bound Polar Compilation from Harper's, Scribner's and McClure's Magazines [Ca. 1890s]. Small 4to. Illustrated throughout. Compiler's full burgundy cloth with printed label on spine. Some wear, soiling, text with toning. Fine. A UNIQUE BOUND COLLECTION OF 38 FIRST EDITION ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY HARPER'S, SCRIBNER'S AND MCCLURE'S MAGAZINES. Most of these articles are related to exploration of the polar regions with an emphasis on the Arctic Regions. The compiler has typed a table of contents which is bound in at the front. Extensive illustrations and numerous maps. A fascinating and important collection of personally bound pre-publication articles to include:
Days in the Arctic by Frederick G. Jackson
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. XCVII, No. DLXXX, September 1898. 20pp., 27 black-and-white photographic illustrations.
The Rescue of the Whalers, A Sled Journey of 1600 Miles in the Arctic Regions by Lieutenant P. Bertholf, U.S.R.C.S.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. XCIX, No. DLXXXIX, June 1899. 22pp. 1 map, 15 black-and-white photographic illustrations.
The Peary Relief Expedition by Angelo Heilprin
Scribner's Magazine, Vol. XIII, No. 1, January 1893 22pp. 17 black-and-white illustrations.
Two Thousand Miles in the Antarctic Ice by Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Surgeon of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition McClure's Magazine, Vol. XIV, No. 1, November 1899 16 pp. 1 map, 21 black-and-white photographs and illustrations.