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[POLAR EXPLORATION]. AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928). “The Northwest Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Gjoa" 1903-1907… London: Archibald Constable and Company Limited, 1908. 8vos. 2 volumes. With frontispieces, 2 folding maps and numerous plates. xiii, 335; ix, [398] pp. Publisher's full green cloth, front boards stamped in gilt, green, and red, spines stamped in gilt (spines chipped, corners worn, hinges in volume I starting, both volumes with the inkstamp and other notes of the Geographic Society of Chicago). Very good. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF THIS FAMOUS ACCOUNT OF AMUNDSEN'S EXPEDITION, THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL NAVIGATION OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. IN ADDITION, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY ARCTIC EXPLORER DAVID L. BRAINARD ON THE FFEP. OF VOLUME II. Arctic Bibliography 402.