Lot 2198: PEARY, ROBERT. 1856-1920.

The North Pole. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. 4to (252 x 190 mm). v, ix-xii, 16, 305-326 pp. Photogravure frontispiece plus 105 half-tone illustrations on 64 sheets. Original pictorial green cloth stamped in white and gilt. Foxing at ends, hinges weak, still bright and near fine. RARE SALESMAN'S DUMMY FOR THE FIRST EDITION with sample text and illustrations only; the design for the spine printed on the back cover.