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Lot 2200: PEARY, ROBERT. 1856-1920.

Est: $1,500 USD - $2,500 USDSold:
BonhamsNew York, NY, USJune 25, 2013

Item Overview

Description

30 volumes on Arctic exploration, written by or concerning Robert Peary. Various places, mostly lifetime editions. 8vo and 4to. Variously illustrated. Original cloth, boards, or wrappers; some dust jackets. Overall very good condition. EXTENSIVE COLLECTION, INCLUDING LIMITED AND INSCRIBED COPIES. Titles include: PEARY. The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club. New York: 1910. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, one of 500 copies. * PEARY. Secrets of Polar Travel. New York: 1917. * PEARY. Children of the Arctic. New York: 1903. SIGNED by Robert Peary, his wife, Josephine, and their daughter, "The Snow Baby" Marie. * HEILPRIN. The Arctic Problem and Narrative of the Peary Relief Expedition of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA: 1893. * PEARY. Northward over the "Great Ice". New York: 1898. 2 volumes. Both volumes INSCRIBED by Mrs. Peary. * ASTRUP. With Peary Near the Pole. London: 1898. * MACMILLAN. How Peary Reached the Pole. Boston and New York: 1934. * KEELY. In Arctic Seas: The Voyage of the "Kite" with the Peary Expedition. Philadelphia, PA: 1892. Full listing available on request.

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Auction Details

Northwest America and the Arctic, including the Library of Dr. William Priester

by
Bonhams
June 25, 2013, 10:00 AM EST

580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022, US