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New York: Cooper Square Pub. As New. 2001. First Thus. Soft Cover. 0815411375 610pp plus index Photographs Illustrations The record of the expedition that first reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909. With the final summary of the Polar Controversy .

New York: Cooper Square Press, 2001. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (48)610pp + index. Photos. Drawings. New intro by Robert Bryce. Promoting global literacy for over 30 years.

New York.: Cooper Square., 2001.. Reprint.. Soft cover.. Fine copy. . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 2001. USreprint in soft cover format, 8vo, 610pp, new introduction Robert M Bryce; photo illustrations; card covers; VG+ Copy. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mitchell Kennerley. Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Press Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by author on FFEP; rubbing to edges of covers w/some tears, little bit of light soiling, pages lightly toning, 5 pages have tiny chip to top edge, address in pencil inside rear cover, front interior hinge just starting to crack; b/w photos; 610 pages; Signed by Author .

MITCHELL KENNERLY, 1913. PRESS EDITION THIRD PRINTING 60T. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FLYLEAF 604PP WITH APPENDIX AND ADVERTISEMENTS, 50 PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, BLUE BOARDS WITH BLACK LETTERING ON COVER WITH DECORATION OF NORTH POLE AND BLACK LETTERING TO SPINE STILL BRIGHT AND TIGHT BINDING. author describes his journey across Ellesmere Island to Axel Heiberg and northwards, as he claims, to the Pole; also included are chapters on the Inuit and their customs, the ice and snow conditions, and a new design for a sleigh, as well as a lengthy discussion regarding the controversy over his Polar claims.

New York: Polar Publishing Co.. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Edges bumped and frayed. Spine edges frayed. Top and bottom edge of spine are frayed. Top of spine is missing small piece. Light water stain on title page. Spine weak and cracked. Spine has been repaired. ; B&W Illustrations; 604 pages .

The Polar Publishing Co, 1911. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition; xx, 604pp, illustrated, frontispiece, plus 49 b/w photographic illustrations. Original brown pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. Cook's original purpose in exploring the region west of Greenland was ostensibly to organize a hunting expedition. Just north of Etah, Cook decided that conditions were good enough for an assault on the North Pole, and set out on his journey over the sea ice with two Eskimo companions, two sledges and 26 dogs. Cook is one of the most controversial figures in the history of polar exploration. His supporters claim that he was the hero of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to climb Mt. McKinley, and the first to stand at the North Pole (allegedly only four days before Robert Peary). Others insist that Cook faked his claims to both Mt. McKinley and the North Pole, and continued a career of deceit by using the mail to defraud investors in a Texas oil promotion, for which he was convicted and spent five years… Read More

New York: Polar Publishing Co, 1911. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xx, [2], 604; frontispiece portrait of Cook, and 49 photographic illustrations on 31 plates, plus other illustrations. and a map in the text; hinges starting, else very good in original pictorial brown cloth. This is the narrative of Cook's supposed journey to the pole which he claims to have reached nearly a year before his rival, Robert E. Peary. Ironically, Cook had been the surgeon on Peary's Arctic expedition of 1891-92. Controversy surrounded this, as well as earlier expeditions of Cook's, and credit for reaching the pole was generally given to Peary, until he, too, was discredited. Credit is now generally given to the Minnesota insurance salesman, Ralph Plaisted (1927-2008) and his three companions, Walt Pederson, Gerry Pitzl and Jean-Luc Bombardier, who were the first to succeed in a surface traverse across the ice in a Ski-Doo snowmobile (a then-novel invention of Canada's Bombardier Company) to the North Pole on 19 April… Read More

New York: Polar Publishing Co, 1911. 1st (US) edition, large 4to, 604pp, photo illustrations; all plates present as called for although the plate listed as facing page 200 is in fact facing 202; the head of the spine has had a repair carried out on an L-shaped tear, pretty successfully ( see image); there are some signs of wear to all extrems but nothing very serious; the image to fr board is sound as is lettering; previous owner's name and address to ffep; by and large this is a respectable example of a big book that rarely travels well and is most uncommon; G/VG Copy, no DJ; NB This is a large heavy book well outside the preset postage tariffs; however for simplicity this item has been priced accordingly and no extra postage will be required unless buyer wants overseas sending. Overseas, which includes Europe and the Republic of Ireland, both surface and air, would be expensive. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York The Polar Publishing Co. 1911 1st edition. Hardback. Approx 10 x 7.5 inches. In brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front and design of faces to front. In very good condition. Minor rubbing to edges, corners and ends of spine. Endpapers very good. Front itssue guard slightly darkened along edge. Else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. An excellent copy. 604pp. 50 B&W photo illustrations. Including some B&W diagrams and tailpieces.

New York and London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1912. 8vo, pp. xx, 604; frontispiece portrait of Cook, 30 plates, plus other illustrations. and a map in the text; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; spine a little dull, else very good and sound. This copy with a presentation from Cook on the front free endpaper: "To Miss Mildred Brown, may your future be a continuous aurora without Boreas. Frederick A. Cook." This is the narrative of Cook's supposed journey to the pole which he claims to have reached nearly a year before his rival, Robert E. Peary. Ironically, Cook had been the surgeon on Peary's Arctic expedition of 1891-92. Controversy surrounded this, as well as earlier expeditions of Cook's, and credit for reaching the pole was generally given to Peary, until he, too, was discredited. Credit is now generally given to the Minnesota insurance salesman, Ralph Plaisted (1927-2008) and his three companions, Walt Pederson, Gerry Pitzl and Jean-Luc Bombardier, who were the first to… Read More

The Polar Publishing Co, 1911. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition; xx, 604pp, illustrated, frontispiece, plus 49 b/w photographic illustrations. Original brown pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. Cook's original purpose in exploring the region west of Greenland was ostensibly to organize a hunting expedition. Just north of Etah, Cook decided that conditions were good enough for an assault on the North Pole, and set out on his journey over the sea ice with two Eskimo companions, two sledges and 26 dogs. Cook is one of the most controversial figures in the history of polar exploration. His supporters claim that he was the hero of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to climb Mt. McKinley, and the first to stand at the North Pole (allegedly only four days before Robert Peary). Others insist that Cook faked his claims to both Mt. McKinley and the North Pole, and continued a career of deceit by using the mail to defraud investors in a Texas oil promotion, for which he was convicted and spent five… Read More