[PEARY, Robert Edwin (1856-1920)]. A group of 14 works by or about Peary, including: Lot 81

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Lot 81

[PEARY, Robert Edwin (1856-1920)]. A group of 14 works by or about Peary, in 15 volumes, most illustrated, all in original cloth or original printed wrappers, most FIRST EDITIONS OR FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, condition generally very good.

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[PEARY, Robert Edwin (1856-1920)]. A group of 14 works by or about Peary, including:

PEARY, Robert Edwin. Northward Over the "Great Ice." NY, 1898. 2 volumes. -- PEARY, Robert Edwin. "North Polar Exploration: Field Work of the Peary Arctic Club, 1898-1902." In: Smithsonian Report for 1903, pp. 427-457. Washington, 1904. -- PEARY, Robert Edwin. Nearest the Pole a Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. NY, 1907. -- PEARY, Robert Edwin. The North Pole its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club. NY, 1910. -- HOBBS, William Herbert. Peary. NY, 1936. With dust jacket. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HOBBS. -- PEARY, Josephine Diebitsch. My Arctic Journal a Year Among Ice-Fields and Eskimos. NY et al, 1893. -- ASTRUP, Eivind. With Peary Near the Pole. L, 1898. -- And 7 others. Together, 14 works in 15 volumes, all 8vo, most illustrated, all in original cloth or original printed wrappers, most FIRST EDITIONS OR FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, condition generally very good. Provenance for the lot: Collector's bookplates, a few pencil marks. Complete list available on request.

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