Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, 1910, photogravure

Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, 1910, photogravure port. frontis., tipped-in b & w illusts. from photos., large folding col. map at rear, some damp staining throughout (with pencil note to front free endpaper" Damaged by water during the air raid 1941"), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, lettered and blocked in gold, slightly rubbed, one tie broken, thick 4to. Limited Edition de Luxe, 106/500, signed by Peary and Captain Robert A. Bartlett. Peary writes of Bartlett (see p.241) 'Bartlett had been invaluable to me, and circumstances had thrust upon him the brunt of the pioneering instead of its being divided among several ... I had given him the post of honour in command of my last supporting party for three reasons: first, because of his magnificent handling of the Roosevelt; second, because he had cheerfully and gladly stood between me and every possible minor annoyance from the start of the expedition to that day; third, because it seemed right to me that, in view of the noble work of Great Britain in Arctic exploration, a British subject should, next to an American, be able to say that he had stood nearest the North Pole'. Arctic Bib. 13230. (1)