peary robert roosevelt theodore (21 risultati)

soft cover, as new book, 373 pages, 108 illustrations, full-color foldout map, 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches, as new book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile pop-up book,

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardback book & DJ in VERY GOOD condition. Bright clean square tight crisp. No underlining.No highlighting. Not a remainder.Front cover of book has spray of very small white dots.DJ has 2 small closed tears.Shelf 1025.

Paperback, tekst in het Engels, geïllustreerd met foto's in zwart-wit en een kaart, in zeer nette staat. Please see description or ask for photos.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 373 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Octavo hardcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Condition: ex-library copy w/library markings & pocket. Rebound in buckram library binding, else very good condition. Illustrated by Monochrome plates. 1st edition. Binding is cloth.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Dark blue textured cloth (NOT the illustrated variant), lettered in gilt. 1st ed., matching dates. xxxii,373 pp., 8 color illus., 100 b&w, lacking the map. Mildly rubbed corners and spine extremities, spine panel cloth slightly sunned, minor moisture spotting to a portion of front cover. Text block edges typically a bit tanned by age. Binding a bit shaken but hinges intact. Mild cigarette odor to contents, nothing objectionable. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & cream bear motif to spine, cream lettering & author's portrait motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 326pp, large folding map before index at rear, illus, VG- (2cm closed chip to head of spine, heavy scuffing to base of boards, moderate soiling to edge of rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep, heavy cracks to full length of rear gutter & full title page, light sporadic foxing & staining to pages throughout).

Hardcover. Condizione: New. No Jacket. FACTORY SEALED COPY : Published In 1987 : Time Life Books : No D / J Issued : This Is An Important Book In The Series , " Classics Of Exploration " : Faithfully Reproducing The Original Notes & Journals / Maps Of Early Explorers : Considered To Be A Good Reproduction Of The Original Rare Documents : This Edition Is Written By Robert Edwin Peary : The Book Is Bound In Cushioned Brown Faux Leather : Raised Bands With Red Spine Compartments : Gilt Titles : Gilt Leaf Edges On All 3 Sides : Coloured Frontis & Marble End-Papers : The Book Has The Original Loose Biographical Info Sheet + An Ex Libris Plate : Overall A Very Nice Book :

Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st UK Edition; xii, 326 pages, illustrated, 116 illustrations from photographs including 4 photogravures. Original quarter leather binding. Shelf wear, some foxing and age toning to pages as expected, contents clean. NOTE: Captain Peary photogravure is a trimmed photocopy, 2 of the other photogravures although original are also trimmed and laid in. Odd collation, frontispiece is North Pole, and there are no page numbers for the photogravures, these have been added in pencil. The MAP is an amateur PHOTOCOPY. The books has been collated and the illustrations are all present. Sold as a Reading Copy and priced accordingly. One of two London editions dated 1910, the other issued by Methuen; priority is unclear. Both London editions have a greater number of illustrations than the first (U.S.) edition, but the sixteen special plates are printed on cream rather than white paper stock, and are in black & white. Following earlier attempts, Robert Peary succeeded in reaching the North Pole on 6th April 1909. Immediately after his return, controversy broke out due to Frederick Cook's announcement, just 4 days before Peary's, of his own attainment of the Pole on 23rd September 1908. The North Pole contains no hint of the ensuing - and often acrimonious - debate concerning these competing claims. At the time, Peary came to be regarded as offering the surer claim. Cook's own published account, My Attainment of the Pole, did not appear until 1911 and inevitably appears more 'embattled' than does Peary's relatively straightforward account. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2678. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. 1st French Edition; French Text. 343pages, illustrated, frontispiece, 32 duo tone photographs, 32 monotone photographs,1 folding coloured map. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling. Previous owners pencil signature to front end paper. Shelfware, spine sunned, rips to cloth on back cover. Contents clean, tight and bright. Following earlier attempts, Robert Peary succeeded in reaching the North Pole on 6th April 1909. Immediately after his return, controversy broke out due to Frederick Cook's announcement, just 4 days before Peary's, of his own attainment of the Pole on 23rd September 1908. The North Pole contains no hint of the ensuing - and often acrimonious - debate concerning these competing claims. At the time, Peary came to be regarded as offering the surer claim. Cook's own published account, My Attainment of the Pole, did not appear until 1911 and inevitably appears more 'embattled' than does Peary's relatively straightforward account Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2694. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st UK Edition; xii, 326 pages, illustrated, 116 illustrations including 4 photogravures, 16 special plates, 1 folding map. Original covers with polar bear to spine and rear cover. Shelf wear, bumped, prelims show ghosting as usual, pages 105/107 has been poorly cut at some stage, contents clean, closed repaired tear to margins of large folding map (not affecting map) neatly repaired with archive tape, this map is now laid in. One of two London editions dated 1910, the other issued by Methuen; priority is unclear. Both London editions have a greater number of illustrations than the first (U.S.) edition, but the sixteen plates listed as coloured in the list of illustrations, while printed on cream rather than white stock, are black & white only. A nice copy. American explorer Robert Peary's interesting account of his expedition from 1908-1909 to the North Pole, the expedition in which he claimed to have reached the Pole. This was a controversial claim and was widely debated alongside Frederick Cook competing claim. The debate continues to this day, with some thinking that he simply just came within a few miles of the Pole. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2677. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Publishers Proof Copy. SAMPLE MOCK-UP BOOK: Original covers with the proposed spine design on back cover. Comprises frontispiece of North Pole, Title-Page, Introduction, contents, list of Illustrations, 112 fine plates, Foreword (16 pages), Appendix I, II, III, Index. a most interesting item, NOTE: It does NOT contain the main text. Shelf wear, bumped, edges fraying, all illustrations in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2681. This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve additional shipping charges.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. xxxii + 374 pp + large fold-out map. with eight full-page illustrations reproducing photographic enlargements colored by hand; 100 illustrations in b&w from photos; with a map in colors by Gilbert Grosvenor. 7" x 9.6" black cloth x 1.7" thick, gilt top edge, embossed fr cover design & gilt letters to cover and spine. Front cover design intact - american flag held by human in foreground against an icy backdrop, with gilt frame. Size: Large Thick Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt medallion of Peary to cover as well as a design of coat of arms of Waverley School of Nottingham. 315 pages with 116 illustrations from photographs. Folded colored map in rear. Label on front pastedown designated this as a gift and was presented thus: "B.W.Davies for manly qualities voted by his school fellows. July 1914, from the Waverley School in Nottingham". Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Rear gutter cracked.

First British edition of Pearyâs illustrated account of his journey to the North Pole. Thick quarto, original cloth with a polar bear and gilt titles to the spine, gilt titles and disk to the front panel, double ruling to the front panel stamped in white, a polar bear in white to the rear panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece, profusely illustrated with a large folding map printed in color, 3 photogravures, 16 special plates, and 97 illustrations from photographs. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. In very good condition. This dramatic account includes the preparations, organization, and the march to the Pole. "According to Peary, they reached the Pole on April 6 and remained there 30 hours to verify their position. They reached land again at Cape Columbia on the 23rd, and two days later arrived at the ship⦠Immediately after Peary's arrival, the Cook/Peary controversy broke out as a result of Cook's almost simultaneous announcement that he had reached the Pole one year earlier. Eventually, Cook's claim was rejected as fraudulent by most commentators, and Peary's priority was widely acknowledged. However, Peary's claim, too, has frequently been questioned, and controversy continues even now⦠The National Geographic Society commissioned a new examination of Peary's route by the Navigation Foundation, of Maryland, which reported in Peary's favor" (Holland, 475).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited Deluxe Edition of 500, SIGNED by Peary and Bartlett: We believe this is a proof copy as this copy is unnumbered and all the special plates and plates are in b/w and tipped in. Collated and all illustrations(including the 4 photogravures) as called with their page location added neatly in pencil. Full vellum bound, top page edge gilt, page edges uncut, vignettes of polar bear to covers. Original covers, frontispiece loosening, with map and 1 of the photogravures laid in. Shelf wear, covers bumped, stained. The London editions have a greater number of illustrations than the first (U.S.) edition but all the photos are in black and white. American explorer Robert Peary's interesting account of his expedition from 1908-1909 to the North Pole, the expedition in which he claimed to have reached the Pole. This was a controversial claim and was widely debated alongside Frederick Cook competing claim. The debate continues to this day, with some thinking that he simply just came within a few miles of the Pole. .A very interesting addition to any polar collection. Signed by Author(s).

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Très bon. by Robert Peary with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. One hundred and sixteen illustrations from photographs. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1910 1 fort volume in-4 (26 x 20 cm) de 326 pages. 116 illustrations photographiques. Grande carte dépliantes à la fin. Cartonnage éditeur pleine toile gris/kaki, premier plat avec titre, auteur et portrait en médaillon dorés, dos orné d'une tête d'ours polaire poussée à froid en blanc, second plat orné d'un ours polaire poussé à froid en blanc. Non rogné. Légères traces à la reliure, l'ensemble en excellent état. Intérieur très frais. Texte en anglais. Première édition anglaise. First english printing. L'édition américaine a paru à la même date (1910) chez Frederick A. Stokes Company. Chaque édition (américaine et anglaise) a eu un tirage de luxe signé par l'auteur à 500 exemplaires. Les autres exemplaires sont tirés sur très beau papier mais ne sont pas signés. Robert Peary (1856-1920) était un explorateur américain. Il est connu pour ses expéditions arctiques (Groenland et pôle Nord). C'est lors de sa huitième et dernière expédition qu'il atteint le pôle Nord, le 6 avril 1909. Il aurait été le premier à l'atteindre. Mais à son retour la polémique grossit. Frederick Cook affirmait lui aussi avoir atteint le pôle Nord le premier et ce dès le 21 avril 1908 ! Le Congrès américain tranche : Peary est déclaré vainqueur ! Mais . mais mais . les études modernes montrent qu'en réalité ni l'un ni l'autre n'ont vraiment atteint le pôle Nord ! Peary ne l'aurait en fait approché qu'à une trentaine de kilomètres près . au mieux ! L'exploit de Cook est aussi contesté par les historiens. Le premier à avoir réellement atteint le pôle Nord magnétique serait Ralph Plaisted, en avril 1968 (avec l'aide de motoneiges). Le premier à l'avoir atteint en traîneau à chien est le britannique Wally Herbert, le 6 avril 1969. Le récit de Peary reste passionnant en tous points. Très beau livre.

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Très bon. Paris , Pierre Lafitte & Cie , 1911, 341 p. Une carte dépliante couleurs (en deux parties) , un portrait en phototypie de l'auteur , 32 p. d'illustrations photographiques en deux tons , 32 p. d'illustrations photographiques en noir.Reliure légèrement fatiguée. Petites rousseurs sur la tranche, sinon très bel exemplaire. code 1505.

Paris, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1911, petit in-4°, 24,5 x 20 cm, 341 pp ; avec frontispice poprtrait et 32 pages d'illustrations en 2 couleurs; 32 pp. ills. en noir/blanc, et une carte dépliante. Relié en toile bleue d'éditeur, titre doré sur le plat et le dos. Imprimé sur papier de haute qualité. Petite déchirure (2 cm) au queue du dos, sinon très bel exemplaire, sans rousseurs, ni tâches. Première édition en français de la découverte du Pole Nord. (Fine copy of the first edition in French of the discovery of the North Pole by Peary).