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[EXPLORATION ??ARCTIC]. PEARY, Marie Ahnighito (1893?1978)....

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[EXPLORATION ??ARCTIC]. PEARY, Marie Ahnighito (1893?1978). A group of 4 works, including: Muskox: Little Tooktoo?s Friend. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1931. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Original brown cloth, color pictorial cover label; original unclipped dust jacket (edges chipped or rubbed). FIRST EDITION in an uncommon jacket. ?? The Red Caboose with Peary in the Arctic. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1932. 8vo. Illustrated by Ferdinand Horvath. Original grey cloth stamped in red; original unclipped dust jacket (edges chipped, some toning to panels). FIRST EDITION in an uncommon jacket. ?? Snow Baby. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1935. 8vo. 8 plates from photographs, map. Original black cloth; original price?clipped dust jacket. ?? Little Tooktoo. London: John F. Shaw, n.d. [ca. 1940?]. 8vo. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Original red cloth; original price?clipped dust jacket (some dust soiling and creasing). ?? Marie Peary was the daughter of arctic explorer Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary. She was sixteen years old when her father led the first successful expedition to the North Pole. Her works were loosely based on these expeditions.