Lot 176

PEARY, Robert E. (1856-1920). Discovery of the North Pole. ...

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PEARY, Robert E. (1856-1920). Discovery of the North Pole. Edited by J. Martin Miller. With an Introduction by A.W. Greely. N.p.: [J.T. Moss, 1909]. Large 8vo. Illustrated throughout. Original gilt-lettered red cloth, pictorial label affixed to upper cover (front hinge cracked at title with old tape repairs at gutter). FIRST EDITION, A RARE ISSUE with Frederick Cook?s authorship left off of the cover, an updated title-page with Cook?s story ?rejected?, and a few pages added at the end discussing the latest developments in the Cook-Peary controversy. Interestingly, the publisher?s forgot to remove the frontispiece of Cook identifying him as the discoverer of the North Pole. [With:] another copy of the more common issue showing authorship of both explorers.