Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Oct 20, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 55
WILKINS, Hubert, Sir (1888?1958). Under the North Pole: The...
Estimate: $600 - $800
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WILKINS, Hubert, Sir (1888?1958). Under the North Pole: The Wilkins?Ellsworth Submarine Expedition. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931. Royal 8vo. ORIGINAL STUDIO PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH FRONTISPIECE; under tissue as issued, numerous illustrations after photographs, plans and maps. Errata slip tipped?in. Original half blue cloth, gilt?decorated spine, top edge gilt, others uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 70 of 275 copies of the ?de luxe edition? on Strathmore Wayside Text rag SIGNED BY WILKINS AND SLOAN DANENHOWER on the limitation and with the original silver print studio portrait of Wilkins produced by Hal Phyfe for this edition only (thereafter the negative was destroyed). ?A work unusual in Arctic literature, Wilkins? volume anticipates rather than reports the 1931 expedition of the Nautilus, an under?ice experiment? (Books on Ice). Arctic Bibliography 19493; Books on Ice 8.5.
