My Attainment of the Pole by Dr. Frederick A. Cook - 1911: Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center

New York: Cooper Square, 2001. Reprint of Revised 1913 Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Being the record of the expedition that first reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909. With the final summary of the polar controversy." New introduction by Robert M. Bryce, 610 pages plus index. ; 6 x 9

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cooper Square Press, 2001. Book. Illus. by Photographs, Drawings. New. Soft cover. Reprint Edition. Tradepaper. N/none, pb, vi-xlviii, 610pp + Indexes. Perfect bound, color illustrated stiff paper wraps with white and yellow colored text on upper and white text on spine; no chips or tears; spine not creased. Interior pages clean, unmarked, bright; b&w photographs throughout. Binding is straight and tight..

Mitchell Kennerly, 1913 Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 610 pp. plus index, photos / bumped corners.

New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 2001. USreprint in soft cover format, 8vo, 610pp, new introduction Robert M Bryce; photo illustrations; card covers; VG+ Copy. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and London: Mitchell, Kennerley, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in gilt. xx+604 pp. with index, appendix of field notes and addtional appendix "Questions The Enter Calculations For Position of The North Pole". With 32 monochrome plates. The second edition, the first being published a year earlier by a provate publishing house. Record of the expedition to the North Pole that first reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909, with a final summary of the Polar Controversy. Cook claimed to have reached the North Pole in April, 1908, which would have been a year before Peary. His claims have been cast into doubt, some believing taht he indeed reached the Pole while others claimed he achieved the "Pole du Froid" instead. Very good with spotting to the spine strip and a couple spots to the front cloth.

Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. Hardcover. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes New York and London: Mitchell Kennerley. 1913. Third printing, 60th thousand. Press Edition. In green cloth, black lettering and decoration, front panel soiled. Slightly darkened spine with frayed head and tail. Corners bumped. Pages clean, lightly tanned. A couple pencil markings to pastedown and endpaper, prior owner's blindstamp to front endpaper. Sm 8vo. 610pp.

Mitchell Kennerley. Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Press Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by author on FFEP; rubbing to edges of covers w/some tears, little bit of light soiling, pages lightly toning, 5 pages have tiny chip to top edge, address in pencil inside rear cover, front interior hinge just starting to crack; b/w photos; 610 pages; Signed by Author .

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

The Polar Publishing Co, 1911. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition; xx, 604pp, illustrated, frontispiece, plus 49 b/w photographic illustrations. Original brown pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. Cook's original purpose in exploring the region west of Greenland was ostensibly to organize a hunting expedition. Just north of Etah, Cook decided that conditions were good enough for an assault on the North Pole, and set out on his journey over the sea ice with two Eskimo companions, two sledges and 26 dogs. Cook is one of the most controversial figures in the history of polar exploration. His supporters claim that he was the hero of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to climb Mt. McKinley, and the first to stand at the North Pole (allegedly only four days before Robert Peary). Others insist that Cook faked his claims to both Mt. McKinley and the North Pole, and continued a career of deceit by using the mail to defraud investors in a Texas oil promotion, for which he was convicted and spent five years… Read More

New York: Polar Publishing Co, 1911. 1st (US) edition, large 4to, 604pp, photo illustrations; all plates present as called for although the plate listed as facing page 200 is in fact facing 202; the head of the spine has had a repair carried out on an L-shaped tear, pretty successfully ( see image); there are some signs of wear to all extrems but nothing very serious; the image to fr board is sound as is lettering; previous owner's name and address to ffep; by and large this is a respectable example of a big book that rarely travels well and is most uncommon; G/VG Copy, no DJ; NB This is a large heavy book well outside the preset postage tariffs; however for simplicity this item has been priced accordingly and no extra postage will be required unless buyer wants overseas sending. Overseas, which includes Europe and the Republic of Ireland, both surface and air, would be expensive. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.