Books about North and South Pole exploration or travel.
Little, Brown and Company, 1947. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition without any other dates listed. Bound in beige cloth with red illustration on cover and red title along spine. Blind texture on top board in the shape of Alaska. Binding square and firm. Boards are only faintly discolored along.....
Walker and Company, 1969. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Scarce first edition biography by the first American to make it to the North Pole in 1909. Henson was one of the very few black explorers of the 20th century. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering over spine. Binding is secure.....
Bobbs-Merrill, 1961. 1st, Signed. 8Vo Hardcover. 272pp. Green boards with lighter green 2/3 cuffs. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased white pages, includes b/w photo insert pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Minimal overall shelf/timewear, light foxing on inner boards and endpapers, spottage on textblock edges.....