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First edition; one of 350 copies signed by the artist, with original ink & wash drawing of a dog below the limitation details; 4to (290 x 225 mm.); 12 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, vignette title and illustrations, all by Cecil Aldin, internally excellent; publisher's vellum-backed white boards lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, slightly marked with some browning to top-edge, rubbed at one corner, but overall very good.
£275 -
First edition, 4to, edition deluxe, limited to 500 copies signed by Peary and Bob Bartlett, xii, 326 pp., 4 photogravures, 112 tipped-in photographic illustrations, large coloured map, modern full blue morocco gilt, gilt pictorial roundel to upper cover, slipcase, a fine example.
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Signed, limited 'General Hubbard' edition, one of 500 copies signed by Peary, 8vo, xxxii, 373, [1, blank] pages. With numerous illustrations, a folding map, and signed limitation page inserted throughout. Publisher's deluxe binding of half blue levant morocco over blue cloth boards, an excellent copy.
£2,000