Large hardbound 8vo in a blue cloth binding with boards and spine lettered in gilt. Mildly darkened spine. A fine copy with a clean and crisp interior. Gift inscription on front free end-paper. A near fine copy. Frontispiece with Peary's portrait. Illustrated with "27 maps, 13 halftones, 10 records and diagrams and 36 drawings by the author after photographs by Peary and others". XV, 502 p. + 8 plates and fold-out map.