New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto volume bound in light brown cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and gold on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. With the book-plate of Nathaniel Cushing Nash to the front paste-down. The rear endpapers has a pocket which holds a lovely color map of the Bering Sea. Translated from the original German By R. A. Ploetz. With 73 full page plates and 36 in-text illustrations. The illustrations are all photographs. Published simultaneously in England and the U.S. This volume comes from the collection of acclaimed aviator, sailer, and adventurer, Steve Fossett. After his untimely death in 2007, his vast collection of travel and exploration books was placed at auction. This volume has Steve Fossett's book-plate on the front free endpaper. A very clean, bright, and solid copy.

Price: $450.00