The Great North Pole Fraud.With a Monograph by Capt. Thos. F. Hall on the Murder of Professor Ross G. Marvin

Lewin, Henry W.

Published by London C. W. Daniel Company Ltd. 1935, 1935

About this Item

First Edition. vii; 192pp. Octavo. Original orange cloth. Lettering on the front board and spine. Folding map. Two small diagrams. Original printed dust wrapper. Minor edge wear and a small old ink stain on the front panel. Two small bookplates on the front pastedown. Text block very clean. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. A very nice bright, superior copy. A.B. 9997. A very, very scarce book. The author had published an earlier work, "Did Peary Reach the Pole?" in 1911 (above), and had issued a small annual journal, "The Individualist", in which he waged a more-or-less continuous anti-Peary campaign. This book contains a reprint of the 1911 work, plus many of the articles and correspondence from "The Individualist". It also includes a chapter reviewing Donald Macmillan's book "How Peary Reached the Pole", and a chapter by Thomas Hall (q.v.) on the death of Ross Marvin.

Seller Inventory # 143410

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great North Pole Fraud.With a Monograph by Capt. Thos. F. Hall on the Murder of Professor Ross G. Marvin
• Publisher: London C. W. Daniel Company Ltd. 1935
• Publication Date: 1935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel and Exploration
  • arctic