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2 volumes. xxv, [1], 428; xii, [2], 444 pp. Numerous wood-engraved plates & illustrations; several maps, 2 folding including 1 loose in endpaper pocket of Vol. II. 9¼x6¼, original decorative dark blue cloth, stamped in silver, gilt, terra cotta and light blue-cream on front covers and spines, lettered in silver. First Edition.

Greely was in charge of the U.S. expedition to establish a chain of 13 circumpolar stations, attaining the most northerly point reached up to that time. Arctic Bib. 6118.