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Auction 111, Lot 726

"Scientific American"

Subject: Miscellaneous - Arctic Exploration

Period: 1909 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
11 x 15.8 inches
27.9 x 40.1 cm
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Complete issue (8 leaves) with article and several illustrations covering the Cook and Peary expeditions to the North Pole and the investigations concerning who was actually the first person to have reached the pole, Dr. Frederick Cook or Admiral Peary. Also includes several other interesting articles.

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Condition: A

Minor damp stains and creases in blank margins.

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $55

Closed on 6/8/2005

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