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HOPPIN, Benjamin (1851-1923). A Diary Kept while with the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896. [New Haven?: no publisher, 1897].
A first edition presentation copy of the journal of Peary’s mineralogist—rare at auction. Hoppin provides a day-to-day account of the voyage of the Hope, with many scientific observations. ABPC and RBH record only three other copies. Arctic Bib. 7401
Octavo (196 x 136mm). Map frontispiece, plate leaf. Original light grey boards (faint dampstain to rear board). Provenance: John. P. Slocum (presentation inscription dated 1897) – Aquila Books.
A first edition presentation copy of the journal of Peary’s mineralogist—rare at auction. Hoppin provides a day-to-day account of the voyage of the Hope, with many scientific observations. ABPC and RBH record only three other copies. Arctic Bib. 7401
Octavo (196 x 136mm). Map frontispiece, plate leaf. Original light grey boards (faint dampstain to rear board). Provenance: John. P. Slocum (presentation inscription dated 1897) – Aquila Books.