May 24, 2007 - Sale 2116

Sale 2116 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 2,640
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
AMUNDSEN, ROALD. Roald Amundsen's "The North West Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907. Folding maps, plates. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth gilt, very minor wear. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1908

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first american edition. On this expedition sponsored by the King Oscar II of Norway, Amundsen became the first to successfully navigate the Northwest Passage entirely by ship. The expedition is also of note for determining the location of the magnetic North Pole. Arctic Bibliography 402 (First London Edition).

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.