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WEEMS, John Edward Fate of the Maine. in dj.
Henry Holt, 1958,
WEEMS, John Edward. The Fate of the Maine: The Biography of a Celebrated Ship; illustrated with photographs. NY: Henry Holt, (1958). Pp 207. 8vo, black spine with green boards. Few have remembered the Maine as thoroughly and as well as Mr. Weems: here he considers her career from her launch at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1890, to her early cruises, her consequential (and controversial) sinking at Havana in 1898, to the final scuttling of her raised hulk in 1912. Owner's inkstamp, else vg in rubbed dj. 40.00
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PEARY, Robert E., Admiral WEEMS, John Edward Peary : The Explorer and the Man. 1st UK in dj.
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1967,
PEARY, Robert E., Admiral. Peary : The Explorer and the Man. Based on his personal papers by John Edward Weems. L.: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1967). FirstEdition. Pp 362 + [12] pp of plates. Illustrated with maps to endpapers. 8 vo, grey cloth. "For this new biography John Edward Weems has been given unrestricted access to Peary's papers, including the diary and the observations of his journey to the North Pole and back. These have enabled him not only to reveal the hardships and the perils which led to that great climax but also to show, for the first time, how Peary's achievement was the fulfilment of a long-held ambition. ." -from the dust jacket. Vg-fine in price-clipped dj. 40.00
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WEEMS, John Edward STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (preface) PEARY, Robert) COOK, Frederick, Dr.) Race for the Pole. in dj.
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1960,
WEEMS, John Edward. Race for the Pole . Preface by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. NY: Henry Holt and Company, (1960). Pp. (i)-xiv,[2],(1)-240, + 8 p. of plates. 8vo, white cloth with grey lettering to spine. The story of the battle between the Peary and Cook expeditions of 1909 and 1908 respectively, each competing for the claim that their party was the first to reach the top of the world. Lightly edgeworn, else vg in nicked dj. 20.00
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