[Exploration] Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi. On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea. 2 volumes. xvi, 346, xvii-xxii; viii, 349-702, ix-xii pp. Translated by William Le Queux. Profusely illustrated from photographs including 16 plates in photogravure; two folding panoramas from drawings; five maps, two of them folding and loose in rear endpaper pocket. Black cloth stamped in gilt, recased, top edges gilt. First U.S. Edition.Translation of La "Stella Polare" nel mare Articto, 1899-1900. "With nineteen men, the Duke of Abruzzi sailed in the steam brigantine Stella Polare, June 1899, to Archangel, and thence across Barents Sea to Rudolph Island, Franz Josef Land, to winter in Teplitz Bay, and to undertake marches on the ice of the Arctic Basin in attempts to reach the North Pole... The leader's narrative of the expedition... includes detailed notes on ice conditions...equipment, food and dogs, weather, polar wildlife and nature..." - Arctic Bib. 10423. Minor wear and rubbing.

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