Guest book of yacht Sheelah, signed

by Robert E. Peary, 21 September 1909, upon his return from the North Pole by Robert E. Peary

$10,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

1 vols. 4to. Embossed and colored pictorial gilt binding featuring three pictorial panels in a figural acanthus border, gilt turn-ins, aeg. Item #315967 This elaborately bound volume of guest autographs was commissioned for the yacht Sheelah, owned by millionaire industrialist Charles Ross 1848-1913 . Originally from Scotland, Ross emigrated to North America in 1868 and built a fortune as a railway engineer, settling finally in Montreal. In

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