TO THE TOP OF THE CONTINENT: DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURE IN SUB-ARCTIC ALASKA. THE FIRST ASCENT OF MOUNT MCKINLEY, 1903-1906. London, 1909, 1st UK edition. 321 pp, 47 plates. TEG. One of the most controversial books in the literature of mountaineering. Cook falsified his claims to have made the first ascent of McKinley. An internal library bookplate and call number but no external marks, no pockets, no rubber stamps. Near Fine.