The Lure of the Labrador Wild: The Story of the Exploring Expedition Conducted by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1905. Very Good +. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company,1905 [but ca. 1913]. Presumed Eleventh Edition. Octavo; contemporary full crushed teal morocco double-ruled in gilt, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, housed in custom cloth slipcase; [2],339pp.; photographic frontispiece, fifteen (15) leaves of plates, folding map bound in rear. Spine leather toned to tan, small gilt-tooled ex libris to front pastedown, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good or better copy in deluxe bespoke binding. Edition statement and date of publication based on updated Preface.

Oft-reprinted account of American adventurer Leonidas Hubbard's doomed canoe expedition up the Naskaupi River in Labrador. Three months after setting off Hubbard died of exhaustion while both his companions survived, albeit one with gangrene in his foot.