1938. · New York
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1938.. [2],xi,[7],381pp., including maps on three text pages, plus a double-page map. Frontis. Original half cloth and blue paper boards, paper label. Light shelf wear. Contemporary inscription on front fly leaf. Very good. Special edition, limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Stefansson. Contains an account of the disappearance of the Greenland colony, the death of Thomas Simpson, the lost Franklin expedition, speculation on the fate of Andree's ballooning expedition, and a study of the circumstances surrounding the missing Soviet fliers. The trade edition was published the following year. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 16873.
(Inventory #: WRCAM50833)