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Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic.

Name: Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic.
Author: Stefánsson, Vilhjlámur.

Book Description

Reprint (1st ed. 1938). 8vo. p. [xviii], 381; 4 sketch maps; good in the original cloth, which is a little faded on the spine. A presentation copy, inscribed on the flyleaf: “To Sandy Glen, an American copy slightly in advance of the slightly improved London edition, from his friend Vilhjlámur Stefánsson New York March 5 1939”.

Dealer Notes

Stefánsson discusses five Arctic ‘mysteries’, including the fate of John Franklin, of Thomas Simpson, and ‘How did Andrée die?’. This copy was presented by the author to Alexander Richard ‘Sandy’ Glen, who led the Oxford University Arctic Expeditions of 1933 and 1935-6.

Author Stefánsson, Vilhjlámur.

Date 1939

Binding Original cloth.

Publisher New York: The Macmillan Company

Illustrator 4 sketch maps

Condition Faded on spine.

Pages [xviii], 381

Price: £125.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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