The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions (Classic Reprint) by Vilhjalmur Stefansson - 2017-07-14

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth, lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities, text block edges typically tanned/foxed. Firm binding, clean interior though with mild cigarette odor to contents, nothing objectionable. xxxvii,812 pp., illus., lacking folding maps in rear pocket. 1st thus (of New Edition, with new material): Jan. 1943..

The Macmillan Co, 1921. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket . Front hinge broken. Some wear and fraying to covers. All 9 maps present (one internal map loose and laid in). Two large maps from rear pocket present and in nice condition (one short tear to one map). Uncommon thus. In 1913 Stefansson organized the Canadian Arctic Expedition, arranged by the Canadian government to explore the sea west of the Parry Archipelago, the northernmost islands in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition set off from Nome, Alaska, but soon ran into trouble. The lead ship Karluk became trapped in ice and Stefansson disembarked to continue his travels, purportedly to gather provisions, but, in the eyes of the crew, in order to avoid drifting off course.The Karluk drifted westward in the ice floes, eventually being crushed in January 1914. Survivors attempted to reach Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, but many perished, either from carbon monoxide poisoning or from the severe cold. Eventually, the captain of the ship, Robert… Read More

New York: Macmillan, 1927. hardcover. good. Foreword by Gilbert Grosvenor. Introduction by Robert Laird Borden. Extensively illustrated, including folding map in rear pocket. xxv + 784 pages, thick 8vo, blue cloth; chipped at head of spine, covers rubbed. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. A worn copy but still good and solid.<br/> <br/>

The Macmillan Company, New York, 1944 revised Second Edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 812 pages, 6" x 8.75", edgewear on boards, ownership sticker on fep, otherwise clean and tight. All maps intact, two fold-out maps in rear pocket. The Stefansson - Anderson expedition, 1908-1912. This expedition produces major geographic and ethnographic discoveries in the western Canadian Arctic.

MacMillan Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. 1943 reprint edition. Green hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. The original dust jacket is present. The jacket has some chips and tears to the edges and quite a bit of soiling, with a spill stain at the bottom of the spine. Scarce in jacket.; 8.6 X 5.9 X 2.4 inches .

The Macmillan Company, 1927. Hardback in very good minus condition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York, NY: The MacMillan Company. VG. 1932. reprint. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition with Very Good- dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 784 pages. Light chipping and wear to dust jacket edges; ink ownership signature on front endpaper; ownership initials on top and bottom page blocks. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

1944 New York: The Macmillan Company, May 1944., 1944. Second printing of the January 1943 revised second ediiton (i.e. "New Edition with New Material" as specified upon the title page) xxxviii, 812 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt titles. Unabridged reprint of the November 1921 first edition with a new Preface and a new concluding chapter titled "The Friendly Arctic Twenty-One Years After." Association copy signed and inscribed by Stefansson to Harry Belleville Eisberg, and dated February 19 1948. Pocket maps are missing.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1943. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/None. 812 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Covers bound in green fabric, gilt title on spine and front cover. Voyage maps included in envelope attached to inside of back cover. Some edgewear to covers with a touch of fraying, but mostly to spine. In good condition considering its age. Edges yellow with age, but still clean inside. Record # 30747

Macmillan Company, 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.