problem meighen island intended third von stefansson vilhjalmur (2 Ergebnisse)

Disbound. First Edition. Unbound consisting of loose signatures (5-3/4" x 8-5/8"); [iv], 257-328 pages; housed in a morocco-backed clamshell box. Illustrated with two maps. Copy #112 of 300, this copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Stefansson below the imprint on the title page on 26 June 1943 "For Palmer Putnam, some escapist/reading from his old friend/Vilhjalmur Stefansson." The Explorers Club declined to print this chapter in UNSOLVED MYSTERIES as they feared a libel action from Frederick Cook. Stefansson's friend Robinson undertook the printing instead, and half the copies went to him and half to Stefansson (the even-numbered copies as here) for distribution among their colleagues. Palmer Cosslett Putnam [1900-1984] is a known correspondent of Steffanson. He was both a wind-power pioneer and sometime President of G. P. Putnam Sons publishing company. Expected wear for such an item. Very Good in a Near Fine box with a couple of points of wear.

Zustand: Fine. 22 cm; iii, [1], 257-328, [4] pages. Map prior to text. Printed on laid paper. Unbound, in gatherings, Enclosed in matching publisher's envelope with corresponding copy number (140) in manuscript. Envelope worn. Reference: AB 16850. Extremely rare, unsophisticated copy of the explorer's account of an uninhabited, icebound island in Nunavut that may or may not have been visited by Frederick Cook a few years earlier. Against the author's wishes, it was censored from the 1938 Explorers Club edition of Stefansson's "Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic" for fear of libel action. In a short preface, Stefansson explains that odd-numbered copies of the private printing were reserved for the publisher, while even-numbered copies (including this copy) belonged to the author. This copy never bound. #140 in an edition of 300 copies, numbered in ink.