THE ADVENTURE OF WRANGEL ISLAND by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur - 1925

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1925. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library, with green buckram binding, all other stamps and signs of ex-library. Book is original 1925 publication, map is folded and bound at back of book.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Stefansson's attempt to establish Wrangel Island as an Arctic island for a flying base, which ended in tragedy. 416 pages, gatefold color map of the northern hemisphere at rear, b/w photos and illustrations throughout. Covers loosening front and rear, spine ends worn, free endpages darkened.; 6 1/4 x 9

London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. Hardcover. very good. 416pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates from photos (including frontispiece) and folding coloured map at rear. Original blue cloth with black lettering on spine. Covers slightly rubbed with slightly faded spine. very good Vihjalmur Stefansson and crew were marooned on Wrangel Island nine months after their ship, the Karluk, was crushed in the ice pack. They were rescued after Captain Robert Bartlett walked to Siberia to summon help. 1926

New York: Macmillan. Very Good. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 424 pages .

The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. photos and engravings. Minor spine wrinkles; light cover rub; rear bookplate. Color folding map. Scarce Stefansson title, personal account of Wrangel colonizing expedition and tragedy. Out of print. Illustrated with photos and maps. Binding is cloth boards.

GB: Cape, 1926. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. DW (priced 18s net) has minor loss at spine ends and is browned over spine. Minor marks on its front cover. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/G++ DW.

London: Jonathan Cape, [1926]. With a photographic frontispiece, a further fifty photographs, maps and reproductions, and a folding coloured map. Original publisher's green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed. Endpapers browned, armorial bookplate of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst to FEP The first English edition of an account of the ill-fated attempt to colonise Wrangel Island (1921-23) on behalf of the Canadian and British governments. The narrative is primarily based on the diary of Errol Lorne Knight, one of the five-member landing party. The expedition resulted in the deaths of four of the party, including Knight, due to a lack of sufficient supplies. Ada Blackjack, an Eskimo, was the sole survivor. Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst (1887-1975), Antarctica explorer and member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition. . First English edition. 8vo.

New York: Macmillan, 1925. Tragic attempt to colonize an Arctic island. "Early history of the island, a landing there by members of Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918; organization of the expedition to Wrangel... news of the expedition's end and death of four members... testimony of Ada Blackjack, Eskimo survivor" - Arctic Bib 16774. The party were supposed to be living off the land using Inuit methods. It didn't work. Five-line inscription from Stef to P. D. Moore, with a signed photo of Stefansson laid in. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, with gold lettering. Top of backstrip bumped, front inner hinge cracked but holding, else very good condition.. 22.5 cm. xxviii, 424 pp. b/w plates, folding color map

The Macmillan co. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. 1st edition. 8vo. xxviii,424pp. Illus., map. Fair book. No dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. Publication error: pp. 131-146 bound in twice; pp. 147-162 missing. (Otangel Island expedition 1921-1923, Wrangel Island, Arctic regions, discovery and exploration) Inquire if you need further information.