Search Results: great adventures and explorations from the by stefansson vilhjalmur edited

New York: Dial Press, 1947. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner.. Harrison, Richard Edes (Maps designed by), and Faye, Harold (Map art by).. 1 Copper-colored cloth over boards. Gold spine titles; xii, 788 p. 22 cm. Includes Maps. One of the world's greatest explorers, Vilhjalmur Stefansson first voyaged to the Arctic in 1904. He has been awarded international by several governments and by Geographical Societies. He proved in 1912 success in exploration combined native ideas with modern science, when he spent 53 months in the Arctic wastes. Admiral Robert E Peary was an admirer. Accounts from the earliest Mediterranean discoveries and North America to finding the South and North Poles.

New York: The Dial Press, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New revised edition. 788pp. Very good with mottled boards and a faded spine in a very good dustwrapper with internal staining, chips and tears to the edges, and staining to the rear panel. A Permanent Library Book.