AUD 
CAD 
EUR 
HKD 
PLN 
SGD 
CHF 
USD 
+44 01225 448831
1922 Hunters of the Great North
What Our Customers Say...
Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper
The first edition of this work. Vilhjalmur Stefansson tells of how he became an explorer and of his first trip to the Arctic. An account of early explorations with details on how he survived in the polar regions.
A signed presentation copy, inscribed by Stefansson to the recto of the publication history leaf 'For Ted Margetts, the tale of a first Arctic year to remind him of his first African,' dated '57.
With the unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen full page plates. Collated, with printing error repeating pp.103-118 between pp.134 and 151. Lacking pp. 135-150. All plates present.
Condition
In the original publisher's full cloth binding with maps to the endpapers. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Inscribed by the author to the recto of the publication history leaf, dated 1957. The dust wrapper is sound with some chipping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, some creasing to the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean, only the odd minor spot to the first few leaves. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen full page plates. Collated, with printing error repeating pp.103-118 between pp.134 and 151. Lacking pp. 135-150. All plates present.
Very Good
Delivery & payment
We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details