The problem of Meighen Island. Intended as the Third Chapter but Suppressed in the publication of Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic.

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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.

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Título

The problem of Meighen Island. Intended as the Third Chapter but Suppressed in the publication of Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic.

Editor

Privately Printed for Mr. Joseph Robinson, New York

Fecha de publicación

1939

Estado

Fine

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