THE PROBLEM OF MEIGHEN ISLAND. Intended as the Third Chapter but Suppressed in the publication of Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic

STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur

Published by Privately Printed for Mr. Joseph Robinson, New York, 1939

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # 022071

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE PROBLEM OF MEIGHEN ISLAND. Intended as the Third Chapter but Suppressed in the publication of Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic
• Publisher: Privately Printed for Mr. Joseph Robinson, New York
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Disbound
• Edition: First Edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Arctic Exploration
  • Exploration
  • History