1939 THE FRIENDLY ARCTIC by STEFANSSON 5 FOLDING MAPS 69 PLTS ESKIMO POLAR ICE ^

Description: I have here for sale a book entitled THE FRIENDLY ARCTIC THE STORY OF FIVE YEARS IN POLAR REGIONS by VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON Illustrated published by The Macmillan Company, New York, in 1939. Fourth reprint of first edition published in 1921. Here we have an account of Stefansson's years spent in the Arctic as leader of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 and as an explorer until 1918, and his interaction with the Eskimo people. The book includes 9 maps; 3 are full-page, 4 are fold out, and there are 2 fold-out maps, one in colour, in a pocket at the back of the book of Field Work, Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-14 and 1917-18; and Key Map of Canadian Arctic Expedition. There are also 69 pages of illustrations.Navy blue hardboards with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Minor marks on the boards. Ex-library book with number in white on the spine, and a label on the front endpaper. All pages are firm and the book is in a very good condition. xxxi, 784 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.

Price: 19.99 GBP

Location: Whitegate, Cheshire

End Time: 2024-11-06T19:22:21.000Z

Shipping Cost: 46.28 GBP