Unsolved Mysteries Of The Arctic. Introduction By Stephen Leacock. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. Arctic

[Frontispiece by Rockwell Kent]. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. A special edition printed for the Explorers Club. Limited edition. Copy 180/200 copies. xi + [6pp] + 381pp. Frontispiece, woodcut, maps (one double). Limitation statement. Signed by Stefánsson; Frontispiece Signed by Rockwell Kent (as called for); Introduction Signed by Stephen Leacock (not called for). Blue sparkled paper boards, blue linen spine with paper label. Fine. Published especially for the Explorers Club. A controversial chapter on Meighen Island had to be published separately. Includes an account of the disappearance of the Greenland colony, the death of Thomas Simpson, the lost Franklin expedition, conjecture on the fate of Andree's ballooning expedition, and an exploration of the circumstances surrounding the missing Soviet fliers. The trade edition was published the following year. [AB 16873]