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NY: The Macmillan Company. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. The DJ is browned & slightly rubbed on the edges. One small chip on the spine. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 556 pages .

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1945. "Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, United States Army". Dedication signed by Author June 19/56. 1st. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/2" x 5"Book in very good clean condition. Showing signs of wear along edges. Book is missing dust jacket.Dedication to previous owner and signed by Author 1st inside page.

New York.: The Macmillan Company., 1950. Third Printing 1944 edition.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Unmarked interior. Page block soiling, foxing. Clean text pages. Tightly bound. Jacket has short tears, soiling.. 1 Light blue cloth over boards. xvi, 556 p. 20 cm. B&W diagrams, photos. Author Introduction. Index. Arctic Explorer Vilhjarmur Stefansson originated this book for practical use on survival, under the direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, United States Army. It is more. So extensive is Stefansson's experience and range of interests, the result is an absorbing Arctic history, with tales of adventure, changing attitudes, heroism, exploration, nature, science, human interest, and the practical details of geography, climate. At the back, diagrams illustrate building a snow house (a.k.a. igloo), and photos follow.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First reprint, in cloth boards. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author. No dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 556. 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 7.5". Original navy-blue cloth over boards, blue lettering to the spine. Sixteen unnumbered leaves of drawings, and photographic plates demonstrative of building various snowhouses, snowcamps, etc. Exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in good+ original, unclipped, dustjacket (bearing original price of $3.00) showing some light occasional chips to the edges of the panels, light sunning to the spine panel (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good. Sections include: Historical Background, Physical Geography, Climate and Weather, Light in Polar Regions, Animal Life, Vegetation, Shelter and Heat and Light, Food and Drink, Clothing and Personal Equipment (Eskimo Clothing - Procurement, Preparation of Skins, Use and Care), Health,… Read More

Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps
Fifth printing
Inscribed to previous owner by author -- "Inscribed to Keith Baker by Vilhjalmur Stefansson at the suggestion of their friend Alan Cooke, 10 January 1962"
dustjacket is torn & worn; blue cloth covers; page edges have foxing

NY: MacMillan. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth presentation copy inscribed to the ffep by Stefansson: "For Colonel James F. Mitchell Jr. From Vilhjalmur Stefansson May 8 1944." Laid in is a TLS signed by Stefansson to Mitchell regarding sending him this book, with the same date. Foxing to covers and endpages. The DJ in mylar is browned to spine, chipped to edges with losses under 1" depth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 556 pages .

Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1940. iv,280;iv,281-536 pp. Duodecimo. Two volumes bound in one. Maroon buckram with gold gilt lettering stamped to the front board and spine. This copy once belonged to Stefansson's assistant, Olive Rathburn Wilcox, with her name stamped to the front board in gold gilt--though incorrectly spelled--and a lengthy inscription from Stefansson to Wilcox on the ffep. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Some very light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. This edition, produced by the United States Army, is far rarer than the trade edition that was published a few years later. Stefansson, presumably, had this copy specially bound for his assistant, Olive Rathburn Wilcox, and wrote a wonderfully candid note to her in it where he refers to her as his "co-author" and states that "this seems to be the fourteenth book we have done together". A truly unique copy. 1940