THE PROBLEM OF MEIGHEN ISLAND. Intended as the Third Chapter but Suppressed in the publication of Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic
New York: Privately Printed for Mr. Joseph Robinson, 1939. First Edition. Disbound. 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. Item #022071
Price: $1,500.00