The Northward Course of Empire by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur - 1922

NY: Macmillan. VG in G DJ. 1924. Stefansson says great northern regions are not uninhabitable w/more than 700 species of flowering plants and grassy prairies. . The author sees these lands as a relief from overpopulation and consequent shortage of food. Owner inscription, DJ edge wear and mark on ft flap. .

NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1922).. Cr. 8vo. xx + 274 pp. 8 pp of photos, fold-out map and graph frontis. Blue-grey cloth. Wear to corners and spine tips, some soiling to top board. A good tight copy..

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy, spine a bit darkened, some soiling on boards, small chip to bottom margin of two leaves, map loose and chipped on inner edge not affecting image, text clean. No dust jacket.. xi, 274 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and a map. Sm. 8vo. Nelson, Edward William, intro. Inscribed by the author to Lucy (who is Lucy Dietz Stander). Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962), anthropologist and explorer, went on three expeditions into the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic between 1906 and 1918, each lasting between one to five years. this was followed by years of lecturing and later involvement in social and radical causes including organizing groups to mobilize support for the USSR, and supporting the American Council on Soviet Relations. It is most likely at this time that he met Lucy Dietz Stander, recently divorced from Lionel Stander, both of whom were later named as communists and blacklisted.

U.S.A.: Macmillan, 1924. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Light wear overall, lower corners of pages are finger smudged..

New York: Macmillan, 1924. 2nd Printing Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Very good- (minor small spine nick). Out of print and uncommon Stefansson title. Binding is cloth boards.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1922). b/w maps, one folding. xx, 274 pp. Stefanssons influential argument comparing the north to the American frontier of old. Six-line inscription by Stef. dated 1922. VG

New.