The Lure of the Labrador Wild
New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1905. 1st Edition. 8vo. Very Good. Item #19295
A lovely1st Edition Association Copy of this uncommon expedition memoir, signed and inscribed to the President of the Arctic Club of America.
"Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905), was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.
"In 1900 Dillon Wallace met Leonidas Hubbard, an assistant editor with Outing magazine. Hubbard asked Wallace to join him on an exploratory trip through Labrador, the plan was to follow the Naskaupi River to Lake Michikamau, a region that had yet to be explored by Europeans. They departed in July 1903, but took the wrong river from the very start, following the much smaller and more difficult Susan River. Short on supplies, with winter coming on, Hubbard became ill and died of starvation. Wallace made it back alive.
"Wallace wrote a book about the trip called The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905), it was his first book and a best-seller. Hubbard's wife, Mina Hubbard, was upset with Wallace because she thought the book unfairly blamed her dead husband for the failed expedition, thus sullying her family name. After Wallace announced plans to make a second expedition to the same area, Mina announced her own plans to do the same, at the same time. "The great race of 1905" became a field day for the press. The two parties left just days apart, Mina following her husband's original route closely while Wallace took a more difficult overland route. Mina arrived first, with Wallace nearly 6 weeks behind.[ Mina wrote a book about the trip A Woman’s Way Through Unknown Labrador, Wallace also wrote a book, The Long Labrador Trail (1907). Neither Mina, in her book, nor Wallace his book, mentioned the other's 1905 expedition." - wiki
Green cloth with front board illustration embossed in black. titling in gilt to front and spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. Historic black-and-white photos. Mild rubbing and edge wear.
Presents handsomely in a clear, archival mylar dust jacket.
Price: $150.00