L P Gratacap – THE NEW NORTHLAND (1915) – Polar Lost World

GRATACAP, L(ouis) P(ope) [1851-1917] – THE NEW NORTHLAND; A ROMANCE OF DISCOVERY New York – Thomas Benton 1915 1^st ed. (vi), 7-391, (i). Frontis., & 15 b&w plates. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. With additional title page stating “KROCKER LAND; A Romance Of Discovery, by Alfred Erickson, Prof. Hlmath Bjornsen, Antoine Goritz, Spruce Hopkins; the narrative by Alfred Erickson Edited by Azaziel Link.

Condition : Remnants of labels on both endpapers, library pin stamp on title page and upper margin of last leaf of text. Light rubbing to cloth, rear endpaper splitting along hinge( but hinge unbroken). Contents very clean and tight. About very good.

About :A country basking in perpetual sunshine is found in a deep chasm at the pole. Here mutated descendants of the Ten Tribes have established a scientific utopia by harnessing the power of a vast natural radium pool. Prehistoric survivals also inhabit the chasm. An uncommon title.