Andrée Diaries English edition 1931 hardback with dust jacket

A single-volume hardback copy of The Andrée Diaries (English translation) with fold-out maps and illustrations.

• Title: The Andrée Diaries — diaries, records and memoranda of S. A. Andrée, Nils Strindberg & Knut Fraenkel

• Translator: Edward Adams-Ray (authorised English translation)

• Publisher: John Lane / The Bodley Head Ltd, London — English edition first published 1931 (copyright page shows 1931)

• Format: Hardback, red cloth boards with original dust jacket (plastic protective cover applied) 471 pages

• Contents/features: With illustrations and fold-out maps (title page states 103 illustrations and 6 maps; fold-out map present)

• Quantity: Single volume

• Size (approx): 23 × 15 × 4 cm (height × width × spine) — measured from pictured ruler

The book documents S. A. Andrée’s failed attempt to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon and the subsequent fate of the expedition.

It contains the diaries, notes and records of three Swedish explorers — S. A. Andrée, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel — written during their 1897 balloon expedition in the balloon Eagle. After the balloon was forced down onto the Arctic ice, the men attempted to travel south on foot and by sledges. All three died during the journey.

Their remains, diaries, photographs and equipment were discovered on White Island (Kvitøya) in 1930. This book presents those recovered documents alongside a reconstructed narrative of the expedition, official investigation findings, maps and photographs, explaining what happened after the landing and how the expedition ended.

It is both a primary historical record and an account of one of the most famous and tragic polar exploration attempts of the late 19th century.

Condition: Dust jacket present but damaged — large area of loss and tearing to lower front panel, chips and edgewear to folds and spine ends; jacket has been sleeved in clear plastic. Boards intact with light edge wear and bumped corners. Pages uniformly toned with some foxing and spotting to prelims and page edges. Fold-out maps intact and attached. No loose sections visible in photos.

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