Lot #12: Vintage 1905 Book - "Lure of the Labrador Wild"

Embossed Black Cloth. Full Title: "The Lure of the Labrador Wild: The Story of the Exploring expedition Conducted by Leonidas Hubbard. Jr." by Dillon Wallace (Fleming Revell, New York, 1905). Non fiction account of failed 1903 American expedition. includes fold out map. Contents include: "The object of the expedition -- Off at last -- On the edge of the wilderness -- The plunge into the wild -- Still in the awful valley -- Searching for a trail -- On a real river at last -- "Michikamau or bust!" -- And there was Michikamau! -- Prisoners of the wind -- We give it up -- The beginning of the retreat -- Hubbard's grit -- Back through the ranges -- George's dream -- At the last camp -- The parting -- Wandering alone -- The kindness of the Breeds -- How Hubbard went to sleep -- From out the wild -- A strange funeral procession -- Over the ice -- Hubbard's message" Dimensions: 21 cm Pickup category timeslot {A}