The Land of the Midnight Sun. Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland. DU CHAILLU, Paul B.

First US edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the first blank of Volume I, "To my good friend George Honey with the kindest regards of his friend Paul B. Du Chaillu New York Oct 30th 1895 Let us never forget our trip across the Atlantic Paul Du Chaillu". This work coined the titular phrase. The French-American explorer Du Chaillu (1835-1903) travelled extensively across Scandinavia between 1871 and 1878, resulting in this present work on the antiquities and anthropology of the region. His account pays special attention to the antiquities of the prehistoric and Viking ages, and it was followed by The Viking Age (1889). Earlier in his career, Du Chaillu undertook a series of celebrated expeditions to Gabon, in which he provided the first external account of gorillas, leading some commentators to cite Du Chaillu as Edgar Rice Burroughs's inspiration for Tarzan. The Land of the Midnight Sun was originally published in Britain the previous year. Howgego IV D32. 2 vols, octavo. Engraved frontispiece in each volume (double-page in vol. I), 51 engraved plates, folding colour map in rear pocket, illustrated throughout. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt with dark red coat of arms of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, front cover with gilt vignette of the sun, covers with vignette of birds in dark red, top edge gilt. Cloth slightly marked, spines reinforced, spine ends and tips bumped and worn, endpapers renewed, top edge soiled, occasional short closed tears to map folds. In very good condition.