Andrée Memorial Album with 8 original memorial postcards

By S. A. Andrée.

Malmo, Sweden: Varldslitteraturens forlag, 1930. First Edition. 8vo, 63pp. 59 black-and-white photographic illustrations — several full-page. Publisher’s black pebbled cloth with bright gilt de-bossed signature of Andrée. A very well preserved copy in Fine condition. Rare. Not in Arctic Bibliography

Photo album issued to commemorate Andrée’s 1897 balloon expedition to the North Pole. This remarkably well-preserved publication tells the story of Andrée’s expedition in photographs to include preparation, launch, discovery of the expedition’s remains on White Island in the Spitzbergen archipelago in 1930, and the funeral ceremonies. Text in Swedish. Scarce.

With: Eight memorial postcards made from photographs. Produced in a limited edition of 400 sets dating from the early 1950’s. These cards are in fine condition and an excellent remembrance of the 1897 attempt to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon. The cards picture Andree, Strindberg From Andree’s Expedition, Fraenkel From Andree’s Expedition, 1894 Andree’s Balloon “Svea” Ascending at Goteborg, Andree’s Balloon Basket, Arriving with the Balloon at Danes Island, Andree’s Balloon hangar at Danes island, and Andree’s Balloon Leaving the Hangar at Danes Island.

Andrée was a Swedish polar explorer who decided to join the race to the North Pole. Andree’s Arctic Balloon Expedition tried to reach the North Pole from Svalbard by hydrogen-filled balloon, but crashed after two days. All three members of the expedition died, not from the crash but from exposure as they struggled to survive and hoped for rescue.

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