De Droom van Ross

Den Haag: Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij (ZHU). Very Good- in Good dust jacket. circa 1990. Dutch. Hardcover. 9023502310 . Light lean to book, some edgewear to red boards, coffee spot of front free end paper, light spotting of page fore edges, pages lightly tanned. Dust jacket shows a fair amount of wear, chipping, some tearing ; Text is in the Dutch language. Undated but probably published in the 80s or 90s. A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 288 pages; This is a Dutch edition of 'An Old Captivity', originally published in 1940, translated by Dr. J.P. van der Veere."Donald Ross is a young pilot, out of work and in desperate need of a job. So, despite the extreme danger involved, he jumps at the chance to fly Oxford professor Cyril Lockwood and his daughter Alix to the frozen wilds of Greenland to study Viking ruins. But the perils of the journey are nothing compared to what will happen when they arrive. Ignoring the warnings of the terrified natives, who believe the ruins are haunted, the explorers set up camp there and undergo a strange and mystical experience that will lead to a discovery that none of them could ever have foreseen . . . " .