A strange hybrid of adventure fiction, speculative geology, and early science fiction, Sannikov Land imagines a lost Arctic territory—warm, fertile, and hidden beyond the known map.

Written by Russian geologist and explorer Vladimir Obruchev, the novel sits in that late-19th/early-20th century lineage of scientific romance, where expedition, myth, and theory blur into one another. 

This English-language edition was produced by Moscow’s Foreign Languages Press, part of a mid-century effort to circulate Soviet literature internationally. As an object, it carries that history—bold cloth binding, stark illustration, and a design sensibility that feels both utilitarian and quietly ideological. A compelling artefact as much as a novel, and a reminder of a moment when science, fiction, and state ambition briefly spoke the same language.

Foreign Languages Press, Moscow hardback. First English-language edition. No dust jacket. Clean, bright cloth boards with strong colour and illustration; interior sound with illustrations intact.