Book Description

'This special edition ....... consisting of two hundred numbered copies, has been printed for the Explorers Club. Each copy contains a frontispiece by Rockwell Kent and is autographed by both Mr. Stefansson and Mr. Kent.' Introduction by Stephen Leacock, this copy also signed by Leacock at the end of his introduction. 4 black and white maps, 1 being double page.
Dealer Notes
Ownership name at top of same page as limitation details with a small ink smudge on the end paper opposite. Narrow ink mark (3cms) at base of last page of introduction. Small mark (7x9mms) at base of 1st 10 pages (including frontispiece and title page).
Author Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Date 1938 (1st edition)
Binding Paper covered boards, cloth spine with paper label. 22x15cms.
Publisher Macmillan, New York
Illustrator Rockwell Kent
Condition Covers scuffed, bumped and edge worn with some paper loss. Page edges little dusty and browned. Contents little foxed, fingered and slightly waved. .
Pages i + xvii + 381pp

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