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STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962). Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic. Introduction by Stephen Leacock. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938.
8vo. Frontispiece after a drawing by Rockwell Kent, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Original buckram-backed boards, printed spine label, blue top stain, others uncut; original dust jacket (spine and folds sunned, light chipping along top edge). Provenance: Martin L. Greene (booklabel), notable polar book collector whose partial collection sold at Christie’s, 7 December 2017, amassing almost $3m in total sales.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 192 of 200 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, CONTAINING AN ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTION: “Above is the regular inscription. This copy is very specially inscribed to Beatrice Heinian…”. Also signed by Stephen Leacock at the end of the Introduction. In the rare dust jacket. Arctic Bibliography 16874.