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[ARCTIC]. [KENT, Rockwell (1882–1971), illustrator]. –– STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (1879–1962). Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic. Introduction by Stephen Leacock. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938.
8vo. Frontispiece by Rockwell Kent, several maps. Original buckram–backed boards, printed spine label (spine a bit toned, dampstain at gutter affecting preliminaries, frontispiece, limitation and title–page).
LIMITED EDITION, number 134 of 200 copies SIGNED BY STEFANSSON ON LIMITATION AND SIGNED BY KENT ON THE FRONTISPIECE. With additional inscription by Stefansson to Rachel Cooper on limitation and also signed by Stephen Leacock at end of Introduction. –– [With:] KENT. N by E. Cornwall, NY: Blue Ribbon Books, [1933]. 8vo. Original cloth; original dust jacket (light edge chipping or wear). Provenance: Harold Bergman Jr. (bookplate). Later edition, INSCRIBED BY KENT on the half–title.