My Life with the Eskimo - INSCRIBED by Stefansson
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Stout 8vo. Pp. xvii, [1], 538, followed by several plates of black and white photography. Forewords by Henry Fairfield Osborn and Reginald Walter Brock. Includes a natural history appendix by Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson. With two foldout maps, bound in. Endpaper maps. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, blindstamped dogsled motif on front cover. Slight spots to fore-edge. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows slight wear with shallow chips and age-toning to spine. Inscribed by Stefansson on the half-title. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #5416
First published 1913. Inscription reads, "To Albert Ravenholt, telling him what the years 1908-1912 seemed like to Vilhjalmur Stefansson / February 13, 1960". A fresh, stately copy of this reprint, well preserved. Uncommon in dust jacket, which is now protected in a clear, removable, archival sleeve. Please see ARCTIC BIB., 16833 ("includes additional information, made available in the interval, on the so-called "blond Eskimos"); see MATTILA, A1a.
Price: $125.00