‎"STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR. - SIGNED COPY.‎
‎Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic. Introduction by Stephen Leacock telling how this book came to be written.‎

‎New York, The Macmillan Company, 1938. Original hcloth. Orig. printed paper label title on spine. Uncut. Frontispiece by Rockwell Kent. XI,(6),381 pp., 4 maps. Clean and fine. This is No. 176 of 200 copies of the special edition made for the Explorers Club. It is signed by Stefansson, Leacock (at end of the introcuction) and Rockwell Kent (at bottom of the frontispiece). A handwritten note says: ""Above is the regular inscription.This copy is specially inscribed to Gaylord Beaman by Vilhjalmur Stefansson at the request of their friend Ralph Donaldson. New York March 11 1939."" On inside frontcover the exlibris of A. Gaylord Beaman.‎

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‎First edition.‎