My Life with the Eskimo
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1922. Hardcover. Later Edition, SIGNED and INSCRIBED: [9x6.25"] ix, 538 pp, frontispiece and 59 black/white photos plus two fold out maps. Navy blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, blind embossed border and dog sled on front, blue-toned images of Inuit weapons on endpapers. Front hinge loose, corners rubbed and bumped, otherwise bright.
Appended (p. 436-527) is R. M. Anderson's "Report on the natural history collections of the expedition," giving a topographical and geological description of the regions visited.
Inscribed by the author to William P. Holt, "For William P. Holt, from his fellow-geographer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Bowling Green, October 11 1928. Holt taught physical geography in New Jersey and published in the Journal of Geography in February 1913.
[Arctic Bibliography 16832]
Stefansson was a Canadian-born Arctic explorer who wrote prolifically about his expeditions for general audiences and had considerable influence as an adviser to both the U.S. and Canadian governments. Very Good. Item #16
Price: $250.00