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N by E - inscribed to his friend and collaborator the explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson
by Kent, Rockwell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/fair
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. 2nd printing. Cloth in dust jacket, book very good, jacket fair with chipping, wear and loss, especially to fine. Inscribed, "To Stefansson -- this story of a timid adventure toward his latitudes, is inscribed by his friend, Rockwell Kent, 1935." With Vilhjalmur Stefansson's bookplate and also bookplate of Dartmouth College Library (and small stamp Discarded by Dartmouth College Library), light stains to top of endpaper. The two were good friends and later collaborated on "Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic" (1938) with Kent supplying illustrations. An excellent association copy.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H15926
- Title
- N by E - inscribed to his friend and collaborator the explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson
- Author
- Kent, Rockwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brewer & Warren
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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