Stefansson Prophet of the North
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition, 1st Printing. [8.75x6in]; xiii, 241 pp, 29 images, index; Light green cloth covers with dark blue ink lettering on front and spine, all edges trimmed, light green end papers; Light gree dust jacket with blue and white lettering on front and spine, illustration of ship, dog sleds and drivers on ice field on front, advertisments on back; Minor shelf wear to covers and edges with slight fading, age toning to end papers, long ink inscription of book presentation ofn front free end paper to Marvin J. Hurt, missionary to northern Canadian territories and Alaska in 1937 to 1941 by L. R. Earl; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips and closed teard along edges and corners, some fading of spine and covers, and minor rubbing and soiling. Item #11347
Vilhjalmur Stefansson [1879-1962] was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He had a long career in Arctic studies and was an advisor to many governments on the development of the Arctic.
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