May 24, 2007 - Sale 2116

Sale 2116 - Lot 82

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RASMUSSEN, KNUD. Across Arctic America. Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition. Folding map, plates. 8vo, publisher's cloth; dust jacket, very minor darkening to the spine panel. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927

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first edition in english. The Fifth Thule Expedition of 1921-24, led by Rasmussen, studied the Eskimos of Alaska and northern Canada. The book is very rare in the dust jacket. Arctic Bibliography 14179.

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.