Celestial & Terrestrial Exploration
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Lot 156
STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962). The Fat of the Land. Ne...
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STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962). The Fat of the Land. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1956. 8vo. 339 pp. Publisher's full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (some rubbing, light soiling to binding, some toning to text). Good. ENLARGED EDITION OF ?NOT BY BREAD ALONE," PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STEFANSSON ON THE FFEP. ?To Clayton Griswold, and Mitzi [?], That they may long live and always on the fat of the land is the wish of their new friend Vilhjalmur Stefansson July 8/58". Above this inscription is a later gift inscription, presumably from Clayton: ?To Katharine Griswold Bartlett from". An excellent inscription from one of the most important polar explorers of the 20th century.
