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Salamina

Author: Rockwell Kent
ISBN #: B00005WQKE
Price: $90.00
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co.
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1935
light shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book with more to jacket which is chipped, spine darkened, most of title lost from upper spine; off setting to endpapers, gift inscription of 1935 with giftee's personal bookplate. In the original suppressed dust jacket. First edition, no others noted. Salamina is a copiously illustrated memoir of Kent's first Arctic winter (1931–32) spent painting and exploring while based in the tiny settlement of Illorsuit, Greenland. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.