Canadian explorer and ethnologist (1879–1962) best known for his expeditions to the Arctic and for his studies of the native peoples there. TLS signed “V. Stefansson,” one page, 8.25 x 11, personal letterhead, July 12, 1932. Letter to a collector. In part: “Shamefully your letter…was lost and miraculously it has now been found. The reply, unfortunately, is, however, that I have no real bookplate but merely a sort of label. I enclose one of them.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and the aforementioned label affixed to the reverse of letter. RR Auction COA.
