[Rarebooks] fs: Gilkerson. Arctic Whaling Sketchbook, Signed, #23/100

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 11281 )  Gilkerson, William. AN ARCTIC WHALING SKETCHBOOK (SIGNED).
Fairhaven: Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., 1983. Limited edition, Full cloth, 
Folio, [56] pages, black and white sketches. Fine.
      Gilkerson's portfolio of studies for his ink and watercolor wash 
drawings in "American Whalers in the Western Arctic." This edition consisted 
of 120 copies of which 100 were for sale. This is copy #23, hand-numbered 
and SIGNED by Gilkerson on limitation page. Additionally, Gilkerson has 
INSCRIBED and SIGNED a personal note on front free endpaper. Bound in gray 
cloth over boards with upper board titled in silver foil. Upper board shows 
a faint tint of browning toward lower fore edge....... $250.00
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