"WE FEAST AND HAVE A JOLLY GOOD TIME"
KENT, Rockwell. A Northern Christmas. Being the Story of a Peaceful Christmas in the Remote and Peaceful Wilderness of an Alaskan Island. New York: American Artists Group, (1941). Small octavo, original patterned cream boards, original dust jacket. $800.
First edition of this engaging Christmas story, signed on the half title by Rockwell Kent, with 16 in-text woodcut illustrations.
In this lovely work, Rockwell Kent tells the story of a Christmas he spent with his son in the Alaskan wilderness. Using excerpts and illustrations from Kent's Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska, this work is the first in a series of gift books produced by the American Artists Group.
Book fine; trace of edge-wear to bright about-fine dust jacket.