Wilderness, by Rockwell Kent, in Four Editions

4 Editions! Jump-Starting-a-Kent-Collection, or, Filling-in-the-Gaps-in-the-Kent Collector’s-Collection. Four editions of Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska, written and illustrated by Rockwell Kent, with an introduction by Dorothy Canfield.

–First edition. Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York and London, The Knickerbocker Press, March 19, 1920. Bound in buff buckram and stamped in gold. No dust wrapper with this offering (BK);

–Modern Library edition, reset in a smaller format. New title page, dust wrapper and preface. Bound in red cloth. 1930;

–Ward Ritchie Press edition, 1970, signed by Kent, and numbered – 1312 of 1550 copies. In original box. This edition includes a new preface (the third) by Kent. It was the last major publication by the artist/author before his death in 1971 (VA);

–Wesleyan University Press edition, 1996, with a foreword by Doug Capra; and including extensive hitherto unpublished pages from Kent’s original Alaskan journal. (BK)

Upon its publication in 1920 Wilderness was received with glowing international reviews. It continues to be an impressive seller, with additional editions printed world wide.

$550. (All four books) (BXP) [Books may be available individually.]