London: Macmillan Company, 1892 First edition. Pp. ix, [3], 300. Errata slip tipped in. 2 folding maps in color. Index. Original green cloth, gilt. A bit of light wear to spine ends and corners, spine slightly darkened. Light foxing to preliminary and end leaves. Text block slightly shaken. A near fine copy, collated complete. "To see the muskox and the Indians who hunt them, Pike made a hard journey to Great Slave Lake and Lake Vermillion, Calgary and Edmonton, and into the barren lands. Pike is told that the muskox 'understand every word of the Yellow Knife language.' He finds it 'strange that they do not make use of the information they receive to avoid danger.' He returns to the warp of civilization: 'the shiny black boots into which we squeeze our feet when we throw away the moccasin of freedom'." (Waterston). [Waterston, The Travellers - Canada to 1900: p.184]..

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Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5827
Title: The Barren Ground of Northern Canada
Author: Pike, Warburton
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan Company
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1892
Keywords: Exploration, Canada, Pike, Travel, History, North America

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The Argonaut Book Shop was founded in 1941 in the middle of the financial district of San Francisco. The Argonaut was a founding member of the Antiquarian Booksellers\' Association of America and has been a member in good standing ever since. The Shop is now located just three blocks from Union Square in downtown San Francisco and is open six days a week. Parking facilities include ample street space and a parking garage close by.

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