Hunters and Hunting in the Arctic [PLUS, a copy of Roger Frison-Roche's Hunters of the Arctic]
by Louis Philippe Robert, The Duke of Orleans
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: David Nutt, 1911. Red cloth hardcover with front cover circular embossed pictorial and very bright and clear gilt lettering to front cover and spine (somewhat less bright on age darkened spine), top edge gilt, xxv + 204 pages, plus black-and-white photographs; light bumping to cover corners and spine ends, tiny traces of cracking to rear inside hinge, but very gently used, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked other than light foxing to endpapers; see our separate listing of Hunters of the Arctic for details of that book. See also our listing for Dr. G. Hartwig's classic The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar and Equatorial Regions of the Globe, published in 1874. . Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034297
- Title
- Hunters and Hunting in the Arctic [PLUS, a copy of Roger Frison-Roche's Hunters of the Arctic]
- Author
- Louis Philippe Robert, The Duke of Orleans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- David Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- FIREARMS CAMPING SPORTS RECREATION ADVENTURE TRAVEL HUNTING HISTORY ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENT PHOTOGRAPHY SCIENCE POLAR REGIONS NATIVES ETHNIC RELATIONS INDIANS NORTH MEMOIR WILDERNESS NATURE NATURAL HISTORICAL LOCAL GREENLAND ARCTIC OCEAN CANADA CANAD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local History; Sports; Science - Sociology and Anthropology;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
Payment through Biblio, or directly we accept PayPal, money order or cheque (10 days for clearance within Canada before shipment). Shipping by Canada Post. Shipment within 48 hours of receipt of payment.
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- Gilt
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- G
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Hinge
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