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MY LIFE WITH THE ESKIMOS
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (Forewards by H.F. Osborn & R.W. Brock)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1924. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. New Edition, revised and abridged; xii, 308 pages,illustrated, b/w photos, 2 folding maps. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Ex seafarers library, withdrawn bookplates to front end paper and small stamps to maps. Shelf ware, covers faded, stained, front hinge cracking and some splitting to sections. Good reading copy. Describes the adventures of this noted Canadian explorer & ethnologist in the early twentieth century in the Arctic, highlighting his second expedition among the Mackenzie Eskimo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2869. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2869
- Title
- MY LIFE WITH THE ESKIMOS
- Author
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (Forewards by H.F. Osborn & R.W. Brock)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- BZDB349 polar,qpolarq, arctic, polarbook, Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (Forewards by H.F. Osborn & R.W. Brock) MY LIFE WITH THE ESKIMOS.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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- Jacket
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