PEOPLE OF THE ICE WHALE: Eskimos, White Men, and the Whale
by Boeri, David
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton , Inc., (1982).. (1982).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. There is some light staining to the front cover & the front panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled. xiv & 285 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white map. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>For three seasons, the author joined Alaskan Eskimos hunting the great Arctic whale and was caught up in the bitter controversy between the whalers and the scientists and environmentalists who decided the bowhead whale was theatened with extinction, resulting in the imposition of strict limits on the hunt by the U.S. government.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25770
- Title
- PEOPLE OF THE ICE WHALE: Eskimos, White Men, and the Whale
- Author
- Boeri, David
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: E. P. Dutton , Inc., (1982).
- Date Published
- (1982).
- Keywords
- AMERICANA; NATIVE AMERICANS; ALASKA; ESKIMOS; WHALERS; HUNTING; BOWHEAD WHALE; ARCTIC WHALE; INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION; ENVIRONMENTALISTS; PRESERVATION; PEOPLE OF THE ICE WHALE; DAVID BOERI; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...