We Live in the Arctic
by Helmericks, Constance and Harmon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Lacking
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, Little Brown and Co, 1947, hardcover, xvi-329 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Good condition, lacking dustjacket, Signed by the Authors "With best wishes from Arctic Alaska, Bud and Connie Helmericks" to verso of frontispiece plate. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, slightly loose binding at bottom of first few pages, evidence of whiteout below signature barely visible on white background, tiny stamp from Adler's Book Shop in Fairbanks Alaska to rear endpaper. The thrilling, true story of the Helmericks' voyage in a homemade canoe paddling into the Brooks Range in Alaska, building their own cabin, and living off the land for several years. Illustrated throughout with 15 pages of black-&-white plates, drawings, and maps. Illustrated endpapers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11386
- Title
- We Live in the Arctic
- Author
- Helmericks, Constance and Harmon
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Lacking
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition stated, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1896-1959; Adventurers & Explorers; Alaska; Arctic Ocean; Arctic regions; Biography & Autobiography; Description and travel; Feminine; Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington); Travel; United States; West; Women
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