Search Results: Arctic from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

NY: Charles Scribner & Sons, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 464pp. Notes. Maps. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by Lopez to your bookseller and his wife. Fine, like new in dj.

Caldwell: Caxton, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 1st printing. Cloth. 282pp. Illus. Addenda: U.S.M.S. Boxer Personnel 1924-25". Endpaper maps. "... a schoolteacher's experiences at Wainwright, Alaska 1924-26..." Vg in price clipped dj with moderate wear & old tape reinforcement top & bottom of backstrip.

Toronto: Coach House Books, 2002. First Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st printing of the 4to glossy pictorial wraps edition. 240pp. Illus. Text in Inuit & English. After introductory material, most of book is original screenplay. A powerful film, "the first film written, directed and acted by Inuit in the ancient oral language of Inuktitut, was an international sensation..." Screenplay is followed by a long section, "An Ethnographic Commentary - The Legend of Atanarjuat, Inuit and Shamanism," plus other material. Somewhat scarce. Fine.

Fairbanks: Univ. of Alaska, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Silver-stamped 4to oblong cloth. 56pp. Index. Map. Charts. Signed by Tape. The author photographed sites in the Arctic in exactly the same locations as much older photos to show how climate change has affected this landscape. Used book in as new condition in dj.

Boston & Toronto: Little Brown & McClelland / Stewart, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. FOUR TITLES BY BURNFORD in cloth in djs. Bel Ria (Little, Brown) 1st American ed vg in fine dj; Fields of Noon (Little, Brown) 1st edition fine but with marked out name on ffep & dj has 1" x 2" chip lower front panel corner; One Woman's Arctic (McClelland & Stewart) fine in fine dj; Without Reserve (Little, Brown) 1st edition fine in fine but price-clipped dj. Various paginations. Illus. A nice little collection of the fine Ontario writer.

Seattle: Sasquatch, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 4to oblong cloth & boards. 224pp. Illustrated with dramatic & informative excellent duotone photos. Signed & dated by Hess in year of publication. An important book on the Inupiat of the Arctic & their thousands of years of hunting tradition. Very slight corner bump to covers & slight crease in dj near corner of top panel. Else fine.

N.p., N.d. (ca 1930 - 1950?), 1930. Soft cover. Very Good+. Not a book. 8" x 10" slightly sepia toned original photos from the Far North (Alaska, NW Territories, Yukon?). Nine are taken of open water with close snow & ice covered mountains, some showing a glacier coming down to the water. Two photos show two men in a small row boat. One photo is of an Indian or Inuit carver working on an already partially carved piece of ivory, with a similar piece, carved, laying on the bench. He is seated, & dressed in plaid shirt, overalls, waist-down apron, & black stocking cap. Fine condition. n.d. (ca 1930-1950?).

Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. Cloth. 254pp. Illus. Map. Presentation copy from the author to your bookseller dated in 2006. Fine, like new in dj.

U.K.: Bramley, 1988. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio cloth. 160pp. Descriptive & stunning color photos of the Inuit, with a focus on their hunting routines & routes. Fine in dj.

NY: St. Martins, 2019. ARC. Soft cover. As New. Advance Readers' Edition. Trade pictorial wraps. 366pp. Bibliography. Maps. Publisher's promo sheet laid in. Fine, like new.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1956. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 9th printing. Pictorial cloth. 244pp. Illus. Bookplate on front paste down. Fair condition, reading copy. Hinge after half-title reinforced; wear bottom front cover. Dj worn but complete except for small chips. A "breath-taking story" by the master Canadian writer. Scarce in any dj.

Montreal: Fednav Ltd, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oblong 4to cloth. 140 pp. Illustrated with pencil sketches & watercolors by Hilton Hassell (O.S.A., R.C.A. 1910 - 1980), who was invited to voyage to the Arctic on the TUNDRALAND. Color photos are also included. Hassell has been favorably discussed in relation to the work of the Group of Seven. Appendices. Fine in dj. An uncommon & desirable title.