Eskimo Life (First Edition)
by Nansen, Fridtjof; Archer, William (Translated by);
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1893.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.
Original cloth, lettered in white and black.
Illustrated throughout.
350 pages.
Fair or better. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; some pencil marks throughout (can be erased); some foxing and a few small tears; some wear to covers.
Nansen's (a major polar explorer) experiences with the Eskimos (Inuit) of Greenland and Northern Canada. Contains much of their culture, dress, boats and kayaks, igloos and tents, weapons and hunting, fishing, cookery, women, marriage, morals, art, music, religion, etc.
Very scarce.
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- Seller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15129
- Title
- Eskimo Life (First Edition)
- Author
- Nansen, Fridtjof; Archer, William (Translated by);
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green and Company
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- AMERICANA,NORTH POLE,ARCTIC
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....