London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1920. Hardcover. Good. New edition. Octavo. 393pp. Illustrated with eight color plates by William H.C. Groome. Green stamped green cloth. Owner's name and location penciled deeply on the front with date stamped, light scattered foxing on pages, faint stains on top page edges, spine ends rubbed with spine cocked, a good only copy lacking the scarce dustwrapper. A fur-trader's life in North America near the Hudson Bay region of Canada.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 147011
Title: Ungava: A Tale of Esquimau Land
Author: BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1920
Keywords: Americana, Children'sBook, History, Travel/GeographicNon-fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Americana;

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Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...