Hunting with the Eskimos; The unique record of a sportsman's year among the northernmost tribe - the big game hunting, the native life, and the battle for existence through the long arctic night
by Whitney, Harry
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. 1st edition. Hardcover. b&w photos and illustrations. pp. xiv, 453. Royal 8vo. Burgundy cloth with colour decorations and gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with photos by the author. Edgewear, pull to tail of spine, slight spine slant, reinforced hinges, blind-stamp to front free endpaper, contents unmarked, binding sound.
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 090982
- Title
- Hunting with the Eskimos; The unique record of a sportsman's year among the northernmost tribe - the big game hunting, the native life, and the battle for existence through the long arctic night
- Author
- Whitney, Harry
- Illustrator
- b&w photos and illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Eskimo; Inuit; North ;Canadiana; Arctic; Dene;;;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Polar;
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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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....