Encounters on the Passage: Inuit meet the Explorers
by Dorothy Harley Eber
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. Inscribed by the author on the title page. First edition. Hard cover, 168 pages. Black boards with silver lettering, illustrated dust jacket. Includes maps and a chronology of Arctic exploration from 1818 to 1906. Surviving Inuit oral traditions and stories about encounters with early explorers such as Franklin and Amundsen. Richly illustrated with black and white drawings of ships and encounters between explorers and Inuit, including many by Inuit artists, Fine in very good dust jacket with small nick on lower front edge. . First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ayers Books/Livres Ayers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0001943
- Title
- Encounters on the Passage: Inuit meet the Explorers
- Author
- Dorothy Harley Eber
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Exploration, Northwest Passage, Inuit, North
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Ayers Books/Livres Ayers
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About the Seller
Ayers Books/Livres Ayers
Biblio member since 2013
Montreal, Quebec
About Ayers Books/Livres Ayers
Montreal bookseller since 2004, specializing in illustrated and photography books. Sales via internet and at various book fairs. We also perform valuations of book collections upon request. Libraire basé à Montréal, en opération depuis 2004. Ventes en ligne et présence aux salons du livres divers. Collection qui se spécialise en livres illustrés et de photographies.
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