The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
by Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/100.00
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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NY: Macmillan, 1922. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/100.00. Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. Gilt still bright. The book shows little if any use. Two maps in excellent condition in pocket on rear paste down. 784 page, b&w frontispiece, fully illustrated with 138 photographs, 34 plates, 9 maps and 2 maps in a rear pocket, 4 fold out maps. Copyright page states: "Published in November 1921", title page states 1922. Preface by Stefansson, commander of expedition, who explains that he is an anthropologist by profession & he started his work. To learn whatever he could about the Eskimos. During 5-6 years of continuous residence he learned that the Eskimos resemble an uninstructed peasantry with a large measure of native intelligence lying fallow, lacking opportunities of instruction and development, "the Eskimos are honest and intelligent but have a higher percentage of unfounded beliefs than any white people with whom I have associated." Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 385397
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 385397
- Title
- The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
- Author
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- 100.00
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Countries, Arctic, , .
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