THE INUIT HUNTERS OF THE NORTH
U.K. Bramley, 1988. First Thus. Hardcover. Folio cloth. 160pp. Descriptive & stunning color photos of the Inuit, with a focus on their hunting routines & routes. Fine in dj.
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ATANARJUAT the Fast Runner: The Fast Runner Inspired by a Traditional Inuit Legend of Igloolik
Toronto: Coach House Books, 2002. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing of the 4to glossy pictorial wraps edition. 240pp. Illus. Text in Inuit & English. After introductory material, most of book is original screenplay. A powerful film, "the first film written, directed and acted by Inuit in the ancient oral.....
INNOCENTS IN THE ARCTIC: The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition (Signed)
Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 254pp. Illus. Map. Presentation copy from the author to your bookseller dated in 2006. Fine, like new in dj.
FOUR TITLES: BEL RIA, THE FIELDS OF NOON, ONE WOMAN'S ARCTIC, WITHOUT RESERVE
Boston & Toronto: Little Brown & McClelland / Stewart, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. FOUR TITLES BY BURNFORD in cloth in djs. Bel Ria (Little, Brown) 1st American ed vg in fine dj; Fields of Noon (Little, Brown) 1st edition fine but with marked out name on ffep & dj has.....
GIFT OF THE WHALE The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, A Sacred Tradition (Signed)
Seattle: Sasquatch, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to oblong cloth & boards. 224pp. Illustrated with dramatic & informative excellent duotone photos. Signed & dated by Hess in year of publication. An important book on the Inupiat of the Arctic & their thousands of years of hunting tradition. Very slight corner bump.....
LABYRINTH OF ICE: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
NY: St. Martins, 2019. ARC. Soft cover. Advance Readers' Edition. Trade pictorial wraps. 366pp. Bibliography. Maps. Publisher's promo sheet laid in. Fine, like new.
THE CURSE OF THE VIKING GRAVE
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint. Pictorial hardbound. 241pp. Good reading copy that is gentle ex-lib (no back pocket). First couple of leaves reinforced at gutter.
LOST IN THE BARRENS
Boston: Little, Brown, 1956. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. 9th printing. Pictorial cloth. 244pp. Illus. Bookplate on front paste down. Fair condition, reading copy. Hinge after half-title reinforced; wear bottom front cover. Dj worn but complete except for small chips. A "breath-taking story" by the master Canadian writer. Scarce in.....
THE POLAR PASSION, ORDEAL BY ICE, MY DISCOVERY OF SIBERIA, TUNDRA
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. These appear to be 1st printings. Lot of four titles by Mowat. All vg in dj. One dj is chipped and with tears, the others are vg. One has a bookplate on the half-title. Various paginations. Illus. Indices. Three of these volumes.....
Group of ten.
N.p., N.d. (ca 1930 - 1950?), 1930. Soft cover. Not a book. 8" x 10" slightly sepia toned original photos from the Far North (Alaska, NW Territories, Yukon?). Nine are taken of open water with close snow & ice covered mountains, some showing a glacier coming down to the water.....
ARCTIC MOODS A Narrative of Arctic Adventures
Caldwell: Caxton, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 282pp. Illus. Addenda: U.S.M.S. Boxer Personnel 1924-25". Endpaper maps. "... a schoolteacher's experiences at Wainwright, Alaska 1924-26..." Vg in price clipped dj with moderate wear & old tape reinforcement top & bottom of backstrip.
THE CHANGING ARCTIC LANDSCAPE (Signed)
Fairbanks: Univ. of Alaska, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Silver-stamped 4to oblong cloth. 56pp. Index. Map. Charts. Signed by Tape. The author photographed sites in the Arctic in exactly the same locations as much older photos to show how climate change has affected this landscape. Used book in as new condition.....
PATTERNS TO INFINITY A Canadian Artist's Voyage to the Arctic
Montreal: Fednav Ltd, 1994. Hardcover. Oblong 4to cloth. 140 pp. Illustrated with pencil sketches & watercolors by Hilton Hassell (O.S.A., R.C.A. 1910 - 1980), who was invited to voyage to the Arctic on the TUNDRALAND. Color photos are also included. Hassell has been favorably discussed in relation to the work.....
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