Scribner, 1911, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First
SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON. The Arctic Prairies, New York: Scribner's, 1911. Octavo, first edition, pp. xvi, 415, halftone photo plates, green cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine and top board, blind-stamped antlers on top board, photos, drawings and maps. Bookplate on front pastedown. Author describes his six-month canoe journey into the Canadian Northwest and Arctic plains on the Peace and Mackenzie rivers, at a time when the area was little explored by white settlers. Condition of this book: A very good, bright copy with light rubbing at boards' edges and a bit of age toning internally. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Canada; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51581.
SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON. The Arctic Prairies, New York: Scribner's, 1911. Octavo, first edition, pp. xvi, 415, halftone photo plates, green cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine and top board, blind-stamped antlers on top board, photos, drawings and maps. Bookplate on front pastedown. Author describes his six-month canoe journey into the Canadian Northwest and Arctic plains on the Peace and Mackenzie rivers, at a time when the area was little explored by white settlers. Condition of this book: A very good, bright copy with light rubbing at boards' edges and a bit of age toning internally. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Canada; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51581.