ARCTIC EXPLORATION & ADVENTURE, including maps.
MY ESKIMO FRIENDS: NANOOK OF THE NORTH by ROBERT J. FLAHERTY in collaboration with Frances Hubbhard Flaherty, 1924.
1st edition hardcover.
170 pages Illustrated with photogravures and color plates from photographs by the author, three color plates, six half tone plates, nine photogravure plates, as well as six maps including one folding.
Halftone drawings by Eskimo artists and maps.
Publisher: Doubleday, 1924.
Original blue cloth backed paper cover boards with an illustrated title label mounted to the front board and spine.
The classic film NANOOK OF THE NORTH was based on this book.

EXPLORATION IN THE FAR NORTH, Frank Russell 1898.
The Report of an Expedition under the auspices of the University of Iowa during the years 1892,93 and 94.
A narrative of the authors journey to Fort Rae, his life with the Indians, winter travel, hunting for caribou, buffalo and musk-ox in the Great Slave Lake Region, travels North and Eastward into the barren grounds, his trip on the Mackenzie River, and many other points.
Published by the University, 1898.
Folding maps, 21 b/w photo plates..vii + (1pp) + 290pp.
Includes detailed descriptions of ethnographic materials collected, many of which are illustrated with photographs and detailed field notes on animal life.
Original printed card board.

Condition: both books are in good original condition, binding tight, no interior pages missing, all maps intact, generally near fine condition
Provenance: Michigan Estate-single owner.

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