Books: Arctic Exploration & Hunting W/ Maps
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Three Books on Arctic Adventures and Explorations.
1) HUNTING WITH THE ESKIMOS, HARRY WHITNEY,1910.
Unique record of a Sportsmans year among the Northernmost Tribe, Big Game Hunting, Native Life and the Battle for Existence Through the Long Arctic Night.
Publisher T. Fisher Unwin, London 1st U.K. Edition.
Numerous b/w photo plates, and folding maps.
Pictorial burgundy cloth, with winter scenes on cover and spine, gilt.
*An account of the authors trip to Etah on 1908 aboard Robert Peary relief ship Eric and his adventures the following winter among the Eskimos, including a sledge trip to Ellesmere Island to Hunt Musk-Ox.
2) THROUGH TRACKLESS LABRADOR, H. Hesketh Prichard with a chapter on Fishing by G.M. Gathorne Hardy, 1911.
Publisher William Heinemann, London.1911.
Map of the route plus b/w photos throughout, 254pp, 54 leaves of plates.
Hardcover 1st edition.
Red cloth binding with gilt tiles to front and spine.
*Prichard crossed Labrador by foot and canoe from Nain to the George River and back, hunting elk and reindeer and fishing for salmon and trout. The chapter on fishing was written by his companion, Geoffrey M. Gathorne-Hardy.
3) THE ARCTIC FORESTS by Michael H. Mason, 1924.
1st edition. xiii + 320pp.
Two folding colour maps with black and white photo plates throughout, xiv + 453pp.
Gilt pictorial blue cloth.
Publisher Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London 1924.
*From 1920-1922, the author traveled and hunted in the region eastward from the Mackenzie River delta to Bering Sea, and relates his experiences with the Vanta Kutchin (sub-group of Loucheux Indians).
Condition: all in very good condition, all maps present, no scribble or torn pages: Arctic Forests, scattered foxing...one loose page; Trackless Labrador few loose pages but complete.
Provenance Michigan estate-single owner
1) HUNTING WITH THE ESKIMOS, HARRY WHITNEY,1910.
Unique record of a Sportsmans year among the Northernmost Tribe, Big Game Hunting, Native Life and the Battle for Existence Through the Long Arctic Night.
Publisher T. Fisher Unwin, London 1st U.K. Edition.
Numerous b/w photo plates, and folding maps.
Pictorial burgundy cloth, with winter scenes on cover and spine, gilt.
*An account of the authors trip to Etah on 1908 aboard Robert Peary relief ship Eric and his adventures the following winter among the Eskimos, including a sledge trip to Ellesmere Island to Hunt Musk-Ox.
2) THROUGH TRACKLESS LABRADOR, H. Hesketh Prichard with a chapter on Fishing by G.M. Gathorne Hardy, 1911.
Publisher William Heinemann, London.1911.
Map of the route plus b/w photos throughout, 254pp, 54 leaves of plates.
Hardcover 1st edition.
Red cloth binding with gilt tiles to front and spine.
*Prichard crossed Labrador by foot and canoe from Nain to the George River and back, hunting elk and reindeer and fishing for salmon and trout. The chapter on fishing was written by his companion, Geoffrey M. Gathorne-Hardy.
3) THE ARCTIC FORESTS by Michael H. Mason, 1924.
1st edition. xiii + 320pp.
Two folding colour maps with black and white photo plates throughout, xiv + 453pp.
Gilt pictorial blue cloth.
Publisher Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London 1924.
*From 1920-1922, the author traveled and hunted in the region eastward from the Mackenzie River delta to Bering Sea, and relates his experiences with the Vanta Kutchin (sub-group of Loucheux Indians).
Condition: all in very good condition, all maps present, no scribble or torn pages: Arctic Forests, scattered foxing...one loose page; Trackless Labrador few loose pages but complete.
Provenance Michigan estate-single owner
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All books are in very good condition, all maps intact, binding tight, no interior scribble, scattered foxing, few loose pages but complete.
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