The Barren Ground of Northern Canada
by Pike, Warburton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Macmillan, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp ix, 300 + 55 (publisher's catalogue). Index, two folding maps, errata slip bound in. Publisher's green cloth w/gilt lettering on spine. Mild rubbing to extremitie, previous owner's name on half-title page. Narrative of the author's hunting (musk ox, caribou) and explorations in 1889-91 in the region north of the eastern end of Great Slave Lake. Includes descriptions of the country and the life of the Indians among whom he camped (Arctic Bibliography 13527).
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22178
- Title
- The Barren Ground of Northern Canada
- Author
- Pike, Warburton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- sporting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Polar Regions; Canada;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- New
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...