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Grand Falls, Nfld. Canada: Robinson-Blackmore Publishing. Soft cover. Fine/None. Signed and inscribed by the author, Francis Patey, on the title page as follows: "Best wishes/Francis Patey"; not personalized to anyone. 86 pages. This work describes the failed efforts of the Canadian seal hunters, in the most dangerous and controversal fishery in the world, to preserve their livelihood, a way of life for some 500 years. Book is clean & tight. A very nice signed copy.
A Battle Lost. An Unsuccessful Attempt to Save the Seal Hunt [Signed, Association Copy] by Patey, Francis - 1991
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A Battle Lost. An Unsuccessful Attempt to Save the Seal Hunt [Signed, Association Copy]
by Patey, Francis
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Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada: Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing Ltd., 1991 Circa 1991. [8], 86pp, bound in glossy stiff paper covers, with binding and hinges tight. Inscribed by the Author "Best Wishes / Francis Patey / Dec. 1990" on the title page. From the personal collection of Lorna Marshall (1898-2002], a well known anthropologist that lived among the !Kung people of the Kalahari Desert, and author of several books based on her studies.
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- Format/Binding Soft cover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
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- Publisher Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing Ltd.
- Place of Publication Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
- Date Published 1991
- Keywords Sealing Seal Hunt Newfoundland Labrador Canadian Canada , Seal Harvest Protest
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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A Battle Lost: An Unsuccessful Attempt to Save the Seal Hunt
by Patey, Francis
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A BATTLE LOST: AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE SEAL HUNT.
by Patey, Francis
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St. Anthony, Nfld.: Privately Printed, 1990. 86 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w photographs. Inscribed on title page: "Best Wishes / Francis Patey / Dec. 1990". Contents: A Historical Sketch of the Seal Hunt; The Protesters Arrive; Supporters of the the Seal Hunt Organize; Planning for a Showdown; The Media Circus Comes to St. Anthony; The Long-awaited Confrontation; Judgment Day; Sealers Under Attack; Through the Eyes of a Celebrity; What Others Said; Parting Words; A Sealers' Song. Interior - clean and tight with no previous owner-ship marks. Exterior - very light rubbing, one very small corner crease. . Inscribed By Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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