Kak, The Copper Eskimo (THIRD EDITION)

New York, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Edge and corner wear; no dj; corners are bumped and rubbed; scuffed and scratched; split and fraying at the head and tail of the spine; spine is discolored and spotted; shelf worn; some writing in ink and pencil on the ffep; former owner's name and address is in ink on the second page; overall a nice used collectible THIRD EDITION! Gray cloth with black lettering and illustration on the front board and spine. Illustrated endpapers. 253 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and adventure-filled pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Certain things should be said in a preface to the story of 'Kak: the Copper Eskimo,' as it now stands. There are a good many ordinary American colloquialisms in the text and there is even some present-day slang. That is because the Eskimo language resembles English in the temporary currency of colloquialisms and in the epidemics of slang that sweep from district to district................" ------- from the Preface to the Third Edition (THIRD EDITION).. Third Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by George Richards . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.