Thrasher... Skid Row Eskimo (Inuit Biography)
by Thrasher, Anthony Apakark (in collaboration with Gerard Deagle and Alan Mettrick)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0887600824
- ISBN 13
- 9780887600821
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, ON: Griffin House, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A stream of consciousness autobiography, written by an imprisoned Inuit man convicted of manslaughter while he struggled to understand, adapt and survive within modern western culture "The end product was a diary as touching and savage as any ever written by a Canadian." from the front flap. Bright blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-3/16 inches [28 cm] tall), pp. xi, (xii - map), (1) - 164, author portrait frontis, map. Volume with light soil to cloth and faint toning to eps. Price-intact DJ with some rubbing, small tears and edge wear, a bit of toning and modest foxing verso. A difficult book to find in collectible condition, having never been reprinted and with a good number of copies still held by institutional libraries. "... the Eskimo people are like the sun spots which sometimes appear on the lens of an astronomer. We are in the way, we blur the picture the white man has of the future of the North." A. A. Thrasher.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2597
- Title
- Thrasher... Skid Row Eskimo (Inuit Biography)
- Author
- Thrasher, Anthony Apakark (in collaboration with Gerard Deagle and Alan Mettrick)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0887600824
- ISBN 13
- 9780887600821
- Publisher
- Griffin House
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Inuit -- Canada -- Biography. Inuit -- Canada -- Social conditions.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
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Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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