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HUNTING WITH THE ESKIMOS; THE UNIQUE RECORD OF A SPORTSMAN'S YEAR AMONG THE NORTHWESTERNMOST TRIBE - THE BIG GAME HUNTING, THE NATIVE LIFE, AND THE BATTLE FOR EXISTENCE THROUGH THE LONG ARCTIC NIGHT
by Whitney, Harry
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Company, 1911. Hardcover. Octavo, xiv, 453 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine dark blue with gilt lettering and Illustration. Boards have very slight wear and mildly rubbed edges. Gilt stamped lettering to front with illustration and blind-stamped borders. Text block has head edge gilt. Slight age toning to fore and tail edges. Deckled fore edge. Repaired wear to front hinge. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Foxing impacting frontispiece and tissue guard. Illustrated with several plates, some plates impacted by foxing. Slight wear to gutter at pages 96-97. Illustrated with photographs by the author. 1369695. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1369695
- Title
- HUNTING WITH THE ESKIMOS; THE UNIQUE RECORD OF A SPORTSMAN'S YEAR AMONG THE NORTHWESTERNMOST TRIBE - THE BIG GAME HUNTING, THE NATIVE LIFE, AND THE BATTLE FOR EXISTENCE THROUGH THE LONG ARCTIC NIGHT
- Author
- Whitney, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Text Block
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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