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Arctic Journey: Paintings, Sketches, and Reminiscences of a Vanishing World
by Buerschaper, Peter; intro by Terence Michael Shortt
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0889320594
- ISBN 13
- 9780889320598
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Pagurian Press, 1977. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, headband, 126 pages including 20 full colour full page paintings, with b & w drawings through-out, Near Fine condition with former owners book plate on inside front, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition with light rubbing to back & minor edge wear. "There is a desperate awareness of the brevity of the arctic life cycle in Buerschaper's diary & illustrations. One feels and sees the reliance that beasts & birds and vegetation have on each other, & their perilous susceptibility to the slightest changes in climate and environment." Check out the scans. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Peter Buerschaper . 4to - over 9¾" - 12".
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009310
- Title
- Arctic Journey: Paintings, Sketches, and Reminiscences of a Vanishing World
- Author
- Buerschaper, Peter; intro by Terence Michael Shortt
- Illustrator
- Peter Buerschaper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0889320594
- ISBN 13
- 9780889320598
- Publisher
- Pagurian Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Buerschaper, Peter; intro by Terence Michael Shortt Arctic Journey: Paintings, Sketches, and Reminiscences of a Vanishing World Pagurian Press 0889320594 -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, headband, 126 pages including
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Artists; Canadiana;
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Plate
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