Polar Books
 Elliott, Henry W: AN ARCTIC PROVINCE: ALASKA AND THE SEAL ISLANDS. , London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1886.1st Edition; xv, 473pp, (30pp publishers advertisements), illustrated, frontispiece, 48 full-page, illustrations in text, 5 maps. MISSING 1 folding MAP AT END OF VOLUME, black eps. Green cloth covers with coloured pictorial decoration of seal on front cover, gilt and black titling. Arctic Biblio 4545. The scarce London edition. Wickersham 2372, (London 1886 edition) . Tourville 1437. Smith 2801. see Ricks p93. "A comprehensive work for general readers, telling the history, geography, peoples and wildlife, particularly the seals, and (in less detail) the sea otters, sea lions, the morse (or walrus), etc. " (AB).Chapters include: Aboriginal life of the Sitkans; Mount St. Elias; Cook's Island and its people; Great Island of Kadiak; Quest for the Otter; The great Aleutian chain; Seal Islands; Alaskan Sea-Lion; Innuit Life and Lands; Lonely Northern Waters; the Mississippi of Alaska, The Yukon River.; Morse and Mahliemoot. Stain and small tear to front cover. Bookplate of Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale on verso front cover, signature verso fep. Foxing to prelims, contents clean. Good. (Book ref. 2064) £175.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Polar Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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