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SPIRIT WRESTLER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set among the Eskimos of Baffin Island, by this Canadian author-artist, who lived among the Inuit for many years. Author's "last word." 306 pp. ISBN: 0-15-184755x.
Condition: Very good- in a good dustjacket (rem line, price-clipped, short closed tear and some edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 15707More details Price: $13.50 -
THE WHITE DAWN: An Eskimo Saga.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971.) dj. Hardcover - Canadian author's first novel, a modern classic which vividly portrays the beginning of the destruction of the traditional way of life of the Eskimos as they come into contact with white men. Based on stories passd down from elders about the rescue (and the ensuing events) of three whalers from New Bedford in 1896 which Houston heard during the years he spent on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Illustrated with drawings by the author. 275 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-15-1961158.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (some rubbing to the dust jacket.)
Book ID: 48154More details Price: $13.50 -
SPIRIT WRESTLER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set among the Eskimos of Baffin Island, by this Canadian author-artist, who lived among the Inuit for many years. Author's "last word." 306 pp. ISBN: 0-15-184755x.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 65442More details Price: $16.50 -
THE WHITE DAWN: An Eskimo Saga.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971.) dj. Hardcover - Canadian author's first novel, a modern classic which vividly portrays the beginning of the destruction of the traditional way of life of the Eskimos as they come into contact with white men. Based on stories passd down from elders about the rescue (and the ensuing events) of three whalers from New Bedford in 1896 which Houston heard during the years he spent on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Illustrated with drawings by the author. 275 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-15-1961158.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81969More details Price: $17.50
