New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc., 1956. xi, 399pp, index, bw ills, endpaper maps. Cloth backed boards in jacket. The jacket is quite heavily worn and has been laid onto card to prevent further deterioration, price clipped, moderate foxing to page edges, small bumps to front corners. The story of Archibald Lang Fleming (the Flying Bishop), First Bishop of the Arctic, who spent 40 years among the Esquimeax preparing them for civilization.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Lawrence Jones (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 049947
Title: Archibald the Arctic.
Author: Fleming, Archibald Lang
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1956
Keywords: Bishop Archibald Lang Fleming Arctic Eskimo Inuit Religion Missionary
Bookseller catalogs: Theology,Religion,Myth, Legend, Philosophy; Biography; Mountaineering, Caving, Arctic and Antarctic; TRAVEL / Polar Regions; Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnology;
Size: 8vo

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