A Victorian Earl in the Arctic by Krech, Shepard ; Beckett, J.V. (introduction by) - 1989

Univ. Of Washington Press., Seat, 1989T. hardcover. Very Good. 0.9449 10.9449 8.5039.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 207 pages, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations. Moderate edge wear, scratches and rubbing on the dust jacket- particularly the rear panel. Text clean..

British Museum Press, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. short tear to jacket. .

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1989. Introduction by J C H King. 207pp, 8 colour and 150 b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, concordance, index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The fifth Earl of Lonsdale's travels to the Canadian and Alaskan arctic and Subarctic from his daily journal and letters to family and friends. The book catalogues the collection of native artifacts he brought back with him. All of the 200 artifacts he donated to the British Museum are detailed and illustrated in this catalogue.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

London: British Museum Publications, 1989. First edition (hardback). 4to (28cm by 22cm), 207pp. 8 colour plates, 150 b&w illustrations. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. There is some light bumping of the binding, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0714115886

British Museum Publ, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tight binding. No markings in or on book. Corner clipped dj and a small tear on the pastedown presumably due to label removal. Some foxing on top edge and evidence of tanning. Very nice book nevertheless..

London, U.K: British Museum Press, 1989. Unopened, unclipped.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989 First edition. Biographical introduction by J.V. Beckett. Quarto. 207pp. Illustrated throughout with 150 black & white and 8 color photographs. Extensive notes, bibliography and index. Blue cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Hugh Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale, was one of the wealthiest and most public members of the British aristocracy. In 1888 he headed for the North American Arctic and Subarctic, encouraged to travel by numerous scandals arising at home from his lifestyle. This handsome book publishes his journals and correspondence of that year and catalogues the amazing and very important collection of native artifacts that he brought home with him. Lonsdale recorded his immediate impressions and observations of the country and the inhabitants he met, including Indians, Eskimos, white traders, and missionaries..