Search Results: Alaska/Yukon/NWT/North from Bruce McLeod

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD Second Printing softcover. Nice tight book, minor marks on edges, all text clean, no spine creases, VG covers. 6" x 9", 514 pages. Volume One of the 'Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature.' Each traditional story in the Tinglit language is translated to English on the opposite page.

Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman, 1989. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. NEAR-FINE First Edition, 1st Printing. Only a trace of edgewear to wraps. Interiors crisp, clean & unmarked.5.5" by 8.5", 336 pages, maps, photos, tables.

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. VERY GOOD/GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing of this remarkable volume. Short gift inscription on endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Nice boards, tight binding, fine interiors. DJ has short closed tears, small piece missing from top edge, minor marks. Folio, 9.5" x 12.25, 216 pages, illustrated with many b&w photos. In 1980 and 1981, renowned photographer Ulli Steltzer traveled from Labrador and Northern Quebec, to Baffin Island, Keewatin, the Central Arctic, High Arctic and Western Arctic to document Inuit culture.

Don Mills, ON: Burns & MacEachern, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD Trade Paperback, 2nd printing. An excellent copy of a scarce book, appears unread. Slightly tanned wraps, solid, all pages clean and unmarked. 5.25" by 8", 112 pages. Illustrated by Maria Jursic. The story of a gold strike, and a boy who is kidnapped and taken on a 500 mile drift down the Yukon River, from Whitehorse to Dawson City.

Toronto: Univ of Toronto Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine.Fine First Edition of this tremendous collection of Inuit stories - from oral story-telling traditions to modern writing. The boards show no wear, the binding is as new, and the interiors are unmarked and appear unread. The DJ has only a trace of edgewear, no tears, no chipping, no creases, very nice. 6.5" x 9.25", 314 pages.

Toronto: Annick Press, 1993. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Alice Priestley. FINE First Edition, 8.25" x 10.5" softcover, 32 pages. No markings, clean, like new. The poetic tale of an Inuit toddler meeting a polar bear cub, peacefully, alone, out on the ice.

Fine. 8.25" x 11.75", 96 pages. An exceptional copy. Includes several articles on the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty, the Arctic voyages of Louis-Philippe-Robert, Ivory gulls breeding on the ice, and much more.

NY: Carlton Press - Lyceum Book, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. FINE/GOOD+ First Edition, 1st Printing. An exceptional unread copy with no defects & no wear. Unclipped DJ has edge tears and chipping. 5.5" by 8.25", 61 pages. Each of the 11 poems is illustrated by charcoal sketches by the author. The author spent a decade with the Ojibway people of Western Ontario and worked with Native Canadians in the Yukon and Alberta in the 60's.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. FINE Second Enlarged Edition Hardcover (2nd edition was published one year following 1923 1st ed.). In extraordinary condition for collectors. Nearly perfect crimson boards with gilt decorations, no bumps, stains or marks. Very clean inside and out. Previous owner's gift inscription on endpaper only. 5.25" by 7.5", 143 pages, frontis portrait of author-poet with tissue guard. Very scarce collection of 42 poems from this early 20th century Canadian poet.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Very Good Trade Paperback 1st Printing. Nearly perfect wraps, no creases on spine, fine unmarked interiors. 6" x 9", 316 pages, glossary of mountaineering terms. - This collection of surprising and funny true stories won the Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature at the Banff Mountain Book Festival.

Buckingham, Quebec: Arundel Publishing, 1996. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. VERY GOOD+ First Edition, 1st printing stated. Clean, tight, unmarked. Only a trace of shelf wear & one crease on front cover. Very scarce and entertaining book records the author's 13 years of teaching in Quebec's far north.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good/Very Good First Edition, really nice ex-lib copy with normal library markings, and some underlining in light pencil. Crisp and clean, solid, unclipped DJ in mylar . 5.75" by 9.75", 136 pages, notes, bibliography. When published in 1972, the author was one of the first to predict that uncontrolled development would result in ecological damage to the arctic and global warming.

Whitehorse: Lost Moose, The Yukon Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition . Large Softcover. Fine. FINE First Edition, 1st Printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. 8.5" x 11", 112 pages, more than 75 dramatic photographs, maps. - Outdoor adventurer Ken Madsen takes the reader for a kayak trip on several wild rivers of the Yukon, British Columbia, and Alaska - while making a compelling case for wilderness preservation and conservation. The watersheds included are: Alsek-Tatshenshini, Stikine, Peel, Skagway.

Vancouver, BC: Whitecap Books, 2000. Trade Paperback. Fine. FINE revised edition. Gift quality: crisp, clean, no markings, square & solid, no creases, pristine interiors. 6" x 9", 226 pages, illustrated.

Toronto: Peter Martin Associates, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FINE/VERY GOOD Second Printing, SIGNED by Ray Price on the title page. An exceptional copy, only one corner gently bumped. Binding, hinges, all pages as-new. Unclipped DJ is excellent with no tears, no chipping. 6.25" x 9.25", 308 pages, index, b&w plates, map endpapers.