Eskimoliv: [Eskimo Life]
by Nansen, Fritdjof
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Kristiania (Oslo): H. Aschehoug & Co., 1891, First Norwegian Edition. 8vo – 22.7cm. [xiii], 293pp.,(1). Publisher's dark-blue cloth on beveled boards with bright gilt titles on cover and spine. Frontispiece illustration plus 15 plates. A very good+ and complete copy of the first Norwegian edition. Arctic Bibliography 11982. Text in Norwegian. Rare.
Published in English as Eskimo Life, contents include Greenland and its Eskimo, appearances and clothing, the kayak, winter houses, tents and umiaks, cookery, social conditions, art and poetry, religion, marriage, etc…
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- Bookseller
- Chet Ross Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- UTTX619
- Title
- Eskimoliv
- Author
- Nansen, Fritdjof
- Illustrator
- Otto Sinding
- Format/Binding
- Dark-blue cloth on beveled boards with bright gilt titles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Norwegian
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. Aschehoug & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Kristiania (Oslo)
- Date Published
- 1891
- Pages
- 293
- Size
- 22.7cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Arctic; Eskimo; Inuit
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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