Hudson's Bay Trader de Tweedsmuir Lord - 1952

NY: W.W. Norton. Owners gift inscription. Very light fade to cover top and bottom along edge - quite slight. Photographic inset. Trapping and sledding with the Eskimos of Baffin Land. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Good Plus. Hardcover. 1st. 1951.

Norton, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: . 195 pages. Light shelf wear, pages tanned; a good sound binding. The jacket has some creasing, discoloring and wear. "The diary of a year among the Eskimos of Baffin Land-a year of freedom from the outside world-of arctic winter and snow houses, seal hunts and sled treks along the trap lines and above all a year of strange contentment." Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; Inventory No: 200726. .

Toronto: Nelson Foster & Scott, 1978. (1978), 188pp, illus., black cloth, light shelfwear to cover, slight soiling to top pg edges, owner's notes to fep, slight soiling & edgewear to dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -.

Clerke & Cockeran, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. First Published. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to cloth to spine. Staining overall.

Clerke & Cockeran, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Clerke & Cockeran, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. Reprinted. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Cocked spine. The DJ has small chip missing front top corner, general wear & tear top/bottom, DJ spine faded. Small tape pieces to DJ flaps and pastedowns. Clean text. Protected in mylar. ; 8vo, green cloth, map eps, DJ, 195pp. Illustrated. .

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1951. 195pp Map endpapers Photos Previous owner's address sticker on front facing page Cover is very lightly scuffed Top and bottom spine edges are faded Dust jacket has chips and tears on edges including chip at top of spine Spine is faded Outside edge of front cover is stained Protective mylar cover over dust jacket. First Edition. Cloth Hardback. Very Good/Near Very Good.

W.W. Norton, 1951-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's name and book stamp on front endpaper. Dust jacket is covered with protective mylar, shows light edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. COVER MAY NOT MATCH THE PICTURE ON THIS SITE.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

London: Clerke & Cockeran. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelf wear with short tears, chipping, light soil. Tape remnants on inside front and back DJ flaps. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. Illustrated throughout by photographs which were, for the most part, the author's own. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; The second Lord Tweedsmuir, oldest son of the author, John Buchan, spent a number of years in Canada. He was also John Buchan but better known as Johnnie. He spent 1938-1939 as a fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company in the far north at Cape Dorset on Baffin Island. This is his diary of that time. It was from this diary that his father took the background information for his last book 'Sick Heart River', published posthumously in 1941. .