About this title: This classic is an original work of literature by one of America's foremost conservationists and is an account of the people of the north, both Native and white, who give Alaska its special human flavor. First published over fifty years ago, the book is still a favorite among old-time Alaskans and, over the years, has prompted numerous readers to pack up and move to Alaska.
The richness of statistical coverage in this book, and Marshall's careful descriptions of the characters he met, provide readers with a window to the world of 1930, and a nearly complete record of the Koyukuk ...
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Edition: Pparent first Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Literary Guild
Date Published: 1933
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Spine is grimy, age-toned and mottled. Back panel has a small area or rippling along the lower edge near the spine, but no evidence of moisture. Edges and corners show minimal wear. Map end papers and text are age-toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Literary Guild, New York, N.Y.
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. A Very Good Copy In Very Good Dust Jacket. xii, 399 p., plates. front., illus. (music) ports. 22cm. Maps on lining papers. Includes index. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Jarrolds, London
Date Published: 1934
Description: Good+ No Jacket. Travel. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Living with and studying the eskimos in wiseman alaska for a year in 1930-31, many illustrations, 319 pages, very light foxing front and back. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Literary Guild of America, New York
Description: [1933]. (Hardcover) Good to very good, no dust jacket. 399pp. Map endpapers, photographs, illustrations, music, appendix, music. Corners bumped, slightly soiled, minor cracking at rear inner hinge. (Arctic/Polar, Family Life, Inuit) read more
Edition: First Penquin Paperback
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin, Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1940
Description: Good-Very Good in Good jacket. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Shelf/age wear. Light foxing to edges, toning to pages. DJ has edge wear, spine wear. 246pp. read more
Edition: Early
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Literary Guild, New York
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good. Soiled and faded, esp. to spine. Strong binding, no loose or missing or damaged pages. Owner left his seal on half title page. A chronicle of a year long residence with Koyukuk people of the Alaskan Arctic, their geography, climate, history, shelters, food, quest for gold, marriages, dancing, religion, taboos, w/ almost 50 photos in 400 pages with maps. Downs 29. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Alaska Pr, Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780912006475ISBN:0912006471
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Lilac covers w/ black lettering. Lilac/white glossy pictorial duatjacket. Book is signed and inscribed by person who gave the intorduction. 398 pgs. Pages are white and tight. read more
Description: Bdg. dmpstnd. & worn, internally OK. Gd. 399pp. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Many photos. Much text on Eskimos & Koyukuk people author met incl. biographies, labor, economic life, health, children & education, social life, the arts, etc.. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Literary Guild, NY
Date Published: 1933
Description: Hardcover. Edition not stated (no other date). 1933. Good+ (light wear on cover; light foxing/ browning on pages; no marks; clean & tight)/No Dust Jacket. 22.1 cm (8.7 inch) tall. 399 pages. Social Sciences. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York
Description: 1933, 2nd printing., 2nd printing. (Hardcover) Very good. xii, 399pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates from photos (including frontispiece). Original blue cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. Endpaper maps. Edges of covers and spine faded. read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, AK
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780912006475ISBN:0912006471
Description: Fine in Fine DJ. Originally published in 1933. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 399 pgs, index, lots of b&w photos, maps decorate endpapers. The accounts of the author's time spent in the Koyukuk. The village's geography and climate, the people, their economic life, what they do for recreation, etc. read more
Edition: Edition and Printing Not Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Literary Guild, New York, New York, U.S. A
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good in Good jacket. #1253.5. Edition and printing not stated. Good in good dust jacket. Book: slight fading to spine & edges of covers, corners slightly bumped, pencil gift inscription on verso of frontis piece. Jacket: missing 3/4 inch tall, 2 inch long half-circle piece at bottom center of front panel, top 1/2 inch of spine unevenly chipped, bottom 1 inch of spine unevenly chipped, spine & rear panel darkened, slight darkening to front panel. 15 x 22cm. hard cover. 399pp. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1940
Description: Published by Penguin in 1940. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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