This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure, travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. In 1938 and 1939, a French nobleman spent fifteen months living among the Inuit people of the Arctic. He was at first appalled by their way of life: eating rotten raw fish, sleeping with each others' wives, ignoring schedules, and helping themselves to his possessions. Indeed, most Europeans would be overwhelmed merely by the smells Poncins encountered in the igloos. But as de ...
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This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure, travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. In 1938 and 1939, a French nobleman spent fifteen months living among the Inuit people of the Arctic. He was at first appalled by their way of life: eating rotten raw fish, sleeping with each others' wives, ignoring schedules, and helping themselves to his possessions. Indeed, most Europeans would be overwhelmed merely by the smells Poncins encountered in the igloos. But as de Poncins's odyssey continues, he is transformed from Kabloona, the White Man, an uncomprehending outsider, to someone who finds himself living, for a few short months, as Inuk: a man, preeminently. He opens his eyes to the world around him, a harsh but beautiful world unlike any other, and allows himself to be fully immersed in its culture.
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Very good(-) Illustrated, some color. Thick 8vo, tan & blue cloth (spine sunned and with a small stain on top edge of some pages). New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1941). A very good(-) solid copy.
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Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by the author, and with photographic plates. 339pp. Half-title has been neatly removed, bottom edge with a faint tideline, boards slightly rubbed, spine tanned, about very good. An account of the author's travels to the Arctic, and the ways of the indigenous peoples he encountered.
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Near Fine in Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Near Fine in a good + jacket. First edition as issued by the Book-Of-The-Month Club, with no price on the jacket. Jacket has a 1/2" x 2" chip on the top front cover. Illustrated by photos, drawings, plates.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition, Early Printing. Published by Reynal & Hitchcock, 1941. Octavo. White cloth over blue boards stamped in white with cartographic endpapers and blue topstain. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Price-clipped dust jacket is very good with shelf wear, scuffing, and small tears. 339 pages plus photos. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Very good; Collectible. The hardcover only stated Reynal Edition from 1941. Other than a hint of rubbing to the cover edges, both the cover and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight as a drum.