This wonderful piece of storytelling, recounts Houston's fascinating and often hilarious adventures among a confident, smiling people who spoke no English. Taking readers into the heart of Inuit culture, this book is full of adventure and anecdote as well as the delights of art and the hazards of cold, it is illustrated with 40 drawings by the author.
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This wonderful piece of storytelling, recounts Houston's fascinating and often hilarious adventures among a confident, smiling people who spoke no English. Taking readers into the heart of Inuit culture, this book is full of adventure and anecdote as well as the delights of art and the hazards of cold, it is illustrated with 40 drawings by the author.
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The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Used-G. This book is noticeably used and in good condition. Help support Orca Books Cooperative--Olympia's only Co-op Bookstore! Page edges discolored from age and/or sun damage. Slight fraying to corner edges.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 7x5x1; The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Near Fine in Very Good minus jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, xi + 320 pages, brown quarter-cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket, back strip color faded, and with the original price present.
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8vo. [10], 320, [8] pp. Numerous illusts. Quarter-brwn cloth over beige boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/Nf. First edition of this autobiographical memoir of Houston's life amongst the Inuit on West Baffin Island.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Autobiography. 8vo. Signed First Edition (1996. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 320 pages. Signed by author on half title page, "For Marty Ransohoff One of the truly great friends of our lives Affectionately Alicia & Jim Houston." Also laid in is a tls on Christie's stationary by Vice Chairman Stephen S. Lash to Marty Ransohoff getting this book signed for Ransohoff and sending it along. The book is in very good condition. Interior is clean and tight. The price clipped dust jacket is in good condition with some shelf wear, one small chip at bottom of spine, one small chip to top of front panel, fading to top of spine and rubbing to edges. James Houston (1921-2005) was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and introduced printmaking to the Inuit. The Inuit named him Saumik, which means "the left-handed one". Ransohoff produced and adapted the film based on his book, White Dawn which appeared in 1974 starring Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms and Louis Gossett Jr. Martin Ransohoff (1927-2017) was an American film and television producer. His early TV successes (Beverly Hillbillies and Mr. Ed) enabled him to produce movies like The Americanization of Emily, The Sandpiper, The Cincinnati Kid, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Ice Station Zebra, Castle Keep, Catch-22, Silver Streak, and Jagged Edge among others. Brown beige spine/white brown text. #031627.