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[INUIT]. A group of 8 works regarding the indigenous people of Greenland, Alaska, Arctic Canada, and other polar regions in 8 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally fine.

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[INUIT]. A group of 8 works regarding the indigenous people of Greenland, Alaska, Arctic Canada, and other polar regions, including:

FREUCHEN, Peter (1886-1957). Eskimo: An Epic of the North. New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. Publisher's black cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- HALL, Charles Francis (1821-1871). Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. Publisher's brown cloth gilt. -- PONCHINS, Gontran de (1900-1962). Kabloona. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1941. Publisher's beige cloth. -- RINK, Henry (1819-1893). Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo. Edinburg and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1875. Publisher's brown cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- WHITNEY, Harry (1873-1936). Hunting with the Eskimos. New York: The Century Co., 1910. Publisher's dark blue cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- And 3 others. Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally fine. Provenance: Collector's bookplates, a few pencil marks. Complete list available on request.