Ian bunyan (16 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. John Rae's solitary childhood in the rugged hills of Orkney, Scotland, can be seen as preparation for the challenge he later faced in the Canadian Arctic. As a member of the Hudson's Bay Company, with a posting as surgeon and clerk to George Simpson, he travelled extensively in the Arctic, often alone. Taught to survive in extreme conditions by the Indians and the Inuit, he used this knowledge in exploring, surveying and mapping; collecting information on zoology, ethnography, and geology; and making detailed observations of the ethnography of the Inuit. In his later years he wrote widely on the natural history, geography, and anthropology of the North. Rae was a committed, independent, and idiosyncratic man and a controversial figure in his own period. There has, until now, been little recognition of the importance and diversity of his achievements.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. John Rae's solitary childhood in the rugged hills of Orkney, Scotland, can be seen as preparation for the challenge he later faced in the Canadian Arctic. As a member of the Hudson's Bay Company, with a posting as surgeon and clerk to George Simpson, he travelled extensively in the Arctic, often alone. Taught to survive in extreme conditions by the Indians and the Inuit, he used this knowledge in exploring, surveying and mapping; collecting information on zoology, ethnography, and geology; and making detailed observations of the ethnography of the Inuit. In his later years he wrote widely on the natural history, geography, and anthropology of the North. Rae was a committed, independent, and idiosyncratic man and a controversial figure in his own period. There has, until now, been little recognition of the importance and diversity of his achievements.…

Condizione: Good. B/w And Color Illustrations (illustratore).

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Stiff unmarked book, about new but for tiny lower corner bump.; 116 pages. B/w And Color Illustrations (illustratore).

Condizione: Good. Later binding: professionally bound in cloth with original cover and spine.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. 116 pages 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corners. Shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of Arctic explorer John Rae, published to mark the centenary of this death. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Published jointly with McGill University Press.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Softcover. Clean, tight, and completely unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. xii,116pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Issued Without Jacket. 1st Edition. Oblong quarto, paperbound book, xii + 116 pp., color frontis, color & b/w photos, color & b/w illus., maps. Rae was the first to find evidence re: the fate of the Franklin expedition. Co-published w/the National Museums of Scotland. Paperback book in v.g.+ cond.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Minor creasing to outer corners of cover, very slight bumping to spine ends, school ink stamp on half-title along with a small mark where a label has been, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Brought out to accompany the museum exhibition dealing with the life and work of the Orkney born Victorian explorer John Rae who travelled in Arctic Canada in the 1840s and 1850s. Contains pieces by several authors, namely: ''Childhood in Orkney'' by Bryce Wilson, ''Early Arctic Exploration'' by Ian Bunyan, ''Rae in the Arctic'' by Jenni Calder, ''Rae and the Native Canadians'' and ''Rae as Collector and Ethnographer'' by Dale Idiens. 116pp, colour and b&w illustration throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. [xii] 116pp. with colour and B/W images and illustrations throughout. Binding firm, with minor wear to the soft cover. Spine remains uncreased. Brown speckling along the top edge of the textblock but otherwise the pages are clean with inscriptions or annotations. Size: 225mm x 253mm. Weight: 590g. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Oversized softcover with gray and white wraps, B&W illustration across front cover, black, white, and green text across covers and along spine. Corners very gently bumped, covers otherwise clean and glossy. Title and copyright pages dated only 1989. 20 pages. Former owner's name written neatly at top of title page. Otherwise clean, crisp, and bright. B&W images featured throughout. Staple binding is neat and tight, no rusting. This is an oversized book, so extra postage will be necessary for priority or international shipping. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. We ship everyday from a real neighborhood bookstore. This description is written by an actual person, who is holding the book in front of them to make sure it's properly described. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Excellent account of John Rae's Arctic journeys. National Museums of Scotland. pp.xi.128. Illus.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 8.75" x 10". xi, 116 pp. Rae's life and travels especially his Arctic exploration. Illustrated with numerous colour and b&w photos, drawings, paintings, and maps. Bright clean copy.

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: fine. edition limitee coffret collector numero 2069. l'article peut presenter de tres legers signes d'usure. vendeur professionnel; envoi soigne en 24/48h.