Millman lawrence foreword (5 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: As New. At sixteen, Edward Beauclerk Maurice impulsively signed up with the Hudson's Bay Company -- the company of Gentleman Adventurers -- and ended up at an isolated trading post in the Canadian Arctic, where there was no communication with the outside world and only one ship arrived each year. But he was not alone. The Inuit people who traded there taught him how to track polar bears, build igloos, and survive ferocious winter storms. He learned their language and became completely immersed in their culture, earning the name Issumatak, meaning ?he who thinks.?In The Last Gentleman Adventurer, Edward Beauclerk Maurice relates his story of coming of age in the Arctic and transports the reader to a time and a way of life now lost forever. EDWARD BEAUCLERK MAURICE, after serving in the New Zealand navy during World War II, became a bookseller in an English village and rarely traveled again.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin hardcover, 2006, 1st U.S. edition/1st printing, unread/unmarked, Fine in a Fine (price-clipped) dust jacket, (like New). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First American Edition. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2005.FINE- hardcover book in FINE- dust-jacket. First US Edition, First Printing. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Like New. Brand New! Cover has minor shelf rubbings. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available.