Tight, bright, clean, faintest tilt to spine. Softening of spine ends and corners. Light soil to exterior page edges. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and design, map endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is present but UGLY - age soiled with large stain on back, rubbed and creased, tattered edges, rips stabilized with clear tape on inside. "deals mainly with occurrences in the Western and Central Canadian Arctic during (the author's) expedition of 1930-31, which was a period of violent transition. The impact of civilization upon Stone Age natives and the changes it has wrought in the Far North..." 227 ... View More...