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First UK edition of Hans Ruesch's novel of the polar Inuits
Author
Hans Ruesch
Publisher
Victor Gollancz, London, 1950
Printing Details
First UK edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19 × 12.5cm, 236pp. Review copy with publisher's slipped loosely inserted.
Hans Ruesch's classic novel about life among the polar Inuit. The chapters are based on magazine stories written for American journals from 1944 to 1950, and although it sails under the flag of fiction, they are based in the reality of the lives of the Inuit.
Condition
The book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is fair only with an 8cm closed tear to the rear panel with some creasing and grubbying. However, it has not been price-clipped and is now within a protective sleeve.