The People of the Polar North A Record

The People of the Polar North, A Record. Compiled from the Danish Originbals and Edited by G. Herring. Illustrations by Count Harald Moltke. Knud Rasmussen. 1908. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 4to. (6.5" x 10") Lacking dust jacket. 358 pp. Full blue cloth with faded gilt spine with title, author and location. Top edge toned blue. Edgewear, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, head and foot of spine ruffled with tiny closed tears. Spine sun-faded, boards with lighter stains, foxing to text block edges and initial leaves including the title page. Illustrated with dozens of drawings and photos, 12 in full color, with folding color map to rear, all accounted for.