New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2348057

First edition. Hinges just beginning to weaken, 4 inch closed tear to folding map, righthand portion of map split along seam, but map is complete.

xv, 465 pp. Fold-out map follows text, four maps and 48 plates in text. Elliott, a watercolor artist and environmentalist, also wrote the 1911 Hay-Elliott Fur Seal Treaty, the first international treaty on wildlife conservation. Arctic Bibliography 4545: "A comprehensive work for general readers, telling of the history, geography, peoples, and wildlife, particularly the seals, and (in less detail) the sea otters, sea lions, the morse (or walrus), etc."

Price: $90.00