By The Duke of Orleans [Louis Philippe Robert]; H. Grahame Richards [trans.]
London   David Nutt
8.5" by 5.5" xxv, 204pp
A first edition account of an Arctic hunting expedition written by Prince Philippe, Duke of Orleans, with illustrations.
By The Duke of Orleans [Louis Philippe Robert]; H. Grahame Richards [trans.]

1911 Hunters and Hunting in the Arctic

London   David Nutt
8.5" by 5.5" xxv, 204pp
A first edition account of an Arctic hunting expedition written by Prince Philippe, Duke of Orleans, with illustrations.
£49.00
: 0.5kgs / : 978Y52

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. 

In the publisher's original cloth binding.

Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four plates. Collated, complete. 

A vivid account of hunting in the Arctic, drawn from the reminiscences of the first two expeditions taken by Duke of Orleans, Louis Philippe Robert.

With descriptions of trappers and equipment used, the hunting of bears, reindeer, a walrus and seals, as well as observations of the native Inuit people and their hunting practices.

Condition

In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine and mild shelf wear. Handling marks to the boards. Internally, frontispiece and plate facing p.110 detached, but present, otherwise firmly bound. Offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spotting throughout.

Good

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