A Canoe Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being an Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylmer Lake

By Seton, Ernest Thompson

New York: Scribners, 1911, First US Edition. 8vo – 22.4cm. [xvi], 415 pp., 7 Appendices, Index. 54 black-and-white plates from photographs, 125 illustrations from drawings including some of the author’s famous drawings of animal tracks; artifacts, maps & charts. Publisher’s dark-green ruled cloth with bright gilt title lettering on front cover and spine. A Near Fine copy. Covers are in excellent condition with bright gilt and showing minimal wear at extremities. Interior is near fine with no prior ownership markings, tight un-cracked hinges, no foxing, folds or tears – an unusually well-preserved copy.

Appendix A: The New Northwest
Appendix B: Buffalo Summary
Appendix C: The Yak – The Range Beast for the North-west
Appendix D: Insects Collected by Seton Expedition 1907
Appendix E: List of Plants Noted on the Seton Expedition 1907
Appendix F: List of Mammals Noted on the Seton Expedition 1907
Appendix G: List of Birds Noted on the Seton Expedition 1907

‘Account of author’s trip with naturalist Edward A. Preble, May 1907, down Athabaska and Slave rivers, by Great Slave Lake northeast to the Aylmer and Clinton-Colden Lakes region of the Barren Grounds’, over a period of six months. They studied caribou, buffalo, birds, etc, and also describe the Chipewyan Indians. The appendices describe insects, 87 plant species, 44 animals and 156 species of birds, with locations and field notes. The first London edition was in 1912. The later editions did not include the appendices or the plates but did include the text illustrations.— Arctic Bibliography 15779

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