Maciver Bernice and Angus (2 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 3'rd Printing. Lorraine E. Brandson compiled these 217 pages of Northern Manitoba history largerly from work completed by the authors. Angus first came to the Churchill district in 1930. A handfull of b/w photographs accompany the text. Map ahead of text. No index, back pages include appendices and list of `other' writings by the authors. Learn more about : Gillam, polar bears, Samuel Hearne, On-to-the-Bay, the Palmer party, Jens Munck, Sloop's Cove, and white whales. (This copy has provenance directly to Churchill - title page.) Cond : Paper wrapper is turquoisey blue with white lettering. Front cover photo is of eskimos with kayak frames circa 1920. Light `dings' to back cover, minor edge wear. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Colours bright, binding tight. Square and clean. Quote (p.59) : " I looked across the snow. Red and his dogs had taken on the look of creatures of a spirit world. He was now clothed in pale green and his dogs were green against yellow snow with their tails curved over their backs like huge plumes. Even my own ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustrator).…