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RARE 1911,

RARE 1911, "Hunting Seal & Polar Bear Ice Floes Bering Strait," by Kleinschmidt

$ 19

Availability: 77 in stock
  • Type: Vintage Magazine Article
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: Good. Tanning due to age, edgewear, gutter staple-holes. One page (one without illustrations) has a one-inch tear, slightly affecting the text (though the tear "holds together" well).
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Handmade: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Region of Origin: Alaska
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller

    Description

    [Scans available of all the pages / illustrations to those interested -- don't hesitate to ask!]
    (Vintage article, 1911)
    "Hunting Seal and Polar Bear on the Ice Floes of the Bering Strait"
    By Captain F. E. Kleinschmidt
    16 pages; 10 illustrations from photographs.
    Pages are a
    pproximately 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.
    Illustrations from photographs:
    OACK-BA-OCK AND FAMILY
    NATIVE DRUMMERS FOR THE CEREMONIAL DANCES
    CAPE PRINCE OF WALES, WESTERNMOST POINT OF THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA. A NATIVE FISHING FOR TOMCOD THROUGH THE ICE OF BERING STRAIT, IN THE FOREGROUND
    THE CEREMONIAL DANCE PRELIMINARY TO THE HUNT. THE ORCHESTRA IS AT THE RIGHT, WITH FAN-LIKE DRUMS OF STRETCHED SEAL HIDE
    SLEDGING THROUGH BERING STRAIT; UNDER THE CLIFFS OF CAPE PRINCE OF WALES
    THE AUTHOR AND HIS BEAR
    CAPE PRINCE OF WALES, BERING STRAIT, VILLAGE IN WINTER
    HUNTERS RETURNING WITH SEAL SLAIN ON THE FLOE.
    DIOMEDE ISLAND BOY, AS HE WAS FOUND BY THE AUTHOR, STARVED AND FROZEN ON THE ICE
    ROUGH ICE AROUND CAPE PRINCE OF WALES
    Packaged in clear archival sleeve, with cardboard backing, in rigid mailer -- with certificate of provenance.
    An uncommon and striking piece for researcher or collector.
    SKU #PM1911_04A