£ 75
Jenness, D. and Roberts, Helen.
REPORT OF THE CANADIAN EXPEDITION, 1913-1918. Vols XIV (Eskimo Songs); XV (Eskimo Language and Technology) and XVI (Material Culture of the Copper Eskimo).
F.A. Acland Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty 1925-1946.
First edition.
Volume XIV (1925), 506pp; Vol XV, (1928), Parts A: Comparative Vocabulary of the Western Eskimo Dialects, 134pp & Part B: Grammatical Notes on Some Western Eskimo Dialects. 34pp (one of the scarcest titles in this series of reports); Vol XVI (1948), 148pp.
All three volumes in original grey wrappers bound into sturdy blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and endpapers. Near fine condition. A few small ‘Armstrong College Marine Laboratory’ stamps in places. A seldom read set of volumes. All volumes complete. These volumes focus on the more anthropological part of the extensive scientific survey of Northern Canada which was undertaken by the Canadian Government.
     
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