275 pages with drawings by the author. The jacket suffers from minor loss at the edges with a series of short, carries na series of short closed tears front and back closed tears and with loss to the tail of the spine; there is a ownership inscription on the dedication page. Overall a clean, unmarked and solid copy, but obviously second hand. First British edition. "In 1896, three survivors from a whaling misadventure are nursed back to health by Eskimo villagers who share their food, women, and way of life with the strangers. In return, the foreigners introduce to the villagers the spirit of competitiveness that rules the white man's world." (publisher)