Rare Aviation Books

We Live in the Artic

HELMERICKS, Contsance and Harmon

London: Hodder and Staughton, 1949. Octavo, sky-blue cloth, spine and cover embossed with silver lettering, [xvi], 320 pp., one additional leaf at end (unpaginated), endpapers illustrated with a map, frontispiece, seven double-sided black-and-white plates, three diagrams included. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed, very light foxing of pages throughout; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. The autobiography of an Alaskan couple who, at the age of twenty-six, abandon city life, head north into the Alaskan wilderness, build a home for themselves and learn to survive using their wits, strength and ingenuity. Item #4661

Price (AUD): $40.00