The Labrador Coast. A Journal of Two Summer Cruises to That Region. With Notes on Its Early Discovery, on the Eskimo, on Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History

First edition (Arctic Bibliography 36639). Boards a bit soiled, bookplate from ship's library of U.S.S. Indiana on front endpaper, embossed owner stamps on first few pages. 1891 Hard Cover. 513 pp. Maps (including one fold-out) and photographs throughout. "Contains material mainly based upon observations and collections made by the author during the Williams College expedition of 1860 to southern Labrador and during a cruise up the coast to Hopedale in 1864, organized by Wm. Bradford, the American marine artist. Each trip is described with notes on flora, fauna, geology, and Eskimos. Results from three Canadian expeditions in the latter 19th century are also brought into the text of the other chapters, which deal with physical geography, history, fisheries, Eskimos, geology of the coastal region, zoology, and botany. Lists of invertebrates, insects, fishes, birds, and mammals are given, with brief notes on distribution, and a catalog of plants compiled by J. Macoun (Canadian Dept. of the Interior). Some of the chapters were previously published in journals." Includes: The Physical Geography of Labrador; Who First Saw the Labrador Coast?; The Geographical Evolution of Labrador; Life and Nature in Southern Labrador; One of Fifty Days in Southern Labrador; A Summer's Cruise to Northern Labrador: From Boston to Henley Harbor; A Summer's Cruise to Northern Labrador: From Henley Harbor to Cape St. Michael; A Summer's Cruise to Northern Labrador: From Cape St. Michael to Hopedale; A Summer's Cruise to Northern Labrador: Hopedale and the Eskimos; A Summer's Cruise to Northern Labrador: The Return Voyage to Boston; Recent Explorations; The Civil History of Labrador, with a Brief Account of Its Fisheries; The Labrador Eskimos and Their Former Range Southward; The Geology of the Labrador Coast; The Zoology of the Labrador Coast; The Botany of the Labrador Coast; Bibliography Relating to the Early Explorations, the Geography, and the Civil and Natural History of Labrador.…