ANAUTA and WASHBURNE, Heluiz Chandler
Land of the Good Shadows
NY, John Day, (1940). This is the life story of Anauta, as told to Washburne. Anauta was an Eskimo woman raised as a boy on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, who moved to Indianapolis as an adult. Inscribed on the half-title with "My very best wishes to you" and signed by Anauta in both the English alphabet and the Inuktitut syllabics. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket worn at the edges and joints. Dust jacket design by Rockwell Kent.
[#035860]
$350
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