First printing with full number line. SIGNED by author on the half title page. No inscription. Hardcover. Octavo. [xxiv] 464pp. Quarter cream cloth spine with silver title, dark blue paper-covered boards with author's initials in blind; illustrated dust jacket with artwork by Kinuko Craft. Previous owner's name to front flyleaf. Clean and unmarked. Light shelf wear to the unclipped dust jacket which is in a protective mylar sleeve. Arctic Dreams won the 1986 National Book Award for Nonfiction, cementing Lopez's reputation as a major American writer and ensuring the book's lasting place in both literary and environmental history.