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.