Uncle Sam's attic: the intimate story of Alaska. Illustrated by author's photographs.
[ALASKA -- WOMEN]. DAVIS, Mary Lee.
Uncle Sam's attic: the intimate story of Alaska. Illustrated by author's photographs.
[ALASKA -- WOMEN]. DAVIS, Mary Lee.
Publisher: W.A. Wilde Co., [1930]., Boston:
Date published: 1930
Format: Hardcover
8vo. xv, [1], 402 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, map endpapers, w/ d.j. (chipping & tear head of spine, upper corner front cover, affecting a few letters, minor scuffing, couple closed tears), still NF/Fair copy, from the library of Wilma Burmester Bishop (1887-1969), widow of Roy T. Bishop (1881-1950), former owner of the Pendleton Woolen Mills. First edition of this anthology of stories, personal accounts, and historical references to Klondike Gold Rush figures, Native America Eskimos, traveling the Yukon River, and more by this famed Alaska pioneering woman. Mary Lee Davis arrived in Fairbanks in 1917 on the steamer Alaska because her husband John had been assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey to create a mine experiment station in Fairbanks. Mary Davis purchased the famed arts & crafts bungalow built by Lucille McCarthy, now known as the Mary Lee Davis House.
402 pages in very good, clean condition. Few pages near the front have a stain on the fore-edge. Illustrated by author's photographs. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Blue cloth with white titles. Spine darkened, head/tail slightly worn. Light wear on the corners. VG-
402 pp. Tall 8vo. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A near fine copy; some effacement of lettering on spine as usual, but very fresh. The jacket has a few small chips at the top of the spine and front panel. Illustrated with photographs.
Uncle Sam's Attic: the Intimate Story of Alaska. Illustrated By Author's Photographs
[Alaska--Women]. Davis, Mary Lee
Uncle Sam's Attic: the Intimate Story of Alaska. Illustrated By Author's Photographs
[Alaska--Women]. Davis, Mary Lee
Publisher: W.A. Wilde Co.
Date published: 1930
8vo. xv, [1], 402 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, map endpapers, w/ d.j. (chipping & tear head of spine, upper corner front cover, affecting a few letters, minor scuffing, couple closed tears), still NF/Fair copy, from the library of Wilma Burmester Bishop (1887-1969), widow of Roy T. Bishop (1881-1950), former owner of the Pendleton Woolen Mills. First edition of this anthology of stories, personal accounts, and historical references to Klondike Gold Rush figures, Native America Eskimos, traveling the Yukon River, and more by this famed Alaska pioneering woman. Mary Lee Davis arrived in Fairbanks in 1917 on the steamer Alaska because her husband John had been assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey to create a mine experiment station in Fairbanks. Mary Davis purchased the famed arts & crafts bungalow built by Lucille McCarthy, now known as the Mary Lee Davis House.
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