Uncle Sam's Attic: the Intimate Story of Alaska. Illustrated By Author's Photographs
[Alaska--Women]. Davis, Mary Lee Publisher: W.A. Wilde...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 First edition of this anthology of stories, personal accounts, and historical references to Klondike Gold Rush figures, Native America Eskimos, traveling the Yukon River, and more by this famed Alaska pioneering woman.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.
Uncle Sam's Attic: the Intimate Story of Alaska. Illustrated By Author's Photographs
[Alaska--Women]. Davis, Mary Lee Publisher: W.A. Wilde...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 First edition of this anthology of stories, personal accounts, and historical references to Klondike Gold Rush figures, Native America Eskimos, traveling the Yukon River, and more by this famed Alaska pioneering woman.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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number line:A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that particular copy (e.g., a "1" would mean a first printing, and a "29" would indicate a 29th printing).
The following example is of a book that is in its 4th printing from Citadel Press. Note that despite the apparent declaration of "First printing 1997" the number line indicates the actual printing.
Often, the number line does not appear in sequence, as shown below in this first printing from Macmillan. However, the lowest number still indicates the printing:
There may also be times when a number line also contains intended years of publication as well as printings. This number line, for example, describes a first printing, published in 1989 by Harper & Row:
Random House is a notable exception, where for a period of several decades a first printing was indicated with a number line that began with "2", often accompanied by the words "First Edition".
Still other times, publishers may choose to use a letter line rather than a number line, as here shown in a first printing from Harvill Press (the "A" being indicative, rather than a "1"):