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1st Edition: xvi, 402 p, illustrated, b/w plates, map eps. Blue cloth covers with white titling. An account of the author's eight years experiences and adventure in Alaska. AB3714.Popular description of Alaska, the people, cities. resources, and development with chapters on history, the Gold Rush, totems, and climate. DAMP DAMAGED, readable copy only. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2360.

hardback in very good- condition. spine a little loose.

Vintage Alaska Shop sticker on front flyleaf, otherwise good. No markings, no bookplate. Some wear to original blue cloth. No jacket. 402 pages, illustrated with b&w photos taken by author.

A fine and readable account of the eight years' experiences of the author having adventure in Alaska, written for popular audiences about Alaska, the people, cities, mineral and other resources, flora and fauna and economic development, with chapters on social history, the Gold Rush, Native American totems, and weather and climate. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior but for previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in blue cloth over boards, gold stamped lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Illustrated endpapers (maps of Alaska) front and rear. 402 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

402 pp.+ Photo Plt of Author at Frontis & 15 Other Photo Plts, Map e.p., Blue Hardback, White Title, no DJ, VG, 1st ed

MA W.A. Wilde Company 1930. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown VG. in no dj blue pict c, some chipping of lettering; in mylar protective wraps 402 pages. Illustrated by illus. 1st edition. 8vo

Publisher's name chipped on spine. Many photo plates.

6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. B&W photo plates and frontis. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, spine a bit sunned. Mild wear to corners and spine ends. Binding tight, text unmarked. Hist. Stax.

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.

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.