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Features: "Rascals" and Rangers - hot blood courses through the coal veins at Thurber, Texas; Lost Gold at Robbers Roost; The Private War of Henson Wiseman; Localisms and Familyisms - Hillfold talk in the Rockies; Wild Old Days!; The Fatal Quart of Strawberries - Patrick S. Coughlin; Ticket Scalpin' on the Railroad; Great Falls, Montana - First Black Cowboy, Walter Jackson; Under the Devil's Blanket - the most dangerous mail route in the world in Alaska; The Benevolent Ghost - Oakalla, Texas; Frying Pan Charlie - Charles Alzamora; Pima County, Arizona Territory. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
ix, 141 pages. Index. Footnotes. Maps. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "After a careful reassessment of contemporary evidence, puts the Canadian record in a new perspective." - Foreword. "A serious overall study of the Alaska Boundary Dispute, traced from the Canadian point of view and relating all the factors involved including international relations, ideology, war, nationalism, and party politics." - dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings and average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy of this informative work. Ricks p.170. Book
34 pages. Features: Be a good listener; Wat a good ice breaker?; Guest Caller Gus Empie; A Publicity Program for your Club; two-page list of square dance records; Photos from Kodiak, Alaska; How P.A. systems have impacted square dancing; Clarke Kugler - Square of the Month; Photo of Connie Christensen of Salt Lake City - the world's youngest square dance caller; and more. Nice vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
42 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: The Biggest Prize of All - A Memorable fishing trip to Eagle River; Interrupted Journey - a springtime trip to the interior; For Mukluk or Parka - the Eskimo housewife is proficient at skin sewing; Fur Trapping and Ranching - the 5th of 6th articles in a series of 'What to Expect in Alaska"; A Dogface's Dog Team - a gift of a husky pup involved a sailor in the intricacies of raising and training sled dogs; Photo of Mrs. E.W. Parker astride a large brown bear that charged her and her husband; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
316 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Diagrams. Map endpapers. Author and her family of three spent many idyllic years aboard their motor cruiser discovering the beauty of the Pacific coast from Puget Sound north along the British Columbia coast to Alaska. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality vintage copy. [Edwards & Lort 2825, Tourville p.432, Ricks p.172] Book
157 pages including index plus 8 black and white plates. Documents the First visit, February to April 1861 and the Second Visit, April to July 1870. Illustrations include: Victoria, Vancouver Island, 1861; The Royal Engineer's Camp Near New Westminster in 1861; Yale in the 1860's; Oregon City in 1858; San Francisco in 1866; The American Camp on San Juan Island c. 1870; The Flying Squadron in Esquimalt Harbour, 1870; Sitka, Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Remnants of two price stickers at bottom of front cover. Crease to back cover. Solid copy. Book
Incisione inserita nell'opera "A New, Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern: Including All the Late Important Discoveries Made by the English, and Other Celebrated Navigators .. History and Description of the Whole World... Likewise the Essence of the Voyages of the Most Enterprising Navigators..." edita a Londra da J. Cooke nel gennaio del 1787
Incisione inserita nell'opera "A New, Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern: Including All the Late Important Discoveries Made by the English, and Other Celebrated Navigators .. History and Description of the Whole World... Likewise the Essence of the Voyages of the Most Enterprising Navigators..." edita a Londra da J. Cooke nel gennaio del 1787
Carta geografica raffigurante il tratto di costa dell'Alaska esplorato dal Capitano Cook durante il suo terzo viaggio a bordo della Resolution il giorno 12 maggio del 1778. Nell'angolo in basso a destra in riquadro graduato particolare della baia di Samgano Odha.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) fu uno dei più importanti cartografi del tardo XVIII secolo. Nel 1773 succedette a Jacques Bellin come cartografo reale in Francia.
8vo; 46 pages; First edition. Somewhat scarce self-published booklet. Edgeworn, water stain in margins. Good condition. (AMR-26-2) xx
pp. 226 + 11 Color chromolithograph plates of birds, drawn by Robert & John L. Ridgway; and Giles Lithograph & Liberty Printing Co., New York. The great bird plates have some damp stain, but could be easily washed. + Plus 15 line drawn plates of fish. Folio. Most of the original full leather binding remains, but it is best to consider this as disbound. Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army, No. II. The bird illustrators deserve special note. Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) was one America's leading ornithologists. At the age of 17, he was appointed zoologist on a geological survey of the 40th parallel. From 1874 until his death, he served as ornithologist and curator of the Smithsonian Institute. Ridgway established a system of color standards and nomenclature that is still used today. Robert's younger brother John was chief illustrator for United States Geological Survey and an artist for the California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institution of Washington. Check References: Nissen, ZBI, 4184 and 2962; Bennett, p. 107; Wickersham 7836; Ricks p. 222; Arctic Bibliography 18091 & 18092; Ayer Zimmer, pages. 463 & 643 644. W155
Book is in excellent condition in black cloth with gilt at spine, handsome map endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 369 pages, heavily illustrated with maps, b&w photos of tools, persons, sites, line drawings.
Cm. 30, bella legatura in tela rigida editoriale decorata a rilievo con scene animate e scritte in oro, pag. XVI, 646 (2). Manca la carta geografica della calotta polare. Con 343 incisioni nel testo, molte a piena pagina. Piacevolissima raccolta delle esplorazioni più celebri delle zone polari dal 1853 al 1879. Ottimo esemplare.
In-8, tela editoriale; ai risguardi è disegnata la mappa con il percorso della spedizione compiuta dall’A. (il Senatore Young) ed altri due compagni, all’interno dei territori dell’Alaska e dello Yukon. Il volume, di pp. (14), 273,(V), è ben illustrato nel t. da numerose immagini fotografiche in b.n. e da cartine geografiche. "Prima edizione". Ben conservato.
12mo [20 x 13.5 cm]; x, 352, [viii, ads] pp. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, edge lightly rubbed, else a fine clean copy, presentation inscription from the author. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ricks p33 cites this 1st edition of 1889. A narrative of the author's travels by rail, boat, etc, with description of the various places he passed through including Yellowstone Park, Grand Canyon, geysers, Mount Tacoma, Vancouver Island, steamship to Alaska, Cook's Inlet, forests, animal life, seals, hunting, climate, gambling in Alaska, native people, schools, Fort Wrangel, native dwellings, mastodons in Alaska, glaciers, bears, salmon, Glacier Bay, Sitka, contrast to Russian Sitka, Prince of Wales Island, Rocky mountains, etc. An attractive copy for the first edition, inscribed from the author
Lot of 8 four-page menus from the S.S. Yukon Star, each measuring 8.5" x 5.5" and featuring a charming color cover illustrations of a notable Alaskan dog, with brief write-ups of each dog on back page. Dogs include: Blizzard - owned by Slim Williams; Two Husky puppies; Wolf - raced by Mary Joyce in the Alaska Dog Derby; Cheechako - owned by Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Maslin; Rye - given to the Army at Chilkoot Barracks by Mary Joyce; Mageik - Father Hubbard's famous sled dog; Jack - racing dog owned by Grover Bayless of Fairbanks; and Smokey - a favorite among forty army dogs formerly stationed at Chilkoot Barracks. Undated, possibly late 1940s. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely collection. Book
208 pages. Index. Footnotes. "A unique collection of over 320 original maps of explorers and navigators from four centuries of voyages and overland treks of exploration and discovery to the northwest coast, plus native maps, and a host of others selected for their interest and historical significance." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example of this wonderful work. Book
82 pages. Features: Harry Shuler Dent; An ABM Primer; Alaska Wildfires; The impoverished Havasupai tribe; Las Vegas reaches a new pinnacle of preposterousnous; Rockefeller's tour of Central and South America; The Lesson of Ben Het in Vietnam; Land for South Vietnam's peasants; Ad for the VW Squareback sedan; Heroin deaths in NYC; Oriole pitcher Dave McNally; Are courts more severe with black defendants; Reinforcement Therapy; Singer Tom Jones - article with photo; The Jackson brothers hog hollering in Spivery's Corner NC; Diagram illustrates bioaccumulation of toxins; The Art of Henry Tanner; Sex as a Spectator Sport - changing sexual attitudes in the U.S.; Conversations on the new Eroticism - article which includes photo of Billy Graham in Times Square smut shop; Article on bank credit cards; Copycat ads; Oakland Raider Art Powell starts successful business Black & Brown Trading Stamp Co.; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
A reproduction of the original 1909 edition of the Alaska - Yukon - Pacific Exposition Number of the Centralia Daily Chronicle. Slight edge wear to cover. 10"w x 14 1/8"h. Unpaginated.
Boards a bit darkened and with light wear to extremities; Collected diary entries from a trip to Alaska in 1918-19 undertaken by Kent and his son. Illustrated by the author. Kent's first book; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 217 pages
pp. 114. Black and white illustrations. Features: The U.S. Navy's Battlecruisers - five part article including a history of these vessels, a description of the (CB-1) Class, additional notes on the (CB-1) Class, gunnery notes on the (CB-1) Class, and a photo section; Five-panel fold-out diagrams of the U.S.S. Alaska (CB-1); Photo of the battleship STOCKHOLM, built in 1856 at Karlskrona; The Torpedo Vessels of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy, 1875 to 1918; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
34 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Editorial - The Future of Alaska's Gold Mining Industry; Indestructible "Pappy" Walker homesteaded on the Kenai Peninsula and survived a bear attack; J.H. Giese, tin-cutter and the first mayor of Nome had problems with dogs, revenues and a fire engine; The Yukon on the Yukon - travelling the treacherous Yukon River in Interior Alaska by comfortable steamboat; Muktuk - butchering a whale anchored to the ever-shifting ice of the Bering Sea is a challenge; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
301 pages. Black and white sketches in text. Occasional black and white photographic plates. Reprint of the 1913 First edition. Colour frontispiece illustration. Charming colour illustration of Baldy upon navy cloth front board. Binding intact. Average wear. Front free endpaper removed. White lettering upon backstrip faintly legible. A sound early copy of this beloved sled dog classic. Wickersham 2282. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Winnipeg and the HBC; The North Magnetic Pole; Early Western Paintings; New Light on Hearne; Royal Road to the Yukon - the Alaska Highway; Early Days in Winnipeg; Grassy Narrows - photo study; Consul Taylor of Winnipeg - part 2 of an article on James W. Taylor, U.S. Consul at Winnipeg from 1870 to 1893; Iron in Labrador - illustrated article; Expeditions to the Arctic - Part 2 of 3 listing the various expeditions to the Canadian Arctic, this part covering the years 1800-1860; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Great colour cover photo of scene inside trading post; Delta Marsh Revisited - waterfowl research station on the shores of Lake Manitoba; Eskimo Sleds - photo-illustrated article; Trading at Padlei, N.W.T. - ; Northern Portraits - photos taken along the Alaska Highway; Conflict on Puget Sound - friction between the Company men at Nisqually and the incoming American settlers, a century ago; First Short-Wave in the Arctic (part II); Filming the Northland - the making of the NFB film 'Indian Canoeman'; Klondike Memories - adventures of young Englishmen who struck it rich in the Klondike; There Go Flukes! - giant sperm whale fights for its life against killer ship ("Nahmint") and killer whales - photo-illustrated article; La Perouse on Hudson Bay - hitherto unpublished eye-witness account of the French capture of Prince of Wales's Fort and York Factory in 1782; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay shirts for men and women on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
