[ALASKA] Winchester, J [James] DBiblio.com
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190012740Salem MA: Newcomb and Gauss Printers 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 251 pp with frontispiece and many sketches by the author which are rather amateurish but charming. Mild marginal dampstain to the first few pages boards a bit scuffed rubbed at corners and spine ends. The author joined the Lynn Mining Company and departed from Massachusetts in November 1897 traveling via the Schooner "Abbie M. Deering" to Bahia Brazil and on to San Francisco. From there the party secured passage to Seattle and then St. Michael eventually traveling up the Yukon and Koyukuk Rivers to the Arctic Circle. Includes detailed and colorful description of the outfitting process and the vicissitudes of travel and prospecting. Wickersham 80; Tourville 4919; Graff 4712; Howes W556; Smith 11106 Arctic Bibliography 19606. Newcomb and Gauss, Printers hardcover
1566120381.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1932623955Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Scarce Depression-era guidebook highlights the opportunities in Alaska centered upon Nome. The ads are of particular interest. A good copy in the original yellow pictorial wraps some creasing to covers and text short closed tears to edges. Illustrated in b/w. 40 pages : illustrations map portraits; 24 cm. Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce paperback
194911698Fairbanks Alaska 1949. Wraps. Octavo 9 x 6.25" blue stapled wrappers with blue lettering and golden heart illustration 4 149 3 pp local advertisements. A community cookbook from Fairbanks Alaska. Undated but an ad on the front wrapper verso notes that a local bank chartered in 1905 had been around for "over 44 years." The first chapter titled "Recipes from Foreign Lands" contains numerous Scandinavian and European recipes reflecting the countries of origin of many community members as well as several Mexican and Chinese recipes. Six in OCLC. Staining and yellowing to wrappers damp staining to lower corner of text. paperback
1992MASTER373036IFairbanks: University Of Alaska. VG- In Wraps. Oversize. Lightly Edgeworn. Light Soiling To Rear Wrap. All Pages Clean Binding Tight. Errata Sheet Tipped IN. Pages: 757. 1992. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. University Of Alaska paperback
1948652H2779Vancouver B.C.: Alaska Cruise Lines Ltd. 1948. Book. Illus. by Crumrine Jospehine. Very Good. Pamphlet. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Alaska Cruise Lines, Ltd. Paperback
191740778N. P.: Poole Bros. 1917. 1917. ALASKA. 27" x 32" sheet folded to 48 panels measuring 9" x 4" each two panel constitute cover and are not numbered. 22 numbered panels with text and illustrations some color of the area. On opposite side of text are 24 panels depicting a large map of Alaska showing the Alaska Steamship Co. routes table of distances from Seattle to various points in Alaska. Large map is bordered on top and bottom sides by photographs of the various areas in Alaska. Inset is a smaller map 11" x 8" of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway and The Alaska Railroad showing Copper River Region in Alaska Prince William Sound The Richardson Automobile Highway Mt. McKinley National Park Government Telegraph Line and Tributary Territory. Brochure touts the wonders of Alaska to include information on its glaciers it cities its mountains etc. Information offered on Golden Belt Line Tour and the Prince William Sound Cruise. Photographs of the Alaska Steamship Company's fleet as well as photos of the interior of the ship and information on the accommodations. Minor wear to the folds light soiling and with previous owner's name stamped on cover panel. Very good. Poole Bros., [1917]. unknown
56392London: British Admiralty 1906 1921. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 27.5 x 20 inches. Published 6th June 1906; Large Corrections 1907; Small corrections printed to 1921. Unfolded. Some wear and a short tear to lower margin basically clean and very good. In lower right: "Engraved by Weller & Addison". Chart number is 3569. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral A. Mostyn Field. Valdez is an important Alaskan port and was a key town on the Gold Rush Trail. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1906 (1921). unknown
1982Q-088240170xGraphic Arts Books 1982-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Graphic Arts Books paperback
1987Q-0882401807Alaska Geographic Society 1987-02-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alaska Geographic Society paperback
a61000Washington 1903 GPO. 3 volumes. Octavo. 204pp. appendix 17pp.; 106pp. appendix 590pp.; 92pp. appendix 290pp.; some photo illustrations indices uniformly bound in original dark brown cloth with blind stamped decoration and gilt spine lettering. No ownership markings. No hinges cracked; text clean. Good covers lightly worn lightly stained. 3 hardcover volumes. Original printing not modern remakes. . hardcover
1975750143PN. New. 1975. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1986Q-0882401785Alaska Geographic Society 1986-07-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alaska Geographic Society paperback
1948615j1278Anchorage Alaska: Alaska Crippled Children's Association. Good. 1948. Second Printing. Plastic Comb Binding. Includes 635 recipes selected from thousands of submissions. 248 3 pp. Several color illustrations. Average wear for a cookbook of this vintage. Minimal markings. A sound example of this wonderful piece of Alaskan epicurean history. Tourville 58 Haycox p.7. ; 8vo . Alaska Crippled Children's Association unknown
0882401904New. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback
192512214Seattle: Alaska Steamship Co. ; Alaska Railroad. Near Fine. 1925 1928-. Ephemera. All approximately 9 X 8.5" unfolded. Alaska Copper Rivers is a single sheet that fold out to a 27 x 32" color map. All illustrated with black & white photographs; all but White Pass & Yukon Route with maps. Also including ship diagrams sailing schedules itineraries travel advice etc. Copper Rivers with handstamp of Crabtree's Travel Office Berkeley Cal. On front cover. Alaska Steamsip 1925 with handstamp of Peck-Judah front cover. . Alaska Steamship Co. ; Alaska Railroad unknown
1897412541897. Folding map repaired no loss text plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial yellow cloth spine and covers faded else very good. Folding map repaired no loss text plates. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> hardcover
192063120Chicago: White Pass & Yukon Route Rathbun-Grant-Heller Co. ca. 1920. 8vo. 4 x 9 in. 16 pp. in 46 2 triple-column format on 9 x 12 in. sheets with numerous photo illustrations double-column route map w/ White & Pass & Yukon line logo. Self-printed softcovers beautiful cover art of Alaskan Native Americans in canoe watching a Yukon River steamer minor shelfwear some rubbing still VG copy. First edition thus of this very scarce travel brochure detailing the trip by steamship and railroad along the White Pass & Yukon Route from Skagway Alaska through Ketchikan Atlin Lake district and through the Skagway Valley to Dawson City on the Yukon River Yukon Territory. White Pass & Yukon Route, Rathbun-Grant-Heller Co., paperback
193361702Boston: W.A. Wilde Co. 1933. 8vo. 351 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous plates 1 large folding map. Blue ribbed cloth dark blue & gilt lettering w/ d.j. minor chipping head of spine 1 very small closed tear NF/VG copy w/ 2 pp. ALS laid-in dated March 26 1934 tipped-in photo image signed by author on front pastedown from the library of former California State Librarian Gary Kurutz. First edition signed presentation copy 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. The letter laid into this presentation copy outlines her unhappiness with being posted back to Washington D.C. by the U.S. Government as well as her struggles in writing the memoir. Scarce in dustjacket. See: Kurutz Klondike & Alaska Gold Rushes A Descriptive Bibliography 159 footnote. W.A. Wilde Co., hardcover
1910100825<p>Pamphlet 3 1/2 x 6 pictorial wrappers stapled illustrated 55 pp. Slight wear and slight bend to some pages but very good to near fine. This little guide book to Alaska contains an amazing amount of information on the vast territory and its towns and cities as well as how to travel around it. Contains a couple of small maps to help the reader get around and even includes a rail schedule too. Additionally there are a number of small black and white photos that illustrate Alaska at the turn of the last century.</p>
178734758Paris: M. Bonne 1787. Map. Good. Approx. 16" x 11". Hand colored map of the southern Alaska region showing Capt. Cook's discoveries in the Prince William Sound and Cook's Inlet. Light crease in the center fold. Good. M. Bonne unknown
19363570Juneau: Anderson 1936. Very good. Five silver gelatin photographs each 5.25 x 4 inches. Minor wear. Five images depicting mining operations at the A.J. Mine near Juneau Alaska. Images are captioned in the negative and signed by the photographer Anderson dated 1936. Two of them show miners at work. Titles are as follows: "Hand Loading Gate"; "Powder Bench on Bulldoze Level at A.J."; Crusher Level at A.J. Mill"; "Barring Down in Bulldoze Chamber"; and "Grizzly Chute in Bulldoze Chamber. Anderson unknown
195446739New York: Macmillan Co. 1954. 8vo. viii 2 246 pp. Blue cloth white lettering on front cover spine slight shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Leo Manso minor edgewear rubbing price-clipped still NF/VG copy. First edition 1st printing of this excellent memoir of life in the Alaskan wilderness and very scarce sequel to the author’s very popular “O rugged land of gold.†Martin 1896-1959 expanded this version from her abridged short for “O Rugged Land of Gold†in Ladies’ Home Journal 1953 detailing her life in the family’s gold mining cabin of Eastern Alaska and whose publishing provided much needed income for the struggling prospecting family. In this sequel she struggles with the loss of her infant adopts two Yugoslavian children Dace & Lazar teaches them English and deals with a marauding bear frequenting their site. Macmillan Co., hardcover
191260617Toronto: The Copp Clark Co. Ltd. 1912. 8vo. xvi 246 pp. Photogravure frontisp. by Carl Rungius 3 photogravure plates by Rungius numerous photo plates 5 maps 1 folding. Publisher’s blue-green cloth gilt illust. of Grizzly Bear & lettering front cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. minor shelfwear slight rubbing occasional light spotting still VG bright copy. First Canadian edition of this well-illustrated and documented account of hunting and observing on Vancouver Island Montague Island Queen Charlotte Islands and includes a chapter of his wife Louisa Walker Gulliver Sheldon’s b. 1880 experiences bear hunting on Admiralty Island. Sheldon 1867-1928 trekked by steamboat canoe pack horse and on foot with other explorers and hunters such as Frederick Selous William H. Osgood and Carl Rungius hunting caribou grizzly bears moose and other big game as well. The Copp, Clark Co., Ltd., hardcover
a51467June 1983. Denver Service Center National Park Service Department of the Interior. Hardcover. 4to. 163pp. photo illustrations wraps. In hardcover case with pocket containing 6 very large foldout maps of Mining Claims in the area showing mining camps landing strips and placer claims. Numbers and name of depository library on front cover. VG. Quite Scarce. . hardcover
