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CA08AA-00720The Auxiliary. Collectible - Very Good. SIGNED/INSCRIBED! Homer Alaska: The Auxiliary 1991. Presumed 1st. 4to. 222pp. Illus. Inscribed to Alaska Representative Dan Young by contributing author on front endpage. Also signed by same person at her portrait on p. 64. Very Good book. Alaska Kenai Peninsula social life and customs biography Inquire if you need further information. The Auxiliary unknown
Light scuffing and very mild edge wear to cover, sharp corners, no creasing, no marking to text/interior Signed by author on half title page with a gift inscription from previous owner. Block prints, map of Southeast Alaksa. 130 pages.
1432611577.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1566610427.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19589295University of Alaska Extension Service 1958. Saddle-stappled printed wrappers. Near Fine. Fred Machetanz cover art. 8vo. Pp. 26. Bound in printed wraps saddle-stapled with black & white illustration of a sled dog by Fred Machetanz on front cover. Slight age-toning to rear cover but overall quite presentable. Bulletin 200 of the Cooperative Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics. Scarce with only five recorded institutional copies per OCLC all in Alaska. Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve. (University of Alaska Extension Service) unknown
193159665Long Beach CA: John A. Hazelet 543 Esther St. 1931. 4to. 8 pp unpaginated. printed in green & red leporello accordion-style format. With photo illusts. tables. Self-printed softcovers cover art of totem poles front cover minor shelfwear stamps of Bank of America travel dept. on cover still VG copy. First edition thus of this brochure detailing the Hazelet tours to Alaska including the Arctic Circle - Yukon River Tour Golden Belt Line Tour and the Copper River-Keystone Canyon tour for visitors to Alaska and also featuring a Lake Atlin-Whitehorse Tour in July and August. Travel included visits to the Columbia River Highway Mount Rainier National Park from Southern California on the Southern Pacific Railroad departure from Seattle via steamship and travel by rail in Aalska. John A. Hazelet, 543 Esther St., paperback
193059169Cordova Alaska: Cordova Daily Times 1930. Folio. 10.5 x 13.75 in. 64 pp. printed in green-tinted ink throughout. With photo illustrations and illustrated ads throughout. Colour-illustrated gold softcovers lettering in dark brown & red on front & back covers sepia-tinted photos both covers couple small closed tears center fold crease some edgewear still VG- copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment company owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition of this lavishly illustrated promotional supplement issued annually by the Cordova Daily Times extolling the progress and development in Alaska for automobile travel tourism mining opportunities agriculture and more as the Great Depression began to take hold. Cordova Daily Times paperback
190556451Nome AK: n.p. ca. 1905. One sepia-tinted soft focus silver gelatin photo sized 3.75 x 4.75 in. mounted on gray embossed studio board NF image w/ nice bright contrast. This photo shows a group of miners lounging next to a boat on a sled in the snow by the surf in Nome Alaska during the gold rush. During the gold rush there was not harbor in Nome so all of the miners supplies and more had to be shuttled from ships anchored offshore directly onto the beach. n.p., unknown
194550925Ottawa Canada: Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd. ca. 1945. Oblong 8vo. 30 pp unpaginated. 19 photo plates most full page 1 map. Gray printed softcovers lettering in blue die-cut window on front cover showing Canadian military jeep crossing the bridge with road builders in front Fine copy stapled as issued preserved in original printed mailing envelope couple minor closed tears edgewear. First edition of this scarce illustrated souvenir published by Canada celebrating the building the Alcan Highway or Alaskan Highway as it was being constructed during World War II for the War effort. The map shows projected roads from Whitehorse to Fort Norman and announced connection from Fort Nelson to Simpson Yukon Territory. Photogelatine Engraving Co., Ltd., paperback
196044532Hamden CT: The Shoe String Press 1960. 8vo. 168 pp. Photo frntsp. numerous photo plates. Blue cloth gilt lettrng on spine mnr shlfwr some toning w/ d.j. slght chppng hd & ft of spine edgewear VG/VG copy. First edition of this big game hunting memoir in Alaska where the noted explorer and big game hunter bags record class Polar and Kodiak Grizzly trophies as well as a bearded seal. The Shoe String Press, hardcover
196948653Mansfield Centre CT: Martino Fine Books c. 1969 1998. Folio. vii 1 567 1 pp. Double-page illustrated title numerous plates & facsimiles of title pages. Red cloth black & gilt spine label NF copy. First facsimile edition 1 of 200 copies reprinting the 1969 Yale University Press original. Martino Fine Books, hardcover
192539563Portland OR: George Edward Lewis 1925. 12mo. 69 1 pp. Numerous text illusts. Printed gray wrappers blk lettrng & decrtn mnr shlfwr VG copy inscribed by the author on half-title. First edition inscribed by an Alaskan pioneer who eventually made the first silent movies produced in Alaska including The Chechakos Hearts of Alaska and North of Nome. Certain scenes shot of miners crossing the Chilkoot pass were used by Chaplin in The Gold Rush 1925. George Edward Lewis, unknown
77191The Industrial School in Wrangell Alaska pictured in this circa 1905 real photo postcard was founded in 1877 by the first Presbyterian Church in Alaska. The purpose was to teach young native men of the area known as the Tlingit various American trades such as printing boatbuilding and construction. It closed in 1907.<br /> <br /> A new Wrangell Institute boarding school was operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1932 until 1975 at a site a few miles south of Wrangell. Children were forced to attend the school which for some was a traumatic experience because they were removed from their homes and families and forbidden from speaking their native language.<br /> <br /> The black-and-white card measures roughly 5 ½" x 3 ½" with a few light pencil markings on the verso. The front of the card is coated and the name of the school and location are etched in the negative. Overall in very good condition. unknown
194443828Seattle: Frank McCaffrey n.d. 1944. 1944. 10" x 7 5/8" in pictorial wrappers. 28 pp. including wrappers. Illustrations. Map. Information on all one might expect to see and do when visiting Alaska. Offers extensive information on Alaska's history and sites to include its glaciers Indians totems mining midnight sun etc. followed by information on a variety of tours and cruises to include Golden Belt Line Tours Yukon River Circle Tours Copper River - Keystone Canyon Tours the Inside Passage and Totemland Tours Prince William Sound Cruises etc. Also offers basic information about an Alaska cruise to include when to visit what to wear what about mail etc. Black and white photographs throughout to include Sitka Edgecumbe Childs Glacier Mt. McKinley individuals participating in various activities Valdez Skagway Wrangellvarious ships in the fleet etc. Inside rear wrapper is a color system map showing the routes of the various tours offered. Covers and spine worn and with splits to head and toe of spine. Rear wrapper with travel agency sticker. Inside rear wrapper reinforced with tape. Still a nice presentation of all Alaska has to offer. Frank McCaffrey, n.d. [1944]. unknown
21746U.S. Government Printing Office 1975. Paper bound 4to illustrated with a few photos and numerous fold-out maps 713pp includes appendices and references. Very minor creases to extremities of wraps else very good. 1.8 kilograms unpacked -- extra shipping charges will be requested! All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 paperback
21745U.S. Government Printing Office 1975. Paper bound 4to illustrated with a few photos and numerous fold-out maps 673pp includes appendices and references. Very good. 1.66 kilograms unpacked -- extra shipping charges will be requested! All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 unknown
1960000320Chicago: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Very nice copy of over sized book published one year after Alaska became a state. It is bound in "handcrafted mission leather" according to the title page. No Dust Jacket as originally published. The edges of the pages are gold. The binding is good and the leather has only a small amount of shelf wear along the bottom edge. <br/> <br/> J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company hardcover
1905419891905. Port-quarter image with some fading to left edge not affecting impacting image of the ship. The starboard beam image a bit yellowed with a prior owner affixing a caption label to the lower margin: "Alaskan steamer in the Inside Passage. / c. 1910 ". Port-quarter image: 4" x 5". Starboard beam: 3-3/4" x 4-3/4". Port quarter image accompanied by typed caption label: "S.S. Alza Alaskan Gold Rush Steamer. / c.1905 " <br/><br/>2 silver gelatin photographs of the single-stack Alaskan steamer SS ALZA circa 1905 - 1910 one from the port quarter; the second from the starboard beam. An on-line search for this vessel yielded zero results. unknown books
199257374U. S. Department of Energy; Alaska Power Administration 1992. Wraps. good condition. Includes: illustrations diagrams maps. Various paginations approximately 200 pages. Map in rear pocket. Other References. Ink notation on front cover. This report was prepared to accompany the legislative proposal authorizing sale of the Eklutna and Snettisham Hydroelectric Projects and subsequent close out of the Alaska Power Administration. U. S. Department of Energy; Alaska Power Administration paperback
1344481728.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1914180888-1Tübingen, Mohr 1914. Gr.8°. VIII, 226 S. Dunkelgrüner Halblederband mit marmor. Deckeln und Vorsätzen.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Previous owner's name on dust jacket blurb. "The book first presents a concise summary of the health aspects of traditional Alaskan cultures, then reconstructs the best available picture of the various deseases from which the people suffered up to the time of the first European contact. Next, the narrative follows the often uneven growth of health services in Alaska, from the ships' surgeons on the earliest voyages of exploration and the unique health care system of the Russian-American Company to the American medical missions in the hectic times of the Gold Rush. The final section provides sketches of certain health problems having a profound impact on Alaska history, including smallpox, influenza, syphilis, tuberculosis, and alcohol abuse." 393 pages.
Some pages uncut. Half-title page torn open. Spine faded ; Off to Alaska to search for gold! Adventures in the Klondike, the Yukon, etc. Limited edition of 1000, of which this is # 273 SIGNED by author Morgan; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 298 pages
Tela editoriale con sovraccoperta illustrata, cm 21x28, pp 150 (2) copiosamente illustrate in nero e a colori. Difetti sulla sovraccoperta, qualche rara fioritura, nel complesso buona copia. Resoconto della spedizione italiana, diretta da Cassin, che effettuò la prima ascensione dalla parete sud del Denali, in Alaska. Prefazione di Bradford Washburn, ricco corredo d’immagini della scalata. Perret, 0860.
116321812X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
