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56391London: British Admiralty 1902 1922. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 20 x 27.5 inches. Published 13th Dec. 1902; New Edition 8th Jan. 1915. Small corrections printed to 1922 and mss. to 1929. Unfolded. Some wear and a short tears to lower margin basically clean and very good some revisions and additions in red pen. In lower right: "Engraved by Davies & Company". Chart number is 3313. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton. Inset map of Controller Bay. Yakutat Bay has had various names; James Cook called it "Bering Bay" as indicated on this chart. Jean-François de La Pérouse who visited it in 1786 named it "Baie de Monti" for one of his officers; also in 1786 Captain Nathaniel Portlock named it "Admiralty Bay". The Spanish referred to it as "Almirantazgo" and it was also called "Port Mulgrave" when Alessandro Malaspina and José de Bustamante y Guerra sailed into the bay on their Malaspina Expedition 1789-94. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1902 (1922). unknown
56415London: British Admiralty 1899 1930. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 27.5 x 40 inches. Published 20th Feb. 1899; New Edition 17th Jan. 1930. Original horizontal fold a clean and attractive copy some small additions in red pen. In lower right: "Engraved 1899" and "Zc 1930". Chart number is 3022. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton. Divided vertically into two charts this extends from Frederick Sound to Sumner Strait showing the Lindenberg Peninsula Mitkof Island Woewodski Island. Previously known as Wrangell Strait this channel is 22 miles long. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1899 (1930). unknown
56427London: British Admiralty 1897 1925. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 40 x 27.5 inches. Published 6th March 1897; Large Corrections to June 1907; Small corrections printed to 1925 and mss. to 1930. Original vertical fold a clean and attractive copy some small additions in red pen. In lower right: "Engraved by Davies & Company". Chart number is 2462. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral W.J.L. Wharton. A highly detailed chart showing the north part of Admiralty Island and Chichagof Island Chatham Strait Glacier Bay; Inset map at the top: Continuation of Lynn Canal. Originally published 1897 this is an edition of 1925. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1897 (1925). unknown
56426London: British Admiralty 1898 1926. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 27.5 x 40 inches. Published 23rd July 1898; Large Corrections to 6th August 1926; Small corrections mss. to 1927. Original horizontal fold a clean and attractive copy some small additions in red pen. Some wrinkling of paper at centre but not very noticeable on the printed side. In lower right: "Engraved 1898." and "Zc 1926". Chart number is 2288. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton. A detailed and attractive chart of this major inlet. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1898 (1926). unknown
56419London: British Admiralty 1900 1925. An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 27.5 x 40 inches. Published 31st December 1900; New Edition January 1916; Small corrections printed to 1925 and mss. to 1927. Clean and attractive original horizontal fold some small additions in red pen. In lower right: "Engraved by Edwd. Weller". Chart number is 3138. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton. Maps of seven anchorages: Klawak Inlet and Approach Cape Chacon Tamgas Harbour Mary Island Anchorage and Custom House Cove Hassler Harbour Yes Bay and Redfish Bay. Originally published in 1900 this is a 1925 printing. The small plan of Redfish Bay has corrections on a paste-over partly printed in red. Klawak is now known as Klawock and had a variety of names used by the Tlingit Klawerak Tlevak Clevak and Klawak. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1900 (1925) unknown
56403London: British Admiralty 1900 1923. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 27.5 x 20 inches. Published 10th Aug. 1900; New Edition July 1909; Small corrections printed to 1923. Unfolded. A nice clean copy. In lower right: "Engraved by Davies & Company". Chart number is 3143. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton. One plan only of St. Michael Bay Norton Sound - South Shore St. Michael Island. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1900 (1923). unknown
201213863DBSankt Petersburg. Fairbanks., Kunstkamera. University of Alaska Press., 2012. 30 x 24,5 cm. 400 S. Illustrierter OPappband., 13863D Erste Auflage. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
0971950512-11-1-29Sebastian Press Serbian Orthodox Diocese Western America. New 2nd Edition. Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Sebastian Press, Serbian Orthodox Diocese Western America unknown
1970016271Washington D.C.: National Academy of Sciences 1970. First Edition First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine. 1970 First Edition first impression. Size large quarto a heavy book 510 pages. Black textured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the front cover and spine. Front paste-down and end-paper printed with a Map of Alaska and also the bordering part of Canada pinpointing the site of the Epicenter of the Earthquake on the map. Condition very good-near fine slight rub to corners and spine ends else fine contents very clean throughout. From the Library of Nicholas Ambraseys. Nicholas Neocles Ambraseys FICE FREng 1929-2012 was a Greek engineering seismologist. He was emeritus professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. For many years Ambraseys was considered as the leading figure and absolute authority in earthquake engineering and seismology in Europe. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall <br/> <br/> National Academy of Sciences hardcover
1968142615Federal Field Committee for Development Planning in Alaska 1968 Livre en anglais. In-4 broché 28 cm sur 38. 565 pages. Couverture défraïchie, dos passé, intérieur frais. État correct d’occasion.
0931163188.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
90 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "A concise, fact-filled resource book for anyone interested in the fishing industry. Covering every major fishing port from San Francisco to Kodiak, Alaska... offers detailed information about fishing and cannery work - where the the jobs are, who hires, what the work is like and how much you should expect to earn." - from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear externally. Contents sound and unmarked. A pleasant throwback to more prosperous times of the northwest commercial fishery. Book
194 pages. Average wear. Binding intact. Bright gilt lettering upon front board and spine. Children's scribbling upon blank leaves at end of book. Book
Features: Accursed and frightful Potter's Point - a look at the forerunners, and many times the sires of the later colorful and often dangerous people who made the Old West famous; Mud Glacier Gold - Marcum's lost gold in Alaska; Village of my red brother - Mormon Indian missionaries; Seattle's Little-known Dymano - Hans Pederson and the early development of Seattle; Battle of Prairie Dog Creek; The Solid Muldoon; Ghostly Fort Dilts; Coal Oil Jimmy's Gang; Geronimo's Long Debt for a Pony - Jimmy Stevens; Missouri Scout - Greyson Welsh; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
8595P., Paul Ducrocq, 1875 ; in-8. VI-371pp. -Frontispice et 61 illustrations in-texte, dont plusieurs à pleines pages, 1 carte dépliante en couleurs. Percaline bordeaux d'éditeur, plat sup. orné d'une plaque noir et or, second plat orné en noir, tranches dorées. Quelques rousseurs sans gravité, légers frottements et décolorations sur les plats. Bon exemplaire cependant.
Browning to endpapers, as from a DJ; All edges gilt. Decorative boards with gilt lettering and gilt pictorial design ; 8vo; 410 pages
pp. 337 + 12 Color chromolithograph plates of birds, drawn by Robert & John L. Ridgway. The great bird plates have some damp stain, but could be easily washed. + Plus 9 line drawn plates of fish. Folio. Disbound. Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army, No. III. 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. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W155
1997260406001St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood 1997. Paperback. Like New. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood; Sergieff St John of Kronstadt : A Companion Index for: My life in Christ. Platina CA : St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood/St. Paisius Missionary School 1997. "This index is a companion to the 1897 English Edition of My Life in Christ first published in England and reprinted by Holy Trinity Monastery Jordanville New York." ISBN listed to cp as 1887904549 but recent searches on this return a completely different title. Staple-bound in publisher's glossy b&w photographic wrappers. 2 3-32. Foreword by Abbot Herman; life of St. John 10 pp; index pp 21-32. Condition notes: near fine clean copy of a surprisingly rare pamphlet. Light wear. We personally inspect every book we offer. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood paperback
18231Washington GPO.1889. Hardcover. 8vo. 22.5cm portfolio containing 12 large folding maps tabbed rebound in black cloth with the original printed cover laid down fine thusads. Washington, GPO.1889 hardcover
18836282Paris, P. Ducrocq, 1883. In-12 de [6]-266-[2]p., demi-chagrin noir, dos à nerfs orné de filets dorés, plats de papier marbré vert (un poil frotté). Jolie reliure, intérieur très frais.
0882402129.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1907STLD0140Berlin, Paul Parey 1907. Gr.-8°. X(2), 253(1) S., 3 Bll. (Verlagsanz.). Mit 32 Tafeln, einer Karte (in Buchlasche) und 100 Textabb. nach Originalaufnahmen. OLeinenbd. m. mont. photogr. Deckelbild und Titelprägung in Gold u. Schwarz sowie umseit. Rotschnitt. Bindung geringf. gelockert, Einbd. u. einzelne Ss. stockfleckig, Karte etw. angeschmutzt u. m. Einriss. Thiebaud 684; GV 103, 113. Erste Ausgabe. Mit 2 Hauptkapiteln über Kamtschatka und Alaska. Enthält einige ethnologische Betrachtungen sowie einen Bericht über die Erzeugnisse Alaskas. Im Anhang mit einer Übersicht der vom Verfasser auf seiner Reise gesammelten Tiere. - Die Karte zeigt die Grenzregion zwischen Sibirien und Alaska mit der eingezeichneten Route der Bering-Meer-Expedition von 1906.
2006Q-1933375035Alaska Department of Fish and Game 2006-07-15. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alaska Department of Fish and Game paperback
20093925Alaska Editions 2009. Showing 21 international artist photographers with images printed using vegetable inks. Limited to 333 copies worldwide hand numbered. Large format book c. 36 x 28.5 cms. original quarter black velvet over printed boards all edges gilt. One of only 333 copies. Alaska Editions hardcover
3924Showing 21 international artist photographers with images printed using vegetable inks. Limited to 1000 copies worldwide hand numbered. Large format printing 48 x 28 cms white printed paper wrappers open stitch spine. Alaska Editions Spring-Summer 2008. unknown