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56417London: British Admiralty 1890 1925. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 27 x 34 inches. Published 2nd Aug. 1890; Small corrections printed to 1925 and mss. to 1927. Original horizontal fold a nice clean copy small additions in red pen. In lower right: "Engraved by Edwd. Weller". Chart number is 1433. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Captain W.J.L. Wharton. Four charts: Port Protection Steamer Bay St. John Harbour and Dewey Anchorage. Currently residents of Port Protection are featured in the National Geographic Channel reality series: Life Below Zero: Port Protection and its spinoff: Lawless Island. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1890 (1925). unknown
56479London: British Admiralty 1856 1932. An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 40 x 27.5 inches. Published Febr. 20th 1856; New Edition Dec. 1908. Large Corrections to Sept. 1932. Original vertical fold a very good copy some light wrinkling a few additions in red and some route marks in pencil. In lower right: "Engraved 1856". Chart number is 2435. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. A large-scale chart extending from the Chukchi Peninsula in Asia to Liverpool Bay and Cape Bathurst in the Canadian Arctic. The course of the Mackenzie River is shown as well as the Porcupine River and Yukon River. The tip of Wrangell Island is shown at the left edge. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1856 (1932). unknown
56413London: British Admiralty 1894 1928. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 27.5 x 40 inches. Published 6th August 1894; New Edition Aug. 1898; Large Corrections 14th Sept. 1928; Small corrections mss. to 1929. Clean and attractive original horizontal fold some small additions in red pen. In lower right: "Engraved by Edwd. Weller". Chart number is 2110. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Captain W.J.L. Wharton. Five anchorages in Frederick Sound and Clarence Strait: large plans of Gambier Bay and Port Chester; smaller plans of Woewodski and Eliza Harbours Fanshaw Bay and Cleveland Passage and Chasina Anchorage. First published 1894 this is a printing of 1928. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1894 (1928). unknown
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
2002Q-1574718142Creative Teaching Press 2002-03-27. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Creative Teaching Press paperback
1926320855Washington D.C.: GPO 1926. Illustrations. 5 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. Illustrations. 5 vols. 8vo. Bulletin No. 2. Vegetable Growing in Alaska. 1905. Wickersham 8559. Bulletin No. 3. Haymaking at Kenai Experiment Station. 1907. Wickersham 8560. Bulletin No. 4. Production of Improved Hardy Strawberries for Alaska. 1923. Wickersham 8562. Bulletin No. 5. Eradication of Tuberculosis in Cattle at the Kodiak Experiment Station. 1924. Wickersham 8591. Bulletin No. 6. Cereal Growing in Alaska. 1926. <br/><br/> GPO unknown
195059935Montreal & Vancouver Canada: Canadian National Steamships January 1950. 4to. 8.25 x 9.4 which folds out into 8 pp unpaginated. colour illustrated double-page oblong folio 16.5 x 9.4 in. colour-illustrated self-printed softcovers showing S.S. Prince George cruising by Alaskan glaciers and totem pole cover art minor edgewear light rubbing to fold crease still VG copy w/ former travel agency marking of Dorothy Van Nuys Travel Service. First edition of this nicely printed post-World War II travel brochure for the Canadian National Steamship Co. filled with interior illustrations for the new SS Prince George a Grand Trunk steamship built and launched in 1947 for the Canadian National Steamship Co. Her sister ship was the S.S. Prince Rupert and both regularly ran the routes from Seattle to Victoria Vancouver Prince Rupert & Stewart BC and onto Skagway Alaska. The map includes details of the “Scenic Triangle Tour†of British Columbia on the Canadian National system which included stops in Jasper National Park Mount Robson Park and the Canadian Rockies. Worldcat locates copies of the later 1953 & 1954 issues but not this imprint. Canadian National Steamships, paperback
193049601930. Matted framed photograph. Very Good. Black & white platinum photo print in 4 x 6 inch light green matte behind glass 10 x 11.5 inch wood frame. The Princess Fleet were the coastal passenger liners of the Canadian Pacific Railway which also ran the ocean-going Empress Fleet. The Charlotte was commissioned by Captain J. W. Troup and built at the Fairfield shipyard near Glasgow in 1908 to be the finest flyer on the Pacific Coast when it entered service in the summer of 1909. The initial route was Victoria - Vancouver - Seattle. We estimated the date of our photo by examining crew and passenger attire. unknown
190652645New York: Benziger Brothers 1906. 8vo. 10 307 1 pp. Frontisp. photo 24 photo plates 1 large folding map. Green pictorial publisher’s cloth gilt illustration of totem poles gilt lettering & decoration on front cover spine very slight rubbing very light interior toning slight bumping to couple corners VG copy. Second edition 1st U.S. Edition of this Canadian Jesuit missionary’s efforts in Newfoundland and Alaska at the beginning of the 20th century against the backdrop of the Klondike and Yukon Gold Rush. He details his experiences living in mining camps of Nome and Kotzebue Sound for two years offers details of Alaskan Native Americans along with insightful short histories of Russian exploration and influence in the areas. Kurutz Klondike & Alaska Gold Rushes 168b. Benziger Brothers, hardcover
193059933Seattle WA & Portland OR: The Alaska Line Alaska Steamship Co. American Express Co. Travel Dept.Printers Frank McCaffrey ca. 1930. 4to. 20 pp unpaginated. printed on textured paper stock. Photo illustrations and photo plates for the Alaska Line steamships map on rear cover recto. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of steamship next to towering Alaska glaciers and mountains w/ superimposed totem pole minor shelfwear slight rubbing still VG copy. First edition thus of this photo-illustrated brochure for the famed Alaska Steamship Co. which greatly benefited from a near monopoly of passenger and freight service to Alaska after the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. Included are photographic views of the steamships scenic landscapes Native American crafts gold mining Alaska airmail planes and more. Worldcat locates 1 copy U of AK Rasmuson Lib. The Alaska Line, Alaska Steamship Co., American Express Co., Travel Dept.[Printers, Frank McCaffrey, paperback
194055317Seattle WA: Alaska Steamship Co. Printed by Metropolitan Press 1940. 12mo. 3.5 x 8 in. 24 pp unpaginated. brochure which folds out into 21 x 16 in. broadside promotional advertisement w/ photo illustrations around border numerous colour colour-tinted and photo text illustrations on verso pictorial colour map w/ comic strip and in-set map of inlet around Valdez. Self-printed colour-illustrated and printed softcovers cover art w/ scenes of Alaska Native Americans slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition thus of this beautifully printed travel brochure and route map for the Alaska Steamship Company and their Copper River & Northwestern Railroad routes along the Copper River region in Alaska the Prince William Sound and more. The several cruises and possible tour packages offered by the company for summer travel are detailed and further embellished with photographs and artwork by Eustace Paul Ziegler 1881-1969 noted Seattle artist who captured Alaskan travels and life for 60 years. No copies in Worldcat. Alaska Steamship Co., [Printed by Metropolitan Press], paperback
193760206New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1937. 8vo. x 2 340 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Beige publisher’s cloth pictorial maps on endpapers purple lettering on spine w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of dogsled team across the Arctic landscape minor chipping & edgewear to upper & lower fore-edges head & foot of spine still NF/G copy. Third printing of this insightful memoir by Forrest b. 1892 written during her three years working as a teacher with her then husband Earle Forrest amongst the Inuit community of Wainwright Alaska. The work is still cited as an accurate depiction of life in Alaska during the opening decades of the 20th Century and her artifact collection of Inuit Scrimshaw and Traditional tools were donated to the Museum of Man in San Diego while her notebooks which focused on Inuit culture cooking and foodways were donated to Bowling Green. This dustjacket cover art differs from the first printing. Frederick A. Stokes Co., hardcover
193753313Anchorage AK: U.S. Department of the Interior The Alaska Railroad April 1 1937. Tall 16mo. 16 pp. Numerous photo illustrations. Printed softcovers map of The Alaska Railroad route through Alaska on back cover printed text on front minor edgewear slight creasing to corners shelfwear VG copy. Revised edition of this scarce photo-illustrated travel brochure for passengers on the Alaska Railroad during the Great Depression including images of Spencer Glacier Anchorage Palmer Fairbanks a gold dredge on the river near Fairbanks and more. U.S. Department of the Interior, The Alaska Railroad, paperback
193653337New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1936. 12mo. 256 pp. Gray ribbed cloth blue lettering w/ d.j. cover art of snow-covered cowboy wearing chaps on horseback pushing snow-covered cattle slight sunning to spine 1 small closed tear very slight creasing NF/VG copy. First Grosset edition of this very scarce title set against the backdrop of the Klondike Alaskan gold rush western shootouts and more. Very scarce in dustjacket. Grosset & Dunlap, hardcover
193112157Alaska Steamship Company 1931. First Edition. Cardstock. Very Good. Seven menus from a 1931 voyage of the SS Yukon printed on cardstock and illustrated with black & white photographs and the "Alaska LIne" logo on the verso; one large black & white photograph on the recto mostly of Alaskan scenery but including one photograph of the SS Yukon. Slight yellowing and rubbing to edges. The ocean liner SS Yukon built in 1899 joined the Alaska Steamship Co. fleet in 1924 and remained in service until 1946 when she was wrecked off the Alaskan coast with the loss of eleven lives. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear removable archival protector with acid-free backing. Alaska Steamship Company unknown
18981143655th Cong. 2d. Sess. Washington 1898. 5 1 pp.with EIGHT OTHER BILLS ON 5975 DURING THIS SESSION through its House Passage in March 1898. Quarto bound together in new plain wrappers. Institutional stamps some blank edge chipping Good. Extending the homestead laws to Alaska and creating easements for railroads and the mode of obtaining them. unknown
18981143655th Cong. 2d. Sess. Washington 1898. 5 1 pp.with EIGHT OTHER BILLS ON 5975 DURING THIS SESSION through its House Passage in March 1898. Quarto bound together in new plain wrappers. Institutional stamps some blank edge chipping Good. Extending the homestead laws to Alaska and creating easements for railroads and the mode of obtaining them. unknown books
19592018Juneau 1959. About very good. 7624pp. plus one leaf of plates. Original printed wrappers stapled. Some soiling and wear later paper labels on spine rear cover with closed tear. Some minor soiling and wear. Telephone directory for Juneau Alaska featuring both an alphabetical and yellow pages listing. Also includes a listing for the town of Douglas located just across the Gastineau Channel from Juneau. With ads for local businesses as well as a flashy full-page ad for PanAm flights to Seattle. unknown books
19582017Juneau 1958. Good. 7620pp. plus one leaf of plates. Original printed wrappers stapled. Some soiling and wear contemporary mailing labels on front cover. Some minor soiling and wear final leaf with closed tear. Telephone directory for Juneau Alaska featuring both an alphabetical and yellow pages listing. Also includes a listing for the town of Douglas located just across the Gastineau Channel from Juneau. With ads for local businesses as well as a flashy full-page ad for PanAm flights to Seattle. unknown books
193561878Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 1935. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. An on-the-ground investigation of the educational possibilities and needs of the native peoples of Alaska and an evaluation of the educational system so far 1934 provided for them. 472 pages 5 b/w plates many photos tables and drawings gatefold map edges rubbed and stained. Cover corners bumped spine ends rubbed "Kasigluk Alaska 1952" inked on pastedowns; 8 1/2 x 11 Stanford University Press hardcover
