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1991227747Homer.: Pioneers of Alaska. 1991. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy small owner inscription on end paper. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Pioneers of Alaska. hardcover
1803ST15927London: Cadell and Davies 1803. ONE OF 60 LARGE PAPER COPIES of the "considerably enlarged" Fourth Edition ours a variant retaining the date of 1803 on the title-page rather than 1804. 330 x 252 mm. 13 x 9 7/8". xviii 4 xix 1 380 pp. Two leaves usually bound at the end and containing the "List of Principle Books Referred to in this Work" and "Works by the same Author" bound between pp. xvii and xix here. <br/> VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SPRINKLED CALF raised bands flanked by plain and decorative gilt rules and chain roll spine panels with star centerpiece red morocco label marbled endpapers. With six engravings: five maps two folding and one view. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Marcus Gage; title page with ink inscription at head: "M. Gage's Book got from Mr. Asperne London April 15th 1805." Lada-Mocarski 29 note; Howes C-834; Sabin 17309; Streeter VI 3501; Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica pp. 2447-48. ◆Small chip to tail of spine corners a bit rubbed flyleaves somewhat foxed the usual minor foxing to plates and a bit of offsetting to adjacent pages otherwise A VERY FINE COPY OF AN ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE EDITION clean and fresh internally with vast margins and the binding firm lustrous and with only very minor wear to the joints.<br/> <br/> This is an extremely well-preserved copy in an elegant contemporary binding of the most sought-after edition of a key source on Russian exploration and that country's efforts to expand trade with China and Alaska. Eminent historian William Coxe 1747-1828 studied the voyages and exploration by Bering and others to the regions of Kamchatka the Aleutian Islands and Siberia to prepare this overview of the geography and cultures of the lands between Russia and North America and to analyze the economic potential of trade--particularly in furs--with the region. According to Sabin "Mr. Coxe's book contains many curious and important facts with respect to the various attempts of the Russians to open a communication to the New World." The 1780 first edition of this work covered Russian voyages of discovery between 1740 and 1769; the 1787 third edition added a supplement comparing these explorations to those of Captains Cook and Clerke. Our much-expanded fourth edition gives in the words of the Preface "a complete series of voyages from 1711 to 1792 comprising all that is known on the subject." Some of this supplementary information was gleaned from earlier accounts by German historians G. F. Muller and P. S. Pallas and some from Coxe's own travels in Russia. According to Lada-Mocarski Coxe "also succeeded in securing additional material: for instance the narrative and maps of Krenitzin and Levashev's 'secret' expedition the first official Russian government expedition since Bering's 2nd expedition of 1741. He was able to secure this particular information not widely known at the time even in Russia from Dr. Wm. Robertson who in turn obtained it through his friend Dr. Rogerson first physician to the Empress Catherine II. . . . In view of the above additions one should consider the fourth edition of 1803 as the most desirable." He concludes: "Coxe's work particularly the fourth edition is a result of contemporary and authoritative sources translated into English not to be overlooked by scholars and collectors alike." There are also distinct aesthetic advantages to the present Large Paper version over the octavo printing. Not only is the type beautifully re-set and laid out as well as surrounded by vast margins but as Streeter notes there are two charts here that are not included in the octavo issue of 1803. The original owner of this volume Marcus Gage is known to have assembled a substantial library of beautifully cared-for books on travel and discovery see for example "Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939 Books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching" passim. Gage notes that he got the book from "Mr. Asperne"—no doubt the London publisher and bookseller James Asperne 1757-1820. ABPC and RBH find just four other Large Paper copies at auction in the past 45 years two of which had condition issues. One could wait a considerable time to find a copy as attractive and desirable as the present one. Cadell and Davies unknown
Milano, 1905, estratto con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 930/933 con ill. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Milano, 1907, estratto con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 250/252 con ill. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Milano, 1913, estratto con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 1060/1061 con ill. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
19764883Fairbanks Ak 1976. Very good. 36pp. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Minor wear and dust-soiling. An informative program containing the schedule of events plus photographic portraits and other information from the Alaskan Grand Lodge of the Prince Hall Masons' convention in Fairbanks in 1976. The work includes group portraits from numerous branch lodges of the Prince Hall Masons throughout Alaska along with well wishes and congratulatory messages from past and present members other African American organizations in Alaska a history of Prince Hall Masonry in Alaska and more. African-American Masonic material from Alaska is decidedly rare from any era. 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
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
193659748Montreal & Vancouver Canada; Los Angeles CA: Canadian National Railways Steamships January 1936. 4to. 8.25 x 9.4 which folds out into large 18.5 x 33.5 in. travel poster on recto map on verso colour-illustrated self-printed softcovers showing Prince Robert or Prince George cruising by Alaskan glaciers and totem pole cover art very minor shelfwear slight rubbing 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 stamp of Canadian National Railways 607 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles CA w/in box on front. First edition of this rare and striking travel brochure for the Canadian National Steamship Co. filled with photographic views of sights in Wrangell Juneau Ketchikan Taku Glacier Skagway White Pass Lake Atlin and interspersed with striking Art Deco graphics in vivid orange purple green & black. The SS Prince Rupert & SS Prince George sister ships were constructed 1909-1910 at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. both regularly running for decades 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 3 copies Bancroft Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Queens Univ. Ont. Canadian National Railways, Steamships, 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
1901List2108Alaska 1901. Oblong folio 12 ½ x 9 inches. Twelve leaves with 89 photographs rebound in modern cloth. Binding in fine condition photographs generally excellent some leaves with clear tape repairs. A well preserved album of photographs showing mining operations in the Golovin Bay region about fifty to seventy-five miles northwest of Nome during the tail end of the Klondike Gold Rush period in 1900-1901. The album shows the operations of the Pioneer Company in Alaska in great detail including the travel by boat and the camps along Opher Creek as well as many photographs of the mining operation itself. According to a caption in one of the photographs $12000 worth of gold was taken out of the “Discovery Claim†on Ophir Creek. The album also includes several photographs of the indigenous population. The compiler of the book appears to have been a student at a mining college at some point as some of the photographs show a “Class of ‘04’†sign. The photographs are dated from 1897 to 1901. Interior scenes and a particularly broad portrayal of mining life and operations make this an uncommonly informative photographic document of Alaskan mining operations during this period. <br /> <br /> Lowny J.D. The Golovin Bay Region of Northwestern Alaska. In: The Engineering and Mining Journal Vol. 71 pp. 781-782. June 15 1901. Accessed online 6/23. 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
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
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
192962096Boston: Chapple Publishing Co. Ltd. 1929. 8vo. 10 302 pp. Frontisp. plates map. Scarlet-coloured publisher’s cloth illustrated endpapers very slight shelfwear offset toning from removed bookmark at gutter margin w/ d.j. cover art by Willard Vaughn minor sunning to spine dustsoiling minor shelfwear still NF/VG copy inscribed by the author on ffep. First edition inscribed of this maritime adventure romance written by the San Francisco author in homage to Jack London set against the backdrop of competing fishing fleets in the Alaskan north. West 1898-1957 was a San Francisco journalist originally from Minneapolis who also wrote around the same time an informative “Bibliography of the Writings of Jack London†issued by Chapple Publishing the same year whose papers are held by the University of Oregon. This was his only work of fiction. Worldcat locates 8 copies U of AK Cal Hist. Soc. SJSU Yale DLC U of MN Ohio State Utah State. Chapple Publishing Co., Ltd., hardcover
193463926Seattle WA: The Alaska Line Alaska Steamship Co. Farwest Lithograph & Printing Co. 1934. One large oblong atlas folio pictorial map sized 29.5 x 22 in. beautiful original lithograph cover very minor dustsoiling and slight creasing to fore-edges a NF copy. First edition of this splendid pictorial map featuring pictograph cartoons reminiscent of John Held’s Jazz Age artwork as well as Ruth Taylor White and her sister Della Taylor Hoss. The Alaska Line which had benefited from a near monopoly of passenger and freight service to Alaska after the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 brags about their accommodations service easy access and tours to many scenic areas in and around “America’s last frontier.†Later printings have an altered colour scheme from this one featuring Alaska in gold and the Yukon and British Columbia Canada in pink. Camy 1904-1958 was a California artist and illustrator who specialized in commercial graphic advertising for Dole Pineapple Signal Gasoline and the Alaska Line. He produced very few pictographic maps. The Alaska Line, Alaska Steamship Co., Farwest Lithograph & Printing Co., unknown
192846131Chicago: Poole Bros. Inc. 1928. Oblong 16mo. 59 1 pp. Photo illusts. 1 map. Photo-illust. self-printed wrappers slight shelfwear NF copy stapled as issued. First edition thus of this travel brochure detailing the trip by steamship and railroad along the White Pass & Yukon Route from Skagway Alaska to Dawson City on the Yukon River Yukon Territory. Poole Bros., Inc., 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
190747374New York: McClure Phillips & Co. 1907. Thick 8vo. xiv 2 330 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates illustrations. Green ribbed cloth embossed & gilt lettering & decoration on front cover gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear very minor rubbing still VG bright copy from the author’s library w/ McLain bookplate on front pastedown presented to Mrs. John Howard Todd in January 1925 by the author w/ handwritten note laid-in identifying Onesime Sovey who went to the gold rush in 1897 with George Smith Portland Druggist. First edition presentation author’s copy signed of this excellent work detailing the fact finding tour by the author with the Senate Committee on Territories which visited Alaska and the Yukon in 1903. McClure, Phillips & Co., 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
198159672Anchorage AK: The Alaskan Historical Aircraft Society 1981. 4to. 4 1 leaves 2-119 pp. With photo illustrations text illustrations document reproductions. Printed flexible covers colour photo mounted front cover plastic-comb-binding as issued minor edgewear light dustsoiling still VG copy. First edition signed of this very scarce report on aviation and military aviation artifacts and historical aircraft in Alaska augmented with history of the U.S. Military in Alaska the Aleutians Campaign Japanese Naval Air Operations in the Aleutians and more. Worldcat locates 2 copies Alaska State Lib. Museum of Flight. The Alaskan Historical Aircraft Society, unknown
161959078Anchorage & Seward A.T.: Alaska Engineering Commission AEC Phinney S. Hunt ca. 1916-1917. 4to. 86 silver print photographs sized 6.25 x 8.25 in. nearly all w/ photographer’s imprint w/in negative at lower fore-edge as well as caption negative number and AEC some w/ occasional pencil annotations on verso all preserved in mylar sleeves occasional creasing at corners a couple w/ slight loss at corners in the small blank margin. Recent 3-ring clamshell binder an excellent set of photos with all retaining bright strong contrast. This outstanding photo archive provides not only some of the earliest photographs of Anchorage Alaska Territory but also this immense railroad project first authorized by the US Congress in 1912. The few existing privately-run railroads operating in Alaska at the time including the Alaska Northern Railway and the Tanana Valley Railroad primarily fulfilled the needs of the mining companies carrying resources to sea ports and very little allowance was made for passenger traffic and it was impossible to travel by rail from Ship’s Creek at the Cook Inlet north to Fairbanks. Through an April 1915 executive order President Wilson directed that the newly created Alaska Engineering Commission construct a railroad along the surveyed “Western Route†from Seward or Portage Bay along the Turnagain & Knik Arms of Cook Inlet North through the Suitna Valley and then follow the Nenana River until it joined the Tanana with the intent it would connect eventually to Fairbanks. Employing discarded surplus railroad equipment from the Panama Canal Railroad project and under the direction of engineer Mears who had worked on both the Panama Canal and Great Northern Railroads the tiny tent city of Ship’s Creek swelled to 5500 people within two years and was officially labeled by the Post Office as “Anchorage.†Photos included here reveal the barren original landscape of Ship’s Creek with one of the photos showing the steam launches “Alaska†& “Seagull†who carried cargo and passengers from ships offshore. In addition there are views of the construction of the immense AEC Railway machine shop by Sept. 1916 as well as the newly completed first Railroad Depot in Anchorage with the progression of buildings erected beyond. These early views of the fast developing project portray the Commissary Hospital Bunkhouses finished machine shop interiors of the powder house for blasting along with a view of the AEC’s photo studio and the completed electrical power house. Early street views of the nascent city are quite scarce and one of particular interest shows Fourth Ave. looking East with newly built stores and homes built along both sides of the roadway stretching into the distance. Brutal working conditions continually interfered with the pace of the project with one of the images showing the AEC’s “Electric Thawing Machine†on a sled whie others depict piles of snow work camps in snow and even sternwheeler and docks trapped in an ice flow in March 1917. A couple of the photographs feature the sternwheeler SS Omineca underway which had been originally constructed in 1909 for the Grand Trunk Railway running the Skeena River from 1909-1912 and powered by the original SS Caledonia’s engines. By the end of 1916 60 miles of track had been laid 100 miles were graded and right-of-way cleared for 230 miles with photos in this archive showing AEC Construction camps at various mile markers blasting activity and track laying. At the same time they rehabilitated the bankrupt Alaska Northern Railroad tracks and by Oct. 24 1917 the first AEC Railway train reached the Chickaloon coal mines 74 miles North of Anchorage. The railroad would actually not be finished until 1923 when the Tanana River Bridge was completed and last 57 miles of track to Fairbank converted to standard gauge. Photos also show the Anchorage Baseball Field which featured games for the Cook Inlet Baseball League composed at the time of Matanuska Anchorage and Turnagain Arm teams. There’s also a very fine series of the Decoration Day parade held May 30 1917 depicting many of the main streets and businesses in the background. In addition several photographs show the ocean docks completed which allowed ships to directly dock at Anchorage rather than lightering passengers and cargo to shore prior to 1917. Hunt 1866-1917 originally worked as a California optician before trekking to Valdez Alaska as a gold rush prospector but quickly established himself as a photographer opening his studio and documenting Valdez and development of the region. He would bring his wife and children to Alaska by 1907. He later secured work as one of the AEC’s official photographers shooting some of the early survey work by 1914 and through the project until suffering a heart attack Oct. 14 1917 in Seward AK. Hunt’s son A.O. Hunt also worked as an assistant photographer for the AEC. A few of these images appear as negatives in the Alaska State Library Historical Collections with a couple shown in their Digital Archives and some appear in the Alaska Engineering Commission archive at the U of W Collect. No. PH0495 but the bulk of that collection features photographs by James McPherson H.G. Kaiser and A.J. Johnson who were the other official photographers on the project; See: Phinney S. Hunt Photographs of Alaska 1902-1909 Photographs in and around Valdez and Sitka Alaska University of Washington Special Collections; Phinney S. Hunt Obituary Alaska Railroad Record Vol. I No. 49 Oct. 16 1917 p. 389. Alaska Engineering Commission, AEC, Phinney S. Hunt, unknown
195539997Juneau AK: Department of Territorial Police 1955. 4to. 4 54 leaves. Numerous maps diagrams photos. Quarter-blk tape over printed textured softcovers chppng & wear to spine still a VG copy. First edition scarce of the first Annual Report of the status organization and efforts of the Alaska Territorial Police providing invaluable statistics and data of the Territory at the time. Department of Territorial Police, paperback
190455454London: Rowland Ward Ltd. 1904. Tall 8vo. xvi 292 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 44 photos and plates 1 large folding map in rear pocket. Green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine simulated Zebra skin endpapers minor bumping to corners edgewear slight spotting on the spine still VG copy. First edition of this excellent early account of hunting on the Kenai Peninsula including descriptions of Alaskan Native Americans salmon cannery operations and more. Radclyffe had acquired a permit from the Bureau of Biological Survey with the USDA in order to collect big game specimens for the British Museum and the account was dedicated to a longtime fellow hunter and friend Theodore Roosevelt. The author details his experiences with hunting Alaskan Brown Bears Grizzly Bears Moose Dall Sheep and running afoul of the zealous US Deputy Marshal Sexton a stickler for the new game regulations instituted on the Kenai in 1903 not to mention destroying the distilling operation of Alaskan hunter & miner Andrew Berg. He managed to survive a charging bear sow after being abandoned by his guide as well as the Alaskan courtroom but his companions were not so lucky as the judge ruled that the permit did not extend to the hunting party. Radclyffe returned later to hunt Alaska on the Kenai in August 1910 employing Andrew Berg as his head guide. See: Catherine Cassidy Alaska’s No. 1 Guide: The History and Journals of Andrew Berg 1869-1939 pp. 28-29 38. Rowland Ward Ltd., hardcover