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ria9780323830072_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
192952116Los Angeles: Press of Schwabacher-Frey Company 1929. 1929. First edition. 11 1/4" x 8 1/2" in simulated leather and embossed pictorial boards with color vignette of Big Bear Valley stamped on front cover and with gilt lettering and woodcraft borders. Sewn with gold silk braid at spine. Decorative endpapers with slot on front pastedown for ownership certificate not present but tipped-in design for Cambria Pines cabin design with floor plans. Color illustrated vignette title. Color text illustrations. Photo illustrations. Decorative borders. Pictorial map by Graysons of Los Angeles. Color illustrated calendar dial with borders on final leaf preserving the original glassine flyleaves. A beautifully produced brochure detailing the amenities for both members and investors in the Peter Pan Woodland Club. Harry Kiener formed the Big Bear Land & Water Company to develop mountain properties in the east valley area of Big Bear City in 1925. In 1927 he contracted with Los Angles truck-body builder Guy Maltby to build a wooden power boat to be used on Big Bear Lake. While delivering the boat Maltby became fascinated with the project and formed the Bear Valley Milling and Lumber Company to build the Peter Pan Lodge along with over 600 surrounding homes in Big Bear City. This lodge was massive with five stories and included a golf course landscaping tennis courts swimming pool movie theater and for nearly two decades was used for parties dances and even Hollywood films. Sadly it burned to the ground on June 18 1948 and even though the smaller Peter Pan Lodge building was moved to the site it never recaptured the spirit and elegance of the original resort. Light soiling to bottom corners of pages along with faint tears to upper fore-edge of free front end paper and with slight creasing and with faint pencil annotations on front pastedown. Very good. Press of Schwabacher-Frey Company, 1929. hardcover
193277205Petersburg Alaska: Parent-Teachers' Association 1932. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo: 133 3 p. with numerous local advertisements. Original paper wrappers with printing in two colors: blue and gray on the front panel and green and red on the rear panel. Occasional soiling and spotting to the contents with scattered pencil and ink notes including a recipe for clam chowder on page 89. Two clipped timeables one for cooking vegetables and the other for broiling are paperclipped to a prefatory blank leaf. The wrappers are rather worn with "coffee bread" handwritten along the top of the front panel a very faint ink stamp below the title some general soiling and toning and a bit of loss at the corners and tips. Scarce OCLC locates only two holdings: Iowa and University of Alaska Fairbanks.<br /> <br /> Community cookbook from Petersburg Alaska a largely Scandinavian community situated on Mitkof Island in the Alexander Archipelago near the Canadian-American border the southern boundary of the City and Borough of Juneau. Includes recipes for cakes pies and a large selection of baked goods including Norwegian Pepperkaker Swedish Nut Wafers Spritz Cookies Berlina Kranse and Sprutbakkelse. There are also sections for seafood eggs meats pickles and salads as well as Men's Recipes all of which were contributed by local men including instructions for preparing Japanese Chop Suey and Lute Fisk. Notably other cuisines are represented with recipes for Arabian Stew Empanada Chilean Pa Kui Italian Delight Roman Holiday Fooyon Shrimp Honolulu Saute etc. The contributor of each recipe is identified. Parent-Teachers' Association unknown
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
1932177173Alaska: 1932-3. The first Hollywood film to be shot in a Native American language A collection of behind-the-scenes photographs documenting the production of Eskimo 1933. With a mostly Native American cast it was the first feature film shot entirely on location in Alaska and the first to incorporate the Iñupiat language. Produced over a 17-month period it captured scenes of hunting and daily life with documentary realism. The photographs include images of the cast and crew among them the Iñupiaq lead Ray Mala Lotus Long Peter Freuchen and director W. S. Van Dyke as well as indigenous actors in traditional parkas and mukluks. Also shown are scenes of walrus and moose hunts extras posed in igloos animal processing and film equipment in use. Mala accompanied the Danish Arctic explorer Knud Rasmussen on an expedition from 1921 to 1924 collecting and describing Inuit songs and legends. The following year Mala commenced his career in Hollywood where he worked for almost 30 years. Eskimo later re-released as Mala the Magnificent was directed by Van Dyke and adapted from Freuchen's writings. Depicting encounters between Inuit communities and Western traders the film was not a commercial success. Still it was praised for its realism and awarded the inaugural Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Van Dyke known as "One Take Woody" for his efficient work made several other early sound films including Tarzan the Ape Man 1932 The Thin Man 1934 and San Francisco 1936. 48 silver gelatin prints from 64 x 88 to 87 x 105 mm. portrait and landscape format some stamped "Velox" on the verso others with pencilled numbers. A small number are copy prints. Some a little yellowed or with silver mirroring a few minor surface abrasions: a very good collection. Frank Javier Garcia Berumen American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood 2020; R. Bruce Macdonald Sisters of the Ice 2021. unknown
188848113New York: A. Wittemann The Albertype Co. 58 and 60 Reade Street 1888. Oblong 12mo 7.25 x 5.25 in. 4 pp unpaginated. 12 plates of photo images on thick card stock. Pebbled red cloth decorated gilt lettering & Aurora Borealis motif on front cover black decoration punch sewn at gutter margin by red silk braid minor soiling and spotting to front cover minor edgewear still G copy w/ very nice images former ownership inscription on front pastedown. First edition of this very scarce travel view book of Alaska in the 1880s detailing Sitka the gold mines the natural wealth of the country and the Native American inhabitants including the Tlingit Eskimos in the Aleutians and the stunning totem poles to be found. There are also views of the Muir Glacier Juneau a quartz mill and the Yukon River. Adolph Wittemann and his brother Herman began working as printers in New York in 1867 and first started printing books and postcards under the Albertype name in 1887. Adolph acted not only as agent finding customers for their services but taking photographs across the country to be made into postcards. Worldcat locates 4 copies. A. Wittemann, The Albertype Co., 58 and 60, Reade Street, hardcover
0282257195.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
56396London: British Admiralty 1898 1924. . An engraved chart on heavy stock uncolored sheet size 20 x 27.5 inches. Published 22nd March 1898; Small corrections printed to 1924 and mss. to 1927. Unfolded. A nice clean copy. In lower right: "Engraved by Edwd. Weller". Chart number is 1524. Small typed label on verso giving chart & folio info. Published under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton. Maps of Juneau Anchorage Wrangell Harbour Ratz Harbour Tongass Narrows and Tolstoi Bay. Upper right map Wrangell Harbour is corrected with a paste-over printed in black & red. <br/><br/> London: British Admiralty, 1898 (1924). 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
526001940. 3 original colour maps each c. 110 x 110 cm 40 x 45 inches folding to 20 x 12.5 cm. Natural fold creases generally very fresh and clean. Shows anchorage Big delta Blying Sound Circle fairbanks Gulkana Healy Kantishna River Kenai Livengood Mount Hayes Mount McKinley Seldovia Seward Talkeetna Talketna Mountains Tanan Tyonek Valdez etc. 1940 unknown
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
186825042<p>This copy is stamped "THE PRESIDENT" at the top of the front page indicating it belonged to President Andrew Johnson. The President would have read this copy of the act before Congress submitted it to him with some amendments on July 25. The report uses the early variant spelling of "Aliaska" for the territory and peninsula.</p> <b>ALASKA.</b>Newspaper. <i>New-York Tribune</i> July 17 1868. Featuring the terms of the "Aliaska" Bill as passed by the Senate. Copy belonging to President Andrew Johnson. New York: Horace Greeley. 8 pp. 18 x 23¾ in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpts:</b></p><p>"<i>Be it enacted &c. That the laws of the United States relating to customs commerce and navigation be and the same are hereby extended to and over all the mainland islands and waters of the territory ceded to the United States by the Emperor of Russia.</i>" p1/c2</p><p>"<i>And be it further enacted that all the said territory with its ports harbors bays rivers and waters shall constitute a customs collection district to be called 'The District of Aliaska' for which said district a port of entry shall be established at some convenient point to be designated by the President at or near the town of Sitka or New-Archangel and a Collector of Customs shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate who shall reside at said port of entry and who shall receive an annual salary of $2500.</i>" p1/c2</p><p>"<i>That the President shall have the power to restrict and regulate or to prohibit the importation or use of firearms ammunition and distilled spirits into and within said territory.</i>" p1/c2</p><p>"<i>That until otherwise provided by law the Secretary of the Treasury with the approval of the President shall have power to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem proper for the preservation of fur-bearing animals from indiscriminate destruction provided that no special permits shall be granted under this act.</i>" p1/c2</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>After suffering defeat at the hands of the British and the French in the Crimean War of 1853-1856 Russia feared losing the Alaskan territory in some future conflict. In an effort to protect Russian interests Tsar Alexander II 1818-1881 determined to sell Alaska. After offering it in 1859 to the United Kingdom Russia negotiated a sale to the United States finalized in 1867. At the time the territory primarily offered fur trading and some natural resources. Americans generally supported the purchase and believed it enhanced American interests in the Pacific though some critics labeled it "Seward's Folly" after Secretary of State William H. Seward who had negotiated the purchase for the United States. Most newspaper editors especially those in California were enthusiastic about the purchase. Notable among the critics was Horace Greeley the editor of this newspaper and a long-time opponent of Seward. The value of the new territory increased dramatically with the discovery of gold fields in 1896.</p><p>The Senate ratified the Treaty with Russia on April 9 1867 by a vote of 37 to 2. On July 14 1868 the House of Representatives passed a resolution appropriating the $7.2 million necessary to purchase Alaska less than two cents per acre and the Senate approved the resolution with amendments. The House refused the amendments and the resolution went to a committee. The House passed the resolution as revised by the conference committee on July 23 and the Senate passed it the following day.</p><p>Meanwhile on July 15 Senator Zachariah Chandler of Michigan introduced "An Act to extend the Laws of the United States relating to the Customs Commerce and Navigation over the Territory ceded to the United States by Russia to establish a Collection District therein and for other Purposes" and the Senate passed it on July 16. In the House Representative Elihu B. Washburne of Illinois proposed amendments on July 25 and the House agreed to them. The Senate disagreed with the amendments and this bill went also to a conference committee where the Senate receded from its opposition and the bill passed. President Johnson approved and signed both the joint resolution and the act on July 27 1868.</p><p>In 1870 Congress followed up its concerns about preserving fur-bearing animals expressed in this law with "An Act to prevent the Extermination of Fur-bearing Animals in Alaska" aimed directly at regulating the killing of fur-bearing seals on Saint Paul and Saint George Islands off the western coast of Alaska north of the Aleutian Islands.</p><p><b>Additional Content</b></p><p>This issue also includes the Senate confirmation of William M. Evarts 1818-1901 as Attorney General p1/c2 p5/c4; proceedings of Congress including Senate discussion of this bill p1/c3-4; a letter from a special correspondent describing Sitka Alaska p2/c2-3; an editorial nomination of Thomas A. R. Nelson of Tennessee as Secretary of State to succeed William H. Seward "<i>now that Mr. Seward has succeeded in buying Aliaska</i>" p4/c5-6; "base ball" and cricket scores p5/c5; and a report on dozens of deaths from sunstroke during two-week heat wave especially among children p8/c1-3.</p><p><b><i>New-York Tribune</i></b> 1841-1924 was established as a daily newspaper in 1841 by Horace Greeley 1811-1872. By the 1850s it reached a circulation of 200000 copies making it the largest daily newspaper in New York City at the time. Greeley also published weekly and semi-weekly issues of the <i>Tribune</i> through much of his tenure. The <i>New-York Tribune</i>became the dominant Whig and then Republican newspaper in the United States helping to shape public opinion especially as other newspapers often copied its articles and editorials. It was one of the first newspapers in the Union to send reporters and correspondents to cover the military campaigns of the Civil War. Greeley used his newspaper to support many reforms including abolitionism pacifism socialism for a time and feminism. After Greeley's failed campaign as the Liberal Republican candidate for President Whitelaw Reid 1837-1912 assumed control of the <i>Tribune</i> until his death. His son Ogden Mills Reid 1882-1947 acquired the <i>New York Herald</i> and merged the newspapers in 1924.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Typical folds and light foxing few slight tears at some of the outer margins and appears to have been bound in a book at one point or someone reinforced the outer fold.</p>
1975006921Washington D.C./Alaska: US Department of the Interior BLM 1975. 1st . Paper Back. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 678pp.; SC white w/blk.-photo cover; slight rub w/clean pages. Binding is beginning to deteriorate and separate. In-depth description of area's environment . maps photos illus. <br/> <br/> US Department of the Interior (BLM) unknown
19746343Alaska: Department of the Interior. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Softcover. Included are a booklet providing an overview "Proposed ALASKA National Wildlife Refuges" and nine additional booklets one for each of the areas. The separate booklets are titled "Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: a proposal Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge: A Proposal Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge: A Proposal Selawik National Wildlife Refuge: A Proposal Iliamna National Resource Range: a proposal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Proposal Noatak National Wildlife Refuge: A Proposal Alaska Coastal National Wildlife Refuges: A Proposal and Togiak National Wildlife Refuge: A Proposal.Volumes are uniformly bound in stiff wraps of varying colors and stapled. All are illustrated pages are not numbered eight are dated September 1974 the other two are undated; A letter of transmittal is laid in to the first booklet. ; Oblong 10-1/2" x 8"; "The Secretary of the Interior is recommending nine areas of valuable wildlife habitat in Alaska to be added to the National Wildlife Refuge System. These proposals are the result of studies conducted by the Internior Department under provisions contained in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971." transmittal letter. Somewhat scarce: a few of these booklets can be located in the trade. Sets are not seen. ; The summary booklet has a partal coffee ring on the front cover. Otherwise these have but minor cover wear all are clean and unmarked within. . Department of the Interior paperback
1974006919Washington D.C./Alaska: US Department of the Interior BLM 1974. 1st . Paper Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 399pp.; SC white w/blk.-photo cover; slight rub w/cleantight pgs. In-depth description of area's environment . maps photos illus. <br/> <br/> US Department of the Interior (BLM) unknown
21748U.S. Government Printing Office 1975. Paper bound in original wrappers 4to illustrated with a few photos and numerous original fold-out maps which won't be found in reprints Pp672. Includes appendices and references. Short tear to side edge of front cover else in very good or better condition. 1.66 kilograms unpacked -- extra postage may be requested! All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 unknown
1975006929Washington D.C./Alaska: US Department of the Interior BLM 1975. 1st . Paper Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 632pp.; SC white w/blk.-photo cover; slight rub w/cleantight pgs. In-depth description of area's environment . maps photos illus. <br/> <br/> US Department of the Interior (BLM), unknown
21747U.S. Government Printing Office 1975. Paper bound in the original binding 4to illustrated with a few photos and a large number of fold-out maps 764pp includes appendices and references. Very good condition. 1.89 kilograms unpacked -- extra postage may be requested. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 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
2011Q-1935347101Epicenter Press Incorporated 2011-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Epicenter Press, Incorporated paperback
1980ABE-1636753462650Commission on History and Culture North Slope Bureau 1980 Cloth oversized 9x11 1st. ed. 209pp. Shelf wear to DJ with small tape repair at top edge spine & back panel beige boards. Many B&W photos maps interviews bibliography. Book is clean & tight. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Commission on History and Culture, North Slope Bureau hardcover
1962715528PN. New. 1962. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
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
1341228576.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
