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2004Q-0882405861Alaska Northwest Books 2004-05-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alaska Northwest Books hardcover
1974029352Good. 1974. Paper. 152 pages many b/w illus. several large fold-out pages. This is an informational report prepared by the Agricultural Potential Committee of The Alaska Rural Development Council.; 4to . unknown
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
19886146Alaska. Department of Fish and Game Public Commmunications Section. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Softcover. Standard black 3" three-ring binder with loose-leaf materials. First part covers Big Game Furbearers Small Mammals Marine Mammals Birds Finfish and Shellfish. Addiitonal materials include two-page leaflets for various animals and a number of Cooperative Extension leaflets on agricultural topics. Various paginations/some not paginated only some materials dated - between 1978 and 1988. ; 11" x 11-1/2"; OCLC notes only five institutions holding this item. All are in Alaska. Not seen elsewhere in the trade at time of listing. ; Notebook plastic is splitting along edge taped-on title no longer legible title page lightly soiled and worn at holes last few leaves curled at spine. . Alaska. Department of Fish and Game, Public Commmunications Section paperback
0882402293New. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback
0882402900New. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback
1983Q-0882402293Alaska Northwest Books 1983-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alaska Northwest Books paperback
1978Q-0882401149Alaska Geographic Society 1978-06-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alaska Geographic Society paperback
1176175076.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
192437246N.P.: Petersen & Co. 1924. 1924. First edition. 26 1/2" x 31 1/2" sheet folded to 24 panels each 9" x 4" and with colorful pictorial cover. Illustrations some in color and color map. 12 panels give an overview of visiting Alaska the last frontier. Discusses what one can expect to see while cruising through Alaska as well as the cities to be visited to include various fishing villages icebergs Indian villages totems mining villages Ketchikan Wrangell Petersburg the Taku Inlet Juneau Skagway Prince William Sound etc. Also offers information on a Prince William Sound Cruise heading to Cordova the Valdez Basin Latouche Seward Anchorage etc. Finally discusses the construction of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway and goes on to describe the trip from Cordova and up the Copper River to Chitinn Kennecott and onto the Bering River with its coal fields past the Childs and Miles Glaciers and to Abercrombie Canyon. Obverse 12 panels offers a map of Alaska and the routes with 4 black and white photographs of scenery at both the top and the bottom of the sheet. Inset is an 8" x 3 1/4" map of Alaska Railroad from Seward to Fairbanks. A second map 11" x 8" of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway showing Copper River Region in Alaska Prince William Sound The Fairbanks Stage Road Government Telegraph Line and Tributary Territory is inset. Also includes passenger ticket from Seattle aboard the S.S. Yukon dated July 17 1924 as well as the passenger list of the cruise. Passenger list entitled "Radio News" is printed on newspaper 16" x 17" and folded to 4 panels. Rear panel of passenger list offers a "directory of progressive Alaskan business houses." Passenger listed is tanned and chipped along edges without impacting any text. Brochure is worn at folds has light wear to the extremities and with a 1/4" hole to cover panel. Brochure very fragile at bottom fold across entire sheet but still attached. A very interesting item. Good. Petersen & Co., 1924. unknown
191739706Chicago: Poole Bros. 1917. 1917. ALASKA. 27" x 32" sheet folded to 48 panels measuring 9" x 4" each two panel constitute cover and are not numbered. 22 numbered panels with text and illustrations some color of the area. On opposite side of text are 24 panels depicting a large map of Alaska showing the Alaska Steamship Co. routes table of distances from Seattle to various points in Alaska. Large map is bordered on top and bottom sides by photographs of the various areas in Alaska. Inset is a smaller map 11" x 8" of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway and The Alaska Railroad showing Copper River Region in Alaska Prince William Sound The Richardson Automobile Highway Mt. McKinley National Park Government Telegraph Line and Tributary Territory. Brochure touts the wonders of Alaska to include information on its glaciers it cities its mountains etc. Information offered on Golden Belt Line Tour and the Prince William Sound Cruise. Photographs of the Alaska Steamship Company's fleet as well as photos of the interior of the ship and information on the accommodations. Minor wear to covers and lightly rubbed else a near fine bright clean copy. Poole Bros. 1917]. unknown
191740778N. P.: Poole Bros. 1917. 1917. ALASKA. 27" x 32" sheet folded to 48 panels measuring 9" x 4" each two panel constitute cover and are not numbered. 22 numbered panels with text and illustrations some color of the area. On opposite side of text are 24 panels depicting a large map of Alaska showing the Alaska Steamship Co. routes table of distances from Seattle to various points in Alaska. Large map is bordered on top and bottom sides by photographs of the various areas in Alaska. Inset is a smaller map 11" x 8" of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway and The Alaska Railroad showing Copper River Region in Alaska Prince William Sound The Richardson Automobile Highway Mt. McKinley National Park Government Telegraph Line and Tributary Territory. Brochure touts the wonders of Alaska to include information on its glaciers it cities its mountains etc. Information offered on Golden Belt Line Tour and the Prince William Sound Cruise. Photographs of the Alaska Steamship Company's fleet as well as photos of the interior of the ship and information on the accommodations. Minor wear to the folds light soiling and with previous owner's name stamped on cover panel. Very good. Poole Bros., [1917]. unknown
19353116Seattle WA: Alaska Steamship Company 1935. Paperback. Very Near Fine. Alaska Steamship travel brochure folded size is 4 x 9 inches unfolds to 8 x 9 inches staple bound pp. unpaginated 24 inc. covers illustrated with B&W photo reproductions and a color map at rear. Bright and clean with just a bit of edge wear else unmarked throughout. The Alaska Steamship Company cruise offerings for the 1935 season. Alaska Steamship Company paperback
192839103Chicago: Poole Bros. Inc. 1928. 1928. ALASKA. First edition. 8vo. 9" x 8" color pictorial wrappers folded to 9" x 4" 24 pp. including covers illustrated map deck plans. Map outlines the route of the Alaska Steamship Company and connections from Seattle to various ports in Alaska in red. The remainder of the booklet provides information on various trips from one Alaskan point to another along with the steamship used a deck plan of the steamship accommodations and rates for travel and sailing schedules. Agent stamp on cover panel covers lightly soiled rubbed along spine panel and lower spine split about four inches from the bottom else a good copy. Poole Bros. Inc., 1928]. unknown
1966233371966. Cook Inlet offshore drilling photo archive of 57 chromogenic color photographs documenting the transport assembly and field operation of oil platform equipment in Alaska in 1966 including derrick sections drill pipe draw works components service trucks staging yards flare fire and rig floor assembly during the period when offshore construction expanded rapidly across the basin between 1964 and 1968. Alaska's first offshore platform was erected in Cook Inlet in 1964 exploration drilling peaked in 1966 and the photographs place the group within the short formative period when Cook Inlet became the proving ground for Alaska's offshore petroleum industry. The photographs record named individuals large platform components drill pipe derrick sections service trucks and specialized machinery moving from yard to worksite and from transport into operation.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 57 chromogenic color photographs Kodacolor snapshot prints ranging from 3.5 x 3.5 to 3.5 x 4.5 inches Cook Inlet Alaska 1966. The derrick and draw works sections are hauled on heavy trucks across dirt roads rig components unloaded in open staging yards drill pipe rising within the derrick structure and crews in hard hats and work clothes working at the base of drilling machinery. Several photographs isolate specific stages of petroleum work rather than completed structures including a float identified on the verso as "Flatt & Doghouse" a "Tool box & work area on float" machinery captioned "Unloading Draworks from our truck #103 to Gary Bobs Road truck" pipe identified as "13000 ft pipe in deric" and repeated views of muddy haul roads flare fire active equipment and rig floor assembly from both elevated and ground level vantage points. The versos preserve contemporaneous functional captions and named personnel including "Front view with Jerry Blackwood driving" "Little Red & Ramdro discussing plans" "Putting Deric on the floor" "two trucking the Deric" "Bottom 1/2 of the Deric. This is the way we haul it" and "My truck hauling top 1/2 deric pulled over for the day too muddy to proceed to location" giving the archive unusual specificity at the level of individual labor and task sequence. A yard sign for Canadian Superior places part of the group within the corporate landscape of Cook Inlet petroleum development.<br /> <br /> Cook Inlet's offshore fields were the first large scale petroleum infrastructure projects in Alaska waters and the photographs preserve the hauling stages yard transfer pipe handling rig erection truck transport and field conditions through which the basin moved from exploration into sustained production. Named workers truck numbers hauling stages yard transfer pipe handling rig erection and field conditions place the group within the daily labor structure of offshore oil development rather than in finished platform views alone. The seller's Spurr attribution merits caution since later platform compendia place Platform Spurr in Trading Bay in 1968 but that discrepancy does not alter the archive's value as a 1966 record of Cook Inlet drilling logistics and offshore construction practice. Front surfaces show scattered paper residue or adhesion from prior storage with light wear minor discoloration and ordinary handling marks. Overall good condition. A 1966 Cook Inlet drilling archive centered on truck haulage derrick assembly pipe handling named workers and offshore construction logistics during the basin's first major oil boom. unknown
0882401599New. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback
2002Q-1558685006Graphic Arts Books 2002-08-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Graphic Arts Books hardcover
2002050448Portland Oregon U.S.A.: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company. Hardcover with dust jacket in Fine / fine condition no stamps writing or marks looks like new no flaws to note clean bright glossy unmarked pages with many nice-looking color photographs a nice-looking book and jacket . Fine. Hardcover. 2002. Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company hardcover
6829416Edition: First . Good Condition. No Hassle 30 Day Returns Ships Daily Underlining/Highlighting: NONE Writing: NONE Publisher: Graphic Arts Books Pub Date: 8/1/2002 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 144 hardcover
192773741Juneau: Alaska Magazine Inc. 1927. First edition and no relation to the current Alaska Magazine. Five issues all published; Jan.-May 1927. Octavo. Continuously paginated. 282 pp. Well illustrated from photographs. In addition there are at least 50 pages of ads for local businesses in Alaska in in the fifth issue there is a folding map/directory of the businesses in Juneau. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. The whole bound in contemporary half brown pigskin over brown cloth gilt spine lettering. An excellent copy of this short-lived yet very erudite magazine.Edited by John Edward Meals this was Alaska's first attempt at an historically based magazine. Contains among many others the following contributions: The Creation of Denali Mount McKinley by Yako the Athabascam Adam by Alaska bibliographer James Wickersham; Ivan Veniaminov Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna by Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff; The Forests of Alaska as a Basis for Permanent Development by B. F. Heintzleman; An Alaskan Dog Derby by Micael Saxland.The editor's father Andrew Jackson Meals invented the Ditch Witcha construction tool still in use by contractors today. Andrew and his friend George Hazelett donated 350 acres to the city of Valdez so that the city could be rebuilt after the 1964 earthquake decimated the town. Alaska Magazine Inc. hardcover
1988Q-0899091865Alaska Publishing Properties 1988-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alaska Publishing Properties paperback
0265702836.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1942218151942. Photograph archive circa 1920s-1944 documenting the construction of the Alaska Highway and related military infrastructure during World War II. The material records wartime military logistics and infrastructure development through photographs of road construction engineering operations heavy machinery and military transport routes in Alaska and western Canada during the war. The photographs include terrain modification machinery deployment bridge construction and coordinated labor by military and civilian crews working under wartime conditions.<br /> <br /> Archive comprises 30 black-and-white photographs including approximately 21 captioned images issued by the Public Roads Administration and War Information Board dating from circa 1942-1944 alongside 10 earlier vernacular snapshots from the 1920s-1930s. Sizes range from approximately 2.5 x 1.5 inches to 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Official photographs depict graded roadways cutting through mountainous and forested terrain heavy machinery including tractors and graders clearing timber and earth and crews working in challenging conditions such as permafrost excavation. Several images show pontoon bridges early roadbeds and military vehicles including jeeps and convoys positioned along newly constructed routes. Captions reference wartime labor and engineering activity. Vernacular photographs depict earlier regional life including individuals traveling by sled posing with fish working in sawmills and operating equipment. Additional scenes include a Chinese barber shaving a client and frontier couples posed outdoors with handwritten verso captions referencing locations such as Juneau and Valdez.<br /> <br /> The photographs record the rapid development of the Alaska Highway following the strategic urgency created by World War II particularly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and military concerns in the Aleutian region. Official photographs focus on wartime infrastructure projects while the vernacular photographs record prewar labor and daily life in Alaska and the Yukon. The archive includes military construction transportation systems sawmill labor travel and regional commercial activity before and during wartime expansion. Light curling and handling wear to vernacular photographs; minor edge wear and occasional markings to official prints; overall very good condition. A visual archive of wartime engineering and northern frontier life during a period of military expansion. unknown
1391266544.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1396094458.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
