RIE MUNOZ ARTIST IN ALASKA (Signed)
Juneau: Rie Munoz, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Oblong 4to cloth. 87pp. Wonderfully illustrated in both color & b/w. Index. Signed by Munoz. Fine in near fine dj.
Juneau: Rie Munoz, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Oblong 4to cloth. 87pp. Wonderfully illustrated in both color & b/w. Index. Signed by Munoz. Fine in near fine dj.
Ottawa: Gov't Printing Bureau, 1899. First Thus. Soft cover. Possibly an offprint from a newspaper, if so the original titled, "In an interview with the correspondent of the Chicago Tribune on the14th August, 1899." Small printed wraps. 23pp. Gentle deaccession from the Provincial Library in Victoria, BC. Bottom front corner.....
Fairbanks & Seattle: Epicenter, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 351pp. Illust. Double page map of most of Alaska. Notes. Bibliography. A really nicely done book with chapters not just on particular ladies (e.g., Klondike Kate, George Lee, Mae Field), but how gold rush towns embraced (pardon the.....
Juneau: R. Munoz, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Silver-stamped cloth. 87pp. Illus. Index. Signed by Munoz on title page (no presentation; simple signature). Fine in dj.
NY: Oxford, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 325pp. Illus. "Further Reading". Index. Small ink vignette stamp on ffep, & inked out fos. Else fine in dj.
n.p. Margaret & George Murray, 1959. First Edition. Soft cover. Original special issue of this oversized newspaper (compared to today) promoting resource development and other commercial enterprises in Yukon Territory. The covers sheet is headlined "Guardians of Our Northern Heritage" and has the portraits of Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker, BC.....
Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 291pp. Signed (not signed to anyone) & dated in year of publication by O'Connell. Fine, like new in like new dj.
NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of the Yukon First Edition & "Limited and Signed Edition". Silver-stamped cloth. 284pp. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Signed on the special edition page. Fine in very slightly worn dj; light soil to back panel. 6-guns 1633.
Yale, New Haven, 1958, 1958. First Edition. Soft cover. Printed wraps. 289pp. Illust. Maps. A very scholarly study packed with voluminous information on the culture & life of the native people of a large section of SW Alaska. From the Introduction: "The Ingalik are an Athapaskan-speaking people living in the.....
Hara, Seattle, 2000, 2000. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 241pp. Illust. The author, along with a friend, made a series of trips North together. "We two middle-aged women, both teachers, explored Alaska and Haida Gwai... (and) learned to see indigenous people in the context of their cultures..." Fine.....
Augusta: Morris Museum of Art, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to cloth & pictorial hardbound. 112 pp. Beautifully illustrated in color with paintings of Alaska scenes & subjects. Frontispiece is Sydney Lawrence's splendid, "On to the Potlatch". Fine, no dj as issued.
Fairbanks: Spirit Mountain Press & Yukon-Koyukuk School District of Alaska, 1986. 1st printing in wrappers. Soft cover. 1st printing. Oblong 4to pictorial glossy wraps. 64pp. Index. illustrated with photos. A brief, but remarkable introspective memoir of an Alaskan Native American who shares his wisdom about life, relationships, and hunting, teaching.....
NY: Pantheon, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. Endpaper maps. Signed & dated by Raban in year of publication, shortly after publication. The author's journey in his boat through the Inside Passage, & from Seattle to Juneau, Alaska. Many references to Pacific coastal history: voyages, Indians. Fine.....
Alexandria MN: Lantern Books, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 181pp. Illustrated with photos. Endpaper maps, "The Alaska Ben Eielson knew." Presentation signed by the author on behalf of the gift-giver to a second party & a subsequent presentation by the gift-giver to that second party. Three page "Appreciation".....
New York, NY: Ecco Pr, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & bds. 272pp. Illust. Signed by Schooler. A memoir of Alaska & the quest to find & photograph the glacier bear. Poignantly expressed is the friendship & death, from a grizzly attack in Siberia, of the author's friend.....
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 297pp. Illustrated with small drawings. Maps. Signed & dated by Snow in year of publication. Important book on this remarkable region on the Alaska Coast. Fine, like new.
Caldwell: Caxton, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 326pp. Illus. A memoir of a life of adventure; the author came to America in 1851, married her cousin, and the two "were among the first to be off for the Klondike in 1897, and together they climbed over Chilkoot Pass...".....
Seattle: Superior, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 157pp. Illustrated with fine and descriptive photos bin color and b/w by the author-photographers. Endpaper maps. A vg copy, but has a mild vertical crease running all the way down the ffep, noticeable really only from the verso. Dj has.....
Anchorage: Alaska DNR, 1979. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to printed yellow wraps. 106pp. Maps Appendices. Bibliography. fos/year on top of front cover. Physiography & Ecology, Native Inhabitants, Early Explorations, Missions at Holy Cross & Anvik, Mining Days in the Iditarod & Innoko Districts, Modern Era 1920 to Present.....
Santa Ana: Seven Locks Press, 2002. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 287pp. Illus. Bump upper back cover corner, else fine.
Kenmore: Epicenter, 2010. First Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial wraps. 325pp. Illus. Signed by Upton. Index. A new book on a dangerous subject by an award-winning author. Fine, like new.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 289pp. Illustrated including photos by Asahel Curtis, Edward S. Curtis' brother. Endpaper maps. Signed by Walden on the half-title. Engaging and colorful firsthand account of the Klondike gold rush. Vg in fair dj (chip upper front panel corner and part.....
NY: St Martins Pr, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardbound. 206pp. Signed by Walker. One of your bookseller's favorite books, powerful true stories of rescue at sea by the man's whose stories inspired the popular TV series The Deadliest Catch. As new in dj.
NY: St Martins Pr, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 206pp. Signed by Walker. Presentation copy on ffep to S______ O____ and further inscribed "I made it - your friend (signed), also dated. One of your bookseller's favorite books, powerful true stories of rescue at sea by the man's.....
Seattle: White Pass & Yukon RR, 1939. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus of this year's travel info on the railroad. GORGEOUS litho color wraps bearing the painting of mountains & a First Nations woman with her husky dog. (32pp). Illustrate with photos, several color paintings, and sketches, along.....