Cook Inlet Hist. Soc., Anchorage, 1980, 1980. First Edition. Soft cover. Oblong pictorial wraps. 219pp. Illust. Index. Sections: I: Exploration and Captain Cook. II: Other Explorers. III: Exploration and the Alaskan Native. A great publication full of scholarly information. Lower front corner creased, else vg.
Seattle: Kroll Map Co, 1914. Soft cover. Large folded map printed red wraps. 6pp of text. Map folds out to approx 32" x 41 1/2". Legend: 40 mile / inch. Includes: Railroads, Wagon roads, Sled roads, Pack trails, Steamship lines, Post offices, Villages & settlements, Roadhouses, Mines, Lighthouse(s), Wireless telegraph.....
n. p., Alaska Highway Travel Bureau, ca 1947, 1947. First Thus. Soft cover. Tall brown pictorial wraps. 49pp. One inside photo (Construction, 1942). Lots of ads. Ink name on lower front cover, with "Dawson Creek B.C.". Accommodation & mileage chart. Interesting printed vignettes. Lightly soiled. Vg. Scarce.
Surrey & Blaine: Hancock House Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Glossy pictorial trade wrappers. 359pp. Illustrated in color & b/w. Three appendices: "Field Guide to the Pacific Coastal Sasquatch," "Summary List of Southeast Alaskan Reports," "Summary List of B. C. Coastal Reports." Maps. Bibliography. Index. Presentation copy.....
Athens: Ohio Univ. Press & Swallow Press, 1997. ARC. Soft cover. Uncorrected Advance copy. 4to pictorial wraps. 282pp. Illustrated with the vintage photos of Larson (photos are of course advance inferior quality, but still tell the stories that are told in the book. Notes. Bibliography. Larson covered the Alaskan gold.....
NY: Crown, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 420pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Note(s) on Sources. Not the usual kind a novel, but a well-written dramatization of the Yukon Klondike gold rush involving Charlie Siringo, George Carmack, & Soapy Smith. Fine in dj.
Seattle: Alaska Northwest Books, 2005. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. 2nd edition. Pictorial wraps. 287pp. Illust. "Further Reading", "Distance Charts". Index. Signed by Brown. Fine, like new.
Alaska Northwest Books, Seattle, 2000, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth & boards. 304pp. The Montana author is an adopted son of a half Yup' ik mother, herself adopted. His story of discovery which takes him to Squaw Valley, California, to Kotlik, Alaska, & to Yugoslavia. Fine, like new in dj.....
NY: Exposition Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Black cloth with decorated dust jacket. 46pp. This slight little book is rare. It is sought by collectors from at least two groups: Paranormal and Sasquatch/Bigfoot, plus it is of Alaska interest. It is the author's account of his experience, and.....
Privately Printed, N.p., 1927, 1927. Soft cover. 4to printed gray wraps. 76pp. Illust/photos. Owner's signature, "C. D. Littlehales, Chief Purser S. S. Alaska". (The second S. S. Alaska was commissioned in 1923). Near fine. Scarce. Smith 2048.
Whitehorse: Studio North, 1998. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 136pp. Frontispiece. Presentation copy signed by the author. Another gift presentation by the giver. "Writing from Johnson's Crossing on the Alaska Highway, Ellen recalls the thrill of discovering a 'cinnamon mine' on the banks of the Teslin River".....
L.A. Div. of Curriculum, 1934, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to library floral cloth. 40pp + 5pp., printed on one side. Bibliography. Map of Alaska. Splendidly illustrated with some sort of offset pen & ink drawings taken from a variety of other sources. People, Dwellings, Utensils, Transportation, Religion, Amusements, Plants &.....
Hartford: Hartford Pub Co, 1898. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 1st edition. A 1913 library binding in cloth. 558pp. Illustrated with sharp and remarkably descriptive b/w photos taken by the author or an associate. The binding is tight even though the binding is just barely exposed after.....
Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 205pp. Illust/photos. Endpaper maps. Signed & dated by Holleman. "a captivating picture of a woman who found her Eden in the sweeping fjords of Alaska only to almost lose it to ecological tragedy." An exploration of the.....
Seattle: Bowie & Weatherford, 1991. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing of facsimile printing of only copy known of original. Printed wraps. (8pp). Number 56 signed by both publishers. In facsimile are also the author's inked corrections. Printed at the end is an endorsement by the author's friend, Joaquin Miller.....
(Skagway): Privately published, 1934. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Blue-gray wraps with red lettering. 82pp. Illustrated with b/w photos, most historic. "This Book Contains Over One Hundred Historic and Scenic Views in and Around Skagway, Alaska of the Early Days of '98." Itjen has written on the bottom one-half.....
Anchorage: Alaskan Pub. Co. & Graphic Arts Press, 1962. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial comb-bound wraps. 76pp. Illustrated in b/w with paintings by Laurence, plus added photos. Presentation inscription inside the front cover written & signed by Laurence's wife, Jeanne, to M____ R______ and dated Sept. 27.....
Kenmore: Epicenter, 2010. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial stiff wraps with French flaps. 141pp. Illus. Index. Signed by all three authors. Fine.
NY: Vantage, 1956. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 419pp. Illus. Former owner's stamp on ffep plus ink date. A memoir related to the Klondike Gold Rush by a woman born on Dominion Creek, Yukon Territory. Near fine in nearly vg dj.
Washington DC: U. S Gov Printing Office, 1938. 1st printing in wrappers. Soft cover. 1st printing. Printed gray wraps. 96pp. Illus. Index. Maps. Charts. Both topographic maps are in the rear pocket. Owner's ink stamp in several places, "A. G. Burritt / Mining Engineer / Salt Lake City." The Nushagak.....
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.