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The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
by Robert Service
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1984 Dodd, Mead & Company, New York. 1984. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the 1916 edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($4.50); light suntoning to spine and panels; scattered smudge spots on the panels. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board. 126 pp 12mo. This book is well known for its verses about the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon a decade earlier, particularly the long, humorous ballads, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee." His poems depicting not just the hard lives and isolation of Yukon prospectors but also the drinking, gambling, and prostitution that was prevalent in Dawson City. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012754
- Title
- The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
- Author
- Robert Service
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Yukon, Alaska, Gold Rush, Klondike, poems, poetry, Robert W. Service, Yukon Territory, Klondike gold rush, Dawson City Alaska,Yukon, Alaska, Gold Rush, Klondike, poems, poetry, Robert W. Service, Yukon Territory, Klondike gold rush, Dawson City Alaska, po
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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