To the Top of the Continent: Discovery, Exploration And Adventure In Sub-Arctic Alaska. The First Ascent Of Mt. Mckinley, 1903-1906
by Cook, Frederick A., M.D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. First Edition. 8vo – 23.5cm., [xxi], 321 pp., Appendices A,B,C & D., 46 black-and-white illustrations including black-and-white photographs, drawings and 6 maps – full-page and in text, full-page color frontis of Mount McKinley with tissue guard. No prior ownership markings, hinges un-cracked, no foxing. Publisher's dark green cloth covered boards with cover scene of Mt. McKinley; gilt titles on spine. A Near Fine and complete copy. Neate 184; Arctic Bibliography 3390.
The famous account of Cook's alleged fraudulent claim of his ascent of Mount McKinley. With detailed description of the approaches, and the routes up Mt. McKinley, in a narrative of two expeditions, 1903 and 1906.
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- Bookseller
- Chet Ross Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NTTX.919
- Title
- To the Top of the Continent
- Author
- Cook, Frederick A., M.D
- Format/Binding
- Publisher’s dark-green cloth covered boards with cover scene of Mt. McKinley
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mt. McKinley, Denali
- Size
- 8vo – 23.5cm
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