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Twelve Months in Klondike
by Kirk
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Twelve Months in Klondike
London: W. Heinemann 1899. Red Boards are dull with black lettering and gilt lettering on spine. End pages toned. Binding sound and the whole near fine for its age. Tissue in fine condition still protects frontis. Clearly a first edition first printing although nothing is stated. "With 100 illustrations (of which about 24 are full plates and the rest text illustrations) and a mapshowinf routes from the sea, Lynn Canal, across the Chilkoot and White Pass Trails to the Lakes, whence there is a continuous waterway to Dawson.
Klondike Gold Rush 1897, with description of the White and Chilkott Pass Trails, of Dawson, the gold fields..." Wickersham 4343. Tourville 2472. From The start of the rush, the goldfields, the passes (hunting and fishing, Indian, means of travel, Dawson.) Note dullness of scan yet this is probably the best copy on offer anywhere. Highly collectible 273pp 24 full-page plates and 76 sketches. Tissue-protected frontis. Map. Gold rush, Very good. No dust jacket as published. Original red boards, completely undamaged, Gilt on spine. Untrimmed pages. Toned end pages. Tight binding. Very good corners with just one very minor bump
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael's Pride and Joys
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M47
- Title
- Twelve Months in Klondike
- Author
- Kirk
- Format/Binding
- Octavo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Klondike; Alaska; Klondyke
- Size
- octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael's Pride and Joys
Biblio member since 2014
Victoria, British Columbia
About Michael's Pride and Joys
I am solely disposing of my books at my wife's urging as she wants all gone before I drop off the twig
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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