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VOYAGES ON THE YUKON AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. A Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska
by Stuck, Hudson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Vg+/No Jacket. 8vo. 397 pgs.Many b/w photo illustrs.2 folding colour maps.Decorative front cover with gilt titles.Spine ends with very light rubbing.Bottom right front corner bumped leaving the cloth creased.Small stain to back cover.Bookplate to fpd.Ink name to ffep.Internally fresh and clean,tightly bound. A very handsome copy despite these minor faults. Describes the navigation/exploration of the entire length of the Yukon River. Part two describes several journeys into "great river tributaries" of the Yukon; the Tanana River,the Koyukuk,the Porcupine,the Chandalar,and several others.Stuck was an English Episcopal Clergyman & Missionary (ordained 1892) who came to America in 1885 at age 22. He was first a public school principal in Texas and also held several rectorates there until 1904, when he was posted and served as Archdeacon in the Yukon. Author of several books;descriptive records of his travels and mission work. He was also a member of the party which made the first complete ascent of Mount McKinley,1913. Hopkins,Dictionary of American Biography(1964) pg.1028. Smith.Pacific Northwest Americana,#9990
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- Bookseller
- Dale Cournoyer Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7980
- Title
- VOYAGES ON THE YUKON AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. A Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska
- Author
- Stuck, Hudson
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Alaska Yukon River Northern Canada Exploration Navigation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Voyages-Travel-Exploration;
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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