Alaska, Not For a Woman by Carey, Mary

Not Avail, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Not Avail, 1975. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Branden Press, 1975T. hardcover. Good. 1.0000 8.5000 5.6000.

Boston, MA: Branden Press, 1976. 259 pp., red pebbled boards w/ gold lettering; Book shows light foxing to edges of page block & to endpapers; DJ shows foxing & edge tears, esp. to top edge; prev. owner's notations to front pastedown / INSCRIBED to previous owner: 8/30/76, To Fausteena, Welcome, all the way from Mercedes, to my lodge. It was great getting to know you. I will be most proud to have my book in your library. Please hurry back! Enjoy Alaska, Mary Carey" Illustrated with a 16 page section of B&W photos at rear of book. /. Signed by Author on Half-Title Page. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Not Avail, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Self Published, 1983. 9th Printing 1983 . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author, Mary Carey, on the ffep as follows: "10/11/93/ To Jean,/Welcome my fellow /anchorites to my lodge./You will recognize many/of the people in this/ book. Happiness!/Mary Carey/". Volume itself has red covers with sharp gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. 259 pages, followed by 16 black & white photographs of various Alaska scenes. Lightly bumped at the head of the spine. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. There is some light wear and a small tear near the spine on the front cover (about 1/4 of an inch) of the dust jacket. All in all, a quite nice, author signed, inscribed and dated copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

Branden Press, 1975T. hardcover. Good. 1.0000 8.5000 5.6000. Inscribed by the author. 2nd printing. Wear and tear to the jacket.

Branden Press, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1994 signed and inscribed 14th printing, Branden Press / M. Carey (Talkeetna, Alaska), 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall red faux leather hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 259, [21] pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with minor bumping to the upper tips. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author, Mary E. Carey (1913-2004), on the blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP45~ [2.0P] In 1962, Mary Carey, newly widowed, drove the Alcan alone from Texas to Alaska, where she made a new life. And her life there - whether teaching in an eight-pupil pilot school in Talkeetna, flying Mt. McKinley with bush pilot Don Sheldon, or homesteading in the Alaska wilderness - has been one of… Read More

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