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Highway to Alaska

Highway to Alaska

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Highway to Alaska

by Lanks, Herbert C

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
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Near Fine/Very Good+
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D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1944. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1944. First Edition, Second Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Beautifully clean book in clean original unclipped jacket. Unfaded green ribbed cloth boards with crisp yellow lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with map-decorated endpapers. Small previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. Illustrated with awesome black and white photographs. 200 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is not price clipped (5.00 on front inside flap), has one v-shaped chip at base of spine, slight loss at top spine edge (approx. 1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Exciting record of a 12,000 mile trip by U.S. Army Jeep over the Alaska Highway when it was still under construction..

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Bookseller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
027982
Title
Highway to Alaska
Author
Lanks, Herbert C
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
First Edition, Second Printing.
Publisher
D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.
Date Published
1944
Keywords
ALASKA, WESTERN FRONTIER OF UNITED STATES, ALASKA HIGHWAY, ALCAN HERBERT C. LANKS, ADVENTURE, TRAVEL
Bookseller catalogs
Americana; Adventure/Travel;

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New
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