The Klondike Fever
by Berton, Pierre
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Birmingham, Alabama: Palladium Press, 2008. Full Leather. Very Good. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 457pp xix. Bound into full brown leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 3 raised bands to spine, marble endpapers. Printed for members of "The Frontier Classics Library". Maps. Reprints the Knopf 1958 edition. The covers are a bit bowed so that it does not sit perfectly square.
Synopsis
Narrates the events that preceded the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, the growth and decline of Dawson, and the fates of some of the tens of thousands of adventurers who left their homes in search of fortune.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76280
- Title
- The Klondike Fever
- Author
- Berton, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Palladium Press
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Date Published
- 2008
- Bookseller catalogs
- Old West;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....