The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
by Pierre Berton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. Third Printing. 457 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible sunning to spine and edges. White scratches to rear board. Textblock is shaky.
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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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1649444161DPB
- Title
- The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
- Author
- Pierre Berton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1958
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.