The Yukon Territory
by Dall, W.H.; George M. Dawson; William Ogilvie; introduction by F. Mortimer Trimmer
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Downey & Co. Limited. Very Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. (gilt- and silver-embossed illustrated cover; no dust jacket) [moderate wear to extremities, boards a bit exposed at bottom corners, a couple of tiny pin-holes in spine cloth, bumping and light fraying to cloth at spine ends, half-inch tear at bottom rear hinge, gilt spine lettering dulled but readable; these depredations notwithstanding, this is still an attractive and solidly-bound book, internally clean except for a contemporaneous (1903) Christmas gift inscription on the verso of the frontispiece; SEE NOTES about "missing" map]. (woodcuts in text; frontispiece + 22 plates) This volume collects three personal accounts of exploratory expeditions into the wilds of Alaska and the Yukon in the late 19th century: "Travels on the Yukon and in the Yukon Territory in 1866-1868, by W.H. Dall"; "Extracts from the Report on an Exploration Made in 1887 in the Yukon Territory, N.W.T., and Adjacent Northern Portion of British Columbia, by George M. Dawson, D.S., F.G.S."; and "Extracts from the Report of an Exploration Made in 1897-1897 by Wm. Ogilvie, D.L.S., F.R.G.S." The title page indicates the inclusion of a "map of the territory," and a previous seller's pencil note in the front of the book states "map missing" -- yet there is no sign that any map was ever bound in or contained in a pocket. Anyway, there's no map. There are, however, 50 woodcut illustrations of varying sizes (mostly small) in the text, plus a frontispiece and 22 full-page plates (all present and accounted for). ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .
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Details
- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23304
- Title
- The Yukon Territory
- Author
- Dall, W.H.; George M. Dawson; William Ogilvie; introduction by F. Mortimer Trimmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Downey & Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Alaska
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- Verso
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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