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Philosophical Library, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Edge wear and small chips to jacket. Name in ink..

Philosophical Library. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (travel, destination, alaska)

Ernest Benn Limited, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 293 pp. moss green buckram bdg with gilt-stamped front board & spine. Illus. with 32 b/w phototypes on gloss paper plates & b/w fold-out map. Author's journey along the whole lenght of Alaskan hgwy. built by Americans to supply Russians with lend-lease aid in W.W.II. (lightly faded bottom edge boards, paper lightly yellowed, otherwise pristine copy)DJ(scuffed edges & corners with tiny chips,a few small closed tears along edges) price clipped, in mylar.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Philosophical Library, 1955. hardcover in very good coniditon with very good dust jacket. name plate. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Ernest Benn. Hardcover. 1956. 2nd Printing. 8vo 293pp . Very Good in Good+ DJ. B&W Illustrations Author traveled the whole length of the Alaskan Highway .

London: Ernest Benn 1955, 2nd edition. (hardcover) xvi; 293pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo hardcover with maps and black and white photographs; dust jacket has chips on bottom edge and top of rear cover; wear on fore-edge of dust jacket; rip along spine of dust jacket; stain on fore-edge. Includes fold-out map..

London England: Ernest Benn, 1955. Hardback. Slight foxing to edge. Wear and tear to D/J. Numbers written to spine of D/J. Marks to D/J. The author tells of his journey along the whole length of the Alaska Highway from Mile Post Zero to Fairbanks, 1,500 miles away, and far beyond this to an eskimo villate ooposite the coast of Siberia. The highway, built by the Americans to supply Russia with lease-lend aid in the last war, has opened up a country which ten years ago was inaccurately mapped, and about which very little is known today. The variety of scenery is paralleled only by the variety of people who live in the North. Vivid descriptions of the country, the excitement of grizzly bear and moose hunts, old timers' reminiscences of the Klondike gold rush, and finally the author's infectious enthusiasm for the North and its people, combine to make the book an enthralling revelation of the secrets of a terriroty still quite unknown Outside. Illustrated. 293 pp. (We carry a wide selection of… Read More

London: Ernest Benn, 1956. Second Impression. Hb. Very Good/Corner Clipped. 8vo. pp. 293, b/w illustrations, fold-out map,

London: Ernest Benn 1955, 1st edition. (hardcover) xvi; 293pp. Fine in good dust jacket. 8vo hardcover with maps and black and white photographs; dust jacket has chips on bottom edge and top of rear cover; wear on fore-edge of dust jacket; rip along spine of dust jacket; stain on fore-edge. Includes fold-out map..

London: Ernest Benn [1955], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 293pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Index, folding map. The dust jacket is a bit rubbed and has some edgewear. Locale: Alaska; Alaska Highway; British Columbia; Yukon. (Western Canada, Canadiana, Transportation).

New York: Philosophical Library [1955], 1st . (Hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. Index, folding map. The dust jacket is a bit rubbed. Alaska Highway. Locale: Alaska; Alaska Highway; British Columbia; Yukon. (Western Canada, Canadiana, Transportation).