A Guide to Alaska: Last American Frontier [American Guide Series] [10th printing, September 1945]

Colby, Merle

Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1945

About this Item

10TH PRINTING, SEPTEMBER 1945 edition hardcover, sewn-bound in light blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and on spine (spine lettering darkened), is in G condition, having some bumping and wear to corners; spine top and bottom (especially top) shows some creasing; some round depressions on back cover; spine color faded, and bleeding a little into front and back covers; minor rubbing/scuffing to covers; some light handling wear (slight bending to corners) of some top pages; page 417 shows some creasing at top corner; because this was the tail-end of World War 2 in the U. S., the paper and picture quality are not quite up to the former standards of the series. This volume (originally published in 1939) is one of the American Guide Series supervised by the Federal Writers Project. Book is illustrated with b&w photographic plates, and intext maps, and decorations. There is a fold-out map of Alaska in a pocket attached to last fixed endpaper. Travel. Guidebooks. Places of interest. History. United States. Alaska. DB.

Seller Inventory # 2247

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Alaska: Last American Frontier [American Guide Series] [10th printing, September 1945]
• Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 22.9 ounces