ALASKA. 1899. COPPER RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION
Published by Government Printing Office, 1900., Washington, 1900
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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First edition. 8vo. Senate, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Document No. 306. Quarter red leather and marbled boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, marbled front and rear endpapers, 169 [1] pp.,plus 168 pages of photographic plates, one large folding map tipped in at the rear of the volume, all edges are marbled. This informative and lavishly illustrated account of the expedition led by Abercrombie, in order to establish an all-American route from Valdez, Alaska on Prince William Sound, and opening up a military road to Copper Centre by the most direct route to Eagle City, and the gold fields of northern Alaska. It was the first direct land route into the Alaska interior, and included 13 detailed subreports which revealed the brutal hardships suffered by ?Stampeders? attempting to traverse the terrain, and Abercrombie actually concluded many of the miners were mentally deranged, and later established a hospital in Valdez. Covers rubbed, internally clean and tight, else a very good, bright and tight copy. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- ALASKA. 1899. COPPER RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION
- Author
- ABERCROMBIE, CAPTAIN W. R.
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office, 1900., Washington
- Publication year
- 1900
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- [ALASKA].
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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and Rare Books dealing with Western Americana, Ephemera and Mystery. Western Americana includes Maps, Photographs, Letters, Documents, Art, and Ephemeral Material related to the History of the American West, Canada and Northern Mexico. Our Specialties include Cowboys, Cattle and Development of the Range, Mountain Men and the Fur Trade, Frontier Military and Indian Wars, Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West, Native American History and Ethnology, Exploration, Gold Rush, Railroad, Overland, Natural History and Travel. Books in Mystery include Detective Fiction, Golden Age, Espionage, Queen's Quorum, Sherlockiana, Artwork, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, References and PBO. All of the books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise. …
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