Hardcover. London, Readex Microprint, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, hardcover. Covers are significantly bumped near the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, and the binding is solid. This is a reprint of an 1868 book, with original B&W illustrations throughout. In 1864, the Russian government granted permission to the Western Union Telegraph Company to make a survey for a possible telegraph line extending from British Columbia through what was then called Russian America (Alaska)... One of the participants was Frederick Whymper, a young English adventurer, writer, and artist, who joined the expedition and wrote Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, one of the earliest and best accounts of Alaska during the transition from a Russian to an American possession. Previous owner wrote two short notes on the inside back cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33785
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 316 pages. Remainder-stamp to lower edge, slight wear, rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453347
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Woodstock, NY, Overlook press, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. B&W frontispiece and B&W illustrations throughout. Old price sticker on back cover. Otherwise, tight clean copy. Record # 855511
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. W. W. Norton & Company, 2nd, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 339 pages, b&w photos. Light wear to edges, spine sunned. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453424
Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 438 pages. Softcover. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Some creasing to several pages, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469253
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