Exploration of Alaska 1865 - 1900
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xv, 207, [18 plates]. Index, chronology. Illustrated with black line maps in the text and a section of black & white photo reproductions following. Half beige cloth, mottled blue paper covered boards, titles stamped in blue on the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, unclipped. Owner ink stamps on endpapers. Index card and press clipping laid in. Jacket closed tear to the spine head, lightly rubbed. Very Good / Very Good. Item #5542
The progress of scientific exploration in Alaska within the context of 19th-C. American social history, from the Telegraph Expedition to the Gold Rush and the USGS. A handsome copy. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $40.00