Twelve Months in Klondike
London: William Heinemann, 1899. Map and b&w photos. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Pp. xii, 273. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrated with 100 photo reproductions and one map. Red cloth with stamped lettering in black on front cover; gilt on spine. Slight tear the size of a nickel affecting the top portion of gutter of pp. 3-5. Spine beginning to crack. Backstrip of spine a tad faded. (See photos.) Despite detracting qualities, book is firm and sturdy. Good. Item #64
An erudite first-person narrative of the Klondike Gold Rush, told by a participant who returned with some half-million US dollars in gold dust. Lavishly laden with candid photos. "Horses died like flies in winter," Kirk writes. Increasingly scarce. RICKS, p. 137; SMITH, 5594; WICKERSHAM, 4343.
Price: $225.00