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Yukon Voyage Unofficial Log of the Steamer Yukoner -- SIGNED copy
Edité par The Caxton Printers, Caldwell (Idaho), 1938
Vendeur : Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : ABAA ILAB
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Edition originale Signé
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Tall 8vo. Pp. 299. Frontis. map. Illustrated with many b&w photos. The appendix is a history of Yukon River steamboats. Bound in blue cloth with lettering and rules stamped on front cover and spine. Slight offsetting to opposing pp. 96 - 97, due to a laid-in newspaper clipping, now removed. A slight, superficial abrasion to the front cover (see photo). The scarce dust jacket with chips and fading to spine. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. Inscribed to that same owner by Walter Curtin on the half-title page. A worthy and authoratative view of the commercial traffic on the Yukon River, provided with hindsight. The Yukoner was marooned in river ice during the winter of 1897-98. Inscription reads: "To -- -- , a lover of the wilderness. From Walter Curtin, May 19, 1938." Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival protector. RICKS, p. 76; SMITH, 2165.
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Yukon Voyage: Unofficial Log of the Steamer Yukoner [SIGNED By AUTHOR ; RARE]
Edité par Caxton Printers, Caldwell, ID, USA., 1938
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Etat : Collectible - SIGNED. FIRST. FINE. Blue boards. Bright gold titling on cover and spine. No jacket (as issued). Small blem dent on spine. Otherwise RARE ---- SIGNED by AUTHOR, Boat Captain WALTER R. CURTIN, on half-title page, with brief inscription to a friend, dated July 22, 1938. Frontis map. Tight, fully illustrated and seemingly unread. Clean and unmarked, bright pages and text inside. The 171 foot Yukoner, built at Victoria in 1898, was operated on the Yukon river for one round trip by Commodore John Irving and then passed to Pat Galvin, one of the early Klondike millionaires who soon experienced financial dificulties, the steamer going under British Yukon Navigation Co. ownership for the Dawson-Whitehorse route. She was beached at Whitehorse by the British Yukon Nav. Co. and sold to be dismantled 1958. A SCARCE AND COLLECTIBLE CANADA~YUKON GOLD RUSH ERA BOOK -- ABSOLUTELY RARE "SIGNED". [B173]. Signed by Author.
