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A Guide to Alaska: Last American Frontier (American Guide Series)
by Merle Colby (Federal Writers' Project)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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SGD 34.16SGD 23.92
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1950 The Macmillan Company, New York. 1950. Hardcover. Stated 5th Printing. The American Guide Series / Federal Writers' Project. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name and address on the half title page. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; scant shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Good; Price Clipped; Wear and missing pieces at head, tail, and tips. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Maps as endpapers. 427 pp 8vo. Here is all that a traveler needs to know about America's last frontier: how to get there, the main travel routes in Alaska, accommodations, climate, sport and recreational facilities, means of communication, approximate fares and living expenses, museums and libraries, what to see in McKinley Park and the four National Monuments, a vocabulary of terms frequently used in Alaska- even points at which it is necessary to reset one's watch. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016524
- Title
- A Guide to Alaska: Last American Frontier (American Guide Series)
- Author
- Merle Colby (Federal Writers' Project)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Alaska, Travel in Alaska, Alaska Tourism, Federal Writer's Project, Alaska Guide, The Last Frontier, American Guide Series, hunting, fishing, gold mining, gold panning, Seward's Folly,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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