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Ballou, Maturin M.

The New Eldorado, a Summer Journey to Alaska

1889

129,72 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1889
Lieu d'édition
Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Auteur
Ballou, Maturin M.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Polar Signed Alaska
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

12mo [20 x 13.5 cm]; x, 352, [viii, ads] pp. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, edge lightly rubbed, else a fine clean copy, presentation inscription from the author. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ricks p33 cites this 1st edition of 1889. A narrative of the author's travels by rail, boat, etc, with description of the various places he passed through including Yellowstone Park, Grand Canyon, geysers, Mount Tacoma, Vancouver Island, steamship to Alaska, Cook's Inlet, forests, animal life, seals, hunting, climate, gambling in Alaska, native people, schools, Fort Wrangel, native dwellings, mastodons in Alaska, glaciers, bears, salmon, Glacier Bay, Sitka, contrast to Russian Sitka, Prince of Wales Island, Rocky mountains, etc. An attractive copy for the first edition, inscribed from the author
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