Search Results: alaska and the klondike gold fields by a c harris

Toronto, Canada: Coles Publishing Co., 1972. Reprint. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile edition of the original 1897 edition. Matte illustrated wraps with light edgewear, creasing, rubbing and soil. Mild soil to text block, and a minor waterstain to lower fore corner of text block (interior unaffected). Binding sound, spine lightly creased, text clean. Interior toned, with scattered light soil. B/w illustrations. Gift inscription to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

J.R. Jones, 1897. Hardcover. Fair to Good. Condition is Fair to Good. The text pages are clean and bright, but have some waviness. The book is still intact, but the hinges are badly cracked. The fold-out map of Alaska in the front appears to have been reattached at some point, as does the RFEP. The Front cover is surprisingly still bright and colorful, but the spine is wrinkled and darkened, with a 1" split and end wear. A very heavy book.

J.R. Jones, 1897. Hardcover. Good. . Fading to spine. Splitting at inner hinges but binding is hanging on, textblock intact and sturdy. General age wear. Pages clean, binding sturdy.

No place, no date [late 1890s]: No publisher stated.. Hardcover. 556 pages with illustrations. Bound in original dark yellow, illustrated cloth. Covers soiled and rubbed. New front endpaper. Lacks map. A good to very good copy.

A. C. Harris. Used - Good. 1897. 1897. No publisher specified. Cloth; pictorial boards. Octavo.528 pp. + B&W plates. Ex-library with usual markings. Front hinge and spine detached from text block. Soiling to back board.

G.W. Bertron. Fair with no dust jacket. 1897. No Edition Stated. Pictorial Hardcover. Rubbing to edges of covers w/small tears, interior hinges cracking, map at front of book is torn out leaving small remnant, 13 pages have ink markings, some soiling, moisture mark along some top page corners, pages lightly toning, couple small tears to pages; fold-out map still attached at page 17; illustrated; 556 pages .

Leather-covered boards, embossed with gold-lettered title: "The Klondike Gold Fields." The edge-worn covers have been reattached; no spine. 2.5 pounds. When the Klondike Gold Rush became known to the outside world in July 1897, the news created a huge demand for information, so this first edition designed for gold seekers had several printings in various cities (Chicago, Philadelphia, & some unknown.) Some covers were embossed leather and some were cloth with varying illustrations. The contents in all cases appear to have been exactly the same. In this first edition, the binding of all pages is tight. Slight foxing and age discoloration occasionally appear throughout. Two fold-out maps intact; tear in largest map repaired. Contains 31 period photographs and engravings. The difference between this first edition and those priced up to $500 is the cover; the quality of the stitch binding and quality of the print on the pages within is the same—near fine.

J.R. Jones, 1897, 1887-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover. ORIGINAL 1887 PRINTING. Text unmarked. Some page-turn soiling marks. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Light stain and pencil mark on rear cover. Spine edge wear. Binding/Back strip inlay loosening but binding still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

J.R. Jones. Collectible - Acceptable. n.p.: [J.R. Jones], 1897. 8vo hardcover. 528pp. Illustrations. Poor book. Shelfworn. Front hinge split. Rear hinge and spine cracked. Front endpage missing, rear page detached. Writing inside. Dampstained. (Alaska, Gold Mining, Pioneers, Biography) Inquire if you need further information.

E-376. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by J R Jones, (Washington, DC? ). 1897. Xi, 528 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (1 folded). Bound in decorated ochre color cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards rubbed and worn with the titles and decoration rubbed and faded along the spine). Tear present to the map (see photo). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields is one of the most accurate accounts of the Klondike Gold Rush having been written during the Gold Rush at its height in 1897. It provides a full account of the discovery of gold. It outlines the enormous deposits of the precious metal, covers routes traveled by the miners, camp life and much more. Anthony Charles Harris was a noted collector of ancient Egyptian papyri. As antiquary, merchant, and official supplier of the army he… Read More

(ALASKA). HARRIS, A.C. Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields, Containing...Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers.... N.p., [1897]. Illus. maps (two folding, one large colored). xi, 528pp. Orig. pictorial cloth. Near fine copy.

J. R. Jones, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good decorative cloth hardcover with marbled page edges shows gilt letter and illustration to cover and spine while showing light soil to covers, shelf wear that includes rubbing at edges and bumping to corners, bit of fade to gilt letter at spine, name and place written at front blank, tear with tape mend to tipped in side of tipped in map at title page and some other mild trace wear. 527 pages with black & white plates, tipped in map at title page and foldout map at page 17. Still a pleasing copy of this work that includes a "..full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; how to find gold; camp life at Klondike.." with "practical instructions for fortune seekers, etc. etc. including a graphic description of the gold regions; land of wonders; immense mountains, rivers and plans, native inhabitants, etc." and much, much more.

Washingon, DC: J.R. Jones, 1897. Octavo. subtitle continues: Mrs. Eli Gage's Experiences of a Year Among the Yukon Mining Camps; Mrs. Schwatka's Recollections of her Husband as the Alaskan Pathfinder; Prosaic Side of Gold Hunting, as seen by Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras. Embellished with many Engravings Representing Mining and Other Scenes in Alaska. 528p. Original dark yellow cloth, decoratively stamped front cover and spine. A good copy with large color fold-out map in front. Folding map in detail of the Klondike. Edge wear, light soiling but nice tight binding. Many illustrations including : Claim No. 3 on Miller Creek where Joseph Beaudreau took over $100,000 in gold; mining camps with log houses. The chapter on preparation minimizes the extreme cold and shows the cost of mining equipment, a medicine cabinet and heavy clothing. It is likely most people would see it as if under funded a recipe for disaster. This remains one of the most fascinating accounts of life in the Alaska gold… Read More

J.R. Jones, 1897. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x2. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Front gutter reinforced. Clean, unmarked pages. xi, 528 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (1 folded) ; 22 cm. "Including Mrs. Eli Gage's experiences of a year among the Yukon mining camps; Mrs. Schwatka's recollections of her husband as the Alaskan pathfinder; prosaic side of gold hunting, as seen by Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras."Embellished with many engravings representing mining and other scenes in Alaska.

J. R. Jones, 1897. Hbk square 8vo 528pp, marbled foredges, fine, clean embossed, decorated and gilt brown cloth boards, gilding at the spine has dulled, light rubbing top and tail of spine, illustr throughout in b+w with foldouts (front map foldout has a closed tear to one panel, but no losses and is otherwise bright and clean), slight loosening to hinges front and rear but they have not cracked or failed, containing a "full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; how to find gold; camp life at Klondike." with "practical instructions for fortune seekers, etc. etc. including a graphic description of the gold regions; land of wonders; immense mountains, rivers and plans, native inhabitants, etc." overall a very good clean unmarked copy, bright, crisp, and complete

np: (G. W. Bertron), 1897. Expanded Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. xi, 556. Frontis. scenic painting. Illustrated with a large color fold-out route map tipped in to the title page, a smaller fold-out US Survey map, black & white photo reproductions, engravings and woodcuts. Tan publisher's cloth, titles stamped in gilt with stamped color illustrations on the cover and spine, decorated endpapers, marbled edges. Owner ink initials on the front pastedown, covers and leaves else crisp, square and bright in a tight binding, color fold-out map with a single half-inch closed tear. This edition includes the supplementary Chapter XIII "Advent of Winter." A very well preserved copy of a broad and deep account of early Klondike mining, the land and the life. Several editions were published by various publishers in short order, presumably to meet voracious demand from prospective prospectors. Smith, in Pacific Northwest Americana, cites six publishers, with the Chicago edition published 1897, the… Read More

Washington: J.R. Jones, 1897. Good with scuffed extremities, overall moderate wear and hinges starting.. 8vo. 528 pp. plus three [3] illustrated plates. Folding chromolithographic map removed. With frontispiece and illustrated throughout with half-tones and wood-engravings. Original dark yellow cloth, decoratively stamped front cover and spine. First edition, one of six editions published in the same year in places as disparate as Chicago and Philadelphia. "Including "Mrs. Eli Gage's Experiences of a Year among the Yukon Mining Camps; Mrs. Schwatka's Recollections of her husband as the Alaskan Pathfinder; Prosaic Side of Gold Hunting, as seen by Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras" [title-page]. Wickersham 3927. Tourville #1958.

1897. Folding map (repaired, no loss), text plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial yellow cloth, spine and covers faded, else very good. Folding map (repaired, no loss), text plates. 1 vols. 8vo.

NA: NA [G. W. Bertron copyright], 1897. Second Edition, Later Printing. Very Good. [8.25x6.5in]; [0], [color fold out map not present], xi, [1] [image plate and foldout black-white map], 17-566 pp., [2], Frontispiece double plate illustration of fording a river and overland route, 30 black-white images on 15 plates, 32 illustrations in text, includes added Chapter XXIV "A Practical Engineer's Experience" chapter not listed in table of contents; Dark brown cloth covers with gilt and black lettering on front and spine, rear cover not decorated, color and gilt illustrations on front and spine of mining camps with snow capped mountains and sun rays on front, all edges trimmed with blue marbling, light blue floral end papers and headband; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, small closed tears at top and bottom of spine, some soiling and faint water spot on back cover. [Kurutz Klondike 236L, Tourville 1958]. A. C. Harris was a traveler and writer that wrote an extensive and early account of the… Read More

Chicago: Monroe Book Company [J. R. Jones copyright], 1897. Second Edition. Near Fine. [8.25x6.5in]; [2], plate, fold out color map, iii-xi, [1], image plate and fold out black-white map, 17-556 pp., [4], 16 plates including frontispiece recto verso plate illustrations of fording a river and overland route, 30 recto verso black-white images, 32 illustrations in text with several full page; Ochre cloth covers with gilt, black and red lettering on front and spine, color illustrations on front and spine of mining camps with snow capped mountains and sun rays on front, all edges trimmed with multiple color marbling, light brown floral end papers and headband; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, rubbing to corners and top bottom of spine, two stain spots at rear top joint and cover, darken top edge, old tape repairs to tear at hinge of fold out color map, slight age toning of text top edges, cover and spine gilt vibrant. [Kurutz Klondike 236j, Tourville 1958, Ricks p. 116 ] CS. A. C. Harris… Read More