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Blazing Alaska's Trails

By: Brooks, Alfred Hulse

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Fairbanks, Alaska, Alaska Pioneer Press: 1973

Seller ID: cfe12531

ISBN: 0912006013

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

A handsome book in fine condition in an unclipped and near fine dustjacket. This is the very collectable second issue of this classic book on Alaska and it's great wilderness. Blue cloth with gilt decorations to front board (a likeness of the author) and spine. There is only a small amount of mild discoloration to the top edge--or would be approaching very fine. The dustjacket has a couple of small chips to the head of the spine and flap. Not price clipped, but the inside flaps are totally blank also--an interesting fact. This is a presentation copy with a flyer enclosed concerning hypothermia...
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The Yellowstone National Park

By: Chittenden, Hiram Martin

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert Clarke Company: 1903

Seller ID: cfe12518

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

A handsome book on the early National Park--Yellowstone. 8vo. 355pp. Near fine condition. Green cloth with gilt decorations to the front board and title on the spine. Light rubbing to the back board--(a mild wrinkle to the cloth). Otherwise a tight, sturdy--and well preserved copy. 4th edition---enlarged and revised. An early map of Yellowstone attached to the rear endpaper--as new. Original owner's bookplate to the front pastedown--nicely done with a Sequoia tree and acorns trim. There is also an early and no doubt collectable Yellowstone sticker pasted on to the front free endpaper--colorful...
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The Great North Trail

By: Cushman, Dan

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill: 1966

Seller ID: cfe12521

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Fine

First Printing. A fine copy in a near fine price clipped dustjacket. Mild age toning and edgewear only. The dustjacket is price clipped with moderate darkening to the spine, mild edgewear and one closed end repaired tear---otherwise near fine. Edited by A. B. Guthrie---part of the award winning "American Trails" Series--covering the West from National Parks to the Santa Fe Trail. 383 pp. Turquoise cloth boards with 3 colored gilt decorations to front board and spine. Collectable condition. The Great North trail covers the route from Asia across Alaska down the Rocky Mountains to the plains of ...
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The Arctic Year

By: Freuchen, Peter

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Putnam: 1958

Seller ID: cfe12550

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

First Printing 1958. A near fine copy in a very good dustjacket. A month by month account of life and existence is the Arctic zone---and how man survives in this desolate part of the planet. A bit of corner edgewear and edgewear to the top and bottom cloth spine. The cloth is loosened from the spine--but overall a nice clean copy. Green cloth with a white polar bear on the front board. The dustjacket has edgewear to the corners and chipping to the head and heel of the spine. The front flap is price clipped. Still a beautiful multicolored dustjacket. Mapped pastedowns and endpapers. 438 pp.
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From The Ocean To The Sky (Signed 1st Printing)

By: Hillary, Sir Edmund

Price: $140.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1979

Seller ID: cfe14397

ISBN: 0670331724

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

From an auction of modern first editions with a special Auction Lot of Mountaineering titles--and with the auction tag laid into the book--a fine copy in an unclipped and near fine dustjacket. This copy is signed by the author on the half-title page--signature only. A clean and tight copy with absolutely no evidence of previous ownership. The dustjacket is complete and unclipped with a bit of shallow edgewear to the heel of the spine and very light toning to the rear white panel--otherwise would also be fine. A great collectible copy with rare signature of the first man to climb Mt. Everest. S...
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The Centuries of Santa Fe

By: Horgan, Paul

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Dutton: 1956

Seller ID: cfe13107

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

First Printing. From the recently auctioned collection of Donald S. Olson. A superb and fine copy in an unclipped and near fine dustjacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. A totally clean and unmarked copy with mapped pastedowns and endpapers--as new. The dustjacket is unclipped and has just the very lightest of edgewear in a couple of places-- to the head and heel of the spine-- and a smaller amount at where the front flap and front panel meet--however, no chipping or tears-- Horgan won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Rio Grande In North American History". Prot...
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On A Passing Frontier: Sketches From The Northwest

By: Linderman, Frank B.

Price: $70.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner's: 1920

Seller ID: cfe13258

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

From the recently auctioned collection of M. B. Goldstone. A Near Fine copy in red cloth with black lettering to the front board and spine. First Edition. A clean and unmarked interior. Sketches about the Northwest USA including the Rocky Mountains. A great read. 17 stories
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Keep The Last Bullet For Yourself

By: Marquis, Thomas B.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Two Continent's Publishing Group: 1976

Seller ID: cfe12955

ISBN: 0846701561

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

A fine copy in a fine and unclipped dustjacket. A historical perspective of the battle of Custer's Last Stand-- and leading up to the battle--with an offering of a theory that the men in Custer's command may have panicked, and fearing torture--committed suicide. With an introduction by a Sioux survivor, "Turkey Leg" who was 17 at the time of the battle. A great read and in fine collectable condition--rare to find in this condition. A mint condition copy with an unclipped dustjacket that has just the lightest of rubbing. Beautiful decorated endpapers and pastedowns with a famous Indian depictio...
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Oomingmak (Signed 1st Printing)

By: Matthiessen, Peter

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1967

Seller ID: cfe14391

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

A splendid fine copy in a near fine unclipped dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Minor and very shallow edgewear to the head and heel of the spine or would also be fine. A great collectible copy.
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Kate Mulhall: A Romance of The Oregon Trail (Signed)

By: Meeker, Ezra

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Ezra Meeker: 1926

Seller ID: cfe13246

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

From the recently auctioned collection of M.B. Goldstone, a superb and fine copy in an unclipped and very good dustjacket. This copy is signed by Ezra Meeker on the front free endpaper. Tight, square and clean with a bright front board and spine of red cloth with white and black decorations and lettering. A little dustiness to the page edges. The dustjacket is complete and unclipped with mild edgewear and rubbing--a little age toned on the rear panel. The inside of the dustjacket has a printing of the United States and represents the Oregon Trail. Meeker's story of how the Oregon trail was fir...
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Americans On Everest (Signed 1st Printing)

By: Ullman, James Ramsey

Price: $295.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Lippincott: 1964

Seller ID: cfe14342

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

From an auction of modern first editions with a full lot of Sports & Adventure books--and with the auction tag laid into the book--a near- fine copy in an unclipped and very good dustjacket. This copy is signed without any inscription by the author and by James Whitaker (the first American to successfully climb Mt. Everest) on the title page. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition-- with no evidence of previous ownership. The dustjacket is unclipped with edgewear to the head of the spine and tips and two closed end tears--protected in an archival acetate covering. This is the full accou...
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