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Price: $50.00
Publisher: Fairbanks, Alaska, Alaska Pioneer Press: 1973
Edition: Second
Seller ID: cfe12531
ISBN: 0912006013
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... View more info
Price: $110.00
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert Clarke Company: 1903
Edition: 4th Edition
Seller ID: cfe12518
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... View more info
By: Cushman, Dan
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill: 1966
Edition: First
Seller ID: cfe12521
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 ... View more info
By: Freuchen, Peter
Price: $45.00
Publisher: New York, Putnam: 1958
Edition: First
Seller ID: cfe12550
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. View more info
Price: $140.00
Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1979
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: cfe14397
ISBN: 0670331724
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... View more info
By: Horgan, Paul
Price: $100.00
Publisher: New York, Dutton: 1956
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: cfe13107
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... View more info
Price: $70.00
Publisher: New York, Scribner's: 1920
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: cfe13258
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 View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: New York, Two Continent's Publishing Group: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: cfe12955
ISBN: 0846701561
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... View more info
Price: $95.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1967
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: cfe14391
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. View more info
By: Meeker, Ezra
Price: $60.00
Publisher: New York, Ezra Meeker: 1926
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: cfe13246
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... View more info
Price: $295.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Lippincott: 1964
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: cfe14342
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... View more info
