Alasko-Canadian Frontier
by Balch, Thomas Willing
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Press of Allen, Lane and Scott. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1902. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt imprint. Light rubbing of corners and edges and a few wrinkled areas in the cloth. Gilt top edge. The endpapers have an article about the book pasted on the front pastedown. Tipped into to the endpapers is a handwritten signed letter from the author presenting the book to F. L. Wells of Chicago. A short article from 1903 on the Alaskan Treaty is also laid in. Read at the annual meeting of the Franklin Institute, January 15th, 1902, and reprinted from the "Journal of the Franklin Institute" for March 1902. Contains a discussion and 8 map plates of various historical maps relating to the Alaska-Canada boundary dispute, which was settled by treaty in 1903. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 45 pp; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009722
- Title
- Alasko-Canadian Frontier
- Author
- Balch, Thomas Willing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Press of Allen, Lane and Scott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Alaska, Canada
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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