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History of Alaska 1730 - 1885
by BANCROFT, Hubert Howe [with Ivan Petrof and Alfred Bates]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Antiquarian Press Ltd, 1960. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Pp. xxxviii, 775. Bibliography, index. Illustrated with black line maps in the text and one fold-out map tipped in. Introduction by Ernest Gruening. Brick red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on black label on the spine, top edge gilt. In the original unprinted glassine jacket. Owner ink stamp and ink annotations on endpapers. Jacket creases and edges chipped, age toned. Reprint of the 1886 first edition. Bancroft engaged (but did not credit) Petrof to research and translate Russian documentation of its eastward expansion from the 16th century, and his writing constitutes the first half of this volume. Bates wrote the last third. Gruening was first U.S. Senator from Alaska and ex-governor of the Territory. Annotation reads in part "Deep Creek Look-out near village of Ninilchik, July 1961.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5541
- Title
- History of Alaska 1730 - 1885
- Author
- BANCROFT, Hubert Howe [with Ivan Petrof and Alfred Bates]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Antiquarian Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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