KLONDYKE: Truth And Facts Of The New El Dorado
by A E Ironmonger Sola
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Morston, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Mining And Geographical Institute, 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Remarkable first hand account of Klondyke gold prospecting, published at the start of the gold rush and promising much to potential prospectors. After a history of the area, Sola gets down to practical details in the second half of the book devoted to his personal narrative and guidance for those hunting for gold. Well illustrated throughout. Fascinating advertisements offering to provision the explorer. Stock toned, but otherwise all in good internal order. Four maps, including one fold out, to rear. Endpapers split, front board shaken and rear fep loose, but all holding well. Green cloth with macabre gilt decoration and titling a little bumped, worn and lightly marked.4to. [14], 102pp
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dodman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105152
- Title
- KLONDYKE: Truth And Facts Of The New El Dorado
- Author
- A E Ironmonger Sola
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Mining And Geographical Institute
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Pages
- 116
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- The American West;
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About the Seller
Dodman Books
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Morston, Norfolk
About Dodman Books
Formerly Journobooks, my original speciality was books about journalism, journalists, newspapers and other media (hence the name) and I still have a good stock of hard-to-find books in that field. Over time I have added a wide and eclectic variety of other collectible volumes alongside a general secondhand stock. I am a collector as well as a seller so know all about the pitfalls of online buying as well as the joys. I will try to make your buying experience as easy and as pleasant as possible.
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- Gilt
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