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One Man's Gold Rush; A Klondike Album
by Morgan, Murray [ E.A. Hegg, Photographer]
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1967. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. E.A. Hegg, Photographer. [8.75x10.25in]; Light olive cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and diagonal gilt illustration of miners walking up Chilkoot Pass [representative of photograph on page 56], illustrative endpapers of map of Klondike District, cord headband and all edges trimmed; Cream dust jacket with orange and black lettering on front and spine, photograph of base of Chilkoot pass on front, image of author and biographic narrative on rear; [4], [3], 4-213 pp., 5 maps and 160 captioned black and white images by E. A. Hegg in text and plates, index; Minor stain spots on top edge of covers and top of text block; Dust jacket has shelf wear to edges and covers, coffee colored stain spots on front, 1" by 1/2" triangle chip on bottom front with loss of letters in author name, minor chips and wear to edges and spine top and bottom, fading of spine. Eric A. Hegg (1867-1947) was a Swedish-American photographer that was famous for photographs of people and events during the Klondike Gold Rush 1897-1901. From the dust jacket, Hegg was a self-trained photographer that man hauled and sled loads of photographic equipment across the mountains during winter. He traveled to all of the areas and towns to capture the events.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13136
- Title
- One Man's Gold Rush; A Klondike Album
- Author
- Morgan, Murray [ E.A. Hegg, Photographer]
- Illustrator
- E.A. Hegg, Photographer
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Printing
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, WA
- Date Published
- 1967
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- Adventure;
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About the Seller
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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