2 Vols: Through the Gold Fields of Alaska/Gold Hunting in Alaska 1898-1901

Item Details:

• Title: Through the Gold Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits
• Author: Harry De Windt
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers
  
• Copyright: 1898
  
• Edition: Unstated
  

Item Details:

• Title: Gold Hunting in Alaska
• Author: Joseph Grinnell, edited by Elizabeth Grinnell
• Publisher: David C. Cook Publishing Company
  
• Copyright: 1901
  
• Edition: Unstated

Condition:

• Books are in good to acceptable condition
• Gold Fields has attached map
  • Map has closed tears
• Both covers have some degree of damage: scuffing, staining, soiling, sunning, shelf-wear, and fraying
  • Gold Fields has extreme discoloration on spine
  • Gold Hunting decal has begun chipping
• Both text blocks have foxing, stains and discoloration from soiling, sunning, and age
• Both books are slightly cocked
• Both have marks from previous owners on front free-ends, and heavy staining and discoloration
• Both books have slight sunning on papers, but are otherwise bright, intact, and legible
  • Gold Hunting has sporadic staining, readability unaffected
• Both bindings are tight and sturdy
  • Gold Hunting pastedown and free-endpaper are tearing apart