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Ballads of a Cheechako (Klondike Gold Rush)
by Service, Robert W. [1874-1958]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: William Briggs, 1909. Second Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth over boards, paste-down illustration to upper board with titles in gilt to upper board and spine, top edge gilt with fore and bottom edges untrimmed, 8vo (8 inches tall), (i-iv) , v, [vi mismarked v], vii-ix, [x], xi, [12-14], 15-146. Ten plates with captioned tissue guards all present. Spine ends softened, corners lightly bumped, rubs and fading to covers, tiny 2 cm crack to bottom of top joint, some marginal browning to paste-down endpapers. Paste-down photo showing said Cheechako (Soloman Albert, who lost all toes from both feet after an heroic rescue) in repose and wearing bears feet whilst holding his gun with a dog alongside. A famous book of poetry written by this master bard of the north having "Contents identical to that of the first Canadian edition" (Mitham, p. 64) and published in the same month/year (Sept.1909) as the first edition. This second edition (first illustrated edition) has 10 photographic plates not in the first edition. Ref. Mitham, A2.13b; Yukon World, Dawson City, April 7, 1906.
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- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 399
- Title
- Ballads of a Cheechako (Klondike Gold Rush)
- Author
- Service, Robert W. [1874-1958]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Canadian Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1909
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books into Film;
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Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- First Edition
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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