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1) Klondike. The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers
Alaska

Published by World Bible House, Pennsylvania, CR 1897. 555 pages with 3 pages of ads. White covers with some of the illustration left on front and back covers. Lettering on front and back covers can s till be seen. The words Alaska and Klondike are in gold (faded). Slight paper split front inside cover hinge. Otherwise the condition is good, tight and complete. Every known practical and contemplate d route to all gold fields in the North, are fully, comprehensively and minutely described with maps and tables of distances, all of which are absolutely reliable. The only newspaper to send a staff c orrespondent to the gold fields and his letters describing the great Klondike "strike" was the first announcement in this country of the discovery. Black and white illustrations. Invaluable informatio n for historians and researchers. Western Americana, Americana, Alaska, Gold Mines, Gold, Klondike.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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2) Anybody's Gold. Story of A California Mining Town
Jackson, Joseph Henry

New York: D.Appleton-Century Co. CR 1941, 468 pages with index and a Reading List. Some uncut pages, brown covers. Back covers show that something was stuck to it, all good+ condition. Black and white drawings of homes, scenes, mining towns, etc. This book covers the 1850's - the true peak gold rush years, the gold mining country of the Sierra foothills of California.. Hard Cover. Illus. by E. H. Suydam. (more information)

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3) Gold Rush Album
Jackson, Joseph Henry (edited by)

New York: Published by C.Scribners Published in 1949, believe 1st edition. Profusely illustrated w/photos. All very good. Western Americana, Gold Rush, California.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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4) The Saga of the Comstock Lode
Lyman, George D

New York: Published by Charles Scribners, CR 1934 - 1957, with "A.7.57{M#}" on CR page, 407 pages with index and notes. Dust jacket is bad, blue covers are good+. Boom Days In Virginia City, Nevada. Introduction by Senator Richard Neuberger. Black and white illustrations. Western Americana, Nevada, history, Americana, Virginia City, Nevada, mining, Gold mining, silver mining.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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5) Gold Rush: The Yukon Stampede of 1898
Poynter, Margaret

Published by Atheneum, 1979 Cloth. CR 1979, stated 1st edition, 91 pages. Dust jacket,black covers, all very good. This book tells of the greed and desperation as well as heroism and endurance of the Yukon stampeders. Stamp on f ront endpapers. Western Americana, Americana, Gold Rush of 1898, Yukon Gold Rush, mining, gold mining, Alaska.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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