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Anchorage, Alaska.: National Park Service. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. Light wrinkling to front and rear covers at the spine.; A highly-detailed assessment of an archeological excavation of this saloon in Skagway, Alaska. Converted from a hardware store to a saloon in 1898, the site assessment and cataloging of artifacts occurred during excavations in 1987, 1995, and 1996. At the time of this book's publishing, The Pantheon Saloon was being restored to its appearance of 1905-1907. Lists of 110 figures and 13 tables. The Appendices catalog found artifacts and examples are bottles, doll heads, dog collar tags, table china, cans, vials, suspender supports, toilet tank parts, lamp chimneys, toothbrush, whistles, and hundreds of items. The book covers the history of the saloon, the surrounding town, mining in the area, and gives a view of life in an Alaskan mining town at the turn of the century. Text contributions by Catherine Holder Spude, Thomas Wake, Ph.D., Linda… Read More

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1925. First American Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends slightly bumped and bump to one corner. Light soil to the head and tail edges of the front cover, two tiny marks at the head. Faint toning at the edges of the pastedowns and endpapers. Dust jacket is intact with considerable wear and soil. Chips to head and tail of spine, all edges, and corners. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. ; At once mystic and a celebration of life, the rubaiyat (quatrains) form a beautiful, poetic work by Omar Khaiyam [Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi al-Khayyami] (1040-1131) the Persian Sufi poet, philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. The rubaiyat are considered by some to exalt earthly pleasure, consider death, and point out the unreliability of religion in addressing human issues. This English translation by Frederick Rolfe ["Baron Corvo"] (1860-1913) was based on the French… Read More