KLONDIKE Gold Rush - J.B. PRATHER (publisher). - William Howard CASE & Horace H. DRAPER (of Skagway, Photographers]. - The ALBERTYPE Co., of Brooklyn (printers).
The Gold Fields of the Klondike: Illustrating all the Incidents that occurred to the many who engaged in the Great Stampede to the Gold Fields of the Klondike, including the interesting scenes at Dawson and the principal mines in operation during the time, upwards of Ten million dollars were extracted. Also scenes of the new Atlin district, as photographed by Case and Draper of Skagway.
Douglas, Alaska: J. B. Prather, [copyright date 1899]. Oblong 8vo. Letterpress title, 46 'Albertype' photographic plates. (Overall light toning [see images], but otherwise clean).
Original publisher's dark-red leather binding, with padded covers, the upper cover blocked in gilt, decorative patterned endpapers (spine chipped at head, joints partially split, corners rubbed, inner hinges splitting).
Provenance: Ella Lindstrom (probably of Skagway, Alaska, signature).
A fascinating record of the Klondike and Atlin Gold Rush - this copy belonged to Ella Lindstrom: there is an Ella Catherine Lindstrom, who was a member of a Skagway hotelier family.
- Binding Condition: some damage
- Size: 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 in;173 x 223mm
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