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[ALASKA – GOLD]. PIERCE, W.H. Thirteen Years of Travel and Exploration in Alaska. Edited by J.H. Carruth. Lawrence, Kansas: Journal Publishing Company, 1890.
8vo. (Occasional spotting at margins). 3 wood–engraved plates. Original printed wrappers (extremities toned with few small stains, extreme ends chipped with losses, spine panel partially separated near foot, upper cover separated at front joint). Provenance: early ownership signature on upper cover.
FIRST EDITION of “one of the earliest accounts of gold discovery on the Yukon, by a pioneer of 1886” (Howes). Streeter 3539; Howes P–357; Wickersham 2784.