Introducing Alaska. An Accurate Up-To-Date Picture of Conditions, Opportunities and What to Expect in Alaska: with authoritative information on hunting, fishing, travel, costs, business possibilities, homesteading...
New York: Putnam, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket.
Original red cloth clean and sharp. Price of $3.75 intact on front flap. Light wear to DJ edges, especially at crown of spine. Sunning to spine. Paperclip impression to top of first two pages. 8vo; 8.5 inches; 22 cm; xii, 202 p. photographic plates' map endpages. First Edition, First Printing.
Near Fine / Very Good. Item #013830
Pre-statehood description of Alaska, to satisfy the growing curiosity about her people and her possibilities. Illustrated with several B/W photographs. One of the mid-20th century books that shifted Alaska from unattainable to "The Last Frontier", ready for all who dared to live the adventure.
REF: Tourville 774; John Frederick, The Rotarian Sept. 1947; p36; CCE p23; Kirkus May, 1947
Price: $75.00