Klondike: The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers | Profusely Illustrated

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Pictorial gray cloth, front cover printed in gold, white, black, and gray; spine printed in black with fleur-de-lis pattern in bottom half; back cover with single black border, vignette of moutain scene with "Alaska" above in white, "Gold" at bottom of vignette in gold, and "Fields" in white beneath. Binding is tight with scuffing and some loss of color; both end paper hinges with thin splits but not open. 12 pp. of maps, frontispiece plus 33 plates with 35 b/w photographs and illustrations on coated paper. 413 pp. plus 5 pp. adverts. The maps & illustrations are included in the pagination. No. 128a in Kurutz, The Klondike & Alaska Gold Rushes: A Descriptive Bibliography.&c. "The Chicago Record newspaper published what is arguably the best known of all Klondike guidebooks. The advertising matter in the back of the volume proudly narrates how the newspaper's on-the-spot reporters covered every aspect of the Yukon gold mania from the beginning.Put together quickly to capitalize on the great discovery, the thick volume provided detailed information for would-be stampeders on routes, outfits, geography and climate, the richness of the placers, hints for miners, mining laws, gold pan values, mail service, and life in Dawson City.". N° de ref. del artículo 8802

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