Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897 - 1899 -by Pierre Berton -a Signed Copy of The 100th Anniversary Edition ( Yukon Gold Rush )


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-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example with a bit of rubbing to the lower edges of the boards, ---in a Near Fine dustjacket which is in a hi-quality mylar protector (mylar has a small sticky tab which has been applied to the verso of the jacket and the jacket has been held in place with small pieces of tape on the verso), signed without inscription by Berton ---this edition is rarely found signed, ---240 pages, b&w photos, ---"The Klondike Quest brings to life the panoramic drama of the great stampede for gold as seen by the ordinary gold-seeker. The photographs are beautifully reproduced and informatively and colorfully captioned. "One million people, it is said, laid plans to go to the Klondike. One hundred thousand actually set off. And so the Klondike saga is a chronicle of humanity in the mass.... For the next eighteen months, the Yukon interior plateau became a human anthill." --More than 10,000 images reside in public archives and private collections, depicting every aspect of what popular historian Pierre Berton has called "one of the strangest mass movements in history." For this book, Berton selected 200 photographs, some iconic, some touchingly personal, and most previously unpublished. "---, ---this 100th anniversary edition is to commemorate the beginnings of the Klondike Gold Rush starting in 1897 ---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---

Title: Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897 - 1899 -by Pierre Berton -a Signed Copy of The 100th Anniversary Edition ( Yukon Gold Rush )

Author Name: Berton, Pierre (signed without inscription) ( 100th Anniversart Edition )

Edition: First Edition

ISBN Number: 1550462024

ISBN-13: 9781550462029

Illustrator: Photo Cover

Location Published: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Stoddart / Boston Mills Press, 1997, 1st Edition ( Klondike Gold Rush Anniversary Edition ), First Printing: 1997

Binding: Hard Cover

Book Condition: Near Fine (see description)

Jacket Condition: Near Fine (see description)

Inscription: Signed (see description)

Size: 11.25w x 12.75h Inches

Type: NOT Price Clipped

Categories: Canadian History

Seller ID: 169936

Keywords: klondike quest: a photographic esaay 1897 - 1899 -by pierre berton -a signed copy ( yukon gold rush )