The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
by Berton, Pierre
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Canton, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Inc., 1958. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Brown Cloth Covers embossed with faded gilt lettering and decorative orange half-circle; photographic endpapers; maps as frontis; 8vo; 457 pages + xix pages index; Book Interior is tight and clean; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper; dustjacket is chipped at both spine ends and top and bottom of front panel and top of rear panel; front panel top edge also has a few closed tears;
1.52#; P3: A; MS5.75; ACQ 10/97; OD-122613; C-67.02; 10/18/152;
1.52#; P3: A; MS5.75; ACQ 10/97; OD-122613; C-67.02; 10/18/152;
Synopsis
Narrates the events that preceded the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, the growth and decline of Dawson, and the fates of some of the tens of thousands of adventurers who left their homes in search of fortune.
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- Seller
- Charing Cross Road Booksellers (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20072084
- Title
- The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
- Author
- Berton, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
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