coates w r morrison (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. University of Oklahoma Press, OK. The story of the civil and engineering feat undertaken by the US Army in WWII. Most of the highway is in Canada, creating the civil issues, while the terrain and environment created the engineering issues. Very good copy of the first edition in a very good dust jacket. 309 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, unread copy in Near Fine condition. Inscription on the fly-sheet, but no marking or writing in the book - text is completely clean, and the book appears unread. Covers are clean and show only slight shelf wear. Binding is firm. Dust jacket is clean and shows almost no wear.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. Vol 51, No 3, pp. 220-230, Map, Photo, 4to, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with tile page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

ISBN 0-8061-2425-3. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.

ISBN 0-8061-2425-3. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good ++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good +. B/W Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` A History of the Yukon'. A b/w map opposite page one of this 336 page ( INDEX at the back) volume shows the geographic distribution of the Yukon's First Nations people. A page or two further on we get a map of fur trade activity centers - like Peel's River Post. LEARN more about : Russian American Fur Company, George Black, Registrar of Land Titles, Old Solomon, tourist traffic, Point Barrow, Bishop Stringer, Fortymile, Fort Reliance, and Lapierre House. Text assisted by b/w (archive) photographs. Cond : Boards are green with gilt lettering at spine. End-papers also green. Dust cover image is of a blazing midnight sun over the forest. Volume is clean and square and bright. No names nor marks. Light - non-specific points of wear. Almost giftable ! QUote (p. 225) : " Before the war, Canadian and American planners had dismissed the need for a highway to Alaska, claiming that the advantages of such a costly venture were `negligible', but with ._._._. . " Size: Octavo.