Parke Bernet: The Celebrated Collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter, 1969yr,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 21, 1969 - October 21, 1969

Page Size: 1094 items in 11 pages

Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY	Denkschriften der russischen geographischen Geselschaft zu St. Petersburg. Erster Band. Mit vier Karten. 19.8 cm. Half dark green calf and marbled boards. Rubbed; moderately foxed, inside front hinge cracked.	Weimar	1849	USD -	90.00
TEBIENKOV, M. D	Atlas Syeverozapadn'kh Beregov Ameriki ot Beringova Proliva do M'sa Korrientes i Ostrovov Aleutskikh s Prisovokupleniem Nyekotor'kh myest Syeverovostoinago berega Azii Sostavil Kapitan 1'go ranga Tebienkov. 1852. [Translation: Atlas of the Northwestern Co	St. Petersburg	1852	USD -	1,700.00
RUSSIAN AMERICAN COMPANY	Otchet Rossiisko-Amerikanskoi Kompanii. Za 1852 [and 1853, 1860, and 1861] god. [Translation: Report of the Russian-American Company [by the Governors]. For the year 1852.] Four volumes. 23 cm. Full green morocco, gilt. Covers somewhat buckled, corners wo	St. Petersburg	1853 [1854, 1861 1862]	USD -	650.00
ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION	Arctic Searching Expedition. [Caption title.] [Signed at end:] Rochfort Maguire [:in MS] Commander. Broadside, 10 x 16 cm. Soiled, worn at three old folds; hinged with scotch tape to backing.	[Point Barrow, Alaska]	1 July 1854	USD -	1,700.00
D'WOLF, JOHN	Voyage to the North Pacific and a Journey through Siberia more than half a century ago. By Captain John D'Wolf. 21.5 cm. Original grey printed wrappers. Label unskillfully removed from front cover, lower front hinge cracked.	Cambridge	1861	USD -	500.00
SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY	Communication of Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, upon the Subject of an Intercontinental Telegraph Connecting the Eastern and Western Hemispheres by way of Behring's Strait, in Reply to Hon. Z. Chandler, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce o	Washington	1864	USD -	225.00
COLLINS OVERLAND TELEGRAPH	Map of the Proposed Route of the Collins Overland Telegraph, Western Union Extension. Charles S. Buckley, Engineer-in-Chief. Hiram Sibley, President....Compiled from the latest and most reliable Russian, British, and American authorities, by Frank L. Pope			USD -	100.00
COLLINS OVERLAND TELEGRAPH	P. McD. Collins' Proposed Overland Telegraph via. Behrings Strait and Asiatic Russia to Europe. Under Russian & British Grants. Furnished by J. H. Colton, 172 William Street, New York. 1864. [At foot:] Entered...in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in..			USD -	70.00
LEWIS, J. F	Map of Russian America or Alaska Territory Compiled from Russian Charts, and Surveys of W. U. Tel. Ex. Col. C. S. Bulkley, Engr. in Chief. By J. F. Lewis, Chief Draughtsman. M. Cadin, Ass't. 1867. Lithog'd. by Britton & Rey, S.F. [Insets, each with graphi			USD -	600.00
UNITED STATES ARMY	Twelve items, each with caption title and with ms. signature "Saml. B. McLutrie[?]" as Official.	Sitka	1867--8	USD -	1,100.00
UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Purchase of the Russian Possessions in North America by the United States. Papers Relating to the Value and Resources of the Country. [Caption title.] 33 cm. Stitched. Final blank leaf torn 9 cm. at horizontal fold, verso soiled.			USD -	900.00
UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE	[Treaty providing for the cession of Alaska by Russia. Text begins:] The United States of America and his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, being desirous of strengthening, if possible, the good understanding which exists between them, have, for tha	[Washington]	[1867]	USD -	1,500.00
BELL, WILLIAM H	The Quiddities of an Alaskan Trip, by W. H. Bell, Capt. C. S. U. S. A. Oblong 8vo, 16.6 x 27 cm. Original gilt-stamped red cloth. Ink stains on front cover, front cover with endpapers detached, spine chipped, corners rubbed; some staining and offsetting;	Portland, Oregon	1873	USD -	100.00
SITKA MINING DISTRICT, Alaska	Local Mining Laws for Sitka Mining District, as Reported by Committee on Local Mining Laws. [Caption title. Text begins:] Whereas, At the regular meeting of the miners of Sitka Mining District, December 31st, 1885, a committee of five was appointed...to r	[Sitka?]	[1886]	USD -	300.00
NORTH STAR, Sitka, Alaska	The North Star. Vol. 1, No. 1, December 1887---Vol. 5, No. 12, December 1892. Five volumes (sixty issues) in one. 28.7 cm. Contemporary black cloth with leather label. Lightly rubbed; a few issues browning and with chipped edges, bookplate removed from in	[Sitka	[1887--1892]	USD -	1,800.00
METLAKAHTLAN, Metlakahtla, Alaska	The Metlakahtlan. Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1888; No. 2, March 1889; No. 4, November 1889; No. 5, January 1890. 25 cm. Unbound. First page of No. 1 soiled; side and top edges of some leaves chipped. Colophon of Nos. 4 and 5---Printed at Metlakahtla, Alaska			USD -	75.00
UNITED STATES. DISTRICT COURT OF ALASKA Judge Lafayette Dawson	List of Cases Reported from the District Court of Alaska by Lafayette Dawson, Judge. Covering the Period of Time from March 13, 1886, to August 25, 1888. Henry E. Hayden, Reporter. Alaskan Reports.---Vol. 1. 23.7 cm. Original grey printed paper wrapper. C	Maryville, Mo.	1888	USD -	50.00
PIERCE, W. H	Thirteen Years of Travel and Exploration in Alaska by W. H. Pierce, edited by Prof. and Mrs. J. H. Carruth, Lawrence, Kansas. 18.4 cm. Original bright blue cloth with title in gilt on front cover. Edges rubbed; leaves yellowing.	Lawrence, Kansas	1890	USD -	65.00
BUGBEE, JOHN S., HENRY E. HAYDON, and ORVILLE T. PORTER	Poems on Alaska. The Land of the Midnight Sun. Descriptive, Personal, Humorous. By authors residing in the Territory. Illustrated. 24.2 cm. Later half morocco; original brown printed wrapper bound in. Corners of covers worn; front wrapper starting, torn 9	Sitka	[1891]	USD -	55.00
ESKIMO BULLETIN, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska	The Eskimo [drawing of Eskimo's head] Bulleton [sic]. Only Yearly Paper in the World. Largest Circulation in the Arctic. Vol. I. Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, Mar. 1893. No. 1. Broadside, 27.8 x 21.6 cm., printed in three columns (by hecktograph from shee			USD -	190.00
WILSON, VEAZIE (Two Items.)	Guide to the Yukon Gold Fields Where They Are and How To Reach Them By V. Wilson With Maps and Many Illustrations. 22.2 cm. Original tan printed paper wrapper with cut of placer miners on front cover. Covers soiled, head and heel of spine chipped slightly	Seattle	1895	USD -	120.00
ALASKA TRADE COMMITTEE	Direct Route Yukon and Klondike San Francisco Best Place to Outfit. For full information address: Alaska Trade Committee, San Francisco, Cal. Broadsheet, 67 x 53 cm., folded down twice to height of 22.5 cm., and over five times. A few small tears and one	San Francisco	[1897]	USD -	110.00
ANDERSON, O. P., MAP & BLUE PRINT COMPANY	Anderson's Map of the Upper Yukon and Adjacent Regions Compiled and Published by the O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Co., Inc., Occidental Building, Seattle, U. S. A. Copyrighted 1897. [Below neat line:] Second Edition. [Insets:] Klondike River; Lake Rout			USD -	40.00
ANDERSON, O. P., MAP & BLUE PRINT COMPANY	Anderson's Overland Route Map to the Klondike Region Compiled and Published by The O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company (Incorporated) Occidental Building Seattle, U. S. A. [Below neat line:] Copyright 1897 by the O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Co....			USD -	80.00
CALIFORNIA-KLONDIKE MINING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY	California-Klondyke Mining and Exploration Co. (Organized under the Laws of the State of New Jersey.) Capital, $250,000, Divided into Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Shares of $1 each---Fully paid and Non-assessable. 175,000 Shares at $1 each are offered f	[New York]	[1897]	USD -	25.00
CAREY, T. J., & COMPANY, Publisher	Klondike...and All About It. By a Practical Mining Engineer. [At head:] No. 48. Aug., 1897. Excelsior Library of Popular Handbooks. Issued Quarterly Sub. $1. per Yr. 18 cm. Original printed paper wrapper with cut of placer miners on front cover. Edges fra		[1897]	USD -	45.00
CLEMENTS, JAMES I	The Klondyke by J. I. Clements Discoverer of El Dorado and Owner with Clarence Berry and Frank Keller of the Celebrated El Dorado Claims Four and Five How the Brakeman Gained his Thousands in Four Months A Complete Guide to the Gold Fields Illustrated Hon	Los Angeles	1897	USD -	190.00
COLLIERY ENGINEERING COMPANY	Placer Mining A Hand-Book for Klondike and Other Miners and Prospectors with Introductory Chapters regarding the Recent Gold Discoveries in the Yukon Valley, the Routes to the Gold Fields, Outfit Required, and Mining Regulations of Alaska and the Canadian	Scranton, Pennsylvania	1897	USD -	45.00
DEL MAR, ALEXANDER	T. L. (carbon) unsigned. 4 pp. (ca. 750 words), 28 cm., clipped at upper left; Grand Rapids [Northwest Territory], 17 September 1897. To Mr. Biddison [of Chicago]. The writer, probably Del Mar, who later became president of the California-Klondyke Mining			USD -	5.00
EL DORADO PUBLISHING COMPANY	The Modern El Dorado. An Account of the Gold Fields of Alaska and the Neighboring Placer Mines in British Columbia...Together with a brief account of Alaska's Resources and Scenic Features, Copiously Illustrated. 19 cm. Original tan paper wrapper printed	Des Moines	1897	USD -	120.00
GAIRDNER, GEORGE W and A. G. HARRISON	The Gairdner & Harrison Prospectors' Guide Map and Pamphlet to the Omenica, Cassier, Liard, Klondyke and Yukon Gold Fields via, the Edmonton Route Geo. W. Gairdner, Secretary Edmonton Board of Trade. Clerk 12 Years at H. B. Posts. Cree and French Interpre	Colophon---Edmonton, Alberta	[1897]	USD -	220.00
GRAHAM, J. F	Klondike Graham's Alaska "Gold Fields" Guide. Third Edition. Over 77,700 Sold Aug. 14, 1897. Complete Information on Mining, Prospecting, Climate, Routes, Laws, Food, Expenses, Maps of Gold Streams, Cuts of Quick-Mining Tools, etc., etc. Official Map. Mad	[Chicago]	[1897]	USD -	120.00
GRAPHIC PUBLISHING COMPANY	Klondyke Mining Laws. The Canadian Gold Fields How to Get There. Where to Purchase Supplies. Graphic Publishing Company. [Wrapper title.] 15 cm. Original pink printed paper wrapper. Covers detached, both inside margins frayed and stained; rubber stamp of	Victoria, B. C.	[1897]	USD -	100.00
JAMES, FREDERICK	The Klondike Goldfields and How To Get There By Fred. James With a Map. 18.5 cm. Original tan paper wrapper printed in brown. Backstrip perishing, edges chipped, covers soiled.	London and New York	1897	USD -	180.00
	KLONDIKE AND BOSTON GOLD MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Five Items.)			USD -	45.00
LAIRD & LEE, Publishers	The Little Klondyke Nugget Story of the Discovery Official Reports---Who Ought to Go---Medical Advice---How to Avoid Many Hardships---Best Outfit---Shortest Routes---Precious Items About Mining Useful to All---Canadian Customs Deputies---Maps and Illustra	Chicago	1897	USD -	375.00
LINDSEY, DOUGLAS	Alaska. A Complete Book of Reference and Guide to Alaska with Three Maps, the Latest Mining Laws and all Necessary Information in Regard to Outfits, Distances, Rates of Fare, etc. By Douglas Lindsey. 23 cm. Original grey printed paper wrapper. Covers fade	Stockton, California	1897	USD -	110.00
LOUIE, Pseudonym	Alyekan The Pathway to the Gold Fields of Alaska By Louis A Miner returned from the Yukon, 1897. Giving a Trip from Juneau down the Yukon to the Alyekan, a Region far Surpassing the Famous Klondike in Wealth and Extent. The Natives Furnish the Information	Kansas City, Missouri	1897	USD -	160.00
LUGRIN, CHARLES H., Publisher	Yukon Gold Fields Map Showing Routes from Victoria, B. C., to the various Mining Camps on the Yukon River and its Branches. Mining Regulations of the Dominion Government and Forms of Application together with Table of Distances, Extracts from Mr. Ogilvie'	Victoria, B. C.	1897	USD -	110.00
WILSON, VEAZIE	Glimpses of Alaska A Collection of Views of the Interior of Alaska and the Klondike District. From Photographs by Veazie Wilson. Compiled by Miss Esther Lyons. Oblong 12mo, 12 x 17.2 cm. Original pictorial printed paper wrapper. Covers detached, front cov	Chicago	1897	USD -	70.00
MOLLER, JOACHIM VAN	Auf nach Alaska [Vignette.] Ein Fuhrer fur Wagemutige von Joachim van Moller (Mit 50 Illustrationem und einer Doppelkarte) Preis 1 1/2 Dollar-6 Mark. 22.4 cm. Original green cloth-backed boards. Edges rubbed; recent inscription on front free endpaper.	Charlottenburg [Germany]	1897	USD -	50.00
MONTAGUE, PHILIP S.	Ready Reference and Hand Book of the Klondyke and Alaskan Gold Fields Containing Maps of Both Routes, Mining Laws, Boundary Lines, How and When To Go, Necessary Outfit and Supplies to Take, Etc. Carefully Compiled from Official Reports, Correspondence, an	San Francisco	[1897]	USD -	100.00
OGILVIE, WILLIAM	Lecture on the Klondike Mining District by William Ogilvie, F. R. G. S., Surveyor to the Dominion of Canada, delivered at Victoria, British Columbia, November 5th, 1897. [Seal of British Columbia.] 27 cm. Original grey printed paper wrapper. Faded, margin	Victoria, B. C.	1897	USD -	40.00
OGILVIE, WILLIAM	Lecture on the Yukon Gold Fields (Canada) Delivered at Victoria, B.C. by Mr. William Ogilvie, D. L. S., F. R. G. S., &c. Explorer and Surveyor of the Government of Canada in the Canadian Yukon. Revised, Amplified and Authorized by the Lecturer. 22 cm. Ori	Victoria, B.C.	1897	USD -	120.00
A PRACTICAL MINER, Pseudonym	On to Klondike! and the Great Alaska Gold discoveries [ Vignette and map.]	New York	[1897]	USD -	70.00
RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY	Rand-McNally Official 24 x 36 Map of Alaska. Copyright, 1897, by Rand, McNally & Co. [Chicago.] 58.5 x 89.5 cm. Colored. Graphic scale, about 57 miles to the inch. Small tears at intersecting folds. Folded to height of 14.8 cm. in original purple cloth fo			USD -	60.00
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. CATECHISM. TINNE	Tinneh Indian Catechism of Christian Doctrine. 12.7 cm. Stitched. Set of three other stab-holes; inner margin of last leaf slightly damaged (from being disbound).	Holy Cross Mission	1897	USD -	65.00
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. PRAYERS, HYMNS AND CATECHISM. TINNE. (Two Items)	Catholic Prayers & Hymns in the Tinneh Language. 12.3 cm. Contemporary limp floral cloth (crudely bound). Edges of cloth frazzled, some stains on covers.	Holy Cross Mission, Kosoreffski, Alaska	1897	USD -	45.00
SMITH, J. L.	Map of Alaska Showing The Routes To The Klondike Gold Fields From The Latest Surveys To Date J. L. Smith Map Publisher 27 S. 6th Street Phila. Copyright 1897 by J. L. Smith. [Insets, both with "A. Durin Del.":] The Yukon Route I. [Fort St. Michael to Daws			USD -	60.00
SPOKANE, Washington. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE	Are You Going to Klondike Take the Spokane Overland Route and Save $700.00. [Wrapper title.] 15.2 cm. Original grey printed paper wrapper. Covers detached.	Colophon---Spokane	[1897]	USD -	80.00
SPOKANE, Washington. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE	Overland to Klondike via The Spokane Route The Easiest Cheapest, Safest Route Travelers on Second-Class or Tourist Tickets may Stop Over for Ten Days in Spokane. [Wrapper title.] 15 cm. Original grey printed paper wrapper.	Spokane	[1897]	USD -	180.00
STEELE, JAMES	The Klondike The New Gold Fields of Alaska and The Far North-West. By Capt. James Steele Author of "Frontier Army Sketches," "Cuban Sketches," "Fur, Feathers and Fuzz," Etc., Etc. 20 cm. Original grey pictorial paper wrapper printed in gold and blue. Soil	Chicago	1897	USD -	70.00
STRETCH, R. H.	Map of Alaska Northwest Territories and British Columbia showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries Also Proposed Transportation Lines from Seattle and Puget Sound Compiled from the Latest Official Sources Published by Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printin			USD -	70.00
WASHINGTON AND ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY	Golden Klondike Guide to the Yukon Gold Fields Giving Latest and Reliable Maps and Data. Washington and Alaska Steamship Company, Operating the Finest and Fastest Steamships Between Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria and Vancover, and Juneau, Dyea, Skaguay, Haines	Tacoma	[1897]	USD -	190.00
WELLS, HARRY L.	Alaska and the Klondike....The New Gold Fields and How to Reach Them Harry L. Wells Portland, Oregon 1897. 23.1 cm. Original tan pictorial paper wrapper. Head and heel of spine chipped, back cover starting, edges frayed.	[Portland]	[1897]	USD -	270.00
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY	1898 To the Klondike Gold Fields and Other Points of Interest in Alaska. [At head:] Alaska Commercial Company Incorporated in September, 1868. [At foot:] General Office: 310 Sansome Street, San Francisco, Cal. Copyrighted, 1898. 23 cm. Original pictorial	[San Francisco]	[1898]	USD -	50.00
ALASKA ILLUSTRATORS	Klondyke and Yukon Guide Alaska and Northwest Territory Gold Fields. Where They Are How to Get There What to Take Along When to Go and What to do to Secure a Claim Compiled and Published by Alaska Illustrators Home Office, Box 1015, Seattle, Wash. Capt. B	Seattle	[1898]	USD -	120.00
ALASKA-YUKON TRANSPORTATION COMPANY	[Alaska-Yukon Transportation Company's guide to Alaska and the Yukon. (General title.)] 21 cm. Stapled. Lacking wrappers, paged [1--2, 15--16]; pages 3 and 14 soiled; lower outer corner of last leaf defective, with loss of some text.	[San Francisco]	[1898]	USD -	35.00
ALASKAN AND YUKON RIVER GOLD FIELDS BUREAU OF INFORMATION	Miners' Guide to Alaskan and Yukon River Gold Fields Published by Alaskan and Yukon River Gold Fields Bureau of Information 330 Pine Street San Francisco, Cal. Copyrighted, 1898. Trade supplied by H. R. Willis 107 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. 20.5 cm	[San Francisco]	[1898]	USD -	75.00
ANDERSON, O. P., MAP & BLUE PRINT COMPANY	Anderson's Klondike Map Compiled and Published by The O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington. Copyrighted 1898. [At bottom:] Copyrighted 1898...All rights reserved. 52.5 x 73.4 cm., blueprint. Graphic scale, about 3 miles to the inc			USD -	45.00
CANADA. PROVISIONAL DISTRICT OF THE YUKON	Regulations Governing Placer Mining Also The Issue of Leases to Dredge for Minerals in the Beds of Rivers. [At head:] Provisional District of the Yukon Canada. 24.5 cm. Original yellow printed paper wrapper. Small tear at top of front cover, punch hole in	Ottawa	1898	USD -	50.00
DAVIS, JOSEPH	Map of the Klondyke Gold Fields of the Northwest Territory. The River Route and Map of Dawson City Compiled from late Official Surveys by Judge Joseph Davis Of Montana. Who has had thirty years of experience in practical mining and is now operating in the	Seymour, Indiana	[1898]	USD -	210.00
HAVERLY, CHARLES E.	Klondyke and Fortune The Experiences of a Miner who has acquired a Fortune in the Yukon Valley By Charles E. Haverly. 18.5 cm. Original red boards with title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Head and heal of a spine damaged; front cover and first	London	[1898]	USD -	75.00
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY	Klondyke Gold Fields Hudson's Bay Company Incorporated A. D. 1670 Fully Equipped Stores for Miners & Prospectors at Winnipeg, Victoria, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Other Points. Broadsheet, 59 x 39.5 cm., folded down twice to height of 21.2 cm., and	Winnipeg	[1898?]	USD -	250.00
KLONDIKE NEWS, Dawson, N. W. T.	The Klondike News. [Vignette of buildings of Dawson.] Vol. I, No. 1, April 1, 1898. Office of Publication, No. 23 Main St., San Francisco, Cal. Copyrighted 1898 by Virgil Moore [Editor]. [Wrapper title.] 54 cm., untrimmed. Pictorial printed wrapper. Cover	San Francisco	1898	USD -	40.00
KOTZEBUE SOUND MINING AND TRADING COMPANY	For Alaska Gold Fields The Kotzebue Sound Mining and Trading Co. will dispatch the fast sailing bark J. A. Falkenburg Under Command of Capt. P. H. Cook, the Well-Known Arctic Whaler, on May 10, 1898 Direct to Kotzbue Sound Fare Including meals while on Pa	[N.p.]	[1898?]	USD -	90.00
LANDREVILLE, M., A. E. WILLS, and EDWARD J. LIVERNASH	Appeal of Yukon Miners to the Dominion of Canada and Incidently Some Account of the Mines and Mining of Alaska and the Provisional District of Yukon. 15.1 cm. Full calf with title in gilt on front cover, g. e. Covers rubbed, warped, inside front hinge par	Ottawa	[1898]	USD -	250.00
MCDONALD, A. L.	Map of Northwest Alaska Showing the Region Drained into Kotzebue Sound by the Kubuck or Putnam, Notoarck and Selawik Rivers and the Country adjoining, Explored by the U.S. Naval Expedition 1885--86 under Lieut. George M. Stoney, U.S.N. Compiled from the O			USD -	40.00
MARVIN, FREDERIC R.	The Yukon Overland. The Gold-Digger's Hand-Book. By Frederic R. Marvin. 16.5 cm. Original orange pictorial paper wrapper. Heel of spine chipped.	Cincinnati	1898	USD -	55.00
MILLROY, J. J., Publisher	The Map of Maps Alaska and British Columbia showing the Yukon, Cariboo [&] Cassiar, with a portion of the Kootenay Gold Fields. Authorities Latest Reports & Surveys by the U.S. & Canadian Government. Also special reports from old time Alaskan Miners. J. J			USD -	25.00
RICHARDSON, CHARLES O.	Richardson's Map of the Cook Inlet and Copper River Gold Fields Alaska Published by Chas. O. Richardson, Civ. and Mining Eng. Copyright---1898 by Chas. O. Richardson. No. 8, Board of Trade, Pueblo, Colorado. [Locator on right. Inset advertisement begins:]			USD -	35.00
TAYLOR, E., R. J. HUTCHINGS, and A. P. HORSMAN	Calgary Route to the Klondyke Gold Fields Description of Routes Miners' and Prospectors' Outfitting Guide. [Wrapper title.] 14 cm. Original tan paper wrapper printed in red. Inside margin of front cover faded.	[Calgary]	[1898]	USD -	225.00
THOMSON STATIONERY COMPANY	Gold Dust How to Find it and How to Mine it. [Vignette.] An Elementary Treatise on the Methods and Appliances used by Miners on the Frontier, with other useful information. Thomson Stationery Co., Ld. Vancouver, B.C. Entered...1898 by Thomson Stationery C	[Vancouver, B. C.]	[1898]	USD -	70.00
YOUNG KLONDIKE, New York	Young Klondike Stories of a Gold Speaker. No. 9, July 6, 1898; No. 10, July 20; No. 14, September 14; No. 15, September 28; No. 18, November 9; No. 20, December 7; No. 21, December 21; No. 22, January 4, 1899; No. 24, February 1; No. 25, February 8; No. 2	New York	1898--99	USD -	20.00
ALASKAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE. Canada	Memorandum on the Boundary between Canada and Alaska showing the Position of the Canadian Government in Respect Thereto. 32.5 cm. Original grey printed paper wrapper. Lower third of backstrip lacking, typewritten label glued on upper portion, front cover	[Quebec?]	1899	USD -	120.00
BOILLOT, LEON	Aux Mines d'Or du Klondike Du Lac Bennett a Dawson City Leon Boillot. [Vignette.] 24.6 cm. Contemporary half morocco. Edges worn; inside front hinge cracked; 1905 presentation inscription on front flyleaf.	Paris	1899	USD -	25.00
BRANDT & JOHNSON	The Brandt & Johnson Latest Atlin Map Showing three routes and exact distances of each. Showing thirty new creeks discovered to Jan. 1, 1899. This map is recommended to miners and prospectors. Great pains being taken to make it reliable. No favors are giv			USD -	35.00
BROSTROM, IVAN	The New Gold Fields at Cape Nome Their History, Location and Output Written from Personal Observation By Ivan Brostrom. 23 cm. Original purple cloth. Covers faded.	San Francisco	1899	USD -	325.00
DAWSON DAILY NEWS. Dawson, Yukon Territory	Dawson Daily News. [H. G. Steel, Editor.] Vol. I, Nos. 82--3, 87--94, 96--106, 109--112, 114--116, 118--20, 122--24, 126, 128--31, 133--38, 140--42, 144--56,, 158--59, 162--72, 174--76, 30[ie., 178], 179, 181; November 2, 1899-February 27, 1900. 56 cm., e	Dawson	1899--1900	USD -	300.00
KLONDIKE NUGGET, Dawson	Special Souvenir Edition of The Klondike Nugget. A Comprehensive Review of the History and Development of the Yukon Country to the Present Time---The Discovery of Gold and the Growth of the Mining Industry---The Achievements of the Past, the Conditions of	Dawson	1899	USD -	Not Sold
NORDBLOM, GUSTAF	Map Cape Nome Gold Fields Alaska Showing "Bonanza," "Cape Nome," "Cripple," "Sinock," "Fairview" and Cape York Mining Districts Compiled by Gustaf Nordblom C. E. Copyrighted 18 Nov. 1899, By the Nome Map Co. Seattle Wash. [:center map of four. At left:] T			USD -	40.00
NORTH-AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION AND TRADING COMPANY	Alaska and the Gold Fields of the Yukon, Koyukuk, Tanana Klondike and their Tributaries. By the North-American Transportation and Trading Co. 23 cm. Original printed (in colors) paper wrapper. Front cover soiled, head and heel of spine lacking.	[Chicago?]	[1899?]	USD -	45.00
OUR TRIP ACROSS ALASKA	Our trip across Alaska and Klondike as far [as] Dawson City. Started 15th May 98 on foot from Dyea, following the Dyea trail & over the Chilkoot Pass, to Lake Bennett (30 Miles). From Bennett in a Peterborough Canoe by the Lakes & Rivers a distance of 578			USD -	130.00
ANGE-GARDIEN, SISTER MARIE DE L'.	En Alaska L'Oeuvre des Soeurs de Sainte-Anne Parmi les Sauvages et les Blancs Recit de Voyage par Sr Marie de l'Ange-Gardien. [Wrapper title; caption title on p. 1 same.] 21.3 cm. Original pale pink printed paper wrapper. Covers soiled, edges of front cov	Montreal	1900	USD -	120.00
BROOKS-VINCENT, LA BELLE	The Scarlet Life of Dawson and the Roseate Dawn of Nome Illustrated Personal Experiences and Observations of the Author La Belle Brooks-Vincent. Copyrighted by M. R. Mayer, A. D. 1900, in the United States, in England and in all Foreign Countries. 19.4 cm	Colophon---San Francisco	[1900]	USD -	275.00
CRAIG, LULU ALICE	Glimpses of Sunshine and Shade in the Far North or My Travels in the Land of the Midnight Sun. By Lulu Alice Craig. 21.5 cm. Original brown cloth. Covers soiled; edges browning, staple holes in nine leaves.	Cincinnati	1900	USD -	35.00
LIBBY, DANIEL B.	Map of Gold Fields of North Western Alaska Compiled by Daniel B. Libby, Original Discoverer. Copyrighted Jan. 1900. 46.5 x 73.5 cm. Water colored. Graphic scale, about 8 miles to the inch. Mounted on old canvas, folded to height of 16 cm. in stiff yellow			USD -	30.00
PACIFIC CLIPPER LINE	Seattle to the Nome Gold Coast Pacific Clipper Line Seattle, Wash. Wm. D. Richardson, Publisher. 22.2 cm. Original yellow pictorial paper wrapper. Backstrip rubbed; "H. C. Caffman Mar. 1900" in ink on front flyleaf.	[Seattle]	1900	USD -	25.00
PAILLARD, LOUIS	Un Lyonnaise au Klondike Correspondence de M. L. Paillard Administrateur delegue du Syndicat Lyonnais du Klondike. 19.8 cm. Morocco-backed boards. Half title leaf backed, repairing 8 cm. tear; title page soiled.	Bourg	1900	USD -	80.00
PRATT, WILLIAM A.	The Gold Fields of Cape Nome, Alaska. By W. A. Pratt, from personal observation during his two years search for "pay dirt" in the Nome country. 13 cm. Original blue printed paper wrapper. "And Mining Laws" and "Price $1.00" added with rubber stamp to wrap	Providence, R. I.	[1900]	USD -	120.00
PRATT, WILLIAM A.	Map Showing the New Gold Fields in Cape Nome, Cape Prince of Wales, Cape York, Ruby, Fairview, Sinook, Bananza [sic] & Golofnin Bay Mining Districts of Alaska, U.S.A. Compiled and drawn from Field Notes. By Wm. A. Pratt Engineer and Explorer. [In ms. in i			USD -	20.00
ROWE, W. H.	Complete Map of the Nome Gold Belt, Showing Nome, Bonanza, Eldorado, Discovery, Blake, Big Four, Sinook, Cripple Granite Fairview, Cape York and The Norton Bay Mining Districts Drawn from Actual Observations By W. H. Rowe. [Seattle?] Copyright 1900 All Ri			USD -	25.00
ALASKAN BOUNDARY TRIBUNAL	Alaska Boundary Tribunal. Protocols, Oral Arguments, with Index, Award of the Tribunal, and Opinions of its Members. September 3 to October 20, 1903. Original half-calf with title on spine, red-speckled edges. Edges of covers worn, piece almost detached f	London	1903	USD -	190.00
MONROE, F. J.	Map of Seward Peninsula The Arctic Gold Fields of Alaska. Showing Precinct Boundaries, Recording Offices, Post Offices, Trails & Road Houses. Compiled by F. J. Monroe. December 1903. Copyrighted 1904 By F. J. Monroe. [N.p.] 44.2 x 59.3 cm. Water colored.			USD -	20.00
WEIMER, M. D. K.	Klondyke. M. D. K. Weimer's True Story of the Alaska Gold Fields. [Caption title at p. (15).] 20.5 cm. Original red cloth with title in gilt on front cover. Head and heel rubbed; lacking preliminary leaves?	N.p.	[ca. 1903]	USD -	275.00
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY	1905. Tanana Gold Fields. The Alaska Steamship Co. Steamships Jefferson, Dolphin, Dirigo, [&] Farallon. Freight & Ticket Office 612 First Ave. Seattle, Wash. Broadsheet, 48.3 x 63.4 cm., folded down once to height of 24.1 cm. and over five times.	[Seattle]	[1905]	USD -	20.00
GORRELL, J. R.	A Trip to Alaska. With Compliments of the Author, J. R. Gorrell, M. D. 21.1 cm. Original green printed paper wrapper. Wrappers and leaves browning and fragile, lower outside margins of both covers chipped, cracks in spine.	Newton	August 1905	USD -	35.00
HERNING, O. G.	Central Alaska [At right:] Herning's Map of Central Alaska showing Gold and Coal Fields, Trails, Boat Routes, Etc. Compiled from Prospectors and Native Sketch Maps, and Six Years Experience in the Field. [N.p., 1906.] 85 x 55.2 cm. Printed with blue ink.			USD -	25.00
SLEEM, DAVID H.	Map of Central Alaska Showing Yentna---Sushitna---Matanuska---Kuskokwim---Kantishna---and in part the Tanana Mining Districts Also Routs [sic] of Travel and the Line of the Alaska Central Railway from Seward to Fairbanks. Compiled from U.S. Government Sur			USD -	15.00
TANANA VALLEY. DIRECTORY	Directory of the Tanana Valley 1907. 21.7 cm. Original mauve cloth. "No. 3984" [Wickersham number] written in ink on front cover, backstrip faded, both inside hinges partly cracked; bookplate of James Wickersham.	Fairbanks	[1907]	USD -	180.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.