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A guide to Alaska, last American frontier
- Title
- A guide to Alaska, last American frontier / by Merle Colby, Federal Writers' Project ; John W. Troy, governor of Alaska, sponsor.
- Publication
- New York : Macmillan Company, 1939.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | Rare Books 18-4348 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- lxv, 427 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded); 21 cm
- Series Statement
- American guide series
- Uniform Title
- American guide series
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Guidebooks.
- Note
- Two maps (1 color) on single folded sheet in back pocket.
- Maps on lining-papers.
- The plates are in eight groups, each preceded by half-title not included in paging.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-410) and index.
- Provenance (note)
- Copy in Rare Books 18-4348 inscribed, in ink, on verso of upper free end leaf, "For Larry Morris -- who believed in this book before a line was written. Merle Colby, August, 1939." And in blue ink on the verso of the half-title, "Laurence S. Morris, 1939."
- Call Number
- Rare Books 18-4348
- LCCN
- 39027616
- OCLC
- 6441743
- Title
- A guide to Alaska, last American frontier / by Merle Colby, Federal Writers' Project ; John W. Troy, governor of Alaska, sponsor.
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan Company, 1939.
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- American guide seriesAmerican guide series
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-410) and index.
- Provenance
- Copy in Rare Books 18-4348 inscribed, in ink, on verso of upper free end leaf, "For Larry Morris -- who believed in this book before a line was written. Merle Colby, August, 1939." And in blue ink on the verso of the half-title, "Laurence S. Morris, 1939." NN
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- AlaskaAlaska GuidebooksFrontier and pioneer life Alaska
- Added Author
- Colby, Merle, 1902-1969, editor.Federal Writers' Project.Alaska. Governor (1933-1939 : Troy), sponsor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Federal Writers' Project. Guide to Alaska, last American frontier. New York, Macmillan Co., 1939 (OCoLC)593534716Online version: Federal Writers' Project. Guide to Alaska, last American frontier. New York, Macmillan Co., 1939 (OCoLC)609321419
- Research Call Number
- Rare Books 18-4348