Title: Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890 Author: Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1893 Description: xi, 282 pp. Illustrated with 67 half-tone plates, most from photographs, some from drawings; 3 chromolithograph plates; 1 engraved plate from a photograph; 3 maps, 2 of them folding & loose in rear endpaper pocket. (4to) 29.5x22.5 cm (11½x8¾"), original cloth. Excellent report on Alaska and her natives, giving not only the standard statistical information common to censuses, but also details of cultural life, economic practices, schooling, topography, etc. The many illustrations include scenery, buildings, towns, and many native Alaskans, and are highlighted by the three striking chromolithographs. The two large folding maps are: Map of Alaska prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Eleventh Census... 67x103.5 cm. Map of the First or Southeastern District of Alaska prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Eleventh Census... 74x39.4 cm. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing and wear to covers, shaken; some foxing within including to frontispiece and title page; very good. Item number: 274039a
Title: Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890 Author: Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1893 Description: xi, 282 pp. Illustrated with 67 half-tone plates, most from photographs, some from drawings; 3 chromolithograph plates; 1 engraved plate from a photograph; 3 maps, 2 of them folding & loose in rear endpaper pocket. (4to) 29.5x22.5 cm (11½x8¾"), original cloth. Excellent report on Alaska and her natives, giving not only the standard statistical information common to censuses, but also details of cultural life, economic practices, schooling, topography, etc. The many illustrations include scenery, buildings, towns, and many native Alaskans, and are highlighted by the three striking chromolithographs. The two large folding maps are: Map of Alaska prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Eleventh Census... 67x103.5 cm. Map of the First or Southeastern District of Alaska prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Eleventh Census... 74x39.4 cm. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing and wear to covers, shaken; some foxing within including to frontispiece and title page; very good. Item number: 274039a
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