Ballads of a Cheechako (Klondike Gold Rush)
Toronto: William Briggs, 1909. Second Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, paste-down illustration to upper board with titles in gilt to upper board and spine, top edge gilt with fore and bottom edges untrimmed, 8vo (8 inches tall), (i-iv) , v, {vi mismarked v}, vii-ix, [x], xi, [12-14], 15-146. Ten plates with captioned tissue guards all present. Spine ends softened, corners lightly bumped, rubs and fading to covers, tiny 2 cm crack to bottom of top joint, some marginal browning to paste-down endpapers. Very Good. Item #399
Paste-down photo showing said Cheechako (Soloman Albert, who lost all toes from both feet after an heroic rescue) in repose and wearing bears feet whilst holding his gun with a dog alongside. A famous book of poetry written by this master bard of the north having "Contents identical to that of the first Canadian edition" (Mitham, p. 64) and published in the same month/year (Sept.1909) as the first edition. This second edition (first illustrated edition) has 10 photographic plates not in the first edition. Ref. Mitham, A2.13b; Yukon World, Dawson City, April 7, 1906.
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