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Gold Hunting in Alaska Author: Grinnell, Joseph Place: Elgin, IL Publisher: David C. Cook Date: [1901] Description: 96 pp. Edited by Elizabeth Grinnell. Title page portrait of the author, plus photograph illustrations throughout text. 20.5x18.5 cm (8x6½") bound in period three quarter maroon cloth and marbled boards. First Edition. Diary of a young California gold-seeker, April 8, 1898 to September 27, 1899, who later became a respected ornithologist at the University of California. He did not make his fortune, but managed to bring back "my precious birds. They are my gold." The book is "dedicated to disappointed gold-hunters the world over." Graff 1678; Smith 3904. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling and rubbing to cloth and boards; early gift inscription on front endpaper; scattered light foxing; very good. Item number: 325747