Title: The Yukon Sun and Klondike Pioneer. Official Paper of the Yukon Territory. Special Number Author: ** Place: Dawson, Yukon, Canada Publisher: Date: September 1900 Description: [49] pp. Illustrated from photographs. 11x8¼, stapled, original chromolithograph wrappers. Exceptionally scarce northern local history, containing about 30 illustrations of buildings in Dawson, portraits of prominent citizens, etc. Contains articles on various aspects of Dawson and the Yukon Territory by local residents: "The Dawson of Today," by Faith Fenton; "Health of Dawson," by Dr. J.H. MacArthur; "The Yukon Officials," by Dr. J.N.E. Brown; "Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the Yukon Territory," by William Ogilvie; "Mineral Wealth of the Yukon Territory," by T. Dufferin Pattullo; "The Road to Dawson," anonymous; and "Meteorological Statistics," by William Ogilvie. The Yukon Sun was published between about 1898 and 1904, but there are no records of this special number, published after the Yukon Sun merged with the Klondike Pioneer in the standard reference. AMICUS records only two copies (in the Canadian National Archives and in Glenbow). Lot Amendments Condition: Wrappers loose, chipped at edges, two cellotape repairs (one a long closed tear on back wrapper); tape repair to blank verso of last leaf; about very good. Item number: 154383
Title: The Yukon Sun and Klondike Pioneer. Official Paper of the Yukon Territory. Special Number Author: ** Place: Dawson, Yukon, Canada Publisher: Date: September 1900 Description: [49] pp. Illustrated from photographs. 11x8¼, stapled, original chromolithograph wrappers. Exceptionally scarce northern local history, containing about 30 illustrations of buildings in Dawson, portraits of prominent citizens, etc. Contains articles on various aspects of Dawson and the Yukon Territory by local residents: "The Dawson of Today," by Faith Fenton; "Health of Dawson," by Dr. J.H. MacArthur; "The Yukon Officials," by Dr. J.N.E. Brown; "Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the Yukon Territory," by William Ogilvie; "Mineral Wealth of the Yukon Territory," by T. Dufferin Pattullo; "The Road to Dawson," anonymous; and "Meteorological Statistics," by William Ogilvie. The Yukon Sun was published between about 1898 and 1904, but there are no records of this special number, published after the Yukon Sun merged with the Klondike Pioneer in the standard reference. AMICUS records only two copies (in the Canadian National Archives and in Glenbow). Lot Amendments Condition: Wrappers loose, chipped at edges, two cellotape repairs (one a long closed tear on back wrapper); tape repair to blank verso of last leaf; about very good. Item number: 154383
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