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Davidson's Alaska Boundary inscribed
Davidson's Alaska Boundary inscribed
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Author: Davidson, George
Title: The Alaska Boundary
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Alaska Packers Association
Date Published: 1903
Description:


235 pp. Illustrated with 2 folding maps; frontispiece portrait from a photograph of the author. (4to) 26x16.5 cm (10x6¾"), modern half green levant morocco & cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.



Presentation copy inscribed and signed by Davidson on the title page: "Mr. J. Sutton with the respects of George Davidson San Francisco April 9/04." An historical elucidation relative to the controversy between Canada and the U.S. over the Alaska boundary, which was resolved in 1903. George Davidson was an important figure in the charting of the west coast and Alaskan waters. The maps are:




  • The Southern Part of Portland Canal, Alaska. 45x47 cm.


  • North West Coast of America, Dixon Entrance to Cape St. Elias. 66x70 cm.



Howes D88; Wickersham 1941.

Condition
Maps with neatly repaired stub teas just intruding into images; else fine in attractive modern binding.
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