Sep 30, 2010 - Sale 2223

Sale 2223 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(ALASKA.) Cape Nome Rocker. Numerous illustrations. 8 pages. Volume I, issue 1. Folio, original pictorial wrappers, quite worn but nearly complete, with cello tape repairs, "Hotel Dick" inscription and inked "sample copy" stamp on front wrap; internally toned and just a bit worn at folds. Seattle, WA, 1 February 1900

Additional Details

Produced by a Seattle man who had participated in the 1899 Nome gold rush. Includes 5 large photographic views of Nome and 2 of Seattle, as well as promotional articles about the gold fields. Although the publisher solicited six-month subscriptions, this was apparently the only issue published.