Hegg, Eric A. (sometimes Eric A.Hägg).

Collection of six vintage prints of prospector photographs of Alaska by famous swedish-american photographer Eric A. Hegg. Photographs of: 1. Miles Glacier Bridge (Copper River & Northwestern Railway) (Hegg 388) / 2. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 100 Alaska (Hegg 404) / 3. Baird Canyon – C.R. & N.W. Railway – Alaska (Hegg 385) / 4. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 100 – Alaska (Hegg 394) / 5. Alaganik Copper River – (Hegg 134) / 6. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 129 – (Hegg 458)

Alaska, [c. 1898 – 1910]. Oblong Octavo. 24 cm x 19 cm. Very good conditon with some creasing to two photographs and a cut to the corner of one image. Provenance: From the collection of Expedition – insurer J.H.Lukach. / The collection of vintage photographs comes together with another collectable-item: The “Klondike – Album”, by Ethel Anderson Becker. The publication is called: “Klondike ‘98 – E.A. Hegg’s Gold Rush Album”. Revised Edition. Portland, Binfords & Mort, 1967. 22.5 cm x 28.5 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket.

McCarthy, Edward Thomas.

Further Incidents in the Life of a Mining Engineer.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1920. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor staining to front board. Interior clean and bright. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.