Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields, Containing Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How to Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc., Etc.; I…

xi, [5], 17-556 pp. 4to. Original yellow cloth, gilt titles, mining scene depicted on front board and spine. Includes two fold-out maps: one 8-panel in full color on front endpaper; and a black & white 3-panel preceding text. Photographic plates and engraved illustrations throughout. This work was published the year after gold was discovered in Alaska, and designed to encourage prospectors to make the trip, giving them all the information they needed to travel to the Klondike River, stake their claim, and strike it rich.