1909 Rare Book - The White Trail A Story of the Early Days of Klondike by Alexander MacDonald.
(Description)
Author: Alexander Macdonald. (Illustrated by William Rainey).
Title: The White Trail. A Story of the Early Days of Klondike.
Publisher: London, Glasgow, Dublin & Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited, 1909.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 " X 6 ".
Pages: 391 pages + catalogue.
Binding: Very good and attractive original decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed, small tear to the upper part of the spine - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, gift note of a previous 1909 owner on first endpaper -a s shown).
Illustrations: Beautifully illustrated with 8 full-page illustrations and one Klondike's map by William Rainey.
The book: Rare and beautiful book on The White Trail. A Story of the Early Days of Klondike and the search for gold. Illustrated by William Rainey.
The illustrator: William Rainey RI RBA ROI (21 July 1852 – 24 January 1936) was a British artist and illustrator. He was a prolific illustrator of both books and magazines and illustrated about 200 books during his career. He also kept painting and exhibited his work frequently. Rainey also wrote and illustrated six books himself, one was a colorful book for young children, the other five were juvenile fiction.