[Rarebooks] FS: Jim Robb on Colorful Characters of Yukon, Vol. I, No. 1

[Bob Petrilla]

Robb, Jim. THE COLOURFUL FIVE PERCENT--ILLUSTRATED, Vol. 1, No. 1: Read in
All the Better Cabins in the Yukon. A Unique Guide of the Yukon's Greatest
Treasures: Her Colourful Characters and Exceptionally Fine People.
Whitehorse, Yukon: Murray Hampton, August 1984. First Edition. Folio. 35pp;
text illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings, some color.
Articles in this premier issue include: Wigwam Harry, and his Piano Box
House; Mah Bing and the Hollywood Cafe; John Sewell, General Merchant;
George Clark, Your Man about Town; Buzz Saw Jimmy; Jack London's Cabin; The
Gold that Glitters beneath the Midnight Sun; George Johnston--Trapper,
Photographer, Merchant; Archie Gillespie, Yukon Journalist; Chicago
Charley; Sig Hanson, Carpenter-Photographer; Skookum Jim and His House; &c.
Pictorial wrappers; horizontal crease in cover. 17" x 11" Very Good.
Pictorial Stiff Wrappers.
Inscribed and signed on cover: "To Don and Dawn--Merry Christmas / J Robb /
1984 / Yukon." [WorldCat finds only four holdings of this periodical, one
in Ottawa and three in Alaska.]    $175.00

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