American Historical Ephemera and Photography

LA ROCHE, Frank (1853-1936). En Route to the Klondike: A Series of Photographic Views. Chicago and New York: W.B. Conkey Company, 1898. 

6 volumes, 8vo. Numerous photographic plates (folding map detached but present; occasional creasing). Original wrappers (Part I with several tears and splitting at spine; minor tears and splitting at spines). 

FIRST EDITION IN THE RARE ORIGINAL PARTS. (Frank La Roche made many trips to Alaska and the Yukon Territory for the purpose of photographing the scenery, mining camps, and trail in the last decade of the 20th century. While he offered mounted prints to buyers, he also sought a way to get his prints into the hands of a larger audience by producing the series featured here.)