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Hardcover. Condition: NEW - COLLECTIBLE. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Text/NEW & Bright. Author signed. 1988 First Edition, 2nd Printing. Gilt embossed, forest green linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. A prize, visual view of Alaska from nature photographer Clyde H. Smith. Alaska is the largest of U.S. states; physically exceeding combined areas of the next 3 largest states (Texas, California & Montana) though in population ranks among sparest of integral regions worldwide Furthermore, state capital Juneau, 2nd largest city in the United States, covers more land than Rhode Island & Delaware proper. Colonized early 18th century by the Russian Empire, it came to be the 49th state of the U.S. in 1959. Clyde Smith with wife Mary moved to Alaska, to travel thousands of miles within the state by plane, boat, van, canoe, kayak to capture sights for this late 1980's stunning visual documentation. 128 pgs of color photos of landscape, native life, and, occasional humans. Clyde H. Smith (Photographer (illustrator). Author Signed.…