Robert Service wrote in the golden years of the Klondike--of the rough and ready men, and women just as tough. No-one in Robert's world (real or imagined) minced words or had any self-consciousness about them. It was live and let live and sometimes kill or be killed. "The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Poems" reflects those times. Reading Service's poems transports us back to that frozen place in nature when it was literally every man and every woman for him/herself. Somehow Service conveys only a sensitivity, but the ...
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Robert Service wrote in the golden years of the Klondike--of the rough and ready men, and women just as tough. No-one in Robert's world (real or imagined) minced words or had any self-consciousness about them. It was live and let live and sometimes kill or be killed. "The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Poems" reflects those times. Reading Service's poems transports us back to that frozen place in nature when it was literally every man and every woman for him/herself. Somehow Service conveys only a sensitivity, but the beauties he saw in the others. His poems also have historical interest, as he talked about the arrival of the light switch, gathering around the village's first "grammyphone," and hearing the voice of "canned man" coming from it (some "savages "took to their canoes because it seemed demonic, while others were enraptured by this miracle of sound). Cold cabins, with hoarfrost clinging to the inside rafters, unwashed masses in itchy long-johns struggling out of bed on an arctic day, and the beauty of the lilies living side by side with a trapper's two-timing woman getting her just desserts (over "a black fox skin"), Robert Service touches the heart and soul of the rough and raw Klondike in the early 1900's, showing us the emotions and colors from inky black to pure gold. "The Spell of the Yukon," has a magical way of transporting readers to the Yukon-something you won't want to miss.
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Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $4.19, fair condition, Sold by Heisenbooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairless Hills, PA, UNITED STATES, published by Barse & Hopkins.
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Fair. Size: 10x6x1; Hardcover book is in acceptable condition with signs of heavy wear on cover, corners, pages, and spine. Some pages may contain highlighting, markings, or annotations. Dust cover may not be included. An entirely readable and usable copy.
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $5.06, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by 12th Media Services.
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $5.62, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $6.00, very good condition, Sold by Academic Book Solutions rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Medford, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by 12th Media Services.
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $6.50, good condition, Sold by Robert Harper Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by 12th Media Services.
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GOOD in NONE jacket. Size: 7x5x1; 99 mostly clean, unmarked, tight pages with several small stains; binding is cracking in a few places but pages still tight; lightly penciled price and initials, name/address, and other data on front flyleaf; wrinkling on rear pastedown endpaper and writing on lower rear flyleaf; light soiling on outer edges of textblock; cover has bumped and worn corners, worn edges, fraying at ends of spine, rubbing along spine, and a few light stains.
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $7.95, very good condition, Sold by booksbyursula rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Barse & Hopkins.
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Very good. No dust jacket. slight yellowing from age, book in very nice shape. 126 p.; 3 3/4 by 5 3/4 inch., maroon cloth/leather over board, sewn binding, soft cover, gilt-edged top of pages, gold embossed title on front and spine
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $8.00, fair condition, Sold by Robert Harper Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Barse & Hopkins.
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ACCEPTABLE in NONE jacket. Size: 7x5x0; Presumed 1st edition; 126 well-bound pages with a pale stain along bottom edge, a few small tears, and a small stain on the fore-edge that bleeds slightly onto pages; cover is sturdy but has shelf, edge, and corner wear, spotting, and frayed ends of spine.
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $8.00, good condition, Sold by Novel Ideas Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Decatur, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Barse & Hopkins.
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $9.95, good condition, Sold by Burke's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Barse & Hopkins.
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Good. Green boards w/gilt titles. Light corner bumps, corners/ends of spine beginning to wear. 3 pale spots on front cover. Prev. owner's name inside. A small pale tan spot to front back page block. Light toning to pages.
Add this copy of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses to cart. $9.99, fair condition, Sold by Robert Harper Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Barse & Hopkins.
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Fair. Size: 7x4x0; Once deluxe ed., quite possibly the first--no ed. or printing statement but copyright statement is 1907--with remnants of red leather cover with still bright gilt lettering--but this poor little volume looks as it has been wind-whipped in the worst of Alaskan winters--boards and pastedowns detached and chipped. The text block, however is firm and the 126 pages are clean and unmarked except for former owner's name stamped on half t.p. It surely deserves rebinding. 5" x 6-1/2".
