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London & New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Poor. 1889. Hardcover. Book is cocked. Binding is shaken. Pages 209 to 224 are barely attached. Pages have very slight or slight foxing, a little more on a few. Covers have a small stain on the rear and very slight wear to the extremities. Private book plate and inscription in the front. .
B. C. 1887 A Ramble in British Columbia by J. A. Lees; W. J. Clutterbuck - 1892
by J. A. Lees; W. J. Clutterbuck
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B. C. 1887 A Ramble in British Columbia
by J. A. Lees; W. J. Clutterbuck
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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1892 . Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. An attractive 'New Edition' of Lees and Clutterbuck's study of British Columbia, illustrated throughout. First published in 1888, this new edition features additional information due to 'the rapid changes which are taking place in the western part of Canada'.With a frontispiece and further illustrations throughout from the author, but with the folding map to the rear removed.A humorous account of a trip through British Columbia, undertaken by an English party whose purpose was to assess the region for "capabilities as a home for some of the public-school and university young men who, in this overcrowded old England of ours, every year find themselves more 'de trop.'" With a forty-eight page publisher's catalogue to the rear.With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper.The expedition travelled the Columbia and Moyie Rivers in south-eastern British Columbia, and end their journey in Idaho territory. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Folding map to rear removed. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd handling mark. Very Good
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- Publisher Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1892
- Size 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords canada canadian history british columbia canadian history
- Size 8\" by 5.5\"
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B. C. 1887 A Ramble In British Columbia
by Lees, J. A. ; Clutterbuck, W. J
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B.C. 1887, A RAMBLE IN BRITISH COLUMBI
by Lees, J.A.: Clutterbuck, W.J
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888. viii,387pp. plus eighteen plates and color folding map. Original publisher's pictorial cloth, stamped in silver and black. Corners bumped, spine extremities and edges lightly worn. Moderate foxing. About very good. A humorous account of a trip through British Columbia undertaken by an English party whose self-proclaimed purpose was to assess the area's "capabilities as a home for some of the public-school and university young men who, in this overcrowded old England of ours, every year find themselves more 'de trop.'" The expedition spends most of its time travelling the Columbia and Moyie Rivers in southeastern British Columbia, before ending their journey at Sandpoint in Idaho Territory. LOWTHER 791. DAVIDSON 390
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