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Ocean to Ocean - Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872
by Grant, Rev. George Monro
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edmonton, AB: Hurtig Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Facsimile. Hardcover. DJ shows some shelf wear, with small tears and light chipping. Price-clipped, with prev. owner's name in ink inside front cover. Light foxing on page edges. ; A bright solid, book, hinges intact, DJ in Mylar. Dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt and white titles on spine. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 396 pages; This is the Canadian facsimile edition of Grant's classic of Canadian exploration which has been enlarged and revised. Reproductions scattered through text and fold-out map at back of book. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18025
- Title
- Ocean to Ocean - Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872
- Author
- Grant, Rev. George Monro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Publisher
- Hurtig Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Edmonton, AB
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Exploration, sandford fleming, Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Good+
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Facsimile
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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