The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer Illustrative of The domestic Economy of British America AND Settlers and Convicts; or, Recollections of Sixteen Years Labour in the Australian Backwoods
by Traill, Catharine Parr and Harris, Alexander ( An Emigrant Mechanic )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Charles Knight & Co. / G. Cox Book. Near Fine. Half-Leather. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Fine but for prev. owner insc., and slightest bumping to extremities. 2 volumes bound together. Backwoods of Canada is "new edition" 1846 with 12 illustrations. 243 pages. Settlers and convicts 1852 ( second edition? ) 435 pages. Half leather over marbled boards, with raised bands. A very attractive copy..
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13761
- Title
- The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer Illustrative of The domestic Economy of British America AND Settlers and Convicts; or, Recollections of Sixteen Years Labour in the Australian Backwoods
- Author
- Traill, Catharine Parr and Harris, Alexander ( An Emigrant Mechanic )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Charles Knight & Co. / G. Cox
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- History Canada Australia
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Victoria, British Columbia
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- Marbled boards
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- Raised Band(s)
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