The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia
by Morice, A.G. (Adrian Gabriel)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0919213979
- ISBN 13
- 9780919213975
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Smithers BC: Interior Stationary. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Facsimile. Hardcover. 0919213979 . Light edge wear to book & DJ, top fore corner a little bumped, ; It seems that the ISBN for this is the same for both the trade paperback and hardcover editions - this is the hardcover edition. A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Small foldout map bound in after list of illustrations (Map of New Caledonia, undated), a larger map in fine condition in pocket attached to back board. This is based on a 1907 map (by Morice) of Northern British Columbia . Appendices and index at back. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 368 pages; Morice, who lived 1859-1938, was a missionary sent to British Columbia in 1880. He served in posts such as Williams Lake, Fort Saint James. In his travels, he made notes about the countryside and the people, drew up a map and eventually published this book in Toronto in 1904 by William Briggs and in 1906 an expanded British edition of which this is a facsimile. After leaving missionary work he went on to write a number of books on western Canadian & mission history. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17971
- Title
- The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia
- Author
- Morice, A.G. (Adrian Gabriel)
- Illustrator
- Decorative endpapers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Facsimile
- ISBN 10
- 0919213979
- ISBN 13
- 9780919213975
- Publisher
- Interior Stationary
- Place of Publication
- Smithers BC
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- 0919213979, Missionaries, British Columbia, Cartography, Catholic church
- Bookseller catalogs
- RELIGION;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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