Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858
by Hind, Henry Youle
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes. 8vo. xx, 494; publisher's lists: (2); 24, dated 1859; xvi; 472pp. Illustrated with 20 chromoxylograph plates, 16 of which are in full color; 76 woodcut illustrations; 8 maps, hand-colored. Contemporary half polished tan colored calf, spines in six compartments, gilt; tan-colored cloth sides; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Light wear and soil; a very good copy.
The illustrations were based on photographs taken by the expedition's photographer, Humphrey Lloyd Hime.
Sabin 31934; Streeter 3730;
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21915
- Title
- Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858
- Author
- Hind, Henry Youle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Thorn Books
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Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
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