Trail Life in the Canadian Rockies
by Mitchell, B. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: MacMillan Company, The, 1924. xii,(2),269 pp. Small Octavo. Original decorative pale blue cloth; Gilt title on spine. bookplate on front pastedwon. 32 illustrations. Original printed unpriced clipped dustwrapper. Wrapper has wear at the top and bottom of the spine but is substantially complete. A great copy The author spent many summers exploring from horseback many areas of the Canadian Rockies, including: Yoho, the Selkirks, the Columbia headwaters, the Assiniboine area etc. Not in Neate. Very scarce with the original wrapper which is 100 years old this year. 1924
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144558
- Title
- Trail Life in the Canadian Rockies
- Author
- Mitchell, B. W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company, The
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- canadian mountaineering.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....