VANCOUVER ISLAND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. THEIR HISTORY, RESOURCES, AND PROSPECTS
by Macfie, Matthe
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, 1865. xxi,[3],574pp. plus advertisements and two partially colored folding maps. Frontis. Illus. Original patterned cloth, spine gilt. Cloth frayed at extremities, some insect damage at front joint and fore-edge. Internally very nice and clean. Includes an account of the author's voyage from England to Vancouver Island via the Isthmus of Panama, with material on California, Victoria, the gold rush in British Columbia, and the Indians, mines, politics, and society of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, as well as information for prospective emigrants. TPL 4423. SABIN 43253. LOWTHER 255
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- VANCOUVER ISLAND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. THEIR HISTORY, RESOURCES, AND PROSPECTS
- Author
- Macfie, Matthe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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