Minnesota and The Far West

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855. First Edition. Octavo. Half-title, frontispiece, 306pp., folding map outlined in color, 16pp. publisher's catalog at rear. The author traveled through North America and the United States traveling through those areas not well traveled to present conditions and prospects of the country and to convey some idea of those resources. He visited… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 306; lithograph frontispiece of the Falls of St. Anthony, 6 wood-engraved plates, illustrations in text, lacking folding map; contemporary three quarter tan calf over marbled boards, black and maroon gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, spine in 6 elaborately gilt tooled compartments, all edges yellow; edges a… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1855. First edition, 8vo, xiv & 306pp. plus 16pp. ads; folding map, lithograph frontis, 6 wood-engraved plates and illus. in text; bound in later maroon morocco, with an inelegant black morocco label on spine, frontis and title moderately foxed, water stain affecting small portion of frontis and title-p., title with tissue repair, else a… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1855. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 306, 16 (ads); folding map hand-colored in outline, lithograph frontis of the Falls of St. Anthony, 7 wood-engraved plates and illus. in the text; moderately rubbed, else a good, sound copy or better in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine and upper cover. Includes sections on… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855. First edition. Folding colored in outline map at back and tinted lithographic frontispiece of the Falls of St. Anthony, 6 wood-engraved plates. xiii, [i], [1]-306 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf prize binding of the Edinburgh Angus Club, with prize bookplate. Dampstain to frontispiece, upper board detached but present. Very good.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood And Sons, 1855., 1855. 8vo. pp. xiii, [1], 306. lithographed frontis., folding lithographed map, 6 wood-engraved plates & 9 wood engravings in the text. contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt school arms on covers (some foxing to frontis., map & title). school prize bookplate. First Edition in Book Form. Oliphant's description of his 1854 trip to the… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. xiii 306pp 18pp publisher's list at rear. hardback, brown cloth blind embossed with gilt canoeing device to front board, complete with frontis part of 16 illus and with fold-out map at rear, light spotting to prelims, rebacked with original spine remounted, corners bumped and frayed, else good . Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1855.

Paperback / softback. New. In the mid-nineteenth century, the colonial administrator and diplomat Laurence Oliphant (1829-88) spent several years in Canada. This 1855 publication vividly describes a journey around the Great Lakes region, travelling by Indian bark canoe as well as by rail. Oliphant comments enthusiastically on the booming economy of the region.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.