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Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Black & White Photographs/Maps (illustratore). 1st Printing. Both Author's ink signatures on title page! Small price sticker stain on title page, else textblock is very clean and tight. Lightly bumped corners, moderate edge and spine wear. 124pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Both Authors. Paperback.

Trade Paperback Original. Condizione: Fine. First Thus. Pages tanned. "A story of settlement, lawlessness, mining disasters and fires sretching across southern British Columbia from the Alberta Border to Creston on Kootenay Lake." Originally published as "East Kootenay Saga". 171 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good-. A little shelf wear and rubbing to covers. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. 128 pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good ++. B/W Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. The discovery of gold on Wild Horse Creek in British Columbia in 1864 eventually lead to a wild shack town known as Fisherville. These 124 pages - plus INDEX - detail the frontier nature of such other towns as Galbraith's Ferry, Althalmer, Coal Creek and Canal Flats. Coal, minerals and timber were the usual drivers. Plenty of maps and b/w photographs assist text. LEARN more about : the miner's mark, Joseph's Prairie, chickamon stones, Dewdney Trail, and Emilio Picariello. Cond : Paper wrapper is burgundy in colour with pastel burgundy lettering. Front cover (cameo) photograph is of a tent camp - maybe at St. Eugene Mission. Very minor edge wear - else tight, bright, square and clean. Giftable !! Quote (p. 83) : " Pamphlets extolling the tremendous possibilities of fruit ranching in the Columbia valley were printed and shipped to Eastern Canada and Britain. The villages of Windermere, Athalmer, and Invermere were depicted as rapidly growing centres of a vast fruit growing empire. These pamphlets were endorsed by the ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. 127 pages. The story of a town its pioneers of mining boom days liked to call "the queen city of the Kootenays." Well-used copy with front endpaper removed and usual library markings. Includes black and white illustrations.

Condizione: good. Condizione sovraccoperta: no dustjacket. 8vo pp.127. Bending and wear to front and back covers. Previous owners name(s) on half-title. book.