Macgregor j ames g (3 risultati)

12mo. pp. 224. cloth (dents on rear cover). dw (soiled, dents on rear cover, remains of stickers on spine). Second Printing of the Hurting Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, Canada, 1966 First edition Octavo in English. xix, 265 pages. Original dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Map endpapers. Heavy buff paper. Acknowledgements, Introduction, 13 chapters, Epilogue and Index at rear. Four listed maps. Eight black and white photographs following pages 108 and 2 others. Book in near fine condition with owner's stamp on title page and bottom edge and tape remnant See photographs. Dustjacket near fine condition with tape remnant. See photographs. Book 4703 location 5-3. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. "Peter Fidler was one of Canada's greatest exploratory surveyors, and one of the few men who laid the framework for all maps of Western Canada. His story is one of bravery, stamina, and above all, loyalty. Fidler has much to tell us of the Indian tribes, the effect of the coming of the white man, the rivalry between the Hudson's Bay and the North West companies, and the establishment of the Red River Settlement in 1812." - dust jacket. xix, [I], 265, [I] pp. Index, black and white plates, maps. Bit of writing atop map front free endpaper. Prior owner's rubber stamp atop half-title. Moderate lean to spine. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound reference copy of this fascinating insight into nineteenth-century life in Canada's first colony in the West. Spadoni & Donnelly 1886, Aubin & Linteau 09878, Abler 820.; 8vo.…