JAMES DOUGLAS : Servant of Two Empires by PETHICK, DEREK. * Signed * - 1969

Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 306 p. Textual photographs. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Vancouver BC: Mitchell Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show very light shelfwear, however DJ shows scuffing, small tears and chipping, spine of DJ is severely sun-faded. Previous owner's name in ink on FFEP. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 306 pages; Douglas's importance as the first governor of British Columbia lay in keeping the colony from being claimed by the US during the clamor of the gold rush of the 1860s. .

Vancouver, BC: Mitchell Press, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Canadian First. Signed by Derek Pethick on the title page with no inscription; bound in half leatherette and green cloth; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs..

Canada: Mitchell Press, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Small address label inside else a very clean tight copy. Dust jacket has light wear..

Vancouver: Mitchell Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. 8vo. Signed By Author. pp. xi 1 306. Signed by the author on title page. Previous owner's name on half title  page. A biography of James Douglas, who is best remembered as the founder of settlement, trade and industry for British Columbia and particular Vancouver Island. Half leather binding.

Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited 1969. (Cloth, 8vo) 306pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Minimal edgewear to protected jacket..

Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Half brown pebbled cloth with green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Patterned endpapers. xi, 306 p.p., [16] p.p. B&W plates of photos. Slight bump to spine head, else fine. Sir James Douglas is referred to as the "Father of British Columbia," and served as the Governor of Vancouver Island and later British Columbia.

Vancouver: Mitchell Press [1969]. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 306pp. Signed by author. Decorated endpapers, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Biography of James Douglas. Locale: British Columbia. (Western Canada, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company, Indians of N.A.).

Vancouver, B.C.: Mitchell Press, 1969. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 306 pages. Footnotes, bibliogrphy and index. "At a time when all of the West Coast of what is now Canada might have through neglect slipped from British North America into other national ownership, one man played a saving role. Fate had ordained that James Douglas, chief factor on the Pacific for the Hudson's Bay Company at Victoria, governor of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, would influence the future and help create a great nation." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in Brodart. A sound copy..

Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited, 1969. Hardcover; 8vo; 306 pages. Red cloth with gilt on spine. Prev. owner's name in pen on ffep. Bright and clean interior. In a red illustrated jacket, white titles. Sunned spine, rubbed edges. NF/VG. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.