S.S.Beaver : The Ship That Saved the West

by PETHICK, DEREK

First Edition

Price: CAD $65.00 ($ 62.13)
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Book description: Vancouver: Mitchell Press., 1970. PP; xi, 160. Illustrated with historical b&w photographs. Map end papers. Bookplate to half-title denoting that this is # 18 of a special presentation edition of 350 copies. This copy is signed by the author on the title-page. Other than a crease to pp 101/2 this is a near-fine copy. The story of the S.S.Beaver; the first steamship on the coast of British Columbia. She left England on August 27 1835 and arrived in Vancouver , via The Falklands, Cape Horn and the Sandwich Islands, April 10 1836. She spent the next 53 years sailing the BC coastal waters.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Half Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Square 8vo. Canadiana, Maritime, Merchant, History, British Columbia. Voyages, Signed..

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