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The First Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island
by NEWCOMBE, C. F
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- first
- Condition
- Good+
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About This Item
Victoria, B.C.: Printed by William H. Cullin, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 69 p. 8 maps. Archives of British Columbia Memoir No. 1. Rebound in green leather and cloth with gilt spine title. Some wear at hinges, minor soiling, label residue on front board. A bit of glue on title page. Ink number on rear of title.
A discussion of the first circumnavigation of Vancouver Island by Captain George Vancouver.
A discussion of the first circumnavigation of Vancouver Island by Captain George Vancouver.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100573
- Title
- The First Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island
- Author
- NEWCOMBE, C. F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed by William H. Cullin
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, B.C.
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Canada, British Columbia, West Coast, history, Voyages, Exploration, Discovery, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Navigation, explorer, Royal Navy, officer, Vancouver Island
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Columbia;
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- Gilt
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Spine
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