HAND-BOOK FOR THE DOMINION OF CANADA
by Dawson, S.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Montreal: Dawson Brother, 1884. xii,334pp. plus three folding maps and [30]pp. of advertisements. Original red pictorial cloth, stamped in black. Map pocket in rear cover. Spine sunned, corners bumped. Light foxing. Very good. Description, history, and guide to Canada prepared for a conference of the British Association for the Advancemnt of Science, which took place in Montreal, 1884. With maps of Quebec and Ontario, and of the Dominion of Canada with the route of the transnational railroad (two copies).
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM51977
- Title
- HAND-BOOK FOR THE DOMINION OF CANADA
- Author
- Dawson, S.E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dawson Brother
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1884
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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