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A Thousand Miles from a Post Office: Or, Twenty Years' Life and Travel in the Hudson's Bay Regions
by Lofthouse, Rev. J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Spine cracked, usual library stamps and markings.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Good with no dust jacket; Spine cracked, usual library stamps and markings.. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 184pp. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine and in black on front boards. Preface by Randall Cantuar, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Frontispiece photo of the author in "Eskimo" costume and other photos. Folding map. Memoir by the Anglican missionary of his years in the Canadian Arctic. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Seller
- Old Saratoga Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 45107
- Title
- A Thousand Miles from a Post Office: Or, Twenty Years' Life and Travel in the Hudson's Bay Regions
- Author
- Lofthouse, Rev. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Spine cracked, usual library stamps and markings.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Canadian Arctic, Anglican Missionaires, Inuit, Hudson's Bay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir; Alaska and the Arctic;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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