Through the Heart of Canada (Rockies, Selkirks, Kootenays)
by Yeigh, Frank
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Henry Frowde, 1911. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Blue cloth over boards with title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8-5/8 inches tall), top edge gilt, tissue guarded frontis, pp. 319, B&W photos, Index. Volume with spine ends softened and slightest blush of age tone to endpapers. A trip across Canada at the turn of the 20th century, with chapters on mountain climbing in the Rockies, the Selkirks and thirty-eight illustrations. First printing was in 1910. Ref. Edwards & Lort, 4111.
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- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 816
- Title
- Through the Heart of Canada (Rockies, Selkirks, Kootenays)
- Author
- Yeigh, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1911
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
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Nelson, British Columbia
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Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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