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Through Trackless Labrador
by Prichard, H. Hesketh
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
London: Sturgis & Walton Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Graham, Lady Helen. Through Trackless Labrador, H. Hesketh Prichard, Sturgis & Walton Company, London, 1911, xv, 244 pp., 10¼ x 8 inches.
Red boards with title in gilt on cover and spine, deckle fore edge, cloth fraying on spine edges and pulling away from spine, foxing throughout, toned pages, sewing exposed at hinge otherwise tight binding, pasted in nameplate inside front cover. First edition. Good condition.
Prichard was an explorer, adventurer, big game hunter, marksman and writer. He explored territory never seen before. Detailed in this book is his exploration of the interior of Labrador, specifically recounting the journey up the Fraser River. There are illustrations throughout book.
Red boards with title in gilt on cover and spine, deckle fore edge, cloth fraying on spine edges and pulling away from spine, foxing throughout, toned pages, sewing exposed at hinge otherwise tight binding, pasted in nameplate inside front cover. First edition. Good condition.
Prichard was an explorer, adventurer, big game hunter, marksman and writer. He explored territory never seen before. Detailed in this book is his exploration of the interior of Labrador, specifically recounting the journey up the Fraser River. There are illustrations throughout book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 422
- Title
- Through Trackless Labrador
- Author
- Prichard, H. Hesketh
- Illustrator
- Graham, Lady Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sturgis & Walton Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Exploration, , H. Hesketh Prichard, Labrador
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