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Fur Trader's Story
by Anderson, J. [James] W. (Signed); Tweedsmuir, Lord (Foreword)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed, dated and generically inscribed by author/subject upon half-title page. 245 pages. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece photo of author/subject in travel attire. Anderson "recounts his nearly half a century in the Canadian north. By snowshoe and dog team, by canoe, sailboat and steamer, he travelled throughout the woodlands and the Arctic regions of Canada - with numerous side trips to the west coast of Greenland. Includes many a fabulous anecdote - tales of courage and privation, humour in the bivouac and excitement on the trail. Discusses the fur trade and its history, interspersing his narrative with reflections which provide sharp insight to this theme." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Light wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart..
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- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 431H0883
- Title
- Fur Trader's Story
- Author
- Anderson, J. [James] W. (Signed); Tweedsmuir, Lord (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- J.W. James Jim Anderson Fur Trader Biography HBC Canoe Hudson's Bay Company Greenland Fur Trade History Native Peoples Woodlands Arctic Canoe Snowshoe Wolves Bivouac Dog Team Sled
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Signed; Travel, Exploration & Adventure;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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