WHEELER
by Fraser, Esther
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0919934072
- ISBN 13
- 9780919934078
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Banff, AB: Summerthought. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1978. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0919934072 . Previous owner's name on FFEP, wear to top of DJ, small tears, back of DJ scuffed, 2 sticker pulls. ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 164 pages; "Born in Ireland in 1860, Wheeler emigrated to Canada at an early age with his parents and brothers and sisters. He was the first surveyor to provide a complete map of the icefields and peaks of the Rogers Pass region, Beginning in 1913 he was instrumental in initiating and completing the mapping and surveying of the backbone of the Rockies from the US border to Mount Robson. In 1906 he was instrumental in establishing the Alpine Club of Canada." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 392
- Title
- WHEELER
- Author
- Fraser, Esther
- Illustrator
- W.F.U. Copeman jacket art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0919934072
- ISBN 13
- 9780919934078
- Publisher
- Summerthought
- Place of Publication
- Banff, AB
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- 0919934072, Rockies British Columbia Alpine Alberta Mountain, Survey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cartography; Exploration;
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