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BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST NAMES 1592-1906. To Which are Added a Few Names in Adjacent United States Territory. THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY.
de WALBRAN, Captain John T
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau. 1909., 1909. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine. 546 pp, large folding map at rear (often missing), complete with the errata slip (also often missing) tipped in at the front endpaper. Small stamp on inner front cover (St. Andrew's College, Winnipeg); no other markings. Small (and old) tape repair, about 2-inches long, at the first edge of the folding map, the old cellotape has browned. A near fine, bright copy in the original green cloth, faintly frayed at spine head. Loosely laid in is an invoice from a Vancouver area rare book dealer, dated 1990, selling this book for $250.
¶ During his years as captain of the Canadian government steamship 'QUADRA', John T. Walbran became fascinated with the BC coast and set to work on his classic work British Columbia Coast Names, here first published.
¶ During his years as captain of the Canadian government steamship 'QUADRA', John T. Walbran became fascinated with the BC coast and set to work on his classic work British Columbia Coast Names, here first published.
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- BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST NAMES 1592-1906. To Which are Added a Few Names in Adjacent United States Territory. THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY.
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- WALBRAN, Captain John T
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- First Edition (& 1st printing)
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- Government Printing Bureau. 1909.
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- Ottawa
- Fecha de publicación
- 1909
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- First Edition
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
