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Glaciers of the Rockies & Selkirks with Notes on Five Great Glaciers
by COLEMAN, A.P. (1852 - 1939) and notes by A.O. Wheeler
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa, ON: Department of the Interior, 1921. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good. A scarce and early Rockies Glaciology pamphlet, this copy being the 1921 2nd edition, with notes on five great glaciers of the Canadian National Parks by A.O. Wheeler. Stapled wraps, 8vo size (9 inches tall), pp. 36, photo frontis, illustrated throughout w. B&W photo reproductions. Covers worn and soiled w. closed tears to spine fold ends, text clean and unmarked. The first edition was issued in 1914 and is published here "by Direction of Honourable W.J. Roche, Minister of The Interior, Canada" from the front cover. Ref. Neate C91. "Canadian geologist, professor, minerals prospector, artist, Rockies explorer, backwoods canoeist, world traveller, scientist, popular lecturer, museum administrator, memoirist. Coleman was one of Canada's most beloved scientists." from the A.P. Coleman online exhibit at U of Toronto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4363
- Title
- Glaciers of the Rockies & Selkirks with Notes on Five Great Glaciers
- Author
- COLEMAN, A.P. (1852 - 1939) and notes by A.O. Wheeler
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, ON
- Date Published
- 1921
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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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- First Edition
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