The Great Mackenzie Basin, Reports of the Select Committees of the Senate, Sessions 1887 and 1888. A Summary of the Repors of the 'Schultz Committees'...bearing upon the Natural Resources of that Portion of the Canadian Northwest which still remains unexploited
by Chambers, Captain Ernest J. (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Ottawa: S.E. Dawson, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 80 pp, with five colored maps (four folding), b/w illustrations from photographs. Original blue cloth boards with map of Canada and the upper United Stated on front board, gilt lettering on front board, title hand-lettered on spine. Moderate soiling to boards, contemporary ownership signature on front pastedown, all else very good. Includes testimony and communications from a number of pioneers, missionaries, scientists, and explorers on forestry, fisheries, climate, mineral resources, agricultural potential, etc. Peel 1719.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17390
- Title
- The Great Mackenzie Basin, Reports of the Select Committees of the Senate, Sessions 1887 and 1888. A Summary of the Repors of the 'Schultz Committees'...bearing upon the Natural Resources of that Portion of the Canadian Northwest which still remains unexploited
- Author
- Chambers, Captain Ernest J. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- S.E. Dawson
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canada;
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Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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