THE SKEENA: RIVER OF DESTINY
by Large, Richard Geddes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver, BC: Mitchell Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1958. Second Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, with tears, creasing and chipping of DJ. Previous owner's name on front free end paper, gift notation on back of frontispiece ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; "Navigable and ranking secondto the Fraser in importance among the three all-Canadian rivers that empty into the Pacific Ocean, the Skeena has long been a main traffic artery into North Central British Columbia." The book goes into the history of the Native peoples of the area, the role of the Collins Overland Telegraph, the gold rush and the era of steamboating. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19133
- Title
- THE SKEENA: RIVER OF DESTINY
- Author
- Large, Richard Geddes
- Illustrator
- Map Endpapers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Mitchell Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, BC
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Prince Rupert British Columbia Canada Skeena River, Telegraph, Gold Rush, Steamboat
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...