[Three parts of the ninth report:]
[Three parts of the ninth report:]
Ninth Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1910:
Part II: Place-Names in Quebec.
Part III: Place Names – Thousand Islands, Ont.
Part IV. Place-Names – Northern Canada.
by Geographic Board of Canada; James White, secretary, Commission of Conservation:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A very good copy with plates and maps clean and crisp; some rubbing to leather and a hole at edge of 315.
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: The Board, c.1910. A very good copy with plates and maps clean and crisp; some rubbing to leather and a hole at edge of 315. . Binding: Original red-brown half morocco with cloth boards; spine with five (5) lightly raised gilt bands, gilt lettered morocco labels on two and three, author on four. With rear-end pocket for maps; all edges speckled red. , Notes: Part III of this report lists ‘Place – Names -- Thousand Islands // St. Lawrence River; Part IV of this volume contains lists ‘Expeditions to Waters of Northern Canada and to Hudson Bay, 1576-1910’; ‘Lists of Explorers, Hudson Bay amd Waters of Northern Canada’; ‘Ships Referred to in the List of Arctic Officers’; and ‘Bibliography of the Principal Works Consulted in Preparing ‘Place – Names of Northern Canada’’, Size: quarto (246 x 166 mm), Illustration: Illustrated with two large folding maps. , Pages: 153- 455 plus two folding maps. , Category: Book Canada ; Book Geological, Minerals & Mining;
Details
- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B5839
- Title
- [Three parts of the ninth report:] Ninth Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1910: Part II: Place-Names in Quebec. Part III: Place Names – Thousand Islands, Ont. Part IV. Place-Names – Northern Canada.
- Author
- Geographic Board of Canada; James White, secretary, Commission of Conservation:
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy with plates and maps clean and crisp; some rubbing to leather and a hole at edge of 315.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Board
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- c.1910
- Keywords
- Book Canada ; Book Geological, Minerals & Mining;
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