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Coles Publishing, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. Vol. 1 pg.315 tight copy crease down near front hinge some sporactic pencil notes and tics in margins slight rubbing to extremities Vol. 2 pgs 341 tight copy some sporactic pencil notes, tics and some notes on backpiece slight rubbing to extremities Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Coles, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Volume 3 only. Facsimile of 1838 edition..

Toronto: Coles, 1972. Paper bound, Coles Canadiana Collection, 341pp. A few booksale stamps else as new. 390 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Toronto: Coles, 1972. Paper bound, facsimile reprint of the 1838 Saunders and Otley edition of London. Volume one only of a three-volume set. 315pp. Front cover is creased else a very good copy. 370 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Toronto: Coles, 1972. Paper bound, facsimile reprint of the 1838 Saunders and Otley edition of London. Volume three only of a three-volume set. 356pp. Top edge slightly soiled else a very good or better copy. 410 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paperback / softback. New.

Toronto: Coles Pub Co. 3 VG PBs. (1972). Facsimile ed. While in Canada the author "was thrown into scenes and regions hitherto undescribed by any traveller". Originally written 1838. .

Coles Canadiana. Good. 1972. Paperback. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; Vol. 2024-01-03; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Toronto, ON, Canada: Coles Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Facsimile. Softcover. 3 volume set. All books have edgewear, corners rubbed. Upper ends od spine dented. Volume 1 has 2 spots of surface tearing. Vol 1 - 315 pp. Vol 2 - 341 pp. Vol 3 - 356 pp. Part of the Coles Canadiana Collection. Facsimile reprints of the 1838 originals (Saunders and Otley, London). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Toronto, ON: Coles Publishing, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Volume 1 only; Clean, tight, unmarked; previous owner's info inside front cover; otherwise very minimal wear; appears unread; The best known of all 19th century Canadian travel books, This is Jameson's wonderfully entertaining account of her adventures, ranging from gleeful observations about the pretensions of high society in the colonies to a "wild expedition" she took by canoe into Indian country. Jameson's keen eye, intrepid spirit, irreverent sense of humour and staunch feminist perspective make this journal an invaluable record of life in pre-Confederation Canada.

Toronto: Coles Reprint Series, 1972. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. 3 volumes no slipcase, paperback edition

N Y: Wiley and Putnam,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1839. Cloth. Blind stamped brown cloth. Speaks of resentment against the British and the Indian Wars as well as other things. Provenance- C J Wegner of Baltimore, small plain bookplate. .

New-York: Wiley and Putnam, 1839. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first American edition. Two volumes, complete, in original decorative stamped blue pebbled cloth hard covers. Professionally rebacked with new blue cloth spines. Moderate bumping and soiling to covers; corners softened and rubbed through. Toning to edges and endpapers; moderate foxing to text. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound set. Small 8vo. [vol.I]viii[+ii][9-]341;[vol.II]iv,339pp..

Wiley and Putnam. Used - Very Good. 1839. Hardcover. Orig. cloth. 2 volumes. 341 pp; 339 pp. Some general wear to bindings; spines somewhat rolled. Leaves yellowing but thoroughly readable. Very Good.

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Vol. 1 344 p.p. Vol. 2 339 p.p. Brown cloth binding with laid-on light brown spine labels with gilt titling. Blind filigree tooling to boards. Damp staining to boards, wear to edges, corners, and spine labels. Chips to spine label on vol. 1 affecting text. Library stamp of London [Ontario] Public Library & Art Museum on tail edge of both volumes, preface page of Vol. 1, and contents page of vol. 2. Foxing throughout.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 356 pages plus advertisements. Marbled boards. Unmarked. Binding cracked at Table of Contents. Lettering upon spine worn but legible. Significant but not excessive external wear..

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1839. 1st Us Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Small Octavo. Two volumes in dark green embossed cloth gilt lettered on spine. 341 pp and 339 pp. First American edition (the true first the Uk editon of 1838). Jameson, a successful writer already, came to Canada for only one reason, to get a financial settlement from her estranged husband, Robert Jameson, vice chancellor of Upper Canada. She stayed one year only and this book is the result. Upper Canada she said was "unhappy and mismanged" and Toronto "a little ill-built town on low ground at the bottom of a frozen bay with one very ugly church (St James) and some government offices (Parliament Buildings) in the most tasteless vulgar style imaginable" Ink name on endpapers. Minor edgewear..Head and heel of the spines have some expert almost invisible repairs but otherwise this is a truly fine set. Uncommon.