Search Results: leaves of knowledge by macgibbon elma

Spokane, Wa USA: Shaw & Borden Co. Printers, 1904. Presumed First.. Hardcover. Very Good. Fairly clean white cloth covered boards w/ gold embossed decor / title. 1904 cp. ( 1ST.??) No other dates. Bumped corners.(

Shaw and Borden, 1904-01-01. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket as issued. Ex libris with bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The binding is tight, corners sharp. The boards shows some soiling and handling. Text and images are unmarked. 237pp.

Spokane: Shaw & Borden Co., 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Ivory cloth boards decoratively stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Light wear and minor soiling to cloth. Blemish on ffep, otherwise interior is generally clean. Frontispiece portrait of author with tissue guard. 237 pages. Observations of travel across the Pacific Northwest (Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Washington and British Columbia). The author's tour begins in September 1898 in the city of Portland, and continues through its final hundred pages with further descriptions of travels to St. Louis, Washington DC, New York, Boston, the Maritime Provinces, St. Paul, Chicago, and Yellowstone. The author, Sarah Elma (nee White) MacGibbon (1863-1942), was born in Nashwaak Village, New Brunswick, Canada. She immigrated to the Unites States in 1890 and married George L. MacGibbon, who at the time of the publication of his wife's book was a manager for the Aetna Banking & Trust Company of Butte, Montana. They lived in Portland… Read More

Spokane, Washington: Shaw & Borden Co, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 237 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the author. White cloth hardcover with purple border, and gilt illustrated title on the front cover. Gilt stamped title on spine. Light soiling to cloth with a small dark spot on the back cover. Light scattered foxing to front and rear end sheets. Contents cover author's observations in Salem, Astoria and the Columbia River, Eastern and Southern Montana, Willamette Valley, Western Montana, Helena, Billingham, Everett, Seattle, northern Oregon, and a trip to St. Louis.

(Spokane: Shaw & Borden Co, 1904. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. 237pp. Gilt-stamped white cloth with thin purple border line on front board. Small abrasion to page foredges, cloth modestly soiled, else near fine. MacGibbon travelled extensively throughout the West (Oregon, Montana, etc.) and some in the East (including Washington, DC and Boston), and recounts her experiences here.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Used:Good.

BiblioLife, 2009-06-04. Paperback. Used:Good.

BiblioLife, 2009-06-04. Hardcover. Used:Good.

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Spokane, WA: Shaw & Borden Co., 1904. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 237 pages, illustrated with a frontisportrait. Inscribed by her husband G.L. MacGibbon and given as a Christmas/New Years' gift 1908. Binding is white decorative cloth, slightly darkened on spine, and overall lightly soiled. One signature (gathering) is loose. Includes travel to Portland, Salem, Astoria and the Columbia River, Oregon; Helena, Butte, The Wilamette Valley, Great Falls, Anaconda, The Columbia River and Pullman, The Palouse Country, Montana; Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia Canada; Walla Walla, Spokane and the Inland Empire, Bellingham, Everett, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Washington; also Idaho, St. Louis, Washington D.C. and the Potomac, New York City, Boston, Fredericton and the Marine provinces, Chicago, St. Paul to Livingston, Yellowstone National Park, etc..

Wentworth Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing