Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies
by Hornaday, William T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Arno Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Some tears and chips to margins of dust-jacket. Some adhesive tape repairs at head and tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1967 reprint in "The Ambercrombie & Fitch Library" series. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 first edition. [6], xvii, [3], 353, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + numerous plates + 2 full page maps. Green papered boards with oatmeal cloth spine. Black panel on spine. Page dimensions: 227 x 150mm. Dust-jacket subtitle: "Big-game hunting in the wild terrain of British Columbia in 1905". "This volume is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable and best of those dealing with the adventures of the sportsman-naturalist in America, and it deserves a permanent place on the bookshelves of those who enjoy the successes of the camera as much as those of the rifle." - Philadelphia Public Ledger, quoted on front flap of dust-jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25246
- Title
- Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies
- Author
- Hornaday, William T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Arno Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Tail
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