Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807 and 1808 Shewing the Present State of Canada, Its Production, Trade, Commercial Importance and Political Relations ... Also Commercial Importance of Nova-Scotia, New Brunswick.
by GRAY, HUGH
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Pp. [xvi], 406, frontispiece folding map with hand-coloured route, tables (3 folding). Contemporary binding of half brown calf and double-marbled boards, flat back lined in gilt, gilt title direct to spine, plain taupe endpapers. Covers rubbed and scuffed, corners rubbed and rounded. Water-staining with some spotting to the prelims and end-pages, front hinge cracked between the title-page and Preface, offsetting and browning to map with 14 cm slit along one fold, offsetting and browning of map has affected the pages adjoining the map, top half of map coming loose from the binding, very occasional offsetting within text, otherwise good. Booksellers' small ticket of "B & J.F. Meehan, Export Booksellers, 32 Gay Street, Bath" to bottom edge of front pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39099
- Title
- Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807 and 1808 Shewing the Present State of Canada, Its Production, Trade, Commercial Importance and Political Relations ... Also Commercial Importance of Nova-Scotia, New Brunswick.
- Author
- GRAY, HUGH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1809
- Keywords
- Canadiana/Americana
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Calf
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cracked
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
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