NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCE OF ST PETER'S RIVER, LAKE WINNEPEEK, LAKE OF THE WOODS, PERFORMED IN THE YEAR 1823
by KEATING, William H
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Minneapolis, MN: Ross & Haines, Inc, 1959. Hardcover. plates, fold-out map etc.. pp. xxvi, 458, 264. Thick 8vo. Sl. edge wear & soiling to bds., else vg in chipped, o/w vg- dj. A facsimile reprint of the 1825 London edition, with folding map, new introduction by Roy F. Johnson. One of 1,500 copies.
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- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCE OF ST PETER'S RIVER, LAKE WINNEPEEK, LAKE OF THE WOODS, PERFORMED IN THE YEAR 1823
- Author
- KEATING, William H
- Illustrator
- plates, fold-out map etc.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ross & Haines, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis, MN
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Lake Winnipeg;Winnipeg;Manitoba;Canada;Exploration;Fur trade;Indians;;
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- BDS
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- SL.
- slight
- New
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- Reprint
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- Facsimile
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- VG
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