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Victoria, BC: The Adelphi Book Shop, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Canadian First. Bound in reddish brown leatherette with gold decoration on front cover and gold lettering on spine; a bit of edge wear; previous owner's stamp on inside front cover and foot of one page; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition..
NORTHWESTERN APPROACHES: THE FIRST CENTURY OF BOOKS. by Smith, R.D. Hilton. Foreword by Samuel Rothstein - 1969
by Smith, R.D. Hilton. Foreword by Samuel Rothstein
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NORTHWESTERN APPROACHES: THE FIRST CENTURY OF BOOKS.
by Smith, R.D. Hilton. Foreword by Samuel Rothstein
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Victoria, B.C.: Adelphi Book Shop, 1969. 67 pp, 9 5/16" H. Brown simulated leather boards with gold lettering on spine, gold illustration on front board. B&w plates. "First published as the complete issue of the 'British Columbia Library Quarterly' for January 1969. Now published by the Adelphi Book Shop Ltd. in an edition of 750 copies, May 1969." "This is not a bibliography, nor is it a pemmican history of the early northwest, although in some ways it shares the nature of both. It is a series of informal lectures, slightly expanded and re-arranged, on the books written by the explorers of British Columbia and its approaches during the century which began with Bering's first voyage and ended with Sir George Simpson's second journey to the Columbia." Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Background & Introduction; Spaniards versus Russians; The British Approach by Land and Sea; The French Look In; The Americans Reach Out; Check-list; Index. Faint erased pencil marks at top of frent free endpaper, lettering on spine had faded.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Place of Publication Victoria, B.C.
- Date Published 1969
- Keywords Lectures, British Columbia, Books, Exploration, Discovery, History, Bibliogjraphy, Spain, Spanish, Russia, Russians, British, French, American, Americans, Voyages, Nootka, Native People, Captain James Cook, Alaska, Vitus Bearing, Bodega y Quadra, William
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Northwestern Approaches: The First Century of Books
by Hilton Smith, R.D
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Northwestern Approaches: The First Century of Books
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Victoria, B.C.: The Adelphi Book Shop Ltd., 1969. First Thus . Imitation Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 67 pp., b/w illus., facsimiles, check list, index. An historical bibliography dealing with the exploration of British Columbia. Foreword by Samuel Rothstein. This work first appeared in the British Columbia Library Quarterly. This is the first version in hard cover book form limited to 750 copies. Laid in loose are two typed notes, signed, from the author to the previous owner. Brown imitation leather binding. Gold foil title stamping to front cover & spine is darkened o/w all in near fine cond.
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Northwestern Approaches, The First Century of Books
by R.D. Hilton Smith, Samuel Rothstein (foreword)
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Victoria, B.C.: The Adelphi Book Shop, Ltd, 1969. Inscribed and signed by the author. First Edition. Very Good condition.
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Northwestern Approaches: The First Century of Books
by Smith, R.D. Hilton; Rothstein, Samuel [Foreward]
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Victoria, B.C.: Adelphi Book Shop Ltd. 1969. (hardcover) 67pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. 8vo. One of 750 copies published by the Adelphi Book Shop Ltd., Vancouver, May, 1969. Brown faux leather, with gilt to front and spine. B / W illustrations. NF with only a tiny amount of wear to the spine ends..
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