Reports and Documents in Reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway
by Fleming, Sanford
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa : Maclean Roger & Co , 1880 . First Edition . Fair . 8VO . With Sanford Fleming's presentation slip to Judge Gray ( probably John Hamilton Gray, previously a New Brunswick politician and at the time of publication a judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court) on front pastedown. Bound in the original gilt and blind stamped cloth, very worn with cloth open at both joints and considerable wear. Seven of eight maps present, missing one to face p. 324, Map of the Prairie Region. A non-circulating ex-library copy with usual interior markings, white accession numbers on spine.
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Details
- Seller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 28413
- Title
- Reports and Documents in Reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Author
- Fleming, Sanford
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maclean Roger & Co
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1880
- Pages
- 373 pp.
- Keywords
- Railway, Canadian Pacific
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana;
- Size
- 8VO
Terms of Sale
Neil Williams, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
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Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
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