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On the Roof of the Rockies. The Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies
by Freeman, Lewis R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925. xiii,(2),270 pp. Octavo. Original pictorial blue cloth. Decoration of a mountain in gilt on the cover. gilt lettering on the spine and cover. Top and tail edges trimmed, fore edge untrimmed. Edges lightly dustsoiled. 62 black and white plates (including frontispiece) from photographs. Original printed dust wrapper which matches the illustration on the front board. Overall a fantastic copy with the book in fine condition and the dust wrapper in very good plus condtion. Difficult to image a better copy. Neate F60. American explorer and author Lewis R. Freeman chronicled his many travels with his pen and camera. This book, written in 1925, was an account of a photographic survey expedition to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Freeman visited the great Columbia Icefields, the largest icefield in North America and the birthplace of major glaciers that feed the Athabasca and North Saskatchewan Rivers. 1925
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144562
- Title
- On the Roof of the Rockies. The Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies
- Author
- Freeman, Lewis R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Alberta|British Columbia|Mountaineering|Photograghy|Western Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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