By Mark Sweeten Wade; John Hosie
Victoria   Charles F. Banfield
9.5" by 6.5" xiii, [1], 174, [2pp]
A first edition history of the 1862 Overlanders, an interesting piece of Canadian history, complete with illustrations.
By Mark Sweeten Wade; John Hosie

1931 The Overlanders of '62

Victoria   Charles F. Banfield
9.5" by 6.5" xiii, [1], 174, [2pp]
A first edition history of the 1862 Overlanders, an interesting piece of Canadian history, complete with illustrations.
£80.00
: 1kgs / : 887P35

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition.

An interesting study on the 'Overlanders of 1862', a group of about 250 Canadian natives who left their homes to travel to the Cariboo gold fields. 

In this work, the author details their journey, with interviews and biographical notes on the participants. 

Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and twenty-one plates.

Collated, complete.

By Mark Sweeten Wade, a historian of early British Columbian history.

Edited by John Hosie.

Gift inscription to the front paste down.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with light marks and discolouration to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Gift inscription to the front paste down. Lacking the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Very Good Indeed

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