By Track and Trail A Journey Through Canada By Edward Roper With Numerous Original Sketches By The Author [FIRST EDITION with MAP]

Edward Rober, F.R.G.S.

Published by London: W. H. Allen & Co. Limited, 1891

About this Item

London: W. H. Allen & Co. Limited, 1891, First Edition. In the original pictorial cloth with numerous illustrations throughout, slight edgewear, tightly bound. The author travelled the breadth of Canada from East to West, reporting his observations and his adventures railroading and on the trail. He describes Winnipeg, Vancouver, Toronto, and other cities; his trip through the Prairie Provinces during the harvest; battling mosquitos in the thick forests, crossing the Rockies, fishing for trout, and with a chapter on his hunt for bighorn sheep. Well illustrated. Uncommon to find this title in the original pictorial cloth, gilt titles and sheep vignette bright. Railroad vignette on upper board quite legible. Original endpapers. xiv, 455pp. Approximately 9 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles and gilt vignette, bruised top and tail. Joints good condition gently rubbed. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition original pictorial boards in blue cloth with gilt titles to the front together with black and white vignette. Page edges good condition top edge slightly darkened, fore and bottom edges tanned and foxed, some corners folded. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain black. End papers good condition plain black, internal free end papers are tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned and foxed. Pages good condition b/w frontispiece By Track and Trail , 60 illustrations throughout the text, some top corner are folded from page 41 to 64 and 259 to 276 plus others, fold out map between pages 454 and 455, pages are tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition nice copy. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1891 Binding: Hardback.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: By Track and Trail A Journey Through Canada By Edward Roper With Numerous Original Sketches By The Author [FIRST EDITION with MAP]
• Publisher: London: W. H. Allen & Co. Limited
• Publication Date: 1891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good