Vancouver, the pioneer years, 1774-1886 - Tapa blanda

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Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. B/W Plates Ilustrador. First Edition. SUBTITLED: `The Pioneer Years 1774 - 1886 '. 91 pages of British Columbia history from Jose Maria Narvaez through to John `Gassy Jack' Deighton. Along the way meet Laura Hayes - first scoolteacher, Colonel Richard Clement Moody - Royal Engineers commander, and Sam Brighouse who petitioned for the municipality of Richmond. TEXT assisted by b/w plates. Read more about Hasting Mills store, Cordova Street, Earl of Granville, Santa Saturnina, False Creek, Chief of Police Stewart, Hells' Canyon, and Stave River. (book advert laid in.) Cond : Paper wrapper is white with turquoisey-blue lettering. Front cover graphic is an artist's concept of three loggers moving logs in the Fraser River. Corners, EDGES, and spine are all sharp. Binding tight, colours bright. No stains, names, creases, marks, nor tears. Giftable !! Quote (p. 119) : " In the same year, 1881, St. James Anglican church was built on the waterfront at Gastown and dedicated to Bishop Sillitoe of New Westminster. The first rector of the new church was the Rev. George Ditcham, and its organist Mrs. Alan McCartney, whose husband was ._._._. ." Size: 12mo. Nº de ref. del artículo: 007295

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