S.S. Beaver: The ship that saved the West
$19.50 CAD • Used
DJ and boards show light shelf wear, front board is lightly bowed. DJ has short tear lower edge with some attendant creasing. spine faded ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protecto...
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DJ and boards show light shelf wear, front board is lightly bowed. DJ has short tear lower edge with some attendant creasing. spine faded ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and sepia tone photographs and drawings throughout ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 160 pages; "Beaver was a steamship originally owned and operated by the Hudsons Bay Company. She was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America, and made remote parts of the west coast of Canada accessible for maritime fur trading. At one point she was chartered by the Royal Navy for surveying the coastline of British Columbia. She served off the coast from 1836 until 1888, when she was wrecked." (Wikipedia)
Product Info
Publisher: Mitchell Press Limited
Year: 1970
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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