Lot 411
  • 411

Douglas, George M.

Estimate
350 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Douglas, George M.
  • Lands Forlorn. A Story of an Expedition to Hearne's Coppermine River. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (230 x 160mm.), xvi, 286pp., coloured portrait, 2 folding coloured maps, 182 photo illustrations in the text, original blue cloth gilt, printed dust-jacket

A Canadian exploring expedition by canoe and on foot to look for copper deposits sought by Samuel Hearne over one hundred years before.

Condition

An extremely fine copy
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