The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Sunday, December 4, 1904 Issue
by Multiple Contributors
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Victoria, BC, Canada: The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company, 1904. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 16 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Russo-Japanese War Coverage; American Schooner PIcks up Survivors on Derelect Sampan at sea - Captain went mad, others starved; B.C. Mines and Mining article (mentions Tyee Copper Company, Ladysmith); The Spaniards of the North West Coast of North America - article by Provincial Historian E.O.S. Scholefield; Lovely photo of croquet on the beach at Foul Bay; The Meteoric Career of John Steele of Pennsylvania - Spent $3,000 a day; List of Victoria Tax Sale Properties, complete with legal description, registered owner and amount owing; large article entitled "Andrew Carnegie on Universal Peace; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "10 Acre Blocks (off Cook St.) For Sale from $140 to $200 in Tolmie Estate" Significant chipping along fold. Top of back page is devoted to 'Costly (Victorian) Garments for Evening Wear' and contains lovely illustrations. Bottom of back page illustrates and describes elaborate Home Wedding breakfasts. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Large clipping from page 3. Small advertisement clipped from page 6. Fatigue cracks to central portion of all pages..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 349a7754
- Title
- The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Sunday, December 4, 1904 Issue
- Author
- Multiple Contributors
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, BC, Canada
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Sunday, December 4, 1904 Issue Russo-Japanese War Coverage; American Schooner PIcks up Survivors on Derelect Sampan at sea - Captain went mad, others starved; B.C. Mines and Mining article (menti
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...