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Vancouver : Alcuin Society , 1966 . Limited Edition . Fine . 8VO . One of 500 copies printed for the Alcuin Society, of which this is number 426. Introduction by Roberston Davies. SIGNED by the designers, printer and illustrator. A fine copy of a handsome book, lacking the slipcase.

Vancouver: Alcuin Society, 1966. Quarter bound in red leather with cream paper over boards; five raised bands on spine with gilt stamping; gilt stamped felt lined slipcase covered in red linen. Slight fading of spine leather. 500 copies total, this is one of 30 leatherbound "Specials (this is copy no. 14). Originally published in 1861: the travels, tribulations and several encounters of an English Officer and amateur thespian through the uncivilized lands of Canada and the United States. Letterpress printed on Victorian Text by Wil Hudson and Nick Schwabe; pp. 277, + colophon + typeface page. Signed on the colophon page by the illustrator, printer, designer and binder (Hans Strohhacker).. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine.. Illus. by Sam Black.