ON THE HEADWATERS OF PEACE RIVER; A Narrative of a Thousand-Mile Canoe Trip to a Little-Known Range of the Canadian Rockies

Haworth, Paul Leland

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1921

Beschreibung

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xvii, 295 pgs, appendix, photo illustrations. Originally published in 1917. Green cloth with gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light soiling and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light spots on front cover. Interior has inked name and former owner's bookplate (The Alfred Collins Memorial); else clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Haworth made exploratory trips to the Canadian Rockies discovering new mountains and lakes in 1916 and 1919. Haworth traveled as far north as the area now known as the Kwadacha Wilderness Provincial Park, ninety-nine miles southwest of Fort Nelson. In the book Haworth describes traveling up the Finlay River as far as its confluence with the Kwadacha River. Here he viewed a mountain that he would name Mount Lloyd George. Here is a nice copy of a hunting classic, well illustrated with photographs. REFERENCES: Bruns H-110: "Fly casting for the 'Arctic Trout' (grayling), scarce." Phillips, p. 164 (for the first edition: "Chapters on bear and sheep hunting.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0223012

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ON THE HEADWATERS OF PEACE RIVER; A ...

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1921

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good