Silver threads victoria (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Stories from Esquimalt '. Some 30 contributors tell stories about Canada's west coast. Some date to 1840. Map in introduction. INDEX at back. A few b/w photographs accompany text. Read more about : Naval Service Act, 1865, HMS Shearwater, Thomas James Skinner, 851 Wollaston Street, Captain Yoshioko, Kanaka Ranch, Cross of Sacrifice, and Moresby House. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with yellow lettering. Spine fine, binding tight. Some rubs, some edge wear. 1995 gift inscr. - verso front cover. No tears, no marks in text block. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 93) : " One day when I was five years old, wandering over the rocks, I spied some beautiful pink flowers which I couldn't resist picking. I hurried home to give them to my mother who said, with an odd ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustrator). …