[Rarebooks] FS: Mayne's "Four Years in British Columbia..." w/17 plates & map. London: 1862

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(TRAVEL) Mayne, Richard C. FOUR YEARS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND. An Account of Their Forests, Rivers, Coasts, Gold Fields, and Resources for Colonisation. With Maps and Illustrations. London: John Murray. 1862. xi,(1),468pp. Index. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page vignette, 17 plates and a folding map with goldfields outlined in yellow and the British-United States border in red. Finely bound in early 20th c. 1/2 polished green calf, elaborately gilt spine with brown calf label, over textured cloth. Folding map with tiny (1/8") chip at fore-edge. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown.   Attractive copy.               $350.00 (trade discount allowed)
Sabin 47174, "The facts narrated are chiefly derived from William Duncan's letters."

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