Description: I have here for sale a book which contains both 1) THE OREGON TERRITORY A Geographical and Physical Account of that Country and its Inhabitants with Outlines of its History and Discovery by the Rev C G Nicolay and 2) THE BACKWOODS OF CANADA being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America. Both together in one volume and published by Charles Knight & Co, London in 1846. The first account has one plate as frontispiece and two maps - one folding. The work covers a history of the settlement of the lands, native tribes, commercial possibilities and trading and other aspects of the area. The second account has one illustrated frontispiece plus a further 11 other illustrations. Notes at the back. Subject matters include botany, sugar-making, qualifications of a settler's wife, cultivation of Indian corn, wheat, birds, Indian Hunters, insects, climate, etc. Overview of the Oregon situation at a time of controversy. As Wagner-Camp notes, "In addition to presenting the British arguments in the Oregon Controversy, Nicolay describes in detail the early settlement of the Pacific Northwest and the rise and development of the fur trade. He takes freely from the printed primary sources, such as Ross Cox, Fremont, and others." Bound in dark green blind embossed patterned hardboards with blind stamped bands and gilt title lettering to the spine. Very slight bumping to head and tail. Small ink signature to the front endpaper. Spotting to half title and to last couple of pages. All other pages clean. 226 + 242 pages, 15 x 10 cm. We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a wide range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if and anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 149.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2025-01-11T10:03:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 31.53 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Hardback
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: North America
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: REV C G NICOLAY
Publisher: CHARLES KNIGHT & CO
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1846
