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  • Bounty / Pitcairn Item – Harper’s New Monthly Magazine – 1871

    Bounty / Pitcairn Item – Harper’s New Monthly Magazine – 1871

    Bound as one volume Harper’s Magazine from December 1870 to May 1871. Small quarto, 952 pages bound in half black leather worn but strong, page edges speckled red.

    The usual smorgasbord of 19th century articles. The star is a 15 page illustrated article on the Pitcairn Islanders largely based on Lady Belchers book

    Unusual Bounty/ Pitcairn item often overlooked

    $85.00

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  • In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies – James Outram 1906

    In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies – James Outram 1906

    A superb copy, second printing 1906 published by Macmillan, New York one year after the first.

    Octavo, 466 pages with the stunning pictorial covers a fresh as you will see. Nicely illustrated with 46 images mainly views of the dramatic scenery. Three maps two full page in the text and one large folding map at the rear in very good condition.

    The writer, James Outram, apologises for his efforts. He need not as this beautiful book takes one through the Canadian Rockies without losing your attention or interest.

    Chapters cover Banff; Mt Assiniboine; Lake Louise; a tragedy at Mt Lefroy; the Valley of the Ten Peaks; Field and Mt Stephen; the Yoho Valley and the Ottertail Group; the Upper Bow and the sources of the North Saskatchewan; Mt Forbes, Mt Bryce and further North. Useful appendices include the Selkirks; an accident on the glaciers of Mt Gordon; a record of “First Ascents” and “Hints on Outfits” – very stylish.

    The maps are of the neighbourhood of Laggan and Field; the Yoho Valley and the large folding map is of the broader area encompassing the Canadian Rockies. The latter map is too big for our scanner so we will try and get and image online soon.

    The Northern Rockies Beautifully Presented

    $140.00

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  • The Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries and Their Probable Consequences; or, An Inquiry Into the Laws Which Determine the Value and Distribution of the Precious Metals – Patrick Stirling F.R.S.E

    The Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries and Their Probable Consequences; or, An Inquiry Into the Laws Which Determine the Value and Distribution of the Precious Metals – Patrick Stirling F.R.S.E

    With Historical Notices of the Effects of the American Mines on European Prices in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries.

    Published by Greenwood Press of New York in 1969. Facsimile reprint of the 1853 Oliver & Boyd first edition. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. Folding frontispiece of the value of precious metals gained showing the impact great discoveries of the 1840’s.

    An important book comprising an economic discourse on gold and the history of coinage, comparison with silver, and the economics effects of the Australian and California gold discoveries.

    Important gold book with early Australian content

    $40.00

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