Author: Mary Fitzgibbon Title: A Trip to Manitoba
Description: London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1880 . Cloth. An early edition of Mary Fitzgibbon's charming account of a late eighteenth century journey to Manitoba, Canada. An early UK edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.A charming study of the Canadian province of Manitoba, told by a Victorian era Englishwoman who visited the region via the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late nineteenth century.Fitzgibbon's discusses that the region has 'one of the most healthy climates in the world - the death-rate being lower than in any other part of the globe, - and a soil of wondrous fertility&apos.Armorial bookplate of Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to fore edge of boards and back strip. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front hinge starting. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, binding strained throughout. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: canada manitoba mary fitzgibbon Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch manitoba None
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 834F9
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