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AKRIGG, G P V AND HELEN B 1001 British Columbia Place Names
Vancouver, Discovery Press. 1973, Third Edition (revised). (ISBN: 0 919624 01 4) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Second printing May 1975. Dark green boards, silver lettering; mild bumping to spine ends; faint toning of page edges; 2-page map of province of British Columbia (with grid for quick reference) across pastedowns and endpapers; neat note on reverse of endpaper; bookplate on half title page. Pictorial dust jacket; some rubbing and edgewear. Very clean, sound copy. 195 pages including grid references. Contents include Prefaces; section linking place names with various stages of province's history; list of Abbreviations. The main part of the book consists of an alphabetical list of 1001 place names and their origins. Carefully researched and documented, the book is filled with remarkable historical facts, interesting anecdotes and brief biographical accounts of the characters for which the Province's towns, cities, rivers, lakes, mountains and islands have become namesakes. Very Good/Very Good.
Offered for US$ 20.00 by: Literacy Nanaimo - Book number: 002670
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