Cork Lines and Canning Lines: The Glory Years of Fishing on the West Coast
Rare and modern books
Meggs, Geoff, Stacey, Duncan
Douglas & McIntyre, Limited,
1992
Cork Lines and Canning Lines: The Glory Years of Fishing on the West Coast
Rare and modern books
Meggs, Geoff, Stacey, Duncan
Douglas & McIntyre, Limited,
1992
69.95 €
(Ladysmith,
Canada)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1992
- ISBN
- 1550540505
- Place of printing
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Author
- Meggs, Geoff, Stacey, Duncan
- Publishers
- Douglas & McIntyre, Limited
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
- Edition
- F First Printing
- Keyword
- Fisheries British Columbia History Pacific Coast Illustrated, Native Peoples British Columbia Canadian History
- Binding description
- J H Good Hardcover
- State of preservation
- Good
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- First edition
- True
Description
166 pages. "This wonderful collection of 150 historical photos presents a fascinating, revealing and nostalgic record of the people engaged in all aspects of the B.C. commercial fishery, ashore and afloat, from the 1870s to the boom years of the 1950s. The story of fishing is told both in photographs and in a brief text that evoke the excitement and working life of the early days." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Light pencil markings to contents. A sound reference copy. Book
