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148136006Jakob Meydenbach. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1481. Leaf. B&W Illustrations; Aprox 8 1/2 x 12". Fine but for two nibbled corners about/4". Published June 23 1481 in Mainz . An illustrated reference work for herbs. Latin language. Fine but for two nibbled corners of about 1/4". This is one of the three earlier editions. . Jakob Meydenbach unknown
1415101646Vancouver: News-Advertiser nd. ca. 1914-15. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fair. 117 p. 24 cm. 43 b&w illustrations including "the last spike" on p. 109. Paper wraps. Rear cover detached spine ends chipped small stain to front cover. Bookseller's label and inscription on back of rear cover. <br/><br/>One of B.C.'s forgotten heroes Moberly 1832-1915 experienced the Cariboo Road snow-covered mountain peaks meetings with a grizzly bear Sir John A. Macdonald and Brigham Young railway building a fall through the ice while playing "shinny" hockey onions for supper fragile canoes and life in early Vancouver - and lived to tell the tale. One the more prosaic side Moberly was a civil engineer who laid out the site for New Westminster in 1859 as well as surveying several roads and trails throughout B.C. He was also instrumental in his role as a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway. More photos available on request. News-Advertiser paperback
