Carrick & Evans, NY, 1940 (copyright). Profusely illustrated w/ B&W photographs by the Author & Stewart Edward White. Blue cloth, red top-edge, topographical endpapers (Vancouver Island & vicinity), deckled pages, illustrated front cover & spine, silver letters. Spine bumping, hd & ft, corners. There is light sun-fading along the edges of the hd & ft, where the jacket failed to protect the book. The red top-edge is also sun-faded. Several P.O.'s signatures, near top of fff (one by RV Eugene Pinkerton); previous seller's price, in pencil, to top corner of the Half-Title Page. Pages are crisp & white on a heavy stock. All gilt is bright. Book is tightly bound, with just a hair of separation at the head. Both hinges are sound. The DJ is chipped & torn, mainly at the top & bottom of spine & the corners (all closed). The front flap is price-clipped. Still bright & colorful, now in a ClearBags reusable book jacket. 316 pages.
