PIONEER SKETCHES OF LONG POINT SETTLEMENT. With a new introduction…

PIONEER SKETCHES OF LONG POINT SETTLEMENT. With a new introduction by Edward Phelps

Belleville, Ontario: Mika, 1972. 3rd printing. Facsimile reprint of the Briggs, 1898, edition, adding a new introductions and the corrections at rear. Octavo, red cloth gilt. pp (4), (2), (2) (xiv), (15)-578, 3 (corrections); photos in text. Bit of wear at foot of spine touched up, VG jacketless copy otherwise, no owner names. "This book is not a history of Norfolk County [Ontario]. It is simply a series of historical sketches and essays which tell the story of pioneer life in the early days of Long Point Settlement, and depict the character and life work of the first cabin-builders. As a whole, it is a history of the old trench-diggers and their crude beginnings; and, in this sense, the book may properly by styled a history of Long Point Settlement during the time it remained judicial headquarters for old London District." - introduction. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required. 0919302297

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