ROWAN, John J.. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. Some experiences of an Old Country Settler. With sketches of Canadian Life, Sporting Adventure, and Observations on the Forests and Fauna. London. Edward Stanford. 1876, 1876.

Price: US$28.08 + shipping

Description: 20cm, first edition, viii,440,32p., ads., WANTING the frontis map, original green cloth, gilt spine titles, some wear of the binding edges, very good, as is (gar), ~ Contents include; Emigration question, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, P.E.I., Anticosti, Intercolonial Railway, Forests of Canada, Winter, The Trapper, The Angler, Climate etc.,

Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada

ROWAN, John J. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada: Some Experiences of an Old Country Settler with Sketches of Canadian Life, Sporting Adventures, and Observations on the Forests and Fauna. Edward Stanford, 1876.

Price: US$191.11 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners are bumped. Edgewear, especially along the spine edges where the cloth is splitting. Spine is age darkened with bumping to ends. Author's inscription to ffep. Both inner hinges are cracked, but holding. Map to front has a closed tear to joint. Textblock is a little grubby. 440 pp + adverts. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 805g. Postage within the UK remains at £3. For international orders ABE use an estimate based on a 1kg book. Where a book is lighter/heavier, we will reduce/request additional postage accordingly. We make no profit on postal charges. We expect a parcel of this weight to cost between £13.65 (Europe) and £25.15 (USA) to ship using Royal Mail's International Tracked Service. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 032734:15(5c)) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall 805 G

Seller: YattonBookShop PBFA, Bristol, United Kingdom

Rowan, John J.. THE EMIGRANT AND SPORTSMAN IN CANADA Some Experiences of an Old Country Settler. Edward Stanford, Ltd., London, 1876.

Price: US$287.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 440 pages plus 32 pages of advertising. Pages are in good condition; clean and white. Outer edges yellowed. Endpapers soiled. Folding map at the front is in vg condition, with one small mend. Hinges are loose, binding secure. Original green cloth. Gilt titles on the spine, black deoration on the covers. Covers faded and stained, wrinkling on the spine and lower cover. Corners bumped and frayed. FAIR

Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Rowan, John J.. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. Some Experiences of an Old Country Settler. With Sketches of Canadian Life, Sporting Adventures, and Observations on the Forests and Fauna.. Edward Stanford, London, 1876.

Price: US$318.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1876, 1st. Small Octavo. viii, 440pp. With the large folding map (vertical tear at inner-hinge, map itself not impacted - see image). Contemporary half calf, gilt ruled, marbled boards. Some minor rubbing to extremities. All edges marbled. Contents in good clean order. Overall a 'Very Good' copy.

Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom

ROWAN, John J.. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. Some experiences of an Old Country Settler. With sketches of Canadian Life, Sporting Adventure, and Observations on the Forests and Fauna. London. Edward Stanford. 1876, 1876.

Price: US$336.88 + shipping

Description: 20cm, The First Edition, viii,440,[32]p., ads., colour folding frontis map, in the original green cloth, black stamped borders and decorations on the boards, gilt spine titles, some expert restoration, a very good sound copy. (spg) Phillips. Bibliography American Sporting Books, p325. Brurns R-118. Heckscher 1670. Wetzel p205. "More of less and Emigrant's guide book. Chapters on various provinces include "The Angler", salmon rivers, fly fishing, etc.". W&S p180. Starkman p102. Numerous descriptions of hunting all kinds of game in eastern Canada, including Anticosti." A fascinating book, the author has humour and is a real sportsman. It is a guide to early sporting life in Canada, dealing with duck and quail shooting in Ontario; Moose, Caribou and wildfowl shooting in Quebec; Bass and Salmon fishing in New Brunswick; angling in Cape Breton and on Anticosti Island. - Bruns notes "a truly remarkable book. The author has a wide and accurate knowledge of the fishes, and of the animals as well. A gold mine of incredible sporting information. Very rare."

Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada

ROWAN, John J.. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. Some experiences of an Old Country Settler. With sketches of Canadian Life, Sporting Adventure, and Observations on the Forests and Fauna. London. Edward Stanford. 1876, 1876.

Price: US$336.88 + shipping

Description: 12mo, 19.2cm, The First Edition, viii,440p., colour folding frontis map mounted on fine grain linen, in contemporary half crimson morocco, raised gilt decorated raised bands, full gilt borders and flora decorations and titles in the panels, pebbled green cloth boards, marbled endpapers and edges, with gilt crested of the "New South Wales, Library of Parliament" in the bottom spine panel and on the upper cover, preliminaries with some slight foxing, some wear on the corner, else very good to fine copy. (Spg). Phillips. Bibliography American Sporting Books, p325. Bruns R-118. Heckscher 1670. Wetzel p205. "More of less and Emigrant's guide book. Chapters on various provinces include "The Angler", salmon rivers, fly fishing, etc.". W&S p180. Starkman p102. ~ Numerous descriptions of hunting all kinds of game in eastern Canada, including Anticosti." A fascinating book, the author has humour and is a real sportsman. It is a guide to early sporting life in Canada, dealing with duck and quail shooting in Ontario; Moose, Caribou and wildfowl shooting in Quebec; Bass and Salmon fishing in New Brunswick; angling in Cape Breton and on Anticosti Island. - Bruns notes "a truly remarkable book. The author has a wide and accurate knowledge of the fishes, and of the animals as well. A gold mine of incredible sporting information. Very rare."

Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada

ROWAN, John J.. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. Some Experiences of an Old Country Settler. With Sketches of Canadian Life, Sporting Adventures, and Observations on the Forests and Fauna. Edward Stanford, London, 1876.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: viii, 440, 32 p. 21 cm. Fold-out frontispiece map. Green cloth with black border. Gilt title on spine. Hinges expertly repaired (cloth on top right corner of spine slightly loose with no loss to repair). A few small spots to cover, edges gently rubbed. Owner's signature to front pastedown, offset onto half-title. Tear in map. A few page edges a little rough. Chapters on each province from Ontario to the Maritimes as well as Cape Breton and Anticosti. Chapters on the Intercolonial Railroad, Canadian Forests, Winter in Canada, as well as advice on trapping, angling, and questions of climate. Sections on farming, wild-fowl shooting, the Eastern Townships, bass spearing, partridge shooting, wild geese, mining, lobsters, moose and bear hunting seals, cod fishing, the Acadians, The Micmacs, canoeing, lumbering, eel spearing, tobogganing, caribou hunting, porcupines, squirrels, and beavers.

Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada

Rowan, John H.. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. Some Experiences of an Old Country Settler with Sketches of Canadian Life, Sporting Adventures, and Observations on the Forests and Fauna. Edward Stanford, London, 1876.

Price: US$561.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo, 440pp, plus 32p catalogue at end. Green cloth with black decorations to boards, gilt lettering to spine. Folding map as frontispiece. Some light shelf wear; half-title browned; one signature started, otherwise a clean and tight copy.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada