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• Title:California and Alaska, and over the Canadian Pacific Railway / by William Seward Webb.
  
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• Variant Title:California and Alaska
  To California and Alaska
  
• Author/Creator:Webb, William Seward.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Minor, Robert Crannell, 1839-1904.
  Turner, C. Y.
  Nicoll, James Craig, 1846-1918.
  Gifford, R. Swain (Robert Swain), 1840-1905.
  G.P. Putnam's Sons, publisher.
  Knickerbocker Press, printer.
  Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection.
  
• Published/Created:New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890.
  

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  • Call Number: F851 .W36
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Webb, William Seward--Travel--North America.
  Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
  Railroad travel--United States.
  Railroad travel--Canada.
  California--Description and travel.
  Alaska--Description and travel.
  Pacific Coast (U.S.)--Description and travel.
  Pacific Coast (B.C.)--Description and travel.
  Canada, Western--Description and travel.
  
• Edition:Letter-press ed.
  
• Description:[2], xix, [1], 190 pages, [92] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
  
• Additional formats:Available also online.
  
• Local note:UBC Library has a copy in The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection.
  
• Notes:"Knickerbocker Press."
  The plates consist of photogravures and four etchings, India proof impressions, the latter by R.C. Minor, C.Y. Turner, J.C. Nicoll, R. Swain Gifford.
  "Of this Letter-press edition, 500 copies have been printed for sale."
  
• Contents:How we travelled
  From New York to Omaha
  Denver and Colorado Springs
  The parks of Colorado
  Santa Fé
  Santa Monica
  Los Angeles
  Monterey
  The missions
  The Yosemite Valley
  San Francisco
  San Francisco: the Chinese quarter
  Northern California and Mount Shasta
  Montana
  "The garden of Montana"
  From St. Paul to Manitoba
  Mountains and gorges on the Canadian Pacific Railway
  From Kamloops to Vancouver
  In Alaskan waters
  Victoria ; Winnipeg ; Hunting experiences
  From Winnipeg, homeward bound.