"The Man for a New Country": Sir Matthew Baille Begbie
Sidney, British Columbia: Gray's Publishing Ltd., 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good / Very Good. Item #003975
SIGNED with inscription from author to fly-title. Red cloth boards. Pictorial endpapers. x, 333 p.p., [12] p.p. B&W photos. Chafing to tail edge of boards. Dust jacket has sunning to spine and wear to extremities. This is the first biography of Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, the first judge of British Columbia, who, after his death, became known as the "hanging judge." An extremely humane, literate, generous, humorous and fair-minded man, this misnomer has prevented an appreciation of his well-rounded personality and of his importance in the development of British Columbia.
Price: $45.00