A blue softcover book titled "The History of the Canadian West." The front cover is blue with a graphic of some men in Royal Engineers' uniforms talking in front of a wagon road building site. There is a tent behind them filled with men who are working, and behind that a large pole of timber and rocks. The title "The History of the Canadian West" is printed at the top in large black lettering. Below in white is "Edited by T.W. Paterson." In small white vertical writing next to the title the cover reads "$5.95 Sunfire 0918531.12.1" with the yellow and red logo of the publisher. The cover is fading and worn at the corners. The back is blue with white, yellow and black writing listing other books. There is still a white price sticker on the back, listing the price as $5.98." The spine reads "$5.95 / The History of the Canadian West #3 / Sunfire."