Canada: the new nation
by Whates H.R
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J.M. Dent, 1906 Tissue-guarded frontispiece and 16 other plates; "A book for the settler, the emigrant and the politician"; Label (damaged) to front pastedown: "Presented with the Compliments of the Commissioner of Emigration for Canada. W.T.R. Preston"; Hardback: olive green patterned cloth decorated in gilt and blind, top edge gilt, title-page printed in red and black; Well-used copy, head of spine snagged, binding shaken, corners rubbed, g.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfare (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4506
- Title
- Canada: the new nation
- Author
- Whates H.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- History of Canada Emigration to Canada Canadian Topography Canada
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Bookfare
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Bookfare
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Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...