Golden Dog: A Romance Of Old Quebec
by Kirby William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
The Montreal News Co.. Very Good+. 1897. Hardcover. Blue Hardcovers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. Gilt/red illustration to the cover. A sound binding, former owner's inscription and time book store stamp to the front end paper. Otherwise a clean, unmarked interior. Frontispiece with tissue paper, a few illustrations through the book. Wear to the cover and spine corners. "This novel is based upon three works by James MacPherson Le Moine: The Golden Dog, Château Bigot and La Corriveau. It draws upon the historical background of the city of Quebec for its characters, and tells its story through two intertwining plot lines. The first is of the lady Angélique de Méloizes, Madame De Péan, while the second is of Colonel Pierre Philibert, the son of a prosperous merchant." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 624 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26686
- Title
- Golden Dog: A Romance Of Old Quebec
- Author
- Kirby William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- The Montreal News Co.
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Canadian Literature, Classics, Fiction > Quebe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories; Culture;
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About the Seller
Bytown Bookery
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Vars, Ontario
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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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...