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James Douglas Servant of Two Empires
by Pethick, Derek
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver BC: Mitchell Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show very light shelfwear, however DJ shows scuffing, small tears and chipping, spine of DJ is severely sun-faded. Previous owner's name in ink on FFEP. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 306 pages; Douglas's importance as the first governor of British Columbia lay in keeping the colony from being claimed by the US during the clamor of the gold rush of the 1860s. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19162
- Title
- James Douglas Servant of Two Empires
- Author
- Pethick, Derek
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mitchell Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver BC
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Governor, Gold Rush, British Columbia
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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