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Muddling Through: The Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists
by Bowen, Lynne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 155054053X
- ISBN 13
- 9781550540536
- Seller
-
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Canada for the British" - that was the rallying cry of two-thousand British middle-class citizens who decided to follow charismatic but inept Isaac Barr to the Canadian prairies. Very few of them were farmers and added to that the imperialistic notion that British people were far superior to anyone else on earth. Lynne Bowen is the granddaughter of Barr colonists. She draws on letter, diaries, memoirs, and interviews to retell one of the most interesting chapters of Canadian history. Blue cloth, white titling to spine, SIGNED and inscribed by author to title page, a cluster of black and white photographs, 234 pages. Light edge wear, a small stripe of sunning to top and bottom, previous owner's blindstamp to ffep. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear and is now protected in a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014329
- Title
- Muddling Through: The Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists
- Author
- Bowen, Lynne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 155054053X
- ISBN 13
- 9781550540536
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BARR COLONY, ISAAK MONTGOMERY BARR, PRAIRIE PROVINCES, COLONIZATION, HISTORY AGRICULTURAL COLONIES, BRITISH IMMIGRANTS, CANADA,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Canada;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shelf Wear
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