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Winnipeg: Stovel Advocate Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good -. 88 p,; small HC, dark blue cloth covered boards, pictorial dust jacket. VG/VG-. Nan Shipley is the author of several works of popular history as well as short stories and radio/TV scripts. This work draws on original letters and papers and archival material to tell the story of one of Manitoba's oldest communities, now part of metropolitan Winnipeg. Many b & w photographs. The DJ is a colour painting of a pioneering scene by Patricia Wheeler. Book is VG+, clean and solid; unclipped DJ shows some rubbing along folds ad edges but overall VG-.
Road to the forks by Shipley, Nan - 1970: a history of the community of Fort Garry
by Shipley, Nan
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Road to the forks: a history of the community of Fort Garry
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Winnipeg, Manitoba: Printed by Stovel-Advocate Press, 1970. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely mild wear to corners, bright pages, tight binding, less than quarter-inch closed tear to rear DJ, damp stain to rear DJ-top edge, faint soiling to DJ (mostly to rear DJ), light sunning to spine, quarter-inch clipped to front DJ-top edge, very mild rubbing to front DJ edge, price sticker to rear free endpaper, else Very Good(+) in Good DJ.. Octavo in light blue-green-white DJ, 88 pages, b&w illustrations, group portraits, plan 24 cm
DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Fort Garry (Man.), Canada -- History.
DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Fort Garry (Man.), Canada -- History.
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- Place of Publication Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Date Published 1970
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Road to the Forks: A history of the community of Fort Garry
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Winnipeg: Stovel-Advocate Press, 1970. Hard bound, stated 1st edition, illustrated with plates, Pp88. Includes bibliography and index. Very good in moderately edge-torn near very good dust jacket. 335 grams. From the blurb on the inside front flap of the dustjacket: Nan Shipley has written a popular history of one of the oldest communities in the province of Manitoba. The story is based on original letters and old papers loaned by the pioneers of the community together with material found in the provincial archives. A lifelong resident of Manitoba the author has written several hundred short stories, eight books, and numerous radio and television scripts.
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Winnipeg: Stovel-Advocate Press, 1970. Hard bound, first edition, illustrated with plates, Pp88. Includes bibliography and index. Very good in very slightly edge-torn near very good dust jacket. 330 grams.
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Road to the Forks: A History of the Community of Fort Garry
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Winnipeg, Manitoba: Stovel-Advocate Press Ltd., 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. About fine, signed copy in jacket with just the slightest wear to spine ends. Black & white photographs. 88 pages..
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Winnipeg: Stovel-Advocate Press 1970, 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 88pp. Map, photographs, bibliography, index. Previous owner's inscription, edgewear to dust jacket. Locale: ; Fort Garry--Manitoba; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba, Pioneers).
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ROAD TO THE FORKS: A HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY OF FORT GARRY.
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Self-published, 1970. signed by both Author and illustrator on title page, dustjacket edgeworn, still bright, previous owners name ffep otherwise unmarked, 88pp, VG/VG.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Wheeler, Pat.
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Winnipeg: Stovel-Advocate Press [1970], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 88pp. Signed by author. Photos, index. Locale: ; Fort Garry--Manitoba; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba, Pioneers).
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Winnipeg: Stoval-Advocate Press [1969], 1st printing. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 88pp. Photographs, maps, bibliography, index, signed by author & artist. Locale: ; Fort Garry--Manitoba; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba, Pioneers).
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