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The Siren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945
by Ritchie, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 077107526X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771075261
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 2001. Light rubbing, bumping and shelfwear, including creases lower front and rear corners. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. Winner of the Governor General's Award 1974.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
One of Canada’s most distinguished diplomats, Charles Ritchie (1906–1995) had a brilliant career in Canada’s diplomatic corps, serving as Canada’s ambassador to Bonn, West Germany; as Canadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations; as ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson; and as High Commissioner to London.
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- First Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002548
- Title
- The Siren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945
- Author
- Ritchie, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 077107526X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771075261
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Biography Memoirs Political Science - Canada Diplomacy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Political Science - Canada;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Trade Paperback
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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