Sports and Games in Canadian Life: 1700 to the Present
by Howell, Nancy; Howell, Maxwell
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, ON, Canada: MacMillan of Canada, 1971. First Canadian Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 378pp w notes, bibliography and index. Three unpaginated sections of indexed bw prints and historical photographs. Goldenrod endpapers. Green cloth w gold lettering on spine No wear to covers or spine. Photo illustrated DJ clean showing mild wear to corners, head and tail, and heavy sunning to DJ spine. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo. First published 1969, this is the second printing, 1971, stated.
The story of every conceivable native or imported sport played in Canada... with generous quotations from a wide range of contemporary newspapers, journals, histories, and autobiographies
The story of every conceivable native or imported sport played in Canada... with generous quotations from a wide range of contemporary newspapers, journals, histories, and autobiographies
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049339
- Title
- Sports and Games in Canadian Life: 1700 to the Present
- Author
- Howell, Nancy; Howell, Maxwell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Sports -- Canada -- History Canada -- Manners and customs -- Sport Games -- Canada -- History. NOISBN History, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian History; Sports and Games;
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Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Cloth
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- Tail
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- Octavo
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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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...