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The Best of Robert Service - The Shooting of Dan McGrew / The Spell of the Yukon / The Creamation of Sam McGee / Pull-Man Porter / The Outlaw / The March of the Dead / The Woman and the Angel / Athabaska Dick / The Bohemian / +++++
by Service, Robert W
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0770000177
- ISBN 13
- 9780770000172
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1971. -----Large soft cover, (vii) 216 pages, tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, ink name and inscription on front end paper, faint shelf wear. "Here, for the first time in a single volume, are collected the most popular verses of the great English-born Canadian poet. His famous ballads of the Klondike are here: The Shooting of Dan McGrew; The Spell of the Yukon; and The Creamation of Sam McGee. Also included are unforgettable portrayals of the artists, grisettes, and models of the merry, tragic life of bohemian Paris, and other verses inspired by the First World War, during which Service drove an ambulance in France. Gaiety, humor, nostalgia, and pathos fill every page, along with the genuine Service ring of virility which has made his verse loved throughout the English reading world." Check out the scans. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005311
- Title
- The Best of Robert Service - The Shooting of Dan McGrew / The Spell of the Yukon / The Creamation of Sam McGee / Pull-Man Porter / The Outlaw / The March of the Dead / The Woman and the Angel / Athabaska Dick / The Bohemian / +++++
- Author
- Service, Robert W
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0770000177
- ISBN 13
- 9780770000172
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Ryerson
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE, -----Large format soft cover (not large print), (vii) 216 pages, tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, ink name and inscription on front end paper, faint shelf wear. "Here, for the first time in a single volume,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pottery; CanLit;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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Nessa Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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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