Canada At Work
by Eggleston, Wilfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/No Jacket
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal: Canada At Work Publishers, 1953. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 390 pages plus unpaginated advertising section; VG-; navy blue binding with silver title and maple leaf on front cover; ffep removed, front hinge reinforced with archival tape; red plastic index tabs attached to top edge of 4 pages as permanent bookmarks; p o name obliterated by red mark on inside front cover. Otherwise clean and unmarked. An overview, with many B & W photos and Wilfred Eggleston's accompanying essays, of Canadian industry and manufacturing during the WWII and Korean War periods. Publisher's Foreword states "We present in these pages the role played by Industry in helping to maintain Canada's high renown in World Affairs. While to Wilfred Eggleston admittedly belongs the credit for the major content of this volume, it would be ungracious to overlook the invaluable collaboration of a great many top industrialists who have given freely of their time and knowledge toward the fulfilment of our substantial and onerous task." 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Rat (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRAB1173
- Title
- Canada At Work
- Author
- Eggleston, Wilfred
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Canada At Work Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Canada Industry Manufacturing History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History Politics; Canadiana; Science and Technology; Economics and Business;
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About the Seller
Reading Rat
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Reading Rat
Home based bookseller of quality used books; wide variety of titles with emphasis on Canadian authors, including but not limited to history, poetry and literature
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.