Canadian Mosaic; The Making of a Northern Nation
by Gibbon, John Murray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1938. Hardcover. Royal 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrations in colour by Kathleen Shackleton, W. J. Phillips, R. H. Palenske, Nicholas de Grandmaison, Ernest Neumann and James Crockart. Also Numerous Halftone Illustrations and Maps. Moderate general shelfwear, pages lightly age-toned, previous bookseller's sticker affixed to rear pastedown; good. Dustjacket in pieces, with scuffing, and chips and tears; poor.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 059166
- Title
- Canadian Mosaic; The Making of a Northern Nation
- Author
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- History; Canada; Multi-culturalism;
- Bookseller catalogs
- CANADIAN HISTORY;
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About the Seller
BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....