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Empire & Commonwealth: Studies in Governance and Self-Government in Canada
by Martin, Chester
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- Seller
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1929. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Book traces "the development from the first Empire in America to the modern Commonwealth." Dark blue cloth with gilt titling and publisher's insignia on spine, simple blind-stamped border front and back, 385 pages. Cover has minor wear to corners and spine ends, previous owner's name in ink on end paper, text block edges darkened, some margins show imperfectly erased pencil marks, pages 177-180 show open tears where pages were separated from each other, book is clean and tight. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has edge wear with chipping to spine ends and corners, cover is sunned and has a few smudges. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016191
- Title
- Empire & Commonwealth: Studies in Governance and Self-Government in Canada
- Author
- Martin, Chester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- HISTORY, CANADA, GOVERNMENT,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Canada;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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