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French Canada and the St. Lawrence ; Historic, Picturesque and Descriptive
by Hopkins, J. Castell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Duckworth. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to book, offset discoloration front and back free end papers, back hinge cracked but still strong. Bottom corner lightly bumped. ; Dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles front and spine, top edges gilt. All plates present with tissue guards ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 431 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19974
- Title
- French Canada and the St. Lawrence ; Historic, Picturesque and Descriptive
- Author
- Hopkins, J. Castell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- French Canada, habitants, lower canada, Acadia, Jesuits, Quebecois
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Offset
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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