Toronto: George Virtue, 1881. Minor wear to spine of volume 2. Plates are crisp and clean.
A fine copy. . Binding: Bound in ½ contemporary gilt morocco with gilt cloth. Spine with raised bands, blind-tooling and gilt title. Cover with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled., Notes: Ex libris Departement des Officiers en Loi de la Couronne, Province de Quebec. An excellent set., Size: 4to, Illustration: Illustrated with head and tail pieces, colour lithographed frontispiece portraits of Governor-General the Marquis of Lorne and his Wife in volume 1, a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald in volume 2, and over 70 tissue-guarded plates depicting important figures and buildings in Canadian history., Volume: 2 vols., Pages: Pp. (i), half-title, portrait, portrait, title-page, contents, plates, 9-392; portrait, title-page, contents, plates, 9-649., Category: ; Book Canada

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Bookseller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: B1552
Title: The Last Forty Years: Canada Since the Union of 1841.
Author: Dent, John Charles
Book Condition: Used - Minor wear to spine of volume 2. Plates are crisp and clean.
A fine copy.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Virtue
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1881
Keywords: ; Book Canada

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Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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....