Our Alberta Heritage
by Hamilton, Jacques (Author); Nelson, Tom (Illus.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Calgary: Commissioned by Calgary Power Ltd. 1978, 2nd printing, hardcover edition. (hardcover) [variously paginated]. Very good in good dust jacket. 8vo. Cloth boards, lettering in gold to spine. Dust jacket with shelfwear, edgewear; chipping at head of spine. Large toned stain (damp?) present on verso of jacket; scarcely noticeable on the recto. Internally bright and clean. B&W illus. Hardcover printing of all five "Our Alberta Heritage" titles bound together: "People," "Places," "Progress," "Mountainmen," "New Pioneers."..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123749
- Title
- Our Alberta Heritage
- Author
- Hamilton, Jacques (Author); Nelson, Tom (Illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Commissioned by Calgary Power Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Calgary
- Keywords
- Alberta, Alberta History, Canadian Prairies, History, Pioneers, Prairie History
Terms of Sale
Spafford Books
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
Biblio member since 2009
Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
50 + years buying and selling. Large stock dealing with western Canada, fur trade, Indigenous Peoples, general antiquarian. Open by appointment or chance! Call 1-306-525-4910.
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- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.