Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0919783767 . 207 p. 28 cm. Signed by Author Sound binding in cloth-covered boards. Slightly cocked. Small soil spot on upper board. Light foxing to top edge of the text block. Light wear to the corner tips. Except for the author's inscription, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket spine is faded. Both panels are shelf rubbed. Minor edge wear. A history of the logging industry in Parry Sound Ontario from 1857 through 1920. Illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Inscribed and signed by the author to a previous owner on the half title page. .

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Bookseller: Homeward Bound Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6996
Title: Parry Sound Logging Days
Author: Macfie, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket
ISBN 10: 0919783767
ISBN 13: 9780919783768
Publisher: Boston Mills Press
Place of Publication: Erin, Ontario
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: 0919783767
Bookseller catalogs: Local History - Ontario - Northern;

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