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Manitoba and The Great North-West: The Field for Investment; The Home of the Emigrant. With Maps Prepared by The Dominion Government
by Macoun, John, 1832-1920
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Thomas C. Jack, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. xxii, [17]-687, frontis (folding plate), illus., 32 folding maps (2 coloured), 3 plates (1 coloured). Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine, boards decorated in blind. The boards generally clean, edges a little rubbed and bumped, school prize bookplate to front paste-down, paper over hinges split, but the boards still holding tight, the binding tight and the book clean throughout. First British edition.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44996
- Title
- Manitoba and The Great North-West: The Field for Investment; The Home of the Emigrant. With Maps Prepared by The Dominion Government
- Author
- Macoun, John, 1832-1920
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas C. Jack
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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