THE BACKWOODS OF CANADA Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
by Traill, Catharine Parr
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Limited, Publishers, 50. 377 pages in good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white illustrations throughout. Front inner hinge is torn but intact. Presentation bookplate on the fpdep. Page edges are lightly darkened and smudged. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Heavily faded and stained. Worn around the edges. G/- -. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Staples, Owen.
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- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 232479
- Title
- THE BACKWOODS OF CANADA Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
- Author
- Traill, Catharine Parr
- Illustrator
- Staples, Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart, Limited, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 50
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