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Broken Barrier
by Mowat, Grace Helen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Fredericton: University Press of New Brunswick, 1951. Book. Illus. by John G. Todd (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Staten Islander advertises for a housekeeper "from the Provinces," and sometime thereafter the pair of them end up in New Brunswick, where the beginnings of "an idyllic romance" continue to blossom. Spruce green cloth w/black spine lettering, 182 pages. Gently bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, previous owner's notation (place/date of purchase, his name, and historical note) on front end paper, another previous owner's upside-down signature on last end paper (apparently she thought she was writing on the first end paper -- you know how it goes when you've had a couple drinks too many), light tanning, in weary dust jacket w/chipping, rubbing, short edge tears, two triangular scrapes to spine, long vertical crease/scrape to spine, general wear..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018189
- Title
- Broken Barrier
- Author
- Mowat, Grace Helen
- Illustrator
- John G. Todd (dust jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- University Press of New Brunswick
- Place of Publication
- Fredericton
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NOISBN, NEW BRUNSWICK, STATEN ISLAND, MARITIME CANADA, SAINT JOHN RIVER, UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS, UEL, CANADIAN FICTION, G. TODD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Augustine Funnell Books
Postage extra. All items returnable within seven days of receipt for full refund if received by us in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
Biblio member since 2003
Fredericton, New Brunswick
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