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CANADA UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EARL OF DUFFERIN
by George Stewart, Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Rose-Belford, 1878. CANADA UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EARL OF DUFFERIN- George Stewart, Jr.- Rose-Belford- Toronto- 1878- 1st Edition- Hardcover- Green original publishers cloth with gilt on covers and spine-True 1st edition- Title date and copyright date match and Po inscription dated Brussels- 3-12-78. 1878.; (VG). First edition. Illustrated with a tissue-protected engraved frontis of Lord Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada. A presentation of the political and social events of Canada in the 1870's. 696 pp. including Index. green cloth, beveled edges, gilt coat-of-arms on cover, decorated and stamped in black and gilt on the spine, brown endpapers. Moderate wear at the corners and spine ends, front hinge cracked and reset- at the title page -...nevertheless scarce and interesting- Non-fiction-Canada-Canadiana-biography-Governor General-memoirs-Lord Dufferin (1283) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated Frontis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1283
- Title
- CANADA UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EARL OF DUFFERIN
- Author
- George Stewart, Jr
- Illustrator
- Illustrated Frontis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- Rose-Belford
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Non-fiction-Canada-Canadiana-biography-Governor General-memoirs-Lord Dufferin
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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