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Corporate Navigator: The Life of Frank Manning Covert
by Harry Bruce
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 077101709X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771017094
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Toronto, CAN: McClelland and Stewart, Inc., 1995 McClelland and Stewart, Inc., Toronto, CAN. 1995. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square and unmarked but for an acquisition date on the FFFP and a factory stain on the rear pastedown. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail and upper tips; slight shelfwear to boards. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($32.99); light bumping to head and upper tips; light rubbing to panels. 294 pp 8vo. In the mid 1950s, Frank Covert was the single most influential corporate lawyer in Canada east of Montreal. In this book, the author charts the life of the remarkable man from his childhood in Nova Scotia to his rise to the number-one corporate lawyer on the east coast of Canada. Famous for efficiency, modest fees, and Herculean work habits he excelled in business law and even took a break in WWI as a navigator on bombing missions with the RCAF over Europe. After the war he was in private practice and a counsel to the Royal Commission on Transportation. A fascinating life an unusual Canadian. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012736
- Title
- Corporate Navigator: The Life of Frank Manning Covert
- Author
- Harry Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 077101709X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771017094
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, CAN
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- law, law practice, business law, lawyer, reputation as a lawyer, World War II, Royal Canadian Air Force, navigator, bombing missions, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Royal Commission on Transportation, Canadian business history, business power in Nova
- Bookseller catalogs
- Legal matters/Lawyers/Judges/Attorneys; Canadian Items;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Price Clipped
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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