Dufferin-Carnarvon Correspondence 1874-1878
by Kiewiet, C. W. De; Underhill, F. H. (Editors)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Champlain Society, 1955. Hardcover. fine. First edition limited to 575 copies. lvi, 442, xvi pp. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt lettered crested spine, gilt top edge, others uncut. Including 2 plates (portraits) and a folding map (at end). Fine condition. Editors wrote in their introduction: "The letters throw light on two main subjects â the nature in the 1870s of the connection between imperial authority and colonial nation, and the domestic problems of federal government in the recently-established Dominion of Canada." 1955
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105823
- Title
- Dufferin-Carnarvon Correspondence 1874-1878
- Author
- Kiewiet, C. W. De; Underhill, F. H. (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Champlain Society
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1955
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