Early Life in Upper Canada
by Guillet, Edwin C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair (No Dust Jacket)
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: Ontario Publishing Co, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Fair (No Dust Jacket). 8vo, 782 pp., color frontis., color and b/w plates. Inscribed and signed by author. A reading copy with spine cocked, covers and page edges soiled including insect soiling; dampstain to spine, endpapers, and page edges and margins; several page corners turned, notes on rear endpapers, otherwise unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16671
- Title
- Early Life in Upper Canada
- Author
- Guillet, Edwin C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair (No Dust Jacket)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ontario Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
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About ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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