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Georges Vanier Soldier: The Wartime Letters and Diaries, 1915-1919
by Vanier, Georges & Deborah Cowley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1550023438
- ISBN 13
- 9781550023435
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Dundurn. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550023438 . Signed by Editor; DJ shows very light shelf wear.; Signed by the editor on the title page. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. This is the hardcover edition. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.28 X 6.28 X 1.07 inches; 333 pages; "Georges Vanier, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1959-1967, was 26 when he became one of the the first men to join the newly established Royal 22nd Regiment - known as the "Van Doos". He was in his second year in the Montreal firm as Dessaules and Garneau, and very much the son of a Montreal upper-class family. His service in the First World War shaped his character, and he often described the four years spent on the battlefields of Euroe as the most rewarding of his life." blurb .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17777
- Title
- Georges Vanier Soldier: The Wartime Letters and Diaries, 1915-1919
- Author
- Vanier, Georges & Deborah Cowley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1550023438
- ISBN 13
- 9781550023435
- Publisher
- Dundurn
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 1550023438, van doos, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria; Militaria / Leaders;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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