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Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer. Edited by Anna Chapin Ray
by R.A.L
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. 1918. 12mo, 18.8cm, first edition, vii,289p., original light brown cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, spine title faded, maple leaf blind stamped on the upper cover, with 8 line inscription by the author... - Very good to fine copy, rare. (cmt). "To: - The Alexander Fergusons, In whose house This book was put together, during the autumn of Nineteen Seventeen. (spaced). A.L.R. Two, Sweetlaw(?) Aportuncut's, (?) Ottawa, Two=s writhe January, Nineteen-Eighteen". Cooke p192. - Editor's Note, "For military reasons, it has been judged wiser to withold the full name of the Canadian Stretcher Bearer until the close of the war. However it may interest his readers to know that he is an Old Country-man, although he is now in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and earlier had lived in the States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40664
- Title
- Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer. Edited by Anna Chapin Ray
- Author
- R.A.L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. 1918
- Keywords
- canada canadiana nurse nursing war military history battle conflict world war one great expeditionary force unit regiment
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
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- Fine
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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