A Minstrel in France
by Lauder, Harry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1918. Hardcover with dust jacket, 338 pages, plus archival black-and-white photographs; light shelf wear to cover edges, particularly spine top, bottom edge scuffed, endpapers lightly foxed (but not text pages, different type of paper), beautifully written inscription on free front endpaper "To Dear Edward, Xmas 1918.", beneath which, glued to the endpaper, is presumably that owner's bookplate consisting of a black-and-white image of a large two-storey house with the caption "Edward Breithaupt Naumann", interior otherwise very clean and unmarked; DJ exterior is age darkened, heavily chipped and torn, but intact and about 98% complete.. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040808
- Title
- A Minstrel in France
- Author
- Lauder, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- Publisher
- McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- GREAT FIRST WORLD WAR ONE SCOTTISH ENTERTAINER MUSICAL Musician Military History Personal Memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Military History; Music and Performing Arts;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
Payment through Biblio, or directly we accept PayPal, money order or cheque (10 days for clearance within Canada before shipment). Shipping by Canada Post. Shipment within 48 hours of receipt of payment.
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- Foxed
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- Bookplate
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