Newfoundland
by Horwood Harold
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
£20.20£10.10
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About This Item
Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1969. 244 pp. 'The Traveller's Canada Series'. Mr. Horwood knows Newfoundland intimately and shares with the reader his enthusiasm and delight in its people and places. He writes with a sure sense of the past, whether speaking of the Norse voyages, Peter Easton the pirate king, the tragic annihilation of the Beothuk Indians, or the struggle against desperate odds that is the core of Newfoundland's history. Harold Horwood was born and educated in Newfoundland, where his ancestors have lived for 300 years. The contents offer twenty-seven chapters, three appendices and index. A very generous list of illustrations provided. The illustrations include a two-page map spread of Newfoundland in color and photographs... many of them by John de Visser. Some in b/w others in color. The Appendix.... (1) Canoeing in Newfoundland.... (2) Trout, Tuna and Other Fish.... (3) Big Game Hunting. Name to ffep. Wrap-around photo dust jacket by John de Visser. Price intact. Wear to dust jacket extremities. A most respectable copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B1593
- Title
- Newfoundland
- Author
- Horwood Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The Traveller's Canada Series + Canadiana + Newfoundland + Newfoundland History + Beothuck Indians + Morse Voyages + John De Visser Photographer + Rumrunners + Seal Hunters + NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime Provinces;
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