Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1941. First Australian Edition. Near fine in bright green cloth covered boards with gilt text and parallel gilt rules on the spine and a blind embossed decoration on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a pictorial, unclipped dust jacket with numerous small illustrations from from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1940 film of the same title which starred Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey and Nat Pendleton. The jacket is chipped across the top edge of the spine area to a depth of 1/3 of an inch and there are small chips at the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 673 pages of text illustrated with map end sheets. This was one of Robert's most popular books dealing with Major Robert Rogers, of Roger's Rangers and the French and Indian War. Very uncommon in this movie-tie-in dust jacket.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB32226
Title: Northwest Passage
Author: Roberts, Kenneth
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Australian Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Limited
Place of Publication: Sydney
Date Published: 1941

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