NY: Macmillan Company, 1903. Second printing. Octavo. xxiv, 486 pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with gilt decoration & lettering on cover & spine, top edge gilt. VG, previous owner name on front free endpaper, else a clean, unmarked copy, a bit of residual glue on front pastedown from removed bookplate; light wear to cover extremities.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

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Bookseller: Carnegie Hill Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000642
Title: OLD QUEBEC The Fortress of New France
Author: Parker, Gilbert & Claude G. Bryan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Macmillan Company
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1903
Keywords: Canada Quebec Description History
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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...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....