Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1961. Volume Five in 'The Canadian History Series'. The story of the thirty-five tumultous years in which Canada fought two world wars abroad, faced social, political and economic upheavals at home and virtually completed the transition from a British to North American nation. Grey cloth boards. Gilt title print within a green title block to spine. Map endpapers. Untrimmed fore edge. The contents offer fifty-three chapters, three maps present, notes on sources and index. Book shows a small amount of fade to grey board extremities. Title block remains bright. No ownership markings. A sound, respectable book in a still-bright well designed dust jacket. Dust jacket shows wear to extremities. Panels remain bright.. First Edition Stated. Very Good/Very Good.

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Bookseller: Gilt Edge Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: B096
Title: Ordeal By Fire. Canada 1910-1945
Author: Allen, Ralph. Edited by Thomas B. Costain
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Canada Limited
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1961
Keywords: Canadian History Series Thomas B. Costain-Editer Canadian History-Politics World War-One World War-Two
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