The Royal North-West Mounted Police: a Corps History. Souvenir Edition.
by Ernest J. Chambers
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light soiling of boards. Corners bumped. Hinges broken. Interior is clean and crisp.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal-Ottawa: The Mortimer Press. , 1906.. Light soiling of boards. Corners bumped. Hinges broken. Interior is clean and crisp.. Binding: Original full two-toned cloth (quarter red over brown). Upper with gilt lettering, royal crest of the mounted police, and pictorial stamp of mounted policeman. Verso with map of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stamped in gilt. Both pasted endpapers and back free endpaper printed with advertisements.
, Notes: Ernest John Chambers (1862–1925) was a Canadian militia officer, journalist, author, and civil servant., Size: Quarto (300x230 mm). , Illustration: A very good example; of importance are the many leaves of period Canadian advertisements for tailors, lumber companies, grocers, insurance companies, horse exchanges, builders’ suppliers, guns, hotels, breweries, “colonization companies,” military college, and more. With in-text black-and-white photographs and frontispieces of John A. MacDonald and Wilfred Laurier (both to a single page). Text in two columns.
, Category: Book Canada; Book Military;
, Notes: Ernest John Chambers (1862–1925) was a Canadian militia officer, journalist, author, and civil servant., Size: Quarto (300x230 mm). , Illustration: A very good example; of importance are the many leaves of period Canadian advertisements for tailors, lumber companies, grocers, insurance companies, horse exchanges, builders’ suppliers, guns, hotels, breweries, “colonization companies,” military college, and more. With in-text black-and-white photographs and frontispieces of John A. MacDonald and Wilfred Laurier (both to a single page). Text in two columns.
, Category: Book Canada; Book Military;
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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B6864
- Title
- The Royal North-West Mounted Police: a Corps History. Souvenir Edition.
- Author
- Ernest J. Chambers
- Book Condition
- Used - Light soiling of boards. Corners bumped. Hinges broken. Interior is clean and crisp.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Mortimer Press.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal-Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1906.
- Keywords
- Book Canada; Book Military;
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- Quarto
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- Verso
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