Turvey : A Military Picaresque
by Birney, Earle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good with slight chips & Tears
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1949 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Canadian Edition.. Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody's idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. Satirical account of life in the Canadian Army. Winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949. Donor inscription on ffep dated Christmas 1949. Dj now protected in a plastic sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042975
- Title
- Turvey : A Military Picaresque
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good with slight chips & Tears
- Edition
- 1st Canadian Edition.
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- HUMOUR FICTION CANADIAN CANADIAN WRITERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Fiction; Canadian Literature;
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