The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists (The Pioneers of Manitoba)
by Bryce, Dr. George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Barse & Hopkins Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, light green pictorial cloth, with spine lettered in gold. Top edge gilt. 328 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece and full page and vignette images throughout. Presumed American first edition (1909), no date given. Published prior to the Centennial celebration of this event which was be held in Winnipeg in 1912, as stated in preface. No previous ownership marks. Old news clipping pasted to inside cover and front free end-paper with resulting toning. One or two spots of foxing, most especially to last blank leaf, [and there only at edges]. Cloth shows only mild age wear and slight darking at inside covers. A square, internally clean, tight and unmarked copy. Good..
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017407
- Title
- The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists (The Pioneers of Manitoba)
- Author
- Bryce, Dr. George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Barse & Hopkins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Canadian History, Manitoba
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canada;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...