Amor De Cosmos
by Wild, Roland
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/fair
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. 146 p.; HC; VG condition; DJ fair, considerable rubbing and chipping, tape repair on inside. Biography of British Columbia's colourful second Premier. Amor De Cosmos is often remembered chiefly for the exotic name he adopted (he was born William Alexander Smith) but Roland Wild describes his achievements and contributions to British Columbia. Includes several pages of B & W photos. Foreword by then-Premier W.A.C. Bennett
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Rat (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRAB1770
- Title
- Amor De Cosmos
- Author
- Wild, Roland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- history British Columbia biography Amor De Cosmos
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoir/Biography;
Terms of Sale
Reading Rat
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About the Seller
Reading Rat
Biblio member since 2008
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Reading Rat
Home based bookseller of quality used books; wide variety of titles with emphasis on Canadian authors, including but not limited to history, poetry and literature
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...