Canada 1962: The Official Handbook Of Present Conditions And Recent Progress.

Roger Duhamel, Queen’s Printer, Ottawa., 1962. First Edition (Shown Not Stated).. Softcover.. Very Fine/--. 8 5/8 H x 5 1/2 W x 5/8 thick.. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. GIFT QUALITY. Book Interior VERY FINE / Covers Fine. Very nostalgic. Very gently read, if at all. Front cover is light blue, lettering yellow/red, back cover is yellow, front and back have black/white art commissioned exclusively for Canada 1962 from the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, Cape Dorset, and depicts activities at an Eskimo summer camp, and is the work of Kiakshuk a 72 year old Eskimo who is one of the oldest people at the Cape. Spine is straight, square, solid, white on spine is a bit age darkened, spine has a crease from front to back that seems to have broken the surface paper only, spine has some small chipping at top and bottom and has a faint vertical crease from top to half way down. Covers are flat, clean, bright, no rips, the upper front corner has a 2 1/4 inch diagonal crease with a bruise to the paper at one end of the crease, front has 10 small dot scuff marks which made small chips in the colour so they appear white, largest is 3/16 inch long, front cover has a bruise where the lower left corner hit something but paper is not broken and a thin 1/4 inch line of white shows where the colour rubbed off. Back cover has a tiny bit of shelf soil and no other damage, book has virtually no edge wear. Page edges slightly sunned. Inner end papers are white, front has a small description of cover art, back has the map. Inside of book is tight, clean, clear, bright, flat. A nostalgic look back at how Canada was in 1962 and fun to read. Catalogue No. CX-11-203/1962. Colour fold-out map of Canada 17 inches W x 14 inches H. Black/white photos on just about every page. Lovely colour photos. Tables, charts, graphs. Foreword. Canada, The Country, The Community, The Industrial State, The Land of Business, The Nation. Index. The coated stock makes this book heavy and may require extra postage.