Canada's War at Sea: Canada and the Sea / Canada and the War at Sea / Of Ships and Shipbuilding
by Leacock, Stephen; Roberts, Leslie; Ward, Wallace and J. Alexander Morton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal, QC: Alvah M. Beatty Publications (1943) Limited, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 155pp w index + 100pp advertisements w index. Illustrated throughout w historical bw photographs, colour plate reproductions of oil paintings by Douglas Grieve and Eric Riordan, and a hundred pages of wartime ads. Light blue endpapers. Family gift inscription inked on ffep. Front hinge cracking, binding shaken but still sound. Dark blue cloth w gold lettering on cover and spine; lettering dulled. Corners rubbed, moderate wear to head and tail. Additional shipping required - 30 x 22cm
This single volume includes Canada and the Sea by renowned Canadian author Stephen Leacock, and, Canada and the War at Sea by Leslie Roberts, together with Of Ships and Shipbuilding by Wallace Ward and J. Alexander Morton.
This single volume includes Canada and the Sea by renowned Canadian author Stephen Leacock, and, Canada and the War at Sea by Leslie Roberts, together with Of Ships and Shipbuilding by Wallace Ward and J. Alexander Morton.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037012
- Title
- Canada's War at Sea: Canada and the Sea / Canada and the War at Sea / Of Ships and Shipbuilding
- Author
- Leacock, Stephen; Roberts, Leslie; Ward, Wallace and J. Alexander Morton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alvah M. Beatty Publications (1943) Limited
- Place of Publication
- Montreal, QC
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- War and Military;
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...