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CAPE BRETON CANADA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE. TWENTIETH CENTURY. A Treatise of Natural Resources and Development.
by Vernon, C. W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
National Publishing Co., Toronto, CANADA: ., 1903 337 p. Profusely illustrated with excellent photographs of Cape Breton. Title page printed in red and black with an elaborate border. All edges gilt. Inked manuscript ownership of Margaret Space, Ithaca, NY on first fly leaf. Very slightly age stained. Small 4to. 250 mm. Original full purple cloth binding, worn, rubbed and faded. Spine worn and repaired. First Edition. The last chapter is on Newfoundland. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL 2 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Good.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 184ADD59
- Title
- CAPE BRETON CANADA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE. TWENTIETH CENTURY. A Treatise of Natural Resources and Development.
- Author
- Vernon, C. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- National Publishing Co., Toronto, CANADA: .
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- TRAVEL CANADA CAPE BRETON HISTORY INDUSTRY FISHING MINING ORE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1903 FARMING FISHERIES TRANSPORTATION SHIPS ILLUSTRATED
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- TRAVEL / EXPLORATION;
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About the Seller
THE FAMILY ALBUM
Biblio member since 2007
Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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