Chebucto and Other Poems.
by Matheson (D[uncan] M.)
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About This Item
[Halifax, 1917]. First edition.. [126pp.]. Original green cloth, front cover designed and lettered in black. Text block stapled. Some wear to edges, front fly leaf lacking, evidence of some glue repair to inner front hinge; a sound, very good copy otherwise. Introduction by Dr. E. Blackadder. Matheson was a Nova Scotian, principal of a school in Halifax. Several long poems concern Nova Scotia, and the Micmacs; numerous shorter poems are on the subject of the Great War. A second edition appeared in 1919, and ran to 152pp.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
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- Title
- Chebucto and Other Poems.
- Author
- Matheson (D[uncan] M.)
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Halifax, 1917]. First edition.
- Keywords
- canada canadian literature poetry verse WWI first great war
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