MANITOBA: ITS INFANCY, GROWTH, AND PRESENT CONDITION
by Bryce, Georg
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivingto, 1882. viii,367,[1]pp., plus frontis, folding map, and three plates. Later three-quarter brown morocco and green morocco boards, spine gilt, edges marbled. Library binding, Light tanning and foxing, heavier on initial leaves. About very good. A history of the province of Manitoba and an assessment of its current state by George Bryce, a Presbyterian minister, historian, and prolific writer. Bryce was a church organizer in Winnipeg, and helped to found Manitoba College and the University of Manitoba. He was responsible for several dozen publications on Canadian history, and about Winnipeg and Manitoba in particular. PEEL 1031.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM51976
- Title
- MANITOBA: ITS INFANCY, GROWTH, AND PRESENT CONDITION
- Author
- Bryce, Georg
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivingto
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....