Quest and Conquest: An Anthology of Personal Adventures
by Odle, E. V. (Ed.)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd., 1944. First Edition, Sixth Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6 3/4" X 4 1/2. Book from The Scholar's Library Series ( St. Martin's Classic), Guy Boas (Gen. Ed.) Red cloth boards have gilt text on spine, publisher's colophon on front panel, Extremities lightly scuffed, ffep missing. Book was first published in 1936. Book sections: Travel and Discovery (5), War (4), The Pioneering Instinct and Scientific Enterprise (8), On the Road, By Sea, and In the Arena (6) . 205 pp. plus: Notes, Essay Questions. Bookseller's Inventory # 173019.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003019
- Title
- Quest and Conquest: An Anthology of Personal Adventures
- Author
- Odle, E. V. (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Sixth Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 6 3/4" X 4 1/2
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- 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...
- Colophon
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Cloth
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