The Romance of the Canadian Canoe by Gibbon, John Murray - 1951

First edition. With dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with red titles on spine. Colour plate as frontispiece. Three additional colour plates and several b&w plates.
Dust jacket rubbed and soiled; torn and chipped around edges; faded on spine. Boards with mild edge wear; slight discolouration at top edge; slightly wrinkled near lower edge on rear board and spine. Pages clean. Binding firm.

First edition. With dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with red titles on spine. Colour plate as frontispiece. Three additional colour plates and several b&w plates.
Dust jacket rubbed and soiled; torn and chipped around edges; faded on spine. Boards with mild edge wear and a few marks. Pages clean. Binding firm.

hard covers, showing light handling, very good plus condition/.(ss114)

Toronto: Ryerson Pr., 1951. First printing.. Lrg 8vo. xiv+145 pp. Colour frontis + 3 colour plates. 32 pp b/w plates from diagrams, paintings and photos. Illus in text. Yellow coth. A very good clean copy, lacks dustwrapper. A lovely book..

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. Author "traces the story of discovery annd explorationn, of trade and commerce, war and peace, and shows how the canoe has followed the course in an almost spectacular way. He quotes from letters and journals until the canoe at times seems to become a living partner in the venture of nation buiding." Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Jacket has small tears/chips and some paper loss around edges and a 2" split along spine near bottom. Some dampstains on rear panel. Yellow cloth-covered boards with red lettering on spine. Full colour frontis. Richly illustrated. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 145 pp.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, [1951]., 1951. 8vo. pp. xiv, 145. coloured frontis. 3 coloured plates. 16 double-sided black & white plates. cloth. dw. (severely torn & chipped). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.