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A Theatrical Trip for a Wager! Through Canada and the United States (Signed x 4)

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A Theatrical Trip for a Wager! Through Canada and the United States (Signed x 4)

by Rhys, Captain Horton. With an Introduction By Robertson Davies

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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Vancouver: Alcuin Society, 1966. Quarter bound in red leather with cream paper over boards; five raised bands on spine with gilt stamping; gilt stamped felt lined slipcase covered in red linen. Slight fading of spine leather. 500 copies total, this is one of 30 leatherbound "Specials (this is copy no. 14). Originally published in 1861: the travels, tribulations and several encounters of an English Officer and amateur thespian through the uncivilized lands of Canada and the United States. Letterpress printed on Victorian Text by Wil Hudson and Nick Schwabe; pp. 277, + colophon + typeface page. Signed on the colophon page by the illustrator, printer, designer and binder (Hans Strohhacker).. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine.. Illus. by Sam Black.

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Bookseller
Purpora Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
19620
Title
A Theatrical Trip for a Wager! Through Canada and the United States (Signed x 4)
Author
Rhys, Captain Horton. With an Introduction By Robertson Davies
Illustrator
Sam Black
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Alcuin Society
Place of Publication
Vancouver
Date Published
1966

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First Edition
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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....
Fine
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Gilt
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Colophon
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Raised Band(s)
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