Edmonton, portrait of a city Tapa dura - 1981

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Canada: A Reidmore Book, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12h x 9 1/4w. A nice 240 page first edition hardcover. Has inscription and signed by 2 Special airport task force chairmen. Dust jacket has a little edge wear and a small tape repair but still nice. After two years of painstaking research and effort, authors Dennis Person and Carin Routledge have compiled a massive volume, containing over 400 photographs and almost 100,000 words of text, that crisply and entertainingly takes the reader from the days of the Fort to the 1980s. Booms. Busts. Growth. Wars. ModelTs and LRTs; the Edmonton Grads and the Edmonton Oilers; the Thistle Rink and Commonwealth Stadium; "Funny Money" and the Heritage Trust Fun; they're all here - and much more. Edmonton: Portrait of a City will quickly become the Edmonton gift book, the Edmonton reference book. For long-time residents, it will evoke many a fond memory..

Edmonton: Reidmore, 1981. Large format, 9" x 12". Chronicle of the city of Edmonton from the beginning with Fort Edmonton (1795) to the present (1981). Contains over 400 B&W photogaphs; 237 pages plus index.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Toronto: Reidmore Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Sl/worn and Chipped. 4to. pp. 240, b/w illustrations throughout, photographic endpapers.

Reidmore. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0919091059 . Tight unmarked book in clean gray cloth; in dust jacket iwth tape-repaired tears to top edges. ; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 240 pages .

distributed in Canada by McClelland & Stewart, 1981. Hardcover. Good.

Canada: Reidmore, 1981. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 240 pages. Index. "By far the most thorough, complete and fascinating book ever published on Alberta's burgeoning capital city... Contains over 400 photos and almost 100,000 words that crisply and entertainingly take the reader from the days of the Fort to the 1980s." - from dust jacket. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated endpapers. Includes relevant newpaper clipping from 1971. Short tears/small chips to periphery of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Binding intact. Overall a quality copy..