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Muddling Through: The Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists
de Bowen, Lynne
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 155054053X
- ISBN 13
- 9781550540536
- Librería
-
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Canada for the British" - that was the rallying cry of two-thousand British middle-class citizens who decided to follow charismatic but inept Isaac Barr to the Canadian prairies. Very few of them were farmers and added to that the imperialistic notion that British people were far superior to anyone else on earth. Lynne Bowen is the granddaughter of Barr colonists. She draws on letter, diaries, memoirs, and interviews to retell one of the most interesting chapters of Canadian history. Blue cloth, white titling to spine, SIGNED and inscribed by author to title page, a cluster of black and white photographs, 234 pages. Light edge wear, a small stripe of sunning to top and bottom, previous owner's blindstamp to ffep. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear and is now protected in a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Detalles
- Librería
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 014329
- Título
- Muddling Through: The Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists
- Autor
- Bowen, Lynne
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 155054053X
- ISBN 13
- 9781550540536
- Editorial
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Lugar de publicación
- Vancouver
- Fecha de publicación
- 1992
- Palabras clave
- BARR COLONY, ISAAK MONTGOMERY BARR, PRAIRIE PROVINCES, COLONIZATION, HISTORY AGRICULTURAL COLONIES, BRITISH IMMIGRANTS, CANADA,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History; Canada;
Términos de venta
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Sobre el vendedor
Black Sheep Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
Sobre Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
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