Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 241 pp. followed by a bibliography and an index. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; endpaper maps; headband. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated in black and white with drawings, paintings and maps. The Contents are: Night on the River; Braddock's Chest; The Pomp of Gout; A Stupendous Stronghold; Mad, Is He; The Traverse; Hot Stuff; Wolfe in Despair; The Back Door; The Inevitable Hour; More Important Matters; The Second Battle; The Captains Depart; and New Paths; followed by a Bibliography and an Index..

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 225071
Title: BATTLE FOR A CONTINENT - Quebec 1759
Author: Donaldson, Gordon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385058195
ISBN 13: 9780385058193
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1973
Size: 8vo
Keywords: quebec; lower canada; british navy; great britain; st lawrence river; new world; quebec city; montcalm; wolfe; french; english; france; england; wolfe's landing; montmorency; saunders; hms centurion; ste saint sainte foy; plains of abraham;
Bookseller catalogs: History - Canada;

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We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.

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