The Heart of Gaspe: Sketches in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
by CLARKE, John Mason
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover, April 1937 printing, octavo, pp. xiv, [2], 292. Illustrated with many black and white plates. Includes Glossary of Gaspe Place Names and list of Lighthouses and Light Signals of Gaspe County. Old faint spots of discoloration on spine, else Very Good and sound in the publisher's blue cloth with large attractive upper board decoration and gilt lettering. Good-only dust jacket's front panel has a neat half-inch vertical tear with no loss at top edge and a neat half-inch vertical tear with no loss at middle of bottom edge Jacket front inner flap is clipped at top corner and bottom corner. Published price of $2.50 not clipped. Jacket now ensconced in a clear protective sheet of archival Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0001640
- Title
- The Heart of Gaspe: Sketches in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- Author
- CLARKE, John Mason
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937,
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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