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Patterson's History of Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
by MACDONALD, W. James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0920336027
- ISBN 13
- 9780920336021
- Seller
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About This Item
Sydney, NS: College of Cape Breton Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. xvi, 223 p. 24 b&w illustrations and 11 maps. Brown buckram under dustjacket. Small tears and rubbing to jacket edges. Front flap has ink price. Some discolouration to edges of flaps. Faint red mark on front.
Originally written by G. G. Patterson in 1885, this updated version has appendices and footnotes in Part Two. Topics include the indigenous peoples, early visitors, Louisbourg, first settlers, immigration, pioneer conditions, shipwrecks, etc.
Originally written by G. G. Patterson in 1885, this updated version has appendices and footnotes in Part Two. Topics include the indigenous peoples, early visitors, Louisbourg, first settlers, immigration, pioneer conditions, shipwrecks, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136646
- Title
- Patterson's History of Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- Author
- MACDONALD, W. James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0920336027
- ISBN 13
- 9780920336021
- Publisher
- College of Cape Breton Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, NS
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Maritimes, Pioneers, Settlers
- Bookseller catalogs
- East Coast;
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