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The Watchman and Other Poems
by Montgomery, L.M
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1916. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. [xii] 259pp. Octavo. Publisher's grey-blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine and front board. Slight rippling to cloth of front board; slight darkening to spine. Light shelfwear and rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Very small and light corner dampstain to front endpapers. Previous owner's names to ffep. Fore and lower edges of textblock untrimmed. very good Collection of poems previously published in magazines, including MacLean's, Smart Set and the Lady's World. Written during the darkest years of World War I, Montgomery dedicated the book "To the memory of the gallant Canadian soldiers who have laid down their lives for their country and their empire". Lechowick P 63, Russell 618 quite scarce. 1916
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132658
- Title
- The Watchman and Other Poems
- Author
- Montgomery, L.M
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1916
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Anne of Green Gables|Canadian Author|Canadian Poetry|L.M. Montgomery|Poetry|War Poems
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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