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Frontis. 15 b&w plates The author's aim is to discuss various aspects of French colonisation, without at any point straying far from the concrete.To secure distinctness the examples have been drawn, chapter by chapter, from some one career. Or rather, a single personage has been made the representative of a class, and in considering the large subject with which he is connected, certain features of his experience are rendered prominent. (From the Preface)

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1910. 366 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with b/w plate of The Rock of Quebed, 1759. Frontispiece/title page worn at spine. 15 additional illustrations in text. Pages good condition. Foredges lightly yellowed. Navy blue cloth, gilt border and title on upper cover. GIlt title and bands on spine. Boards show light wear. Head/tail of spine, edges and corners show light wear. VG+. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1908. 16 b/w illustrations. 366 pages, clean and clear. White endpapers, with previous owner's name on ffep. Front board loose. Navy cloth cover with gilt titles. Bottom corners bumped, wear to the head and tail of spine. VG.