Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. Original gilt green cloth hardcovers. Illustrated map endpapers. Light bumping to corners. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book in moderately worn, chipped and rubbed unclipped ($2.00 price) dust jacket (now in archival mylar sleeve). Very neat--an admirable copy of the edition published c. 1920s. All plates present, as called for. vi, 580pp.
The Golden Dog (Le Chien D'Or): a Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec
Kirby, William
The Golden Dog (Le Chien D'Or): a Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec
Kirby, William
Publisher: Page Company
Date published: 1920
Format: Hardcover
624 pages, b/w plates; 12mo, green cloth, small decoration front cover. Spine ends/corner tips worn, edges rubbed, inner front hinge broken, small tear title page, good+; no dust jacket. Originally published in 1877 in Canada with pirated editions put out in the U.S. until 1987 when Page printed an authorized, revised edition.
The Montreal News Co., Ltd., 1897. Authorized Edition. Very Good/no dust jacket. Clean decorated American trade binding. Green cloth boards with gold decoration, red lettering and line border on cover, red lettering on spine. Later edition, authorized by the author. A few faint surface rubs from silverfish, light surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound-no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers (neatly penned previous owner name on front free endpaper). Eight full page black and white illustrations. 624 pages.
Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Ltd., 1925. Later Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Clean hardcover book in unclipped dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with stamped gold lettering and small gold design on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound-no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers; previous owner name neatly penned on back side of frontispiece illustration. Illustrated by C. W. Jefferys. 580 pages. Clean illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), has some edge/corner wear wear and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Story begins in 1748 when Canada was still French. The scene is laid in the historic city of Quebec, and it pictures with all the glowing romance of the 18th century the life, the haunts, the secrets of that high-built wonder city in a thrilling story of the days of New France. First published in 1877, The Golden Dog led the way in Canadian historical romance and opened the eyes of later Canadian novelists to the wealth of material that lay in the unknown and almost forgotten Canadian past.
Previous owner wrote his name and the date 1925 on the FFEP also left newspaper clippings paper clipped to the last end page dated 1927....with info about the book.....this copy has a solid tight binding and clean unmarked pages. yellowed stain fro the newspaper clipping on the last end page.....
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The Golden Dog (Le Chien D'Or): a Romance From the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec
Kirby, William Frsc
The Golden Dog (Le Chien D'Or): a Romance From the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec
Kirby, William Frsc
Publisher: Chateau Cigar and News Stand / Musson
Format: Hardcover
Circa 1920s, no date. Frontis plate, decorated title page, 528 pp., octavo, burgundy buckram with gilt decorations. Nearly Fine copy with no signficant flaws. Very tight, square, unworn copy, no tears, no soiling. Neat bookplate from original owner on fep.
The Golden Dog [Le Chien D'Or]: a Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec
Kirby, William
The Golden Dog [Le Chien D'Or]: a Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec
Kirby, William
Publisher: Chateau Cigar & News Stand
Date published: 1924
Format: Hardcover
Quebec: Chateau Cigar & News Stand, 1924. Undated, ca. 1920s (pencil note dated 1924). A romance novel set in Quebec of the eighteenth century. Frontis illustration in black and white. Maroon cloth printed in gilt, 528 pages. Some light cover wear, mainly a little rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a name and date in pencil on the front free endpaper, no other markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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