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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.

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.

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.

Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 664 p. Intended for a juvenile audience.

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.....