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"An Acadian Romance: Being The Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart; and how he crossed the Black Abbe; and of his Adventures in a Strange Fellowship." - subtitles of the novel printed on title page. CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS (1860-1943) is considered the father of Canadian poetry. He attended UNB, was a professor at King's College, Nova Scotia, served in WWI and was knighted in 1935. This was his first commercial adult novel (1896). Illustrated by French Canadian born Henry (Hy) Sandham (1842-1910), the perfect choice of illustrator for a novel of Acadian Romance. Hardcover has navy cloth embossed boards with gold lettering, but no DJ. Corners square, little wear. Page-edges are deckled. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked, except for a Brentanno's Bookseller sticker on rear paste-down. Copyright 1896. 1st published by Lamson, Wolffe and Company. No edition or print-run info given in this copy. 1902 date comes from other booksellers description, but is a reasonable estimate of this L. C. Page produced copy. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR. Seller Inventory # 007050
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Forge in the Forest
Publisher: L. C. Page & Company, Boston, MA U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1902
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Sandham, Hy (Henry)
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Reprint
