Soldiering in Canada: Recollections and Experiences

Presentation copy. xi, 364 pp. + 8 unpaginated plates. Octavo. Hardcover, original publisher's binding, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, a black impressed illustration on the front board. Top edge gilt, all edges trimmed. Corners slightly bumped, minor signs of shelf wear. Alfred Harmsworth bookplate and ABO Academy stamp on the front pastedown. Presentation copy, rare. Gift inscribed by the author to Alfred Harmsworth on the half title page, dated Sept 1900. Monochrome frontispiece of Denison guarded with tissue paper. Seven B&W plates. Internally clean and unmarked. Very good condition. Alfred Charles William Harmsworth (d. 1922), was a British newspaper and publishing magnate. As owner of the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror, he was an early developer of popular journalism; this book is a unique presentation copy gifted from the author to Alfred Harmsworth.