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Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1988
ISBN 10: 0771042647ISBN 13: 9780771042645
Seller: Nessa Books, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Book First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Paul Rivoche jacket illustrator; (illustrator). First Edition. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Beigh cloth with blue lettering on spine, (roughly) 9 1/4" by 6 1/2" (inches), head band, 351 pages plus 16 pages of b & w plates, with maps, SIGNED (without inscription) Near Fine condition with faint edge wear, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition price clipped with front flap having a crease, with faint edge wear, now in Mylar. "By 1927 the rum-runners & the coast guard were fighting a full-scale war on the lakes. And while their guns blazed, bootleggers & corrupt officials on both sides of the border lined their pockets. They were not the only ones to profit, Booze, Boats and Billions also details the meteoric rise of the brothers Herb & Harry Hatch, lowly bartenders from Deseronto, Ontario, whom Prohibition shot to the top of the world's greatest liquor empire of the time." Check out the scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.
Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1988
ISBN 10: 0771042647ISBN 13: 9780771042645
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Kong Tik Njo (maps) (illustrator). No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st. Preface by author. Acknowledgements. Maps. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 309 pp. plus: Notes, Bibliography, index. White cloth covered boards have blue text on spine only, blue ep's. Spine ends show slight wear. Unclipped DJ has edge/shelf wear. FlatSIGNED by author in black ink. NOT a dedication copy. Bookseller's Inventory # 230790. Signed by Author(s).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Verso, in manuscript and unsigned, reads: "This is to certify that Mr. W. S. Benjamin of Newbern N. C. / is a Loyal Citizen and is visiting New York / on business. The Provost Marshals of New York & Fortress / Monroe will please furnish him with proper permits to /return." Benjamin was the author of The Great Epidemic in New Berne, published in New Berne in 1865 and a rare book (OCLC locates 11 copies). Old fold lines, but very good.