Published by Gazette Printing Company Limited, Montreal, 1936
Seller: Kestrel Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Slim 4to(10"tall)colour pictorial stapled wraps. Fine in a Near Fine custom full leather jacket with minor edgewear to inside corners, silk moire endpapers. Very rare in this custom binding.
Published by Privately Publshed, Montreal, 1933
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 28 cm; portrait frontispiece, xiv, 256 pages, [7 leaves] genealogical tables, and 25 plates. Original cloth-backed boards, preserved in original board slipcase. Spine darkened; text about fine. Canada's largest brewery was founded by the Molson family in 1786. Building on that success, the family financed Canada's first steamboat, built its first railroad, and established Molson's Bank, which printed its own currency. Edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is #177.