Published by Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1942
Seller: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. C.W. Jefferys. (illustrator). First Edition. 268 pp, 7 15/16" H - green cloth with yellow lettering on spine and front board. Signed on front free endpaper: "Charles W. Jefferys / Dec. '42" and then in another hand by a previous owner below. Profusely illustrated throughout with b&w maps, plans, drawings, portraits. This first volume of the series begins with a brief overview of the indigenous peoples of Canada, followed by the early French explorers, traders & colonizers, and concludes with the fall of Quebec. Light browning to the endpapersand pages, moderate to heaving browning in the margins of the pages, heavy browning to the edges of the text block, minor lean to the spine, light wear at the top/bottom of the spine and at the corners of the boards. Signed by author/artist.