Author: Smallwood, J.R.
Title: The New Newfoundland; by J.R. Smallwood; Justice of the Peace for the Colony
Description: New York, The Macmillan Company, 1931. First printing. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 277. 8vo. Bound in full terracotta cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Black and white photographic repdroductions, tables and illustrations. Light wear to extremities, front endpaper split at hinge revealing mull (binding remains sound). Contents remain remarkably clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good in very good dustjacket showing occasional spotting and short closed tears along edges. Dustjacket, now housed in protective mylar. Overall, very good to very good+. Dubbed, 'the Last Father of Confederation", Joey Smallwood served as premier of Newfoundland from 1949 - 1972. .

Keywords: canadiana; politics; political writings; confederation;


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