Author: TOYE, WILLIAM & LEN RAMPEN
Title: The St. Lawrence.
Description: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author with an inscription to the Honourable Louis J. Robichaud, who was the Premier of New Brunswick at the time. Turqouise with silver lines to the cover. In Very Good++ condition. Tightly bound, other that the signature, the book is clean & unmarked. The DJ is Very Good and is protected by a clear plastic cover. Illustrated end papers with more illustrations through the book. "This is its story--the enthralling history of the greatest inland sea-route in the world, compellingly told, often in the words of the people who took part in the events described. We watch Quebec grow from a lonely trading-post to a famous city; we take part in the battles of the Plains of Abraham and Windmill Point; we see the river's first bridge go up at Montreal, and an ice-railway join its shores; we share in the disasters, celebrations, and daily life of the people, and in the most impressive event of all--the building of a deep-water highway and the harnessing of the river's fall for hydroelectric power. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Canada > History St. Lawrence River Canadiana Canada History
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Title: The St. Lawrence.
Description: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author with an inscription to the Honourable Louis J. Robichaud, who was the Premier of New Brunswick at the time. Turqouise with silver lines to the cover. In Very Good++ condition. Tightly bound, other that the signature, the book is clean & unmarked. The DJ is Very Good and is protected by a clear plastic cover. Illustrated end papers with more illustrations through the book. "This is its story--the enthralling history of the greatest inland sea-route in the world, compellingly told, often in the words of the people who took part in the events described. We watch Quebec grow from a lonely trading-post to a famous city; we take part in the battles of the Plains of Abraham and Windmill Point; we see the river's first bridge go up at Montreal, and an ice-railway join its shores; we share in the disasters, celebrations, and daily life of the people, and in the most impressive event of all--the building of a deep-water highway and the harnessing of the river's fall for hydroelectric power. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Canada > History St. Lawrence River Canadiana Canada History
Price: US$ 39.25 Seller: Bytown Bookery
- Book number: 27039
- Book number: 27039
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