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The Broadview Book of Canadian Anecdotes - by the author of "The United States of Heaven"
by Fetherling, Douglas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/NF
- ISBN 10
- 0921149298
- ISBN 13
- 9780921149293
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Pr, 1988. - Black cloth with silver lettering on spine, headband, 188 pages, no names, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "The Broadview Book of Canadian Anecdotes brings together two hundred gems from all parts of the country. They range in time from Champlain to Gretzky & cover such fields as business (including show business), sports, government, diplomacy, science, the media, art and literature. A few are familiar if not indeed cherished. Most are obscure - but don't deserve to be. Together they make up a browser's holiday, as well as a unique back-door look at Canadian society's most vulnerable point: its sense of humour." Contents include: Preface: The Natural History of the Anecdote / The Anecdotes / Sources / index. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Cover Illustration: "The Death of Wolfe", by Benjamin West. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004941
- Title
- The Broadview Book of Canadian Anecdotes - by the author of "The United States of Heaven"
- Author
- Fetherling, Douglas
- Illustrator
- Cover Illustration: "The Death of Wolfe", by Benjamin West
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- NF
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0921149298
- ISBN 13
- 9780921149293
- Publisher
- Broadview Pr
- Place of Publication
- Peterborough, Ont.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- - Black cloth with silver lettering on spine, headband, 188 pages, no names, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "The Broadview Book of Canadian Anecdotes brings together two hundred gems from all parts of the country. They range in time from Cha
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; CanLit;
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