THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE AND TORONTO "CALLED BACK" FROM 1887 TO 1847. Its Wonderful Growth and Progress, Especially as an Importing Centre, ...This Revised Editon Contains the Progress of the City from 1886 to 1887,
by Taylor, Conyngham Crawford
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- Hardcover
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Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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Toronto: Briggs, 1887.. 8vo. 420 pp. Illus throughout from engravings. Fold-out map. Portrait frontis with tissue guard. Red cloth. Lettering and emblem in gilt, decorations in black. Beveled edges. Ink name stamp on endpaper. Chipping to spine tips and rubbing t. o corners. Spotting to top cover, else a very good, bright copy..
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- About Books, ABAC (CA)
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- Title
- THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE AND TORONTO "CALLED BACK" FROM 1887 TO 1847. Its Wonderful Growth and Progress, Especially as an Importing Centre, ...This Revised Editon Contains the Progress of the City from 1886 to 1887,
- Author
- Taylor, Conyngham Crawford
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Toronto: Briggs, 1887.
- Keywords
- Canadiana, Toronto
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