A HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF CAPE BRETON WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, AND NEWFOUNDLAND
London, England: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1869. First Edition. Disbound. Octavo, 9 in. x 5.75 oin., pp. xiv, [2], 464. Missing: Frontispiece, fold-out map, and front and rear endpapers. Illustrated with eight full-page maps and engravings. Contemporary dark green cloth boards with decorative frame stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title to spine. Deteriorated, scuffed boards with tears to base of spine. Clear tape holds the front board to the spine, and title page to front pastedown. Spine cloth has separated from textblock, exposing the signatures. SPine lean, with several pages are disbound, but all pages are present and in order. Poor. Item #100327
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