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A Legacy of Courage
[Buy it!] | Bagley, Fred and Duncan, Harvey D. | USD 33.58
(Fri May 31 22:22:07 2024) | Abebooks | Wagon Tongue Books | ISBN10: 0969716206, ISBN13: 9780969716204, [publisher: Plug Street, Calgary] Hardcover SUBTITLED : ` Calgary's Own - 137th Overseas Battalion. C.E.F. ' When the call to war went out to the British Empire in August of 1914, the total population of Canada was eight million. These 260 pages - with INDEX - show the response by one group of Albertans. Read more about : Canadian Cavalry Brigade, 39 Crutched Friars, Kiltie Band, Brigadier-General E.A. Cruikshank, Aubigny, Salvation Army Canteen, Isolation Camp, 5'th Platoon, Petit Sains, Fray Bentos, and Private Pete Swanson. A handful of b/w maps accompany text. Section of b/w photos at center. Complete list of members of the 137th Battalion begins on page 211. Cond :Boards are black with gilt lettering on spine. End-papers are white. D.J. is rose coloured with black and white lettering. Tom Bagley artwork on d.j. vVolume is tight, bright, clean and crisp on all senses - SAVE - a small scuff at hinge of ffep.Almost giftable military history. Quote (p. 103) : " Zepplin alarm last night ! In about an hour the `All Clear ' was given. Our last day in quarantine ! We packed up in a hurry and marched back to our former quarters. The other Companies had left for the line. We were happy to ._._._. .' Size: Octavo
[Linden, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 1993] |
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Victorian and Edwardian Warwickshire from Old Photographs
[Buy it!] | McCulla, Dorothy, Hampson, Martin | USD 19.61
(Fri May 31 22:22:06 2024) | Abebooks | Kennys Bookstore | ISBN10: 0713431016, ISBN13: 9780713431018, [publisher: Batsford Ltd] Hardcover 1976. Hardcover. Inscribed by previous owner. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976] |
