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DJ torn along spine, pieces missing along top, installed in new crystal clear Brodart archival wrap, foil sticker afixed to front panel stating Award winner: Concours Litteraire et Scientifique-1963, clean copy.

A nice copy with slight lean to spine. Several very short closed tears at crown of spine of jacket, and foxing (what looks like pale freckles) to back and spine of jacket. Text clean, spine strong. [Montreal Books Rating System: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]

First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Some offsetting to front pastedown and endpaper from newspaper article having been laid in otherwise fine. Jacket has some minor edgecreasing, very light rubbing. Near Fine/Near Fine.

317pp. Prev owner name inked on ffep. Burgundy cloth with crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Illustrated DJ clean, not price-clipped, showing light surface wear at joints, 2cm surface chip top front edge, and moderate wear to tail. DJ now preserved in archival cover. Winner of: Concours Litteraire et Scientifique--1963, in the province of Quebec.

Very little wear to the book. Dust jacket is yellowing, the spine faded; the corners shelf rubbed. Text is clean. "A stirring novel of the English and the French in Canada.and of their legacy - the conflict that still divides a country." 317 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

- Burgundy cloth with gilt on spine, 317 pages, with maps, no names, faint edge wear, dust jacket is in Very Good conditon with minor edge wear, with gold lable "Prize Winner Concours Litteraire Et Sceientifique de la Province de Quebec 1963" on front cover. "The White Cockade was the Jacobite symbol and the young Laird of Stratmore, Gillian Kennedy, wore it with pride. This is an epic tale of heroism and self sacrifice, of treachery, corruption and intrigue. It moves from the Old World to the New, in forest and in palace, among savage Indians and polished grandees - for Gillian Kennedy's life is oddly tangled with that of James Wolfe, the victor of Quebec."

BOOK RATES PRACTICALLY NEAR FINE. SOLID, NO MARKINGS, TINY BIT OF FOXING ON THE INNER EDGE INSIDE FRONT COVER. D/J HAS A TEAR ABOUT 3 INCHES AT BOTTOM OF SPINE AND A FEW SMALL TEARS AND NICKS. IT IS NOT P/C AND HAS THE PRIZE WINNING MEDALLION OF THE" CONCOURS LITERAIRE & SCIENTIFIQUE de la PROVINCE de QUEBEC " ON THE FRONT COVER. INTERESTING AND FACT FILLED HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM AND THE AFTERMATH. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

317 Pages. " A Stirring Novel Of The English And The French In Canada...And Their Legacy-The Conflict That Still Divides A Country "

[1963]. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 317pp. Maps. Book about James Wolfe. Time Period. Winner of: Concours Litteraire et Scientifique--1963; Concours Litteraire et Scientifique de la Province de Quebec 1963. Locale: ; Montreal. (Fiction, Canadian, Seven Years War)