[Chignecto Marine Transport Railway] The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate
Tennyson, Alfred
From The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 December 1998
From The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 December 1998
About this Item
581 pages, and tissue guarded plates. Double column format; all edges gilt. This volume of particular interest regarding the Chignecto Marine Transport Railway. Laid in is a letter from booksellers J. & A. McMillan of St. John NB to one Miss Emeline E. Carter stating that they have been directed by Henry George Clopper Ketchum to send "by express prepaid a copy of Tennyson's poems which Mr. Ketchum desires you to accept in appreciation of your poem on the Railway that was recently published.". Ketchum's calling card laid in, as well as numerous (later) newspaper clippings on the unfinished railway, and some poems in manuscript presumably by Miss Carter. The McMillans indeed sent the book by express, as the recipient's signature in the book is dated 19 March 1889 (at Fort Lawrence NS on the Isthmus of Chignecto), the same day as their letter. Occasional light soil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Seller Inventory # Books016003
Bibliographic Details
Title: [Chignecto Marine Transport Railway] The ...
Publisher: Gay Brothers & Co., New York
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Very Good
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