INVENTORY #160228
The Black Candle
Janey Canuck [FERGUSON, Emily]
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$200.00 CAD
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Sketches and essays by a Canadian author and social reformer. "Janey's" book portrays the early 20th-century Canadian west, with themes of nation-building, immigration, and life on the frontier. Better known under her married name, Emily Murphy, the author (18681933) made history as the first female magistrate in the British Empire. She was also leader of The Famous Five who championed the landmark Persons Case, ensuring Canadian women were legally recognized as "persons."
Publication Info
- Publisher: Thomas Allen
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1922
- Place Published: Toronto
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Fair
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
405 p. 20 cm. B&w portrait frontispiece. 17 b&w plates. Orange cloth with black print. Some faint marks to cloth. Front free endpaper removed, some stains to half title. Wrinkling to first few pages. Slight dent to text block edge and mark on rear endpaper.