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NEWTON, W. Douglas Westward With The Prince Of Wales
D. Appleton and Company, New York / London , 1920,
NEWTON, W. Douglas. Westward With The Prince of Wales. New York / London : D. Appleton and Company, 1920. Pp (6), vii-xi, 1-351, (1), portrait frontisoiece. 8vo, navy cloth. O'Dea 1717. Newfoundland pp 1-18. "St. John's Newfoundland, was the first city of the Western continent to see the Prince of Wales. It was also the first to label him with one of the affectionate, if inexplicable sobriquets that the West is so fond of." -p.1. A young woman, speaking dockside to a sailor, refers to the Prince as a "plush". Of interest for Newton's impressions. With sections on Belle Isle (7-9); Topsail "TheBrighton of Newfoundland" (12); "St. John's (12-18). "The buildings and sh ops along this [Water] street are not imposing, and there seems a need for revitalization in the town, either through a keener overseas trading and added shipping facilities, or a braoder and more encouraging local policy." -p.14. "The automobiles astonish one, both in their inordinate number and t heir up-to-dateness." -p.15. With the Dauntless, the Renown, and the Dragon. Saint John, New Brunswick (pp.19-36); On the Train between Saint John andHalifax (pp.37-43); Halifax, Nova Scotia (pp.44-57); Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and Habitant, Canada (pp.58-66). The Explosion (pp.51-52); Studley Quoit Club (54-55). Boards rubbed with some wear to outer hinges, head of spine nicked and fraying, rear inner hinge cracked, some fading to gilt lettering, inscription to ffep, else good. 30.00
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30.00 CDN
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