THE TRANSPLANTED
Toronto: Collins, 70 Bond Street, [1944]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black cloth, in the wrap-around colour pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Canadian painter Walter J. Phillips, R.C.A. 310 pp. Upper edge slightly dustty, slight spine lean, a clean, sound, Very Good copy in the lovely Phillips dust jacket which some mild fraying and has a few short closed tears but is overall quite lovely. The price corner on the inner front flap ($2.75) is intact. Item #314370
¶ In Niven's final novel, THE TRANSPLANTED, Niven depicts the rise of B.C.’s interior ranching, lumbering and mining industries and their effects on a broad range of characters. Two transplanted men from Glasgow, Robert Wallace and Jock Galbraith, maintain a strong bond despite difficulties. Robert Wallace is a shrewd visionary who becomes a builder of Canada, opening up the town of Elkhorn.
Price (CAD): $200.00