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Underwood, Jacqui; Rossiter, Sean; Gribble, Peter William; Alsop, Kay; et al
Nuvo Magazine - Reflections of the Good Life Spring 2000 Volume 3 No. 1 - Yumi Eto
Canada: NUVO Magazine Ltd. 2000. Book. Illus. by Kahn Daryl cover; Nugent Cynthia. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Features: Seeing Africa as Hemingway Saw It: Enchanted Aerie for Expatriate Canadians - Toller Cranston and Mexico's Canadian Community; Yumi Eto; Hot Designers from Toronto Montreal and Vancouver; The Allure of Aromas; Regeneration of the Cocktail; Businessman Jack Diamond; Suggestions for the next Sue Grafton novel; CDNX - Canadian Venture Exchange gets off to a fast start; Never to old to groove to Rap; The joy of weightless sex; Bernie Gest Busted; Tillson Lever Harrison - soldier of fortune confidence man medical hero; Spring's new purses; Remembering Robertson Davies; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this lavishly produced publication. NUVO Magazine Ltd. Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 651H2615
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Thoms, James R
Newfoundland and Labrador Who's Who
St. John's Newfoundland: E.C. Boone Advertising Limited 1967. Book. Good. Hardcover. Centennial Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxxix 1 339 pages. Includes black and white photos of most of the 650 people presented. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. E.C. Boone Advertising Limited Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 711H2920
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Al Purdy (1918-2000)
Morning and It's Summer: A Memoir
Canada: Quadrant Editions 1983. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed and inscribed by Al Purdy upon title page. 53 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. An autobiography of Purdy's formative years accompanied with some of his verse. "Purdy is one of the best poets in the English-speaking world." - Saturday Night. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Quadrant Editions Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 751H2613 ISBN : 0864950322 9780864950321
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B & C List (1982) Ltd
British Columbia's Who's Who: A Biographical Record of the Men and Women of Our Time 1992-1996
Vancouver BC: B & C List 1982 Ltd. 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 729 pages. "Pays tribute to the men and women of B.C. who have contributed to the growth and development of their communities and to the province as a whole." - Preface. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. B & C List (1982) Ltd. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 317H2933 ISBN : 0969704909 9780969704904
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Lamb, The Rev J William
William Losee: Ontario's Pioneer Methodist Missionary
Adolphustown Ontario: Board of Trustees of the Old Hay Bay Church 1974. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 20 pages. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "William Losee 1757-1832 was the first regularly appointed Methodist missionary to serve in Canada west of the Maritimes." - page 2. Prior owner's name stroked out inside front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Board of Trustees of the Old Hay Bay Church Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 721H2916
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Rea, George; Kellar, David; Sinclair-Lockhart, Sir Graeme; Luce, Philip Winter; Russell, JJ; Gillum, John; "Dutch"; Lorant, Mich
The Wide World - The Magazine for Men January Jan. 1951 Bill Miner - Bandit
London: The Wide World 1951. Book. Illus. by Nicolson W.C. cover;. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 129-190 pages. Features: Cover illustration of scene in the Macpherson Range Queensland Australia; The Raft - George Rea and his employer's family are driven from an isolated Queensland homestead by a flood; The Haunted Tanker - Third Officer David Kellar relates what happened; The Black Pearls of Fatu-Hiva - a South Seas ocean floor treasure cave and a vanished fortune; The Life History of bandit Bill Miner one of the most notorious outlaws to trouble Canada and the Western States - article with photos of Lewis Colquhoun "Shorty" Dunn and the Dominion Penitentiary at New Westminster B.C. from which Miner made his sensational escape; Act of God - an experience in Karachi; Shooting Star - an amusing tale from the Sudan; River of the Dead - violence in Brazil's interior involving missionaries and the Chavantes people; The "Village of Ladders" - photo-illustrated article on the tiny Swiss hamlet of Albinen; The Live in Trees - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the people of Travancore State in India who live in tree houses; Living Native in the South Seas; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. The Wide World Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 346H2547
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Hood, Dora
The Side Door: Twenty-Six 26 Years in My Book Room
Toronto: The Ryerson Press/The Canadian Institute of International Affairs 1958. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 238 pages. Index. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of author and her daughter. "The story of Dora Hood's experiences as owner and proprietor of Dora Hood's Book Room in Toronto from 1928 to 1954. Mrs. Hood writes glowingly about book collectors for she was convinced that by and large they are among the most delightful people one can meet." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket protected in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Tape marks on endpapers from former dust jacket cover. A sound copy of this precious account of used book selling in Canada prior to the internet. Bibliographic reference: Amtmann H-1081. The Ryerson Press/The Canadian Institute of International Affairs Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 863H2863
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Litalien, Raymonde; Vaugeois, Denis: Editors, Roth, Kathe: Translator
Champlain: The Birth of French America
Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press / Septentrion 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 398 pages. Extensive bibliography. Index. "Revisits Champlain's enormous contributions and unique role in history offering new insights and raising new questions about the 'father of New France.' Lavishly illustrated including the thirty-two maps attributed to Champlain as well as documents a selection of his drawings and illustrations of rare artifacts this is an unsurpassed source of information for anyone wanting to understand New France and the origins of Canada." - dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. McGill-Queen's University Press / Septentrion Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 818H2899 ISBN : 0773528504 9780773528505
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James RD Baker MD (Signed); James, Suzanne [Editor]; Senese, Donald [Foreword] R D
Odyssey: Coming of Age in World War II
Canada: Trafford Publishing / James R.D. Baker 2002. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 470 pages. Illustrated in black and white. "A compilation of letters from Canada and England written by an ordinary soldier in the PPCLI till mid-1942 then a navigator in Bomber Command by the end of the war. These letters cover the entire period of the war from Sept. 1939 to Jan. 1946." -back cover. "His description of the Blitz forms one of the best personal accounts of that terrible episode I have ever read." - back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Trafford Publishing / James R.D. Baker Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 553H2945 ISBN : 1553690036 9781553690030
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Fox, Uffa
Joys of Life
London: Newnes 1966. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 211 pages. Many black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. "Perhaps these true stories of how an earlier generation worked and enjoyed its leisure which was certainly hardly-earned may be a help to many as well as a joy to read." - Introduction. Autobiography of Uffa Fox a boat designer sailing enthusiast and friend of H.R.H. Prince Philip. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Newnes Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3298
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Doner, Mary Frances
The Salvager: The Life of Captain Tom Reid on the Great Lakes
Minneapolis MN: Ross and Haines Inc. 1958. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312 pages plus 64 pages of black and white reproductions of photos. Index. "This is an historical record of the shipping disasters on the Great Lakes during the years 1880-1950. It is the life story of Captain Thomas Reid who conducted one of the largest salvaging companies on these and tributary waters during these years." - dust jacket. "In this book I have presented some of the highlights of Captain Reid's career resorting frequently to the vernacular of the sailor at points where formality might have seemed an affectation. Inclusive excerpts are quoted from authentic logs and letters made available to me by Captain Reid and his familiy." - page 5. Bit of writing at top of front free endpaper. One-inch notch removed from dust jacket front flap. Ross and Haines Inc. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3289
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Blackwell, Alan [Signed]
70 Seventy Years Next to Paradise
Canada: Alan Blackwell 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated by author upon dedication page. 150 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of photos. Map endpapers. "An entertaining look at one man's extraordinary life. Yet with its descriptions of pioneer life and the events that helped mold the author's character it accomplishes much more than the average autobiography. In fact though perhaps as much by accident as design it also affords readers a rare glimpse into the social cultural and economic development of the Ootsa Lake B.C. area - and for this reason if no other should be read." - Foreword. "Blackwell was a member of the First Special Service Force aka 'The Devil's Brigade' and saw action in the Aleutians Italy and France. Upon his return to Ootsa Lake he worked as a logger farmer guide-outfitter and placer miner until retirement." - back board. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy. Alan Blackwell Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3297 ISBN : 1550565907 9781550565904
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Multiple Contributors
Common Ground: Stories of Lake of the Woods II 2 / Two
Canada: C.G.C. 2015. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 461 pages. Celebrates five years of storytelling 2011-2015. Provides "a reflection of our origins the vastness of our experience and the legacy of strong resourceful people who have made Lake of the Woods their home." - back cover. Many nice black and white reproductions of photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. C.G.C. Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517H3024 ISBN : 0968640834 9780968640838
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Stewart, Norman [Signed]
Children of the Pioneers
Calgary: Foothill Printers Limited 1962. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon first blank leaf. 106 4 12 1 pages. Multiple fold-out black and reproductions of archival black and white photos. A personal account of farming in the Penhold Alberta area near Red Deer from 1884. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Strathern 3510. Foothill Printers Limited Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3285
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Tuele, Nicholas; Bovey, Patricia E[Foreword]
Max Maynard: Landscape as Metaphor - Catalogue for an Exhibition May 5 - July 3 1983
Victoria B.C.: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1983. Book. Illus. by Maynard Max Singleton. Fair. Paperback. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Selected Bibliography. Exhibition List. Eight informative biographical pages including archival photos. Looks "primarily at Maynard's painting in the years before he concentrated on his academic pursuits. Included also are examples of his later and more recent work which completes the circle of his artistic endeavours." - Foreword. Former library copy with above-average wear and usual markings. Hinges taped. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 53AH3172 ISBN : 0888850670 9780888850676
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John Mark Epp
John H. Hans Epp : A Biography
Canada: John H. Epp History 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. viii 104 pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos. Biography of the founder of Winnipeg's Independent Credit Jewellers. Epp was also a big game hunter who developed a considerable collection of stuffed and mounted specimens. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear to blue leatherette covered boards. A nice copy. John H. Epp History Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517H3058 ISBN : 1550561928 9781550561920
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Woodhouse, CM C M
Something Ventured - The Autobiography of C.M. Woodhouse
London: Granada 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Guerrilla fighter undercover agent diplomat Director of Chatham House chief editor of of Penguin Books MP for Oxford industrialist and author Mr. Woodhouse ventured much. he spent the war years with the Greek Resistance and describes the hazards of working with rival guerilla groups as well as the rigours of partisan warfare in the mountains. A witty stylish and above all thought-provoking account of a colorful and distinguished career." - dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Prior owner's blindstamp upon front free endpaper. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice bright copy. Granada Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 863H3318 ISBN : 0246110619 9780246110619
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Audain, James [Guy Payne]
From Coalmine to Castle - The Story of the Dunsmuirs of Vancouver Island
New York: Pageant Press 1955. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 213 pages. Eight pages of photographic plates. "A true saga of the New World is the story of the Dunsmuirs of Vancouver Island. No history of British Columbia no references to older days no account of the 'good old times' could possibly be complete without a story of the famous family whose members helped found the Province and whose adventures in life brought them wealth power and social position." - page 1. Author was the grandson of James Dunsmuir. Lowther indicates publication of this title was withdrawn in consequence of legal action. Bit of writing stroked out atop front free endpaper otherewise unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reading copy. WHALE 36 LOWTHER 1948 KENT p.37. Pageant Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3283
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Halverson, W Dee
The Road Taken: Reflections of Louis H. Callister Jr.
USA: Louis H. Callister Jr. 2005. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xxii 220 pages. Reproductions of photos in color and black and white. The personal history of Louis Lou H. Callister Jr. "Represents a family treasury of spiritual and temporal experiences that are real and truthful. Based upon scores of interviews." - Foreword. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Front free endpaper has released from front board and back endpaper has almost released from backboard thus textblock is nearly loose. A worthy reading copy. Louis H. Callister, Jr. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 111H3025
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Havdale, Daisy (Signed)
The Lost Valley
Canada: Daisy Havdale 2010. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by author upon title page. 182 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A true account of what happened from the time B.C. Hydro the 'Gestapo' of B.C. began running over us. I kept a detailed diary in which I wrote accurate accounts of events." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Daisy Havdale Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517H3055 ISBN : 0973586117 9780973586114
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Beattie, Jessie L
Along the Road
Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1954. Book. Illus. by Beattie Jean Cockburn. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii 168 pages. Black and white illustrations. "A collection of stories about people who visited the pioneer home in Blair Ontario in which the author grew up - a book for the social historian of the early twentieth century as well as for the casual reader." - dust jacket. Book is tidy and unmarked with light wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Bibliographic reference: Bishop page 1051. The Ryerson Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517H3082
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Leonard W Taylor
The Sourdough Sour-Dough and the Queen: The Many Lives of Klondike Joe Boyle
Toronto: Methuen & Co Ltd. 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi 394 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "Joe Boyle led many lives - sailor sports promoter entrepreneur diplomat soldier spy - each life a testament to a romantic nature a love of action a blunt single-minded devotion to doing what seemeed right and what needed to be done. Decorated by four European countries for outstanding services in war he long remained unsung and all but forgotten in his own land. Now using new material from the Boyle family archives never before published this book recreates in colourful detail the exciting life of one of the last international heroes." - dust jacket. Methuen & Co Ltd. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3600 ISBN : 0458968102 9780458968107
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Mosley, Leonard
Gideon Goes to War - The Story of Major-General Orde C. Wingate
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. Index. Black and white photos. "Picking his way carefully among fact and legend idolization and belittlement Mr. Mosley tells the Wingate story with tact and skill and unrelaxing readability." - dust jacket. "The story of probably the most incredible and controversial military figure to emerge from World War II." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name and armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper. Average wear to price-clipped just jacket which is preserved in mylar. A sound copy. Enser p.477. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517H3536
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Seymour, The Right Hon Sir Edward H[Hobart] (1840-1929)
My Naval Career and Travels
London: Smith Elder & Co. 1911. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi 429 pages. Index. Frontis portrait of author plus eight black and white plates illustrating ships. Seymour was a Royal Navy officer who rose to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet. He saw action in the Crimean War the Battle of Canton The Battle of Taku Forts the Battle of Cixi and the Boxer Rebellion. This copy belonged to Casper Swinley 1898-1983 of the Royal Navy. His bookplate is affixed to verso of front free endpaper. In addition his handwritten note affixed to recto of front free endpaper states he carried Admiral Seymour's medals at his funeral on March 7th 1929. Presentation plate inside front board indicates Captain Swinley donated this copy to a library thus it bears the markings of a military library. Narrow opening in binding at frontispiece. Back hinge mostly open. A worthy association copy of this informative naval autobiography. Smith, Elder & Co. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 661H3414
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Rodney, William
Joe Boyle - King of the Klondike
Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1974. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii 368 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "Joseph Whiteside Boyle arrived in the Klondike in 1897 living hand-to-mouth as the manager of a declining prize-fighter. When he left the Yukon in 1916 he was King of the Klondike reigning over a business empire founded on his enormous gold-dredging operations and one of the most powerful and colourful figures in the north." - dust jacket. Book unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in mylar. A sound reading copy. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 111H3582 ISBN : 0070777632 9780070777637
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Guderian, Heinz; Hart, Captain BH Liddell; Fitzgibbon, Constantine [Translator] B H
Panzer Leader
Washington D.C.: Zenger Publishing Co. Inc. 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 528 pages. Index. Reprint of the 1952 original edition. Translated from the German. Maps. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Guderian 1888-1954 was Germany's foremost practitioner of armored warfare including Blitzkrieg tactics. This book is his personal account of the part he played in WWII including service both in the West and on the Russian Front. He also devotes a chapter to his impressions of the leaders of Hitler's Germany including Hitler and the German General Staff." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate foxing to edges. Average wear to illustrated price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this informative biography. Enser p.185. Zenger Publishing Co. Inc. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517H3604
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Hunt, Russell; Campbell, Robert
K. C. Irving;: The Art of The Industrialist
Canada: McClelland & Stewart Limited 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 197 pages. "A thoroughly stimulating true tale of one of the most successful entrepreneurs Canada has ever known. A tale that predicts the eventual doom of the one-man dynasty the lone financier in today's world of the organization man. But at the peak of the dinosaur's reign his might and influence in eastern canada are immense and incalculable. If there was ever a company town covering 28000 square miles with a population of 600000 New Brunswick is it; and the company is K.C. Irving Limited." - dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper otherwise book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is sunned along spine and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Binding tight. A sound copy. Includes 1992 obituary news clipping of Mr. Irving which includes a 1959 photo of him in his office. Spadoni & Donnelly 2443. McClelland & Stewart Limited Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3348 ISBN : 0771042876 9780771042874
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Muthanna, IM I M
General Cariappa The First Indian Commander-in-Chief
Mysore City South India: Usha Press 1964. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x 148 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Errata page. "My aim in attempting to write this is to humbly present to the Indian public a life of a true soldier who has come out with original ideas and shone high above the others on all controversial and national view-points. Here I have touched Cariappa's career in the Army and his subsequent activities as a public man who is still active with his 'self-appointed good-will missions' to Pakistan." - Preface. Armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper. Faint erasure inside front board. Binding intact. A sound copy. Usha Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 243H3530
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Pelletier, Jacques [Signed]
Return to Normal Life
Calgary: Sandstone Publishing 1981. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by Pelletier atop title page. 83 pages. Author was incarcerated in Canadian prisons from 1970-1980. He wrote this book as a "way of letting off steam of screaming out against society and its hypocrites who prefer to remain blind and ignorant of social realities but who are always willing to spend millions and millions of dollars per year creating parasites and bottom-of-the-barrel losers like myself!" - page 6. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Sandstone Publishing Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3605
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Percy Wilson Carruthers, DFM, MiD
Of Ploughs Planes and Palliasses.
England: Woodfield Publishing 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii 246 pages. Black and white illustrations. WWII Experiences of a 223 Sqn RAF Pilot in North Africa and as a POW at Stalag Lufts 1 & 6. Review copy with publisher's sticker atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Woodfield Publishing Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 811H3416 ISBN : 1873203217 9781873203217
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William G Ogilvie
Umty-Iddy-Umty: The Story of a Canadian Signaller in the First World War
Canada: Boston Mills Press Stoddart 1982. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 59 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Author relates his experience as a signaller in the 21st Battery C.F.A. 4th Div. C. E. F. from 1916-1919 during WWI. He went to France in the summer of 1917 and saw action at Passchendaele and the major battles of 1918. Armorial bookplate upon half-title page otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Lengel 251 Cooke 2 p.140. Boston Mills Press Stoddart Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517H3542 ISBN : 0919822479 9780919822474
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Rosenthal, Eric
General Christiaan De Wet - A Biography
Cape Town South Africa: Unie-Volkspers Beperk 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii 2 229 pages. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white plates. "How this farmer's son who never read a military textbook in his life outwitted and outfought some of the greatest soldiers of his day - until his name became a household word around the world - is one of the most exciting true stories of all time." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this the General's first full-length biography. Unie-Volkspers Beperk Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 243H3527
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Scroggs, Dick
The Soap Man and the Railroad of Death
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 85 pages. Author spent over three years as a WWII prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore Malaya and Siam. "The vivid scenes of forced building of the Railroad of Death through 250 miles of virgin jungle of bombings rapes and sordid POW living conditions come to life with astonishing clarity in this true story." - dust jacket. Bookplate upon front free endpaper otherwise clean and and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Enser p.43. Dorrance and Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 661H3576 ISBN : 0805921664 9780805921663
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Anderson, Dr Walter G; Smith, Ann Louise [Signed]; Henley, Caca [Editor]
Canadian Missionary POW on the Death Railway - The World War II Story of Walter G. Anderson M.D.
Canada: Ann Louise Smith 2009. Book. Illus. by Smith Ann Louise. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed without inscription by Ann Louise Smith upon title page. Her small address label appears on last blank leaf. 267 pages. Map. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. Compiled from the records of Dr. Walter G. Anderson 1907-2002 Missionary Physician and Prisoner of War by his niece. Anderson arrived in Singapore nine days before its fall in 1942 and became a POW of the Japanese. He kept secret diaries of his horrific experiences which with other records are recounted here. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Ann Louise Smith Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 661H3526 ISBN : 0557045029 9780557045020
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Cross, William [Signed]
The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon 5th Countess of Carnarvon of Tutankhamun Fame
United Kingdom: William P. Cross 2011. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. Updated Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and generically inscribed by author upon first blank leaf. 330 pages. End notes. Several black and white reproductions of photos. "Reveals a riches-to-rags story over nine decades of the barely 5 feet high Pocket Venus who plunged into an artificial marriage with a boorish craggy faced Earl ten years her senior a virtual invalid who failed her as a companion and a lover. She reinvented herself several times married twice swindled her son and ended her days in an ordinary Bristol home perishing at 93 in a horrendous 'accident' in 1969." - back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. William P. Cross Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326H3630 ISBN : 1905914083 9781905914081
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Keith, Agnes Newton
Land Below the Wind
Boston: Little Brown & Company 1939. Book. Illus. by Keith Agnes Newton. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii 371 pages. Black and white sketches by the author. Map of North Borneo. Handsome batik decorated cloth-covered boards. Map endpapers. Named the Atlantic Monthly's non-fiction book of the year for 1938. Author and her husband a conservator of forests spent four years in Sandakan in Borneo. Some of their adventures are recorded herein. Unmarked with average wear. Narrow opening in binding at title page. Dust jacket not included. A worthy copy. Bonus: includes informative 1970s news clippings about the author. Little, Brown & Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 431H3415
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Cherry, Don [Signed]; Strachan, Al
Don Cherry's Hockey Stories and Stuff
Canada: Doubleday Canada Limited 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and generically inscribed by Don Cherry across from title page. 231 3 pages. Index. Many great colour photos of 'Grapes' and famous NHL personalities. "Here are Don Cherry's favourite stories from his career in hockey. And you can imagine the stories he has to tell." - dust jacket. Cherry ranked #7 in a 2004 CBC ranking of the top ten Canadians of all time. Book and dust jacket both clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Doubleday Canada Limited Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 154H3859 ISBN : 0385666748 9780385666749
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Whitehead, Eric
The Patricks: Hockey's Royal Family
USA: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii 280 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Covering three generations of hockey heroes this is a fascinating history of the sport and of its royal family." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important hockey history. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 154H3833 ISBN : 0385156626 9780385156622
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Huble, Al; Sedgwick, J Kent [Editor]
The Huble Diaries: A Pioneer Homesteader's Daily Record 1909-1919
Prince George BC: GIScome Portage Historical Society 1992. Book. Illus. by Bathy Stephen; Schaber Darrell. Good. Plastic Comb. Second Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 217 pages. Index. Reprint of the 1989 first edition. Albert James Huble was born at Oak Lake Ontario in 1872. In 1903 he took up a trapline on a creek which came to bear his name to the northeast of Giscome Portage British Columbia. Provides excellent insight into the daily lives of settlers in northern B.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. GIScome Portage Historical Society Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 463H3776
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Laing, G Blair; Boggs, Jean Sutherland [Introduction]
Morrice: A Great Canadian Artist Rediscovered
Canada: McClelland & Stewart / CBC Television 1984. Book. Illus. by Morrice James Wilson. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 224 pages. 291 x 245 mm. "James Wilson Morrice is one of the twentieth century's most talented and lyrical painters. Whether depicting a Quebec village in winter a Paris cafe or a North African market place Morrice's vibrant colours and perfectly balanced compositions capture his subjects in a suspended timelessness. The 90 superb colour plates in this volume most of which have never before been reproduced provide a spectacular visual experience and reveal the unique style and progress of Morrice's painting years. A magnificent tribute to one of Canada's greatest painters and a landmark event in the history of canadian art." - dust jacket. Includes index. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Spadoni & Donnelly 3548. McClelland & Stewart / CBC Television Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 128H3771 ISBN : 0771045689 9780771045684
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Kandyba, Ivan
Russian Unlawfulness in Ukraine - The Life of a Martyr
Munich Germany: Ukrainisches Institut Fur Bildungspolitik 1980. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author was a Ukrainian lawyer a founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and a long-term inmate of Russian prisons and concentration camps. He was arrested for intent to present the question concerning the secession of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1961. In this 40-page pamphlet he describes his ordeal after his arrest in 1961 which involved constant surveillance and tampering with his mail. He concludes by stating he would rather starve himself to death than "endure the total persecution discrimination cruel treatment insult to my human dignity and ideological and politcal terror all resulting from absolute lawlessness and arbitrariness." - page 40. Unmarked with average wear. Text in English. A sound copy of this brave but grim account of the life of a dissident behind the iron curtain. Ukrainisches Institut Fur Bildungspolitik Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 545H3990
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Rutherford, Donald
A Prairie Town Wainwright Alberta Local History
Alberta Canada: BRHS 1994. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 159 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Combines the author's upbringing in Wainwright Alberta with the history of the town. Prior owner's address ink stamp stroked out atop title page otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this engaging work. BRHS Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 721H4125
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Conquest, Robert [Signed]
Stalin: Breaker of Nations
Great Britain: Phoenix Giant 1998. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by Robert Conquest to Joseph D. Joe Dwyer upon title page. Dwyer was an invaluable resource to Conquest and succeeded him as curator of the Russian collection at the Hoover Institution in 2002 . xvii 346 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Index. Bibliographical Notes. "Robert Conquest 1917-2015 the foremost authority on the Stalinist period of Soviet history focuses on Stalin's terrifying character a monster let loose among humanity. Hitler called him a 'beast on the grand scale'. This book is the culmination of a lifetime's work a masterly portrait of a man who 'perhaps more than any other determined the course of the twentieth century'." - back cover. "Conquest tells the tale with an informed hatred for his subject and a fine sense of irony which makes the book indispensable reading'. - A.N. Wilson. Paul Johnson close advisor to Margaret Thatcher described Conquest as "our greatest living historian." - online reference. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Contents gently toning at edges. Tight and square. A special addition to the shelf of any serious sovietologist. Phoenix Giant Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 112H4094 ISBN : 0753801485 9780753801482
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Audain, James
My Borrowed Life
Sidney B.C.: Gray's Publishing Limited 1963. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pages. 24cm. Autobiography of Vancouver Island coal magnate James Dunsmuir's eldest grandson. "I feel that exposing the situations through which I have passed may be of help to others. I have laced the story of my life with familiar names and incidents of a sensational nature not only to entertain but to point up the pitfalls to be avoided at all levels of society." - dust jacket. "He brings to life the downward path from the silk of society to the seamy side of Soho and the gutters of Marseilles." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to publisher's green cloth. Binding sound. Unmarked. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating life story. EDWARDS & LORT 141. Gray's Publishing Limited Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 463H4080
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Christophersen, Thies
Auschwitz - Truth or Lie: A German Eyewitness Speaks Out!
Toronto: Samisdat 1985. Book. Good. Pamphlet. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 24 pages. Grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Text primarily in English some in German. "I was at Auschwitz from January to December 1944." - page 3. A war injury led to the author being restricted to service on the home front. In 1943 he went to Ukraine to raise India rubber plants to supply Germany's wartime need for tires. When Germany lost Ukraine in 1943 he was transferred to the department of plant cultivation at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut which had a branch at Auschwitz. It was only on his way there that he learned it was a concentration camp. Originally written in 1973 this appears to be a reprint circa 1985. Average wear. Some pencil markings. SINGERMAN 1317. Samisdat Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 545H4029
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Rose, RS; Scott, Gordon D R S
Johnny - A Spy's Life
USA: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii 462. pages. Extensive footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Johann Heinrich Amadeus de Graaf known as Johnny all his life was born in Germany in 1894 and died in Ontario Canada in 1980. That he lived as long as he did is miraculous considering that he spent many years as a double agent - pretending to work for Soviet intelligence while really functioning as an operative for Britain's MI6. A gripping tale of espionage during a critical period of the political history of the twentieth century." - dust jacket. Small spot of soiling to fore-edge otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating life story. The Pennsylvania State University Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 463H4060 ISBN : 0271035692 9780271035697
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Grathwohl, Larry; Reagan, Frank
Bringing Down America: An FBI Informer with the Weathermen
USA: Arlington House 1976. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 191 pages. Index. "I lived with members of the Weather Underground for many months. A good many of these people I grew to like but their fixation with violence to bring about political change is what forced me to view them as a threat to myself and others. These are a highly dedicated group of people who are willing to give their lives if necessary to fulfill their objectives." - Foreword. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Light pencil markings on several pages. A sound reading copy. Decades after publication interest in this book was renewed as Americans discovered that Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama had strong ties to Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn both of whom were leaders of the Weather Underground. Arlington House Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 426H4028
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DeMont, John [Signed]
Citizens Irving: K.C. Irving and His Legacy - The Story of Canada's Wealthiest Family
Canada: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed without inscription by author upon title page. ix 2 2-253 1 pages. Index. Footnotes. "Sheds fresh light on this secretive 92-year-old known simply as K.C. who has emerged victorious over small competitors faced down multinational oil companies and battled provincial and federal governments in his drive for weath and power." - dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 554H4346 ISBN : 0385253133 9780385253130
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Bhattacharyya, Dr Asim Kumar [Signed]
My Life My Trial And a Shower of Bliss
India: Indian Publishing House 2016. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed Asim dated and briefly inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 152 pages. "The true story of a villager who grew up in rural Bengal. I travelled many countries in pursuit of my career and married a foreign wife. This is my true life story illustrating the harrowing struggle to clear my name in a false medico-legal case in Saudi Arabia. This story shows the way how with God's love in our lives we can overcome the toughest trouble and survive." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket discretely affixed to boards. A quality copy. Indian Publishing House Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 463H4342 ISBN : 818885686x 9788188856862
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Freiman, Lawrence [Signed]
Don't Fall Off The Rocking Horse: An Autobiography
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by Freiman atop title page. 5 6-199 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Freiman provides "his personal view of himself his era and the people he has known - people such as Lester Pearson John Grierson Tyrone Guthrie David Ben-Gurion Kate Reid William Hutt Golda Meir Jan Peerce Regina Resnick Jean Gascon and scores of others famous or worthy of fame. He discusses his Ottawa childhood his involvement in education the arts and social legislation in Zionism and in Freiman's the family retailing business which he expanded into a large and successful company." - dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Spadoni & Donnelly 2958. McClelland and Stewart Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 463H4354 ISBN : 0771031815 9780771031816
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