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Burbank, Luther; Hall, Wilbur
The Harvest of the Years
USA: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade Division 1931. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxvi 2 296 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "The true picture of the gallant lovable kindly shrewd whimsical Luther Burbank 1849-1926 will never be limned in his own words except in these pages." - ix. Burbank was an American plant breeder par excellence. Date stamp and prior owner's details upon front free endpaper. Moderate wear to publisher's coarse beige cloth. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Houghton Mifflin Company (Trade Division) Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 422H4283
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Thom, Ian M; Hughes, E (Edward) J (John)
E.J. Hughes
Canada: Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery 2002. Book. Illus. by Hughes E.J. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 226 pages. Index of works. Chronology. Selected bibliography. Illustrated endpapers. Oblong 11" x 12". "Lavishly illustrated with 100 full colour and 25 black-and-white reproductions of prints drawings and paintings this is the first full-scale volume to honour the artistic life and work of E.J. Hughes from the start of his long career in the 1930s to the present. His unique talent for depicting the landscape in a way that both he and viewers believe it should be rather than the way it actually is enables us to experience and understand place and nature in new and deeper ways." - dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this wonderful tribute. Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 663H4335 ???????? : 1550548999 9781550548990
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Henderson, Joe; Sickler, Don; Porcelli [Transcriber], Bobby [Editor]
The Artistry of Joe Henderson - Jazz Artist Series
USA: United Artists Music Publishing Group 1978. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Includes seven original Joe Henderson compositions and solos transcribed from two classic Blue Note albums Page One and In 'N Out. Songs include: Homestretch Recorda-Me Jinrikisha Out of the Night In 'n Out Punjab and Serenity. All sheet music is for tenor sax. Punjab and Serenity include separate sheet music for trumpet. Includes biographical information about Henderson his discography list of albums and an introduction. Store stamp inside front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great compilation. United Artists Music Publishing Group Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 563H4258
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Gleave, Thomas Percy [RAF Casualty]; Leigh-Mallory, T [Foreword] R A F
"I Had a Row With a German"
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1941. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xiv 108 pages. Black and white plates. "A story of gallantry and fortitude told by a fighter pilot who fought and was badly wounded in the Battle of Britain." - Foreword. Military library stamps to endpapers and title page. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reference copy. Not found in Enser. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 515H4244
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Cott, Anne Edmunds [Signed]
Barbwire Bill's Happy Family
Canada: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed without inscription by author upon title page. vii 1 9-167 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1977. "Barbwire Bill was my father and in 1931 he moved his family from Willmar in South-eastern Saskatchewan north some 350 miles to Eldersley. Some members of my family have been anxious that I record this event for future generations and in so doing the story has mushroomed into the following book." - Foreword. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Moderate wear to blue boards lettered in silver. Binding intact. No dust jacket presumably as issued. A sound copy of this excellent family history and genealogical reference to the author's branches of the Edmunds and Fletcher families. Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 463H4345
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De Candole, Richard [Signed]
Rural Roots: The Trials and Triumphs of a Back-to-the-Lander
Canada: Self-Published 2009. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and generically inscribed by author atop title page. "Includes many columns written for the Victoria Times-Colonist in the early 2000s about country living." - back cover. Author's column was called Rural Roots and also included personal and family history. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 445H4430 ???????? : 1926747941 9781926747941
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Tran Tri Vu; Nguyen Phuc [Translator]; Grey, Anthony
Lost Years: My 1632 Days in Vietnamese Reeducation Camps Indochina Research Monographs No 3
Berkeley CA U.S.A.: Institute of East Asian Studies 1988. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi 381 pages. Map. Footnotes. "A very illuminating account of the suffering of one southern Vietnamese among perhaps hundreds of thousands who were confined to 'reeducation' camps by the country's communist authorities after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Unlike other reporters about reeducation camps Tran Tri Vu's skill and sensitivity make him an extraordinary observer enabling the reader to sense each numbing day with tangible intensity." - Foreword. Moderate foxing to edges. Date stamped atop half-title page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important and fascinating chronicle. Institute of East Asian Studies Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 463H4397 ???????? : 1557290067 9781557290069
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Nutt, Hans; Harris, Larry; Taylor, Brian
Escape to Honour: The Gripping True Story of Hans Nutt a Young German Who Escaped from the Nazis to Join the French Resistance
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited 1984. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 241 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "A unique account of the life of Hans Nutt a young anti-Nazi German whose wartime career ranged from concentration camp prisoner to French Resistance worker to British spy." Book clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Enser p.77. Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 643H4407 ???????? : 0771597940 9780771597947
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Hunter, Doreen J [Signed]; Andrews, Mary E
A Man and His Century: Gerald Smedley Andrews 1903-
Canada: Self-Published 2003. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed without inscription by Doreen Hunter upon title page. ix 56 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Andrews was a teacher forester surveyor engineer author artist and Surveyor-General of British Columbia 1951-1968. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this interesting and important B.C. life story. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 326H4421 ???????? : 0973434902 9780973434903
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Kathryn S Olmsted
Red Spy Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley
USA: The University of North Carolina Press 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 268 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Bentley spied for the Soviet Union for seven years. She met with dozens of highly placed American agents who worked for the Soviets. But her spymasters suspected her of disloyalty and planned to silence her. She betrayed her friends to the FBI thus shutting down Soviet espionage in the United States for years." - dust jacket. Dust jacket sunned along spine otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important book. The University of North Carolina Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 464H4454 ???????? : 0807827398 9780807827390
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Winspear, Francis G; Johns, Walter H[Foreword]
Out of My Mind
Victoria B.C.: Morriss Printing Company Ltd. 1988. Book. Illus. by Pavelic Myfanwy signed. Fair. Paperback. Signed by Authors. Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed without inscription by author upon half-title page. An updated version of the 1968 first edition. 193 pages. Presents "not only his experiences in business in University teaching and in the public service generally but his views on those qualities of mind and heart and behaviour which are essential to leadership in our modern world. They include integrity keen observation broad vision a willingness to work hard and a sense of urgency." - Foreword. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy copy of this fascinating autobiography. Morriss Printing Company Ltd. Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 464H4431
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Boettcher, Daniel [Signed]; Loughton, Alfred J [Foreword]
The Seventh Son: The Autobiography of Daniel Boettcher
Edmonton Alberta: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries 1978. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed and dated without inscription by author upon title page. 232 pages. Numerous black and white reproductions of photos. Third printing. "An account of my three brothers who were left in Russia and the four of us that landed here in Canada two of whom soon went to the U.S.A. Also I will outline my own somewhat colorful life as a youth in russia then in Canada my business experiences traveling sickness and last but not least my religious life. I shall show that God lives and miracles do happen as He leads us in wondrous ways especially when we are perplexed distressed in sickness and such." - Introduction. Boettcher operated a farm equipment business in Radway Centre Alberta installed lightning rods and much more. Few markings - mostly corrections. Appears to have been printed by a photocopier. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this adventurous life story. Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 342H4639
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James R Stevens; Wilson, Claude [Paddy] W
Paddy Wilson's Gold Fever
Thunder Bay Canada: Upland Pedlars Press 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 109 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "A narrative of the personal adventures of Claude R. "Paddy" Wilson a seventy-seven year old veteran prospector and cook. For over thirty years he worked in the mines and diamond drilling camps on the Red Lake gold fields in Northern Ontario. This work is based on three pencilled manuscripts he wrote after abandoning his search for gold in 1948. Names have been changed to protect those unfortunates who like Paddy Wilson suffered and enjoyed the unusual consequences of gold fever." - Preface. Name clipped from top of front free endpaper otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this engaging read. Upland Pedlars Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 863H4552 ???????? : 092009600x 9780920096000
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McLeod, Scott H
Nova Scotia Farm Boy to Alberta M.D.
Canada: Self-Published 1968. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 110 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Dr. McLeod recounts his important events and impressions from 1900 when he was six until 1968. "I will endeavor to portray living conditions as they were during the period of the past thirty to fifty years from boyhood days on the farm through University days and horse and buggy days during my medical practise in small country towns and districts. I will conclude by giving my impressions and comparisons bwtween those days and the present time in which we live which are so very different." - Introduction. Clean and unmarked with very light wear to black card covers which are partially sunned along backstrip. A nice copy. Strathern 3369. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 463H4679
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Beasley, David R
The Canadian Don Quixote: The life and works of Major John Richardson Canada's First Novelist
Canada: Porcupine's Quill Incorporated 1978. Book. Fair. Paperback. Second Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 219 pages. Oblong 18 x 20cm. Checklist of Richardson's works. Index. Black and white illlustrations. "Richardson died in poverty in New York after leading a tempestuous life in the British Army and publishing several novels. After a decade of searching for details of Major Richardson in various countries Mr. Beasley has pieced together a fascihnating story of Canada's first distinguished author." - back cover. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Two minor blemishes where stickers were removed. A sound reference copy. Porcupine's Quill, Incorporated Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 342H4720 ???????? : 0889840202 9780889840201
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Nesbitt, John C
Keep Your Nose on the Horizon
Lindsay Ontario: Floyd W. Hall 1979. Book. Illus. by Hunter George. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 202 pages. Glossary. Numerous black and white photographic plates and facsimile reproductions of documents. Autobiography of John C. Nesbitt who served in the R.C.A.F. in WWII became a bush pilot then flew for the R.C.M.P. before becoming a successful prospector. He accumulated over seventeen thousand hours as a pilot. Contents clean bright and unmarked. Light wear to handsome maroon boards. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this adventurous life story. Floyd W. Hall Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 124H4571
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David Lethbridge [Editor]
Bethune: The Secret Police File
Canada: Undercurrent Press 2003. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 170 pp. Bibliography of books in English about Bethune. Eighty-five black and white reproductions of documents. Opens with an informative fifteen page footnoted introduction by David Lethbridge. Dr. Norman Bethune 1890-1939 is revered to this day in China for his front-line medical service to the Communist Army in the late 1930s. "But from the moment he joined the Communist Party of Canada the RCMP secret intelligence division kept extensive and detailed files on his every move. Only recently declassified and fully reproduced for the first time in this volume are the actual secret police files on Bethune. Never before have Bethune's own words spoken so clearly about the political convictions and personal courage that have led him to be remembered as a revolutionary militant of 'absolute selflessness.'" - back cover. Former library copy with usual markings and above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Undercurrent Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 643H4932 ???????? : 0973350709 9780973350708
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Roberts, James Alan
The Canadian Summer: The Memoirs of James Alan Roberts
Canada: University of Toronto Bookroom 1981. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 11 252 2 pages. Maps. Several black and white reprodutions of photos. "In this honest and often very moving book James Roberts looks back over a business military civil service and diplimatic career recalling the ups and downs and above all the people he has known and loved in a long and active life. Roberts served for Canada with distinction in WWII and rapidly rose to the rank of Brigadier at the height of the battle for the opening of the strategic Scheldt estuary. The next year from within the German lines he negotiated details of the unconditional German surrender on the Canadian front." - dust jacket. Few tiny markings to military map printed upon front endpaper otherwise book quite clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor lean to spine. Quarter-inch opening in publisher's olive cloth at lower tip of back board. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating life story featuring significant WWII involvement. University of Toronto Bookroom Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 463H4561 ???????? : 0772780005 9780772780003
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Cross, Rosemary James [Signed]
The Life and Times of Victoria Architect P. Leonard James
Canada: D.B.P. 2005. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed without inscription upon title page by author. x 220 pp. Index bibliography map list of houses by street address. Profusely illustrated primarily in black and whilte. Oblong 20 x 25cm. "With researched lists of his commissions and those of his partners: Hubert Savage and Douglas James." - subtitle. "A book on P.Leonard James's 1878-1970 life and accomplishments. A well-researched view of this architect's practice with lively anecdotes and a highly personal record of his home life and journeys before and between WWI and WWII. Will appeal to heritage and history buffs biographers architects and to anyone who likes a well-told tale with a flavour of Victoria as it was." - back cover. "A fascinating read." - Prof. Martin Segger. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this essential book for anyone fortunate enough to own a home designed by this illustrious architect. D.B.P. Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 518H4727 ???????? : 0973725907 9780973725902
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Gabbard, Dana [Editor]
The Duckberg Times #12 Twelve July 15 1981 - Carl Barks Fanzine
Selah WA: Dana and Frank Gabbard 1981. Book. Illus. by Gabbard Frank. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 26 pages. Features include: Finding the Duck Man; Carl Barks' First Fan Letter; A Visit With Carl Barks; Walt Says; An Interview With George Sherman; Scrooge McDuck and Money; The '81 D.O.N.A.L.D. Congress. Mickey Mouse Checklist; Reviews. Includes several grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Dana and Frank Gabbard Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 652H4474
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ANDREAS, A T
HISTORY OF COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
Chicago: A. T. Andreas 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. maps woodcuts engr. ports. 4to 888 pages rebound in brown library buckram leather labels. <br/><br/>Based on his HISTORY OF CHICAGO this includes the rest of the county -much of which was later annexed by Chicago Jewell X16. Focusses on the townships not covered in his 3-vol. History Of Chicago. With illustrations and maps. A. T. Andreas hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 0008793
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Richards, Dal (Signed); Taylor, Jim
One More Time!: The Dal Richards Story
Canada: Harbour Publishing Co. 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boldly signed by Dal Richards upon half-title page. 288 pages. Index. Reproductions of many black and white photos. "These are Dal's memories of the stars and the wannabes the hustlers and bootleggers and hat check chicks all of whom paraded through his life in the days when Vancouver's nightclub scene rivalled San Francisco's and Hollywood's big-name performers made it a regular tour stop." - from dust jacket. Very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Promotional bookmark and relevant news clipping laid inside front board. A lovely copy. Harbour Publishing Co. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 465H0291 ???????? : 1550174924 9781550174922
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Anders, Kindralleitnant W
Armee Paguluses - Teise Poola Armeekorpuse Arengulugu
Stockholm: Valis-Eesti Kirjastus 1949. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pages. Text in Swedish. One page illustration of Abbey Monte Cassino and vicinity in Italy with WWII military movements indicated. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Valis-Eesti Kirjastus Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 422H0422
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Greenwood, Alexander; Powell, Rt Hon J Enoch
Field-Marshal Auchinleck
U.K.: The Pentland Press Ltd. 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 338 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck by his former A.D.C. "Charts with vivid accuracy the fluctuations in the Field-Marshal's military career and personal life." - from dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Back free endpaper removed. Prior owner's stamps and writing upon front free endpaper otherwise clean and bright with light wear. A sound copy. The Pentland Press Ltd. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 151H0525 ???????? : 0946270961 9780946270965
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Trotter, Lt Colonel Elmer John (Al) (Signed); Zwingli, Leslie Trotter; McNaughton, Lieutenant-General Donald (Foreword)
Against the Odds
U.S.A.: AuthorHouse 2009. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author/subject upon first blank leaf. 197 pages. WWII RCAF pilot Al Trotter recounts his dramatic wartime experiences in the air and as a POW. Many pages of reproductions of archival black and white photos. Gift greetings atop first blank leaf otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. AuthorHouse Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 847H0365 ???????? : 1438986319 9781438986319
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Lonn, George; Roberts, Leslie (Introduction)
Men and Mines: Short Biographies of Some Colorful Contemporary Figures Behind Canada's Mighty Mining Industry
Toronto: Pitt Publishing Company 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 116 xx pages. Errata slip inserted at page xvii. Presents biographies and reproductions of charcoal sketches of important personalities in Canadian mining history including: Thayer Lindsley; Jules R. Timmins; J. Roy Gordon; Gilbert A. LaBine; Joe LaBine; Reuben Ewart Stavert; James Young Murdoch; Cyrus S. Eaton; F.M. Connell; W.H. Connell; John Martain Connell; Bill Durrell; John D. Bryce; Dr. Robert Alexander Bryce; Pierre Beauchemin; Ralph D. Parker; John Defrayne Barrington; Eldon L. Brown; Frofessor Frank A. Forward; M.S. Fotheringham; Dr. M.J. Boylen; William S. Kirkpatrick; Dr.Horace J. Fraser; and dozens more. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy. Pitt Publishing Company Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 322H0237
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Cruikshank, Brigadier General EA; Simcoe, Lieut Governor John Graves E A
The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe with Allied Documents Relating to His administration of the Government of Upper Canada Volume III 3 / Three 1794-1795
Toronto: The Ontario Historical Society 1925. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 404 pages. Index. Three maps. Two sketches. Green boards. Gilt lettering to backstrip. 10.3" x 7.8" x 1.8". Few internal library markings. Hinges open. Average external wear. The Ontario Historical Society Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 723H0469
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Lambert, SM S M
A Yankee Doctor in Paradise
USA: Little Brown & Company/New York Graphic Society 1941. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 392 pages. Index. Black and white frontis photo portrait of author. Map endpapers. "Heavily worn. Front hinge open. Library markings to first blank leaf. Front free endpaper first blank leaf and page 3 detached but present. A worthy reading copy of these engaging medical adventures. Little, Brown & Company/New York Graphic Society Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 334H0467
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Cruikshank, Brigadier General EA; Simcoe, Lieut Governor John Graves E A
The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe with Allied Documents Relating to His administration of the Government of Upper Canada Volume II 2 / Two 1793-1794
Toronto: The Ontario Historical Society 1924. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 470 pages. Index. Ten fold-out maps. Green boards. Gilt lettering to backstrip. 10.3" x 7.8" x 2". Few internal library markings. Average wear. The Ontario Historical Society Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 723H0468
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Poste, Jack (Signed); Garrad, Charles (Preface)
Scarp Bay and Sky: The Memoirs of Jack Poste
Canada: Self-Published 2001. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 210 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos throughout. "Like others of my generation I lived through the bleak years of the Great Depression. During the Second World War I played a part as air navigator with Six Group heavy bombers of the Royal Canadian Air Force. My teaching career of 30 years took me into three levels of the Ontario school system. I taught high school in Dundalk Burlington Tweed and Collingwood. Includes dozens of incidents that occured to siblings friends and playmates relatives and acquaintances. I have also tried to show how global events like WWI and II the Great Depression changes in transportation and communication and the wide use of computers credit cards and robots have influenced relationships between individuals." - from introduction. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating and adventurous ife story. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 863H0711 ???????? : 0968961509 9780968961506
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Agnew, Spiro T (Signed)
Go Quietly.or Else - His Own Story of the Events Leading to His Resignation
U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by Spiro Agnew upon half-title page. 288 pages. Index. "A powerful book in which Mr. Agnew challenges the widely held beliefs about his alleged involvement in bribery and extortion while in office. His testimony provides a detailed well-documented week-by-week account of the whirlwind of events leading to his resignation and unsnarls the tangle of distorted and wilfully contrived evidence that has burdened his life for the past six years." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A handsome copy. William Morrow & Co Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 322H1041 ???????? : 0688036686 9780688036683
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Loebl, Eugene; Pokorny, Dusan; Michael, Maurice (Translator)
Sentenced & Tried: The Stalinist Purges in Czechoslovakia
London: Elek 1969. Book. Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 272 pages. Glossary. "Dr. Loebl as a member of the Czechoslovakian government in 1952 was chosen by Moscow to be scapegoated due to the nation's faltering economy. In 1968 he was rehabilitated by the Dubcek regime and became president of the Czechoslovak State Bank." - from dust jacket. Faint bit of writing atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket now protected in Brodart. A sound copy. Elek Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 422H0905 ???????? : 0236177524 9780236177523
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Sweanor, George; Crease, Harry
It's All Pensionable Time: 25 Twenty-Five Years in the Royal Canadian Air Force R.C.A.F.
U.S.A.: Adman / Gensor 1981. Book. Illus. by Kovar Virginia; Kenyon Ley; Frost Jack. Fair. Paperback. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 333 pages including index and glossary. Many black and white illustrations including sketches maps and reproductions of photos and documents. The author's Halifax bomber was shot down over Germany in March 1943 and he was sent to POW camp Stalag Luft III made famous by the film The Great Escape. Printed upon glossy stock. Small phone number written atop title page otherwise unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Adman / Gensor Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 553H0862 ???????? : 0935816038 9780935816037
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Floris, Steve
Escape from Pannonia: A Tale of Two Survivors
Canada: Creative Connections Publishing 2002. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 159 pages. "Forced to work in a Hungarian slave labour battalion under the command of the Third Reich Floris escaped to Budapest to marry. They then escaped to Austria and eventually settled in Vancouver where they ran the Ferguson Point Tea House for many years." - from back cover. Clean bright and unmarked with lightest wear. An excellent copy. Creative Connections Publishing Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 151H0906 ???????? : 1894694031 9781894694032
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Hannelore Heinemann Headley (Signed)
Blond China Doll: A Shanghai Interlude 1939-1953
Canada: Blond China Doll Enterprises / Triple H Publishing 2004. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author upon title page. 224 pages. Recounts the fourteen years spent by the author as a refugee in Shanghai after she and her German Jewish family fled Europe in 1939. In later years she became a popular book dealer in Canada. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Blond China Doll Enterprises / Triple H Publishing Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 863H0807 ???????? : 0973580305 9780973580303
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Chambers, Jack
Milestones: II 2 / Two: The Music and Times of Miles Davis Since 1960
USA: University of Toronto Press 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 416 pages. Footnotes Bibliography and Index. Reproductions of photos in black and white. "Not only an account of the shoals and reefs of Davis' life up to 1960 but a highly literate history of the social and cultural milieu of his times. Indispensable to anyone interested in music." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. University of Toronto Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 151H0907 ???????? : 0802025390 9780802025395
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Bergman, W Dieter
Between Two Benches: Not Subject To Extermination - Autobiography of Dieter Bergman
U.S.A.: Dieter Bergman 1995. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 438 pages. Index. The gripping autobiography and fascinating reflections of a man neither Jew nor Aryan who recounts his dramatic WWII experiences and life afterwards. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this fascinating life story. Dieter Bergman Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 151H0957 ???????? : 0940471191 9780940471191
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Rainer, Yvonne
Yvonne Rainer - Work 1961-1973
Canada: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design / New York University Press 1974. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 338 pages. Chronology. Selected bibliography. Many black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. "So here I am in a sense trying to 'replace' my performances with a book greedily pushing language to clarify what already was clear in other terms. But alas gone. This has seemed one good reason to compile a book 'out of' the remains of my performances letting the language fall where it may. Let it be said simply 'She usually makes performances and has also made a book.' There can be no comparison therefore no need for apology." - Introduction. Unmarked. Binding tight. Silverfish markings to publisher's black cloth. Openings to top and central portion of backstrip. Somewhat above-average external wear. Somewhat above-average wear and minimal library markings to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design / New York University Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 546H0812 ???????? : 0814773605 9780814773604
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Carlisle, Norman; Sanderson, Sandy; Pierson, Frank W; Ameche, Alan; Latham, Sid; Cary, Lucian; et al
True - The Man's Magazine November Nov. 1956: James Wilkinson - America's Most Honored Traitor
USA: Fawcett 1956. Magazine. Illus. by Helck Peter cover; Galli Stan; Glanzman Louis; Bingham James; Monroe C.E. Jr. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 124 pages. Contents: James Wilkinson - America's most honored traitor; Mystery Killer Ship; Can a Tiger Whip a Bull; Betting on Horse Races through the Mail!; College Football is for Boys Alan Ameche explains how much more difficult it is to play professionally; Pioneer Airmen Glenn L. Martin and Lary Bell; Big-bore rifles for downing a charging rhino; Chrysler's design challenge to reduce the height of its cars by five inches; Blowguns - quick quiet and deadly article iwth color photos; Turkeys west of the Pecos; Castration - Man's greatest hidden fear; Men's fall coats; Science studies your whiskers; and more. Champion Spark Plug ad features photo of Bobby Unser at the 1956 Pikes Peak Hill-Climb. Unmarked with heavy. A worthy reference copy. Fawcett Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 336H0936
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Peter Belliss
Belliss on Bowls
New Zealand: Reed Methuen 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 144 pages. Black and white photos in text. "Learn bowling techniques from a master. Gain an insight into the tactics top bowlers adopt and the thinking behind them. World champion bowler Peter Belliss discusses tactics and techniques illustrating his points with action shots and comments about the styles of top bowlers he has met during his career." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Fading to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this informative work. Reed Methuen Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 341H0857 ???????? : 0474002578 9780474002571
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Benjamin, Les (Leslie) (Signed); Warren, John
Rolling in the Grass Roots
Canada: Self-Published 1997. Book. Illus. by Kirkpatrick Ruth. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author atop title page. 256 pages. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. Oblong 6" x 9". Biography of this longtime N.D.P. M.P. from Saskatchewan. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 151H1225 ???????? : 0968268609 9780968268605
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Moulton, Rusty; Moultin, June Fuller (Signed)
The Way it Was: Memories of WWII
Canada: Self-Published 2007. Book. Fair. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Editor upon title page. xii 194 pages. Black and white reproductions photos. Moulton volunteered for the all-Oregon Ordinance Maintenance Battalion after Pearl Harbor did basic training at Camp Perry in Ohio and went on to many European experiences through to VE day. Binding intact. Above-average external wear wiith incidental markings to edges. A sound copy of these very readable WWII recollections. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 553H1273 ???????? : 9782798061 9789782798060
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MacKie, Richard (Signed)
Hamilton Mack Laing: Hunter-Naturalist
Victoria British Columbia Canada: Sono Nis Press 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 234 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Laing "was a long lived widely published notable Canadian naturalist. His love was birds but his writing and his collecting expeditions ranged further. After living around North America he settled in the bird paradise of Comox BC. This biography explores a man and a philosophy of conservation that insisted the naturalist be a good man with a gun." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Sono Nis Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 322H1187 ???????? : 0919203744 9780919203747
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Shackleton, Doris French
Tommy Douglas - A Biography Signed By Douglas
Canada: McClelland and Stewart Limited 1975. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by Tommy Douglas upon title page. 333 pages. Index. Footnotes. "Few political leaders have earned the affection of their followers to the degree that Tommy Douglas has. And few politicians have accomplished so much while retaining their integrity humanity and principles so completely." - from dust jacket. A 2004 national vote of Canadians selected Mr. Douglas as the greatest Canadian of all time. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average overall wear. Binding intact. Moderate spine slant. Coffee stains to fore- and bottom edges. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A wonderful Tommy Douglas memento. McClelland and Stewart Limited Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 322H1132 ???????? : 0771081162 9780771081163
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Johnson, Islae Carol (Signed)
"Mush On" - The Hugh Mattila Story
Canada: Self-Published 1976. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author upon title page. 124 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A true saga of the north and a white man who found the peace and contentment there that civilization had denied him." - Foreword. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 322H1172
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Holiday, Billie; Dufty, William
Lady Sings the Blues
New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1956. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 250 pages. Chronological discography. Autobiography of this eminent jazz and pop vocalist. Fascimile dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Usual library markings. Rebound in decorated green library buckram sans the original photo-illustrated endpapers. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy first edition reading copy. Meadows 2173. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 464H1601
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Robertson, William M (Signed)
Just Plain Bill: A Memoir of Railroad Adventures and Entrepreneurial Challenges
Canada: William M. Robertson 2006. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by author upon title page. 164 pages. Several black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The story of William M. Robertson from 1935 to 1997. Covers his childhood during the Great Depression WWII when he was a telegraph messenger his later years as a Railway agent/operator close ot many train wrecks and many of his life challenges." - from back cover. Average wear. Few library markings. Some loss from front cover where label removed. A sound copy. William M. Robertson Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 465H1436 ???????? : 0973925507 9780973925500
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Kinnear, Alfred
Across Many Seas - A Story of Action from Crimea to Coronation
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith 1902. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 411 3 ads pages. "This volume of war correspondence and travel bridges forty years of personal wanderings and adventure." - from Introductory. The adventures described took place in many places around the world. Here are the author's thoughts after a time in China: "The Chinese are noted for their savage cruelty. I had several instances but I will not jar my readers' feeling by going into details of the Chinaman's 'gentle art' of disposing of his captive enemies. China too is the land of corruption. Every man considers it his duty to cheat his neighbour. It is a cardinal article of Celestial life. The process is known as 'squeezing' and beginning with the Emperor it is prosecuted down step-by-step." - from page 224. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's red cloth adorned with gilt lettering. Binding intact. Moderate spine slant. Backstrip all but loose. Prior owner secured it with tape now moved leaving some tackiness. A worthy vintage copy. J.W. Arrowsmith Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 431H1454
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Frank Zappa (Signed); Peter Occhiogrosso
The Real Frank Zappa Book
New York: Poseidon Press 1989. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Frank Zappa beneath his photo on page 116. 352 pages. Black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. "The legendary Frank Zappa one of the most influential innovative and controversial musicians of the past twenty years takes us on a wild funny outrageous trip through his life and times. Here is how he became the state of the art in weirdness as only he can tell it." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Average wear and soiling. Board tips rubbed open. Binding intact. Narrow 2.5" faded patch along dust jack spine corresponds to security strip on verso. A wonderful Zappa memento. Bonus: includes ticket stub for Zappa's May 10 1980 concert at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby PA. Poseidon Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 322H1377 ???????? : 067163870x 9780671638702
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Ellis, Jean M; Dingman, Isabel
Facepowder and Gunpowder
Toronto: S.J. Reginald Saunders 1947. Book. Illus. by Hambleton Jack. Good. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 229 pages. Several black and white illustrations in text. "The story of Jean Ellis's experiences overseas as a Red Cross Welfare Officer. Here for the first time is a report to Canada by one of the more than 500 girls who represented our Red Cross in Europe." - from dust jacket. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Bookplate inside front board. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in mylar. A sound copy. S.J. Reginald Saunders Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 322H1385
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