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Heski, Thomas M
The Little Shadow Catcher: Icastinyanka Cikala Hanzi The Story of D.F. Barry Celebrated Photographer of Famous Indians
Minneapolis Minnesota U.S.A.: Book Sales 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 175 pages. Index. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. "Less a biography than a slice of history this book presents the interplay of frontier and civilization during the late 1800's. This meticulously researched volume tells all that is known of Barry's life from boyhood through to his final years in Superior Wisconsin." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book Sales Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 738c8934 ???????? : 0875648088 9780875648088
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Author Unknown
Arthur Guindon Sulpicien: Artiste et Humaniste
Canada: Publisher Unknown 2009. Book. Fine. Spiral-Bound. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unpaginated. 0.3" thick. Text in French only. Illustrated in colour. Appears to be an exhibition catalogue. Clean bright and unmarked with lightest wear. An excellent copy. Publisher Unknown Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 634c8897
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Phillips, Howard (Signed)
Echoes of Conflict
Canada: Self-Published 1987. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pages. Black and white illustrations in text from photos. Autobiographical account of the author's experiences in both world wars and on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 118c8931
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Meriwether, Doug; Hintze, Clarence C; National Drum Association
Mister I Am the Band!: Buddy Rich His Life and Travels
USA: H.L.C./N.D.A. 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 442 pages. Index. Discography. Ten pages of wonderful black and white photographic plates. "This book is the end result of 20 years of research which was accomplished through personal interviews with Mr. Rich plus the collection of many interviews in books magazines and newspaper articles. The authors were good friends of the drummer over the last fourteen years of his life. The book is divided into three distinct sections: biography photo essay and an extensive discography." - from dust jacket. Dust jacket clean bright and unmarked with very light wear - now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Moderate wear to unmarked book which bears minimal library markings. Overall a quality copy of this rare biography of one of the best musicians in history. H.L.C./N.D.A. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 111c8859 ???????? : 0793582431 9780793582433
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Robinson, Andrew
Satyajit Ray - The Inner Eye
London: Andre Deutsch 1990. Book. Good. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 412 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plages. "An Extraordinarily good detailed and selfless book." - V.S. Naipaul. "The quiet but deep observation understanding and love of the human race which are characteristic of all his films have impressed me greatly. Mr. Ray is a wonderful and respectful man. I feel that he is a 'giant' of the movie industry." - Akira Kurosawa. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Andre Deutsch Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 464c9022 ???????? : 0233986308 9780233986302
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Banks, Kerry
Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket
Canada: Greystone 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 259 pages. Excellent black and white photographic plates. List of Bure's hockey statistics. List of sources. ".Paints a vivid portrait of Bure that not only captures his electrifying hockey abilities but fills in the blanks of his intriguing personality. This in-depth unauthorized biography takes us behind the scenes to Bure's origins in his native country and re-creates the fascinating machinations that brought him to the West. Sheds light on the obscure hockey world of the former Soviet Union and delivers what may be the most thorough investigation to date of the impact Russian players have had on the North American game." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this biography of the most exciting player to ever suit up for the Vancouver Canucks. Greystone Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 216c8992 ???????? : 1550547143 9781550547146
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Forbes, Robert B
Personal Reminiscences - American Maritime History: To Which is Added Rambling Recollections Connected with China
USA: Library Editions 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint of the Second Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 412 pages. Four black and white illustrations including frontis portrait of author. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Tight and square. A sound copy. Library Editions Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 527c9342 ???????? : 084320012x 9780843200126
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Barbeau, Jacques
A Journey with E. J. Hughes
Vancouver BC Canada: Barbeau Foundation 2000. Book. Illus. by Hughes E.J. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 116 pages. Index. Beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white. Author fondly recalls how he acquired his collection of paintings by E.J. Hughes. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high quality copy. Barbeau Foundation Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 547c9353 ???????? : 0968617301 9780968617304
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Dougan, Charles A
My Daughter's Request - Spotlight on the Yesterday of Country Folk
Canada: Alexco Enterprises 1991. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 190 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Describes the author's memories of people places and things associated with the formative days of his youth in British Columbia. Handwritten notes upon first blank page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Alexco Enterprises Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 863c9491
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Fry, Alan (Signed); Taylor, Wilf
Beating Around the Bush : A Life in the Northern Forest
Madeira Park BC Canada: Harbour Publishing Company Limited for I.K. Barber RPF 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 250 pages. Alan Fry's signature upon title page. In this irreverent look at backwoods life and politics Wilf Taylor recounts his dealings with zesty bears inept supervisors and overzealous hunters. Reveals the human side of a rugged and unforgiving land. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket protected by clear glossy protective cover. Excellent copy. Harbour Publishing Company, Limited for I.K. Barber, RPF Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 86301884 ???????? : 1550170155 9781550170153
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Choban, Jennie TS [Signed]; Qureshi, April-Ria T S
Kapusta or Cabbage : A Mother and Daughter Historical and Culinary Journey
Aurora ON Canada: JTS Press 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 125 pages including index. Signature and inscription with a dying ball point pen by Jennie Choban upon half-title page. From the steppes of the Ukraine through Europe during the Second World War Ewhenia Jennie crosses the Atlantic Ocean making her home in Canada's Quebec in 1949. From Ontario to travels in Quebec Sweden and Norway April-Ria makes her home along Canada's Pacific Coast. Combines recipes with anecdotes about the good old days for a unique Ukrainian/Canadian dialogue cookbook. Includes some black and white illustrations. Includes two promotional bookmarks. Light wear. Nice copy. JTS Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 86302148 ???????? : 096995560x 9780969955603
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MacInnis, Craig (editor)
Remembering Tim Horton : A Celebration
Canada: Stoddart Publishing 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 117 pages. A quircky and at times poignant look back at one of the greatest rearguards to ever lace up skates. A most worthy addition to the library of those lusting after the Maple Leaf glory days of yore! Lightest wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Gift quality. Stoddart Publishing Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 86102850 ???????? : 077373256x 9780773732568
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Humphreys, Derrick; Munro, John
The Making of a Grey Panther : The Derrick Humphreys Story
Vancouver: Ronsdale Press 1996. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. "Devastatingly candid. Rousing. Fascinating. Beautifully written. You'll be charmed enlightened and entertained." - Trevor Lautens. "Destined to become a bible for every aspiring municipal politician and anyone with a bitch against City Hall." - from back cover. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Ronsdale Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 42202408 ???????? : 0921870442 9780921870449
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Aza, Bert
Our Gracie - The Story of Gracie Fields
London: Pitkins 1955. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 32 pages. Includes over 100 black and white photographs from Gracie's album. Circa 1950s. A primarily pictorial tribute to the life of Miss Gracie Fields First Lady of the Music Hall. Above-average wear but still a respectable unmarked copy. Pitkins Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 55403220
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Rowse, AL A L
A Cornishman at Oxford - the Education of a Cornishman
London: Jonathan Cape 1965. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 319 pages. Follows up on 'A Cornish Childhood'. A vivid and veracious account of a brilliant Oxford undergraduate generation in the 1920s along with an evocation of life in a Cornish working-class home with its background of hills and moors and sea. Portrays the early stages in the development of a remarkable and individual writer." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 42202526
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Fullerton, Douglas H
Graham Towers and His Times
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 348 pages including index. Author's signature upon title page. The extraordinary man who was first Governor of the Bank of Canada a world financial figure and a legend to colleagues and friends. Very light wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. McClelland & Stewart Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46409728 ???????? : 0771032188 9780771032189
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Sadler, Robert; Chapian, Marie
The Emancipation of Robert Sadler: Second Edition
Minneapolis MN U.S.A.: Bethany Fellowship Inc. 1975. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254 pages. The powerful true story of a man who was a twentieth-century plantation slave. Beatings and burnings of black Americans a half century after the Emancipation Proclomation! "The book vibrates with action. an exceptional reading experience." - Christian Bookseller. Includes several pages of black and white photographs. Prior owner's details atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Bethany Fellowship Inc. Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 46500819 ???????? : 0871231328 9780871231321
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Weider, Ben
The Strongest Man in History - Louis Cyr - "Amazing Canadian" translation of: Louis Cyr L'homme Le Plus Fort De Tous Les temps
Vancouver B.C.: Mitchell Press Limited 1976. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Louis Cyr was the strongest boy in his small village. the strongest youth in Quebec. the champion weight lifter in New England. Louis Cyr a Quebec-born French Canadian in his prime was famous the world over for feats of incredible strength. Eventually he was crowned the strongest man in the world. measured the strongest in all recorded history. "By the end of the last century the 'strong men' had produced their own superchampions whose fame spread far beyond their own countries. Most famous of all was the Canadian Louis Cyr who was born in 1863. He was almost as wide as he was tall! For 15 years Louis Cyr outclassed all his opponents. He wooed his large following not only with his Herculean strength but also with the showmanship with which he presented his incredible feats." - From the Olympic Sports Official Album Montreal 1976. Includes six fascinating black and white photographic reproductions one of which shows Cyr strapped between two horses which he held to a standstill at the behest of the Marquess of Queensberry. Unmarked. Contents clean and in good condition. Original price sticker upon half-title page. Binding intact. One inch narrow strip of black tape runs down bottom of spine which also bears a reading crease. 1.5" opening to base of front cover at spine. 2" crease to lower corner of front cover else average wear overall. Illustrated covers. Solid copy. Mitchell Press Limited Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 46501004 ???????? : 088836010x 9780888360106
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Marconi, Degna
My Father Marconi
New York: McGraw Hill 1962. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages including index and black and white plates. Marconi's daughter draws upon his journals and correspondence from family papers and recollections as well as from scientific and historical record for this lively biography. Skillfully blends the excitement and glamour of Marconi's fame as an internationally renowned inventor with the passion and incredible loneliness of his personal life. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Some yellowing. Binding intact. Average wear. Dust jacket rough. Solid working copy. McGraw Hill Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 55402767
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Chancellor, E Beresford
Old Rowley King Charles II - The Lives of the Rakes - Limited Edition Copy
Londs: Philip Allan & Co. 1924. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 227 pages. Black and white frontis illustration of King Charles II. Number 250 of only three hundred copies printed on Fine Paper. Author's signature beneath copy number on verso of half-title page. "We have been said to take our pleasures sadly. Well here is a sovereign who took his pleasures anything but sadly." - From the Foreward. Corners bumped. Edges with average wear. Spine leaning. Pasted label upon spine is damaged but not beyond repair. Attractive blue and silver patterned boards. Philip Allan & Co. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46207345
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Dunphy, Catherine
Morgentaler : A Difficult Hero
Toronto: Random House of Canada Limited 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 474 pages including index. Morgentaler's story is an intriguing and unique one and until now a story that has never been completely told. Traces the life of a man forced to face death at an early age a man who has chosen to live as a perpetual and deliberate outsider and a man who may not himself understand why he feels he must go to battle for an issue that few Canadians are entirely comfortable with. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Probably unread. Excellent copy. Random House of Canada, Limited Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46501116 ???????? : 0394223918 9780394223919
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Plavsic, Prvoslav S
RTV Theory and Practice - Special Editions Series - Special Issue Featuring Vuk Karadzic
Radio-televizija Beograd and Kulturno-prosvetna Zajednica Srbije 1987. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing 1 of 1200 copies. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 168 pages. First 33 pages bilingual Russian/English balance Russian. "Two hundred years have already gone by since Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic was born. The entire world has joined us in celebrating this anniversary in 1987. The Belgrade Television has filmed one of the most ambitious biographical history series in the thirty years of its existence. Here we have the monograph VUK TELEVISION PHOTOS which was created at the same time the Vuk Karadzic series was being made. This is not documentary material from Vuk's time. It is Vuk in our time - a feat worthy of Vuk and his teachings." - from introduction. Moderate wear. Small circular mark on page 165 else unmarked. Very good copy in glossy black covers. Radio-televizija Beograd and Kulturno-prosvetna Zajednica Srbije Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 46409742
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Makarenko, Fern Lybarger (Signed)
Sweet Genevieve - A Pioneer Woman's Story
Almonte ON: O.M. Press 1991. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Over 100 pages. Both covers curl up gently otherwise square and very clean. Author's signature on title page is dated 9-92. Simply an amazing book. Filled with many dozens of photos some dating back to the 1880s it tells the story of the author's prairie pioneer mother Genevieve Harriott Lybarger 1890-1988. Also tells the story of Canadian pioneers in general during the early 1900s. Details the genealogies of the author's families principally the Lybargers and Laphams. A fascinating portrait of a woman who endured the tumultuous changes of the 20th century. O.M. Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 46105223 ???????? : 0969579500 9780969579502
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Streeter, Eunice
Seasons - A Tapestry of Living
Orillia Ontario: Ptarmigan Publishing 1988. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated. Circa 1988. Includes black and white illustrations. "As you read these stories you will join Eunice in the celebration of a special family occasion the appreciation of places and happenings in the Orillia area the spirit of adventure as she hunts rocks in the rain or goes whale watching on the St. Lawrence River and the all-too-familiar agony of choosing a new car. You will experience with her the changing glories of the seasons the joys - and one sudden heartbreak - of grandparenting the morning eagerness of setting forth on new ventures and the quiet pleasure of arriving home at the end of the day. Woven into this tapestry of one person's life are threads and patterns that are common to us all. perhaps you will find their colours glowing just a little brighter as you look at them through Eunice Streeter's eyes." - Dorothy Stripp. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Small sticker price patch atop front cover. Nice copy. Ptarmigan Publishing Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 86301460
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Friesen, Jacob
The Road Unknown
Manitoba Canada: Self-Published 1993. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pages. Author relates his experiences as a child on a homestead located at the foot of the Pembina Hills. His move to the village of Reinland in the early 1920's immediately followed the migration of the Mennonites to Mexico. Growing up was difficult during the dirty thirties. The came the life-changing trauma of World War II and a brief sojourn in Paraguay. Eventually the author was called to the ministry. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Excellent copy. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 46501402 ???????? : 1550990314 9781550990317
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Scott, Munroe
McClure - Years of Challenge: Volume 2 of a Biography By Munroe Scott SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND SUBJECT
Toronto Canada: Canec Publishing and Supply House 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 295 pages. Large and attractive signatures of McClure and author upon half-title page. The second half of Dr. "Bob" McClure's remarkable career unfolds in this final volume of a two-part biography. McClure was a great Canadian and an inspiration to many. Dust jacket with numerous tears and chunk missing from back. Spine leans slightly to right. Canec Publishing and Supply House Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46206886 ???????? : 0919000134 9780919000131
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Friyer, Mary Beacock
Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe 1762-1850
Toronto: Dundurn Press 1989. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 276 pages. The story of an energetic involved woman. Her life divides into two phases. As the wife of John Graves Simcoe Elizabeth is a sensible lady of the Age of Reason pursuing the picturesque with sketch book and water colours. Following Simcoe's death her long life as a widow finds meaning in fostering the well-being of her church. Average wear. Usual library markings. Dundurn Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 72609513 ???????? : 1550020641 9781550020649
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Smith, Deni Mack
Mussolini - Il Duce: Quattrocento Immagini Della Vita Di Un Uomo e Di Vent'anni Di Storia Italiana
Italy: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Written in Italian. Piu di 400 immagini ripercorrono nelle 240 pagine di Mussolini Il Duce la parabola umana e politica di un personaggio che come scrive nella introduzione al volume lo storico inglese Denis Mack Smith governo l'Italia per un periodo piu lungo di chiunque altro prima e dopo di lui che voleva fare dell'Italia una grande potenza temuta e ammirata che raggiunse un vertice di popularita superiore a quello di chiunque altro ma che dopo aver portato il paese alla catastrofe della guerra fini per diventare l'uomo piu odiato d'Italia. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Moderate wear. Solid copy with attractive illustrated glossy boards. Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 25700758
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Rumball, Donald
Peter Munk : The Making of a Modern Tycoon
Toronto: Stoddart 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 359 pages including index. "Magnetic decisive fearless Peter Munk started with nothing to create one of the most profitable business empires on the planet through a combination of brilliant strategy and opportunism. Since founding Barrick Gold in the early eighties Munk has built his company into the third largest gold-mining venture in the world. A stunning revelation of the inner workings of the international business world and one of its finest business minds." - from dust jacket. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear to black boards. Some soiling to top edge of text. Light wear to dust jacket which bears half-inch opening at bottom of fore-edge of back board. Nice solid copy overall. Stoddart Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 55403297 ???????? : 0773729437 9780773729438
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Shulman, Morton
Member of the Legislature
Don Mills ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pages. Some small tears to dust jacket. Morton Shulman's fast moving story of his eight years in politics. Sharp but full of public concern opinionated but self-critical serious in intent but often hilarious in the telling. It reflects perfectly the life-style of its author - there is never a dull moment! He was an amazing character. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46206694 ???????? : 0889024170 9780889024175
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McConnell, Malcolm
The Story of Lance Sijan Hero of Vietnam
New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc. 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 253 pages. Reveals the astonishing story of a young Air Force pilot named Lance Sijan whose valor dedication to duty and indomitable spirit were tested under the most extreme condtions. In 1967 Sijan was ejected from his fighter-bomber into the jungle of Laos. Although disable he dragged himself for six weeks until his capture. He escaped but upon his recapture was tortured and revealed no military information. He died in Hanoi. His gallant struggle galvanized other American POWs to resist torture and brainwashing and Sijan was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. ".The finest true story not only of the Vietnam era but its message is equal to the finest epic heroic literature of World War II World War I and the Civil War." - Colonel Glenn Nordin. Prior owner's bookplate upon front endpaper else unmarked. Light to moderate wear to clean book. Dust jacket bears several tears all less than one inch in length. Nice copy. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 24300222
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Woodsworth, Bruce; Woodsworth, Sylvia (editor)
African Adventures. An Autobiography
Maderia Park BC Canada: Self-Published 1997. Book. Illus. by Woodsworth Sylvia illustrator; Jones Paul H. illustrator. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 410 pages. Subject was born in Winnipeg as the third son of J.S. Woodsworth. With his geological degree he pioneered in the Yukon the Northwest Territories and Northern Rhodesia. He taught high school for 17 years became principal and was a fruit farmer in the Okanagan. Clean bright and unmarked with faintest wear. Blank bookplate inside front cover. Excellent copy. Self-Published Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 55403196 ???????? : 0968267203 9780968267202
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Magnus, John; Magnus, Ethel
A Family Love Story Signed By Subject
Mayne Island BC Canada: Alea Publishing 1994. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 175 pages. Brad Magnus the subject of the book has signed his first name upon title page. A family love story centred upon son Brad the second of four boys who was born with Down Syndrome. "The essence of our story is: Every person is valuable! Our personal faith and therefore our positive outlook continues to give us courage to try what seems impossible." - from introduction. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Alea Publishing Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 55402807 ???????? : 0969352603 9780969352600
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Austin, Cecil
The Immortal Ninon - A Character Study of Ninon De L'enclos
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1927. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 261 pages including black and white plates. "Ninon was a lover of variety and the story of her life will have been ill told if it does not give rise to various opinions." - from introduction. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Solid copy. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 86302724
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Piercy, George (Signed)
This Doctor's Journey
Campbell River BC Canada: Ptarmigan Press Limited 2000. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 152 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. Author grew up in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island and served as a medical doctor before entering local politics where he served a further 19 years including time as mayor of Comox. He expresses his views on elected officials changes he's seen in medical care and his concerns for the future of our health care system. Lightest wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Ptarmigan Press, Limited Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 55402843 ???????? : 0919537510 9780919537514
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MacLean, Rev John
Henry B. Steinhauer: His Work Among the Cree Indians of the Western Plains of Canada
Toronto: The Methodist Young People's Forward Movement for Missions 1960. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 51 pages plus advertisement. Includes numerous black and white photographs. Subject was born in Rama Ontario in 1820 and died in 1884. He began work among his own people in the North-West in 1840. Undated. Appears at least several decades old. Average wear. Closed one inch tear at base of cover fold. Unmarked. Circa 1960. The Methodist Young People's Forward Movement for Missions Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 86301424
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Scott, Munroe; McClure, Robert (Signed)
McClure : The China Years of Dr. Bob McClure SIGNED BY SUBJECT
Toronto: Canec Publishing and Supply House 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 409 pages. Dr. McClure's attractive signature upon half-title page. "This book started out to be a full biography of Dr. Bob McClure from his birth in 1900 up to the present time. It gradually transformed itself into something that may seem to fall halfway between an adventure story and a history of China through the first half of the twentieth century." - from Foreward. Prior owner's neatly written gift greetings upon half-title page which has a small piece cleanly clipped from top corner. Maps printed upon endpapers. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear. Excellent copy. Canec Publishing and Supply House Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46501135 ???????? : 0919000126 9780919000124
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Graham, WH W H
Tiger Dunlop
London: Hutchinson of London 1962. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 308 pages including index. Grave gay and urbane this book is sure to delight its readers while affording them intimate glimpses of pioneer Canadian life that will surprise and perhaps shock them. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name rubber stamped atop each endpaper else unmarked. Several tears under one inch to dust jacket. Excellent piece of Canadiana. Hutchinson of London Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46409740
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Heaps, Leo
Thirty Years with the KGB - The Double Life of Hugh Hambleton
U.K.: Methuen 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 158 pages. In this compelling and fascinating account Leo Heaps reconstructs the double life of the quiet Canadian professor of economics. He follows his career from the early days of his recruitment by the KGB through his ten years working for NATO - when he photographed thousands of highly confidential documents; he shows his subsequent contribution to the Soviet spy network during his travels in Europe the Middle East and Latin America while working as an economist for the Canadian government and Laval University Quebec; and he examines the eventual unravelling of the tangled web. Author first knew Hambleton and his family during their schooldays together in Ottawa. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear to book. Mild lean to spine. Contents partially yellowed. Light wear to dust jacket. Nice copy. Methuen Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 64301205 ???????? : 0413553000 9780413553003
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Farrell, Ann
Grace MacInnis : A Story of Love and Integrity
Markham ON Canada: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited 1994. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 337 pages including bibliography index and black and white illustrations. "For thousands of Canadians Grace MacInnis was and is a powerful source of inspiration - a touchstone of enduring values. Daughter of the legendary large and boisterous J.S. Woodsworth family she became a legend herself serving for a number of years as the only woman member of the Parliament in Ottawa having previously been a member of the British Columbia Legislature. Grace's story and the human values she championed have never been more relevant as we search for new solutions." - from cover.Gift greetings upon half-title page else clean bright and unmarked. Minimal wear. Excellent copy. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 55402970 ???????? : 1550411675 9781550411676
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Carpenter, CFE C F E
Almost A Life Sentence - An Autobiography
Canada: MLH Productions 1984. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 329 pages. "I suppose there is really never any justification for yet another autobiography particularly when the writer would be among the first to acknowledge his inability to commit himself adequately to paper or so obviously lacks the talent of setting down even in something like chronological order the relatively uneventful happenings of a life-time spent in the humdrum business of banking." - from author's preface. Includes black and white photographs. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Minor lean to spine. Solid copy. MLH Productions Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46501110 ???????? : 0969136218 9780969136217
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Sutcliff, Rosemary
Blue Remembered Hills : A Recollection
London United Kingdom: Bodley Head The 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 141 pages including black and white photographic plates. Author is unique in her ability to recreate in novels the life of the past. In this work she gives a moving account of the influences and the people that helped in her personal development as a writer. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Minor lean to spine. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Nice copy. Bodley Head, The Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 86302117 ???????? : 0370309405 9780370309408
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Bridgman, Rev (Captain) Wellington
Breaking Prairie Sod - The Story of a Pioneer Preacher in The Eighties with a Discussion on the Burning Question of To-day "Shall the Alien Go"
Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited 1920. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 265 pages. Includes black and white photographic plates. Unmarked. Above average wear and soiling. Binding open at page 1. Hinges intact. Very good reading copy of this engaging Canadian biography. The Musson Book Company, Limited Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 83700399
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Waterman, Ivan
Keith Moon - The Life and Death of a Rock Legend
London: Arrow Books 1979. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 142 pages including numerous excellent black and white photographic plates. Up to the time of his death Keith Moon was a tragic enigma. To the gossip columns he was "Moon the Loon" "The Wild Man of Rock." To fellow musicians he was a brilliant original percussionist. To his fans he was a unique part of a legend called The Who. Author knew Keigh Moon well and has spoken to his closest friends and colleagues of the exhilaration wild humour and secret tragedy of a rock'n roll legend. Well-worn. Contents partially yellowed. Date and discard inkstamps upon top edge of text. Some lean to spine. Binding intact. Arrow Books Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 46501360 ???????? : 0099209306 9780099209300
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Hopkings, J Castell
Life and Work of Mr. Gladstone - A Great and Varied Career
Canada: The Gladstone Publishing Company 1898. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Memorial Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 510 pages. ".to admire him was it not to admire one of the greatest scholars of the day and thus share in the honour which his name conferred upon his race All these circumstances combined to give this century one of its greatest statesmen and England one of her greatest sons." - from Preface. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Decorated front board features large bright and ornate gilt lettering. Gilt lettering upon spine worn but legible. Above average but not excessive wear to blue/green boards. Front free endpaper removed. School llibrary stamps atop title page. Writing inside each board. Front hinge open. No markings externally. A warmly sympathetic review of the live of William Ewart Gladstone. The Gladstone Publishing Company Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 42202505
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Sieveking, I Giberne
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman
London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1909. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 411 pages. Prior owner's details atop front endpaper. 28 illustrations and two articles one unpublished ms. "Over Francis Newman dogma and the authority of the Church had no sway. He dimly discerned a religion which should move forward with men's advance in knowledge. He imagined an unformalized inward revelation which should reveal new truths to those who passionately desired Truth above all things." - from page xi. General yellowing. Foxing to endpapers. Frontis loosening. Binding aging but intact. Rough-cut pages. Somewhat above-average wear. Hinges intact. Overall a decent copy with gilt lettering legible upon partially faded spine. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 55403076
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Bouchard, Lucien; Clift, Dominique (translator)
On the Record
Don Mills ON Canada: Stoddart Publishing 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288 pages including index and black and white photos. For the first time in English Lucien Bouchard reveals the man behind the public persona. In this rare look at a politician in office we meet a warm human being whose career has been driven and governed by his deep loyalty to Quebec. Part autobiography part essay this lively book will give all Canadians rich insight into how Bouchard will play the role of his life. Remainder dot upon bottom edge else book clean bright and unmarked. Dust jacket in similar condition. Excellent copy. Stoddart Publishing Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 64601413 ???????? : 0773728015 9780773728011
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Pendley, Evelyn Hoge
A Lady I Loved
USA: Berry College 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 175 pages including black and white photographic frontis featuring author and subject in 1938. Biography of Martha Berry. Lengthy gift inscription upon front endpaper else unmarked with moderate wear. Nice solid copy. Berry College Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 55402924
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Vins, Georgi: Compiler
Let the Waters Roar! : Evangelists in the Gulag
Grand Rapids MI: Baker Books 1989. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 268 pages. True and gripping stories of Christian lives lived on the front lines of the battle. When everything was taken from them these modern-day witnesses to the power of the Gospel found that Christ was all they needed. Includes some black and white illustrations. Book distributor's inkstamp upon title page else clean and unmarked with very light wear. Illustrated glossy covers. Excellent copy. Baker Books Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 46501239 ???????? : 0801093082 9780801093081
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Mackowsky, Hans
Michelangelo - Mit 125 Abbildungen
Stuttgart Germany: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 416 pages. Written in German. A large work abundantly studded with attractive black and white plates. Contents yellowed. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Attractively decorated boards and spine. Solid copy. J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 46500368
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