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Churchill, Winston S
Marlborough : his life and times. Consisting of volumes I and II of the original wor
London: Harrap 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2 volumesred gilt dec. cloth covers and spinespp. vol. 1 1050 pp. Vol. 2 1078.Vol. 1 photogravure frontis. 11 facsimiles of documents 91 maps and plans; Vol. 2 photogravure frontispiece 3 facsimiles of documents 104 maps and plans.index both vols. spines of dust jackets toned volumes are sound. tightclean. Harrap Hardcover
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Johnston, Clarence J
The descendants of Peter and Eleanore Gallagher
Bristol New Brunswick: Books of Waugh 1997. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. spiral bound pictorial cover 154 pages : illustrations . Books of Waugh Paperback
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Parini, Jay
John Steinbeck: A Bio; signed by author and Steinbeck's wife Elaine
London : Heinemann 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. black cloth gilt spine 1 st edition x 614 pages : illustrations portraits in protective mylar jacket signed on the title page; " To Alicia All the best Jay Parin Toronto 1994i" and " In Memory of my husband John Elaine Steinbeck June 1994" CONDITION: bottom edge of front cover bumped tobing to edges of text block. else a very good copy in a fine un-clipped dust jacket.Jay Parini explores Steinbeck's love-hate relationship with Hollywood and Broadway his career as a war correspondent his difficult first and second marriages and his often tempestuous associations with numerous celebrities among them Joseph Campbell Charlie Chaplin Lyndon Johnson Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Drawing on interviews with dozens of people who knew Steinbeck intimately - including his beloved third wife Elaine . Heinemann Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125559658 ISBN : 0434574929 9780434574926
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, Edward Pierce Hamilton (Translator, Editor)
Adventure in the wilderness : the American journals of Louis Antoine de Bougainville 1756-1760
Norman Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press Norman 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. cloth gilt spine xx 344 pages illustrations portraits maps dust jacket has wear at spine ends and small closed tears repaired with acid free tape in protective mylar In 1756 Bougainville was stationed in Canada as captain of dragoons and aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Montcalm. He took an active part in the capture of Fort Oswego in 1756 and the 1757 Battle of Fort William Henry. He was wounded in 1758 at the successful defense of Fort Carillon. The genus of South American climbing shrubs with colorful bracts Bougainvillea is named after him. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Hardcover
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Murtie June Clark
Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. Volume III : Official Rolls of Loyalists Recruited From the Middle Atlantic Colonies with Lists of Refugees From Other Colonies
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. original red buckram gilt cover and spine pp. xix484 index . Genealogical Publishing Co Hardcover
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Fischer, Wolfgang
Egon Schiele 1890 - 1918 Desire and Decay
Koln : TASCHEN 1998. Book. Illus. by Wolfgang Georg Fischer. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. cloth dust jacket200 pages : illustrations some color text in english Egon Schiele with Oskar Kokoschka is seen as the most important of the Austrian artists who came after Klimt. This study examines the life and work of Egon Schiele through the major oil paintings and many of his erotic drawings. TASCHEN Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125559686 ISBN : 3822872237 9783822872239
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Dunn Christofor
The Ballad of a Bathurst Boy i.e. Sir James Hamet Dunn 1874-1956. By Marcia Anastasia Lady Dunn. With a portrait.
Fredeicton New Brunswick: Umiversity Press of New Brunswick Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. self-published by the author blue cloth gilt cover unpaginated 20 p. portrait frontispiece a fine copy with a small bookplate inside front cover Tim Isaac Antiques Saint John New Brunswick Lady Dunn kept a number of these books on a table near the front entrance to Dayspring her St Andrews N.B. home and would give them as a gift to departing guests. Umiversity Press of New Brunswick Hardcover
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Bidlake, GEorge C
Forest Hill Cemetery : a biographical Index
Fredericton NB: South Devon Publishing 2006. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4 to. green fabroid binding iv 247 pages : illustrations portraits "A biographical index of those who are buried or plan to be buried at Forest Hill Cemetery Fredericton New Brunswick Canada." a very good copy. South Devon Publishing Paperback
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Bobak, Molly Lamb
Wild flowers of Canada: Impressions and sketches of a field artist;signed by artist
Toronto: Pagurian Press 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. green cloth gilt spine96 pages : color illustrations.A Christopher Ondaatje publication. small edge tears to d.j. iggned on title "Molly Bobak". Pagurian Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125559773 ISBN : 0889320772 9780889320772
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Mary Jo Hughes; essays by Rosemarie Tovell [and others].
Take Comfort: The Career of Charles Comfort French and English Edition
Winnipeg Manitoba: The Winnipeg Art Gallery 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. grey cloth dust jacket160 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm 1 CD-ROM 4 3/4 in. Text in English and French. Includes bibliographical references Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg Man. Feb. 10-Apr. 28 2007 Confederation Art Centre Charlottetown P.E.I. Jun. 17-Sept. 2 2007 and Museum London Ont. Oct. 6-Dec. 16 2007; exhibition curated by Mary Jo Hughes. Accompanied by a CD-ROM The Comfort guestbook 1931-1939 : the artist's circle = Le livre d'or de Charles Comfort : le cercle des relations de l'artiste. CONDITION; name has been whited-out on front end paper else a fine copy. The Winnipeg Art Gallery Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125559769 ISBN : 0889152373 9780889152373
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Mokarzel Mary
Al-Hoda 1898-1968: The Story of Lebanon and Its Emigrants Taken From the Newspaper Al-Hoda
New York: al-Hoda Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. green cloth gilt spine 124 pages : illustrations front. ; 24 cm.spine is cracked but text is holding firm. a very good copy. RARE. al-Hoda Hardcover
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Staley, V
The Life and Times of Gilbert Sheldon Sometime Warden of All Souls College Oxford; Bishop of London; Archbishop of Canterbury; And Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Wells Gardner Darton & Co 1913. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co hardcover
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Strandmann, H P von
Walther Rathenau: Industrialist Banker Intellectual and Politician. Notes and Diaries 1907-1922
Oxford Clarendon Press 1985. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:0198225067 Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3744410 ISBN : 0198225067 9780198225065
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Smith, C F
John Dee 1527-1608
Constable and Co Limited 1909. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: Constable and Co Limited hardcover
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Marc Eliot
TO THE LIMIT : the untold story of the Eagles
Boston ; London: Little Brown 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. cloth gilt spine vii 370 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations portraits CONTENTS; Introduction: the roots of the Avocado Mafia -- Desperadoes -- Life in the fast lane -- The end of innocence. A biography of The Eagles from their idealistic days as Linda Ronstadt's backup band to their self immolation amid multi-million dollar law suits Lear jet courtships and debilitating cocaine habits. The author has interviewed band members ex-wives and hangers-on to discover what life was like. A very good bright copy in a very good dust jacket Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped in protective mylar. Little, Brown Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11256098 ISBN : 0316233706 9780316233705
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Wilson Elizabeth
Mstislav Rostropovich : cellist teacher Legend
London: Faber & Faber 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. white cloth gilt spine letters xviii 382 s. 16 s. of plates : illustrations portraits a fine copy in all respects Mstislav Rostropovich internationally recognised as one of the world's finest cellists and musicians has always maintained that teaching is an important responsibility for great artists. This book sets out to define Rostropovich's teaching and to recapture the atmosphere of the conservatoire and Moscow's musical life. Faber & Faber Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11256124 ISBN : 0571261140 9780571261147
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Hall Oliver L
THE MAN FROM EAST CORINTH : episodes in the life of Arthur R. Gould a builder of Aroostook and Senator of the United States
Augusta Maine: Privately Printed by Marie Gould Wildes 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. blue buckram gilt cover and spinexii 224 pages : illustrations portraits some minor covers spots else v.g. no d.j. as issued. Signed on the title by the publisher Gould's daughter. GOULD ARTHUR ROBINSON a Senator from Maine; born in East Corinth Penobscot County Maine March 16 1857; attended the common schools and East Corinth Academy; moved to Presque Isle Maine in 1887; engaged in the lumber business and built power plants and an electric railroad; president of the Aroostook Valley Railroad Co. 1902-1946; member State senate 1921-1922; elected on September 13 1926 as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bert M. Fernald and served from November 30 1926 to March 3 1931; was not a candidate for renomination in 1930; chairman Committee on Immigration Seventy-first Congress; engaged in the railroad and lumber businesses; died in Presque Isle Maine July 24 1946; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery Bangor Maine. Privately Printed by Marie Gould Wildes Hardcover
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MacDonald Bill
THE TRUE INTREPID; Sir William Stevenson and the Unknown Agents;
Surrey British Columbia: Timberholme Books Ltd 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. black cloth dust jacket429 pages 24 pages of plates : illustrations portraits as new copy. Sir William Samuel Stephenson 23 January 1897 - 31 January 1989 was a Canadian soldier airman businessman inventor spymaster and the senior representative of British intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during World War II. He is best known by his wartime intelligence codename Intrepid. Many people consider him to be one of the real-life inspirations for James Bond. Ian Fleming himself once wrote "James Bond is a highly romanticized version of a true spy. The real thing is . William Stephenson.". Timberholme Books Ltd Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11257080 ISBN : 1894254015 9781894254014
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Brown, Anthony Cave
C: The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Graham MenziesSpymaster to Winston Churchill
New York: Macmillan Pub Co 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. cloth dust jacket 830 pages : illustrations 16 plates a VERY good copy "One man alone dictated the course of events in the World War II intelligence game-- a more mysterious more influential and more devious spymaster than even Allan Dulles "Wild Bill" Donovan or Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. He was the man fashioned by Ian Fleming into "M" and by John le Carre into "Control." His name: Stewart Graham Menzies. As chief of British Secret Intelligence Service "C" delivered to Churchill the greatest achievement in modern intelligence history Ultra which enabled SIS to read virtually all crucial wireless signals within the German high command; he struggled bitterly with "Wild Bill" Donovan head of OSS for supremacy over all Allied intelligence; and he was betrayed by his handpicked successor Kim Philby who with Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean was discovered to be a Soviet double agent.". Macmillan Pub Co Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11257842 ISBN : 0025173901 9780025173903
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Mark Twain; Harriet Elinor Smith; Benjamin Griffin; Victor Fischer; Michael B Frank; Sharon K Goetz; Leslie Diane Myrick; Bancro
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN Volume I
Berkeley: University of California Press 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo.26 cm. cloth gilt spine xix 736 pages 16 pages of plates illustrated first edition first printing with full number line University of California Press had originally planned a small print run of 7500 copies of first volume of "The Autobiography of Mark Twain." plans changed quickly when the book became a big seller. This is the first printing. A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library CONTENTS: Preliminary manuscripts and dictations 1870-1905 --Autobiography of Mark Twain -- Explanatory notes --Appendixes: Samuel L. Clemens a brief chronology --Family biographies --Speech at the seventieth birthday dinner 5 December 1905 --Speech at the Players 3 January 1906 -- Previous PublicationNote on the text --Word division in this volume --References --Index. University of California Press Hardcover
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Barbara Haskell; John Carlin; Lyonel Feininger; Whitney Museum of American Art (New York); Muse´e des beaux-arts (Montre´al); et
Lyonel Feininger : at the edge of the World
New York: New York : Whitney Museum of American Art ; Montreal : Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven Conn. : Yale University Press 2011 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio 29cm. green cloth pp.ix 277 1 p. : illustrated mostly in color. an as new copy. CONTENTS: At the edge of the world : Lyonel Feininger and the quest for identity / Barbara Haskell -- Graphic poetry : Lyonel Feininger's brief and curious comic strip career / John Carlin -- In the shadow of Bach : Lyonel Feininger as musician / Bryan Gilliam -- The inveterate enemy of the photographic art : Lyonel Feininger as photographer / Sasha Nicholas -- Lyonel Feininger : notes on the career of an American in Germany / Ulrich Luckhardt -- Chronology. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art New York June 30-Oct. 23 2011 and at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Jan. 20-May 13 2012. New York : Whitney Museum of American Art ; [Montreal] : Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Pres Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11257865 ISBN : 0300168462 9780300168464
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Roberts Laurance P
A dictionary of Japanese artists : painting sculpture ceramics prints Lacquer
Tokyo & New York: Weatherhill 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Printing. 4 to. dec blue cloth xi 299 pages Includes indexes Bibliography: p. 223-232 foreword by John M. Rosenfield d.j. is price-clipped else a very good copy.in protective mylar jacket. Weatherhill Hardcover
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Bennett Terry
Old Japanese Photographs: Collectors' Data Guide
London: Quaritch 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. cloth gilt spine 308 pages illustrated Bio-bibliogr. p. 280-307. CONTENTS; 1.Introduction. 2. Articles -- Old. i The Practical Photographer September 1896: Photographers and Photography in Japan. ii Photographic Difficulties in 1 860s Japan: First-hand accounts from Henry Woods and Paul Champion. iii British Journal of Photography February 26 1886: Felix Beato's 1886 London talk. iv Anthonys Photographic Bulletin March 11 1890: 'A Japanese Photographer' K. Ogawa by W.K. Burton. v The Practical Photographer June 1 1894: "K. Ogawa' by W.K. Burton. vi The Practical Photographer August 1 1894: "Kajima Seibei' by W.K. Burton. vii The Far East April 1878: Charles Parker Encounter. viii The Illustrated London News February 4 1860: Pierre Rossier in the Philippines. ix Japan Herald October 26 1862: William Saunders' Japanese Portfolio. 3. ARTICLES -- NEW. i The Stereoview and Japan. ii Early Masonic Photographers in Japan by Terry Bennett and David Peabody. iii Searching for T. Enamrni by Rob Oechsle. 4. RESEARCH DATA. i Daguerreotypes of Japan and Japanese Subjects. ii Lost Photographs of John Wilson & August Sachtler. iii Photographic Copyright Regulations in Japan 1887. iv Francis Hall's Diary References to Photography. v References to Japanese Photography in The Far East periodical. vi Frederick Sutton's Japanese Lantern Slides. vii Early Stereoview Sets in Japan. viii Chronology -- William Saunders. ix Chronology -- Pierre Rossier. 5. SOUVENIR ALBUMS -- Number it and Attribution Issues. 6. STEREOVIEWS -- Index of Japan-Related Stereoview Photographers and Publishers 1859-1912 by Rob Oechsle. 7. PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO ADVERTISEMENTS. -- from early books guidebooks directories newspapers etc. Quaritch Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11257899 ISBN : 0955085241 9780955085246
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Robert Indiana, Susan Elizabeth Ryan
Robert Indiana : figures of Speech
New Haven Ct.: Yale University Press 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4 to. grey covers viii 303 pages 25 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations index wear to bottom edge of covers half-title has 9 lines in ink a presentation of former owner to a friend. else a very good copy An analysis of the early career of American Pop artist Robert Indiana. It examines his maturation as an artist in the 1950s through the early 1970s and his famous LOVE paintings showing how his work deals with rhetoric of the American Dream and his engagement with American literature and poetry. Yale University Press, Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11257910 ISBN : 0300079575 9780300079579
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Ponting, Clive
Churchill
London: Sinclair-Stevenson 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1 st edit 2nd printing same year black cloth gilt spine xii 900 pages 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations bibliography index d.j. is NOT price-clipped light edge wear to d. j in protective mylar jacket . Ponting's text challenges the Churchill myth declaring that much of the accepted interpretation of Churchill's life stems from his own writings about himself. Using source material released during the past 25 years it questions his competence as a war leader and the true level of his popularity. Sinclair-Stevenson Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557360 ISBN : 1856192709 9781856192705
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Nason Harlan
Back Creek and South Branch settlements; signed copy
no place identified: self published 2015. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. revised editionvpict. paper covers iv 244 pages. ilustratedl. ports. signed by author on title "A bit of history on where settlements were established along the South Branch of the Oromocto River and the Back Creek which originates at Gaspreau Lake Wirral and flows north to the Hoyt Valley where it meets the Oromocto; who these settlers were where they came from the life they chose and the hardships they endured; some came for political reasons and others out of necessity." a very scarce title . self published? Paperback
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Sarosi, Balint
Gypsy music
Budapest: Corvina Press 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Lge 8 Vo. cloth dust jacket 287 p. plates : ill. musicspine and back panel of d.j. lightly toned else a very good copy. Corvina Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557411 ISBN : 9631336573 9789631336573
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Palmquist, Peter; Kailbourn, Thomas
Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary 1840-1865
Stanford California : Stanford University Press 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. cloth dust jacket679 pages. illustrated a very good copy in a v.g. dust jacketCONTENTS: Foreword Martha A. Sandweiss; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Guide to the main entries; Biographical dictionary; Anonymous workers; Appendices; Bibliography.This comprehensive well-documented biographical dictionary of some 1500 photographers and workers engaged in photographically related pursuits active in western North America before 1865 is enriched by some 250 illustrations many of them previously unpublished. Stanford University Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557494 ISBN : 0804738831 9780804738835
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Molly Lamb Bobak; Cindy Richmond; Brian Foss; MacKenzie Art Gallery
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK : A Retrospective/une Retrospective
Regina SK Canada: MacKenzie Art Gallery 1993. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. First Edition. Folio. pict paper wraps 272 1 pages illustrated numerous full color plates frontis. port. bilingual text French/English .Exhibition shown at the Mackenzie Art Gallery Regina and at other Canadian galleries between 19 November 1993 and 15 October 1995. Cindy Richmond curator ; with an essay by Brian Foss. MacKenzie Art Gallery Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557541 ISBN : 0920922880 9780920922880
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Stanley; George F G
For want of a horse; being a journal of the campaigns against the Americans in 1776 and 1777 conducted from Canada by an officer who served with Lt. Gen. Burgoyne.
Sackville New Brunswick: Tribune Press 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. cloth gilt spine dust jacket ix 194 pages illustrations a very good copy in a very good d.j.Edited and with an introd. by George F.G. Stanley. The text of the journal is reproduced from the original in the United States Military Academy Library; the manuscript is divided into two parts entitled Campaign in Canada & c under G. Carleton 1776 and Campaign under Lt. Genl. Burgoyne 1777 respectively. Tribune Press Hardcover
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Sallust;Clarke John
C. Crispi Sallustii Bellum Catilinarium et Jugurthinum cum versione libera. Præmittitur dissertatio . et vita Sallustii auctore . Joanne Clerico. I.E. The history of the wars of Catiline and Jugurtha by Sallust with a free translation. To which is prefixed a large dissertation . As also the life of Sallust by . Monsieur Le Clerc. By John Clarke .
London: Printed for L. Hawes W. Clarke and R. Collins 1766. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. old calf full leather bindinggilt spine label 5 raised bands 279 pages Parallel Latin and English texts. ex lib copy with small 2 small stickers one front cover one spine covers are scuffed edges worn front cover startingink sigs on title page pencilings inside covers & on endpapers a reading copy only with clean text pages The history of the wars of Catiline and Jugurtha by Sallust with a free translation. To which is prefixed a large dissertation . also the life of Sallust by . Monsieur Le Clerc. By John Clarke.". Printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557619
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Salvas, Dom Rene
Dans la beaute de la paix: Histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Benoit-du-Lac 1912-2012 French Edition
Montreal : NOVALIS 2012. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Oblong 4 to. pictorial covers 245 pages. : illustrated. portraits. Histoire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Benoit-du-Lac 1912-2012 Text en Francais. NOVALIS Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557630 ISBN : 2896464654 9782896464654
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Reynolds W Kilby
The Rev. William Donald D.D. of St. Andrew's Church St. John N.B. : a sketch of his life and character prepared for private circulation
Mobile ALA: Mobile Stationery Co. 1898. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. printed paper wraps 84 pages 4 unnumbered leaves of plates prepared for private circulation by W.K. Reynolds.ex lib with small link stamp on front wrap . Mobile Stationery Co. Paperback
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Higgins Douglas H
History of coal mining and other related industries in the Minto & Chipman areas 1783-1978
Minto N.B: self published 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. red cloth gilt cover and spine240 pages. : ilustratedl. 3 plans portraits.much here for genealogists also ming companies lumbering land grants families inc.MillerO'LearyCoakleyKellyThurrottMcEacheronEvansWeltonMcDougallLaffertyetc a fine copy. self published Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557735
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Carter Wilf
The yodelling cowboy : Montana Slim from Nova Scotia
Toronto: Ryerson Press 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. brown cloth dust jacket 104 pages small lose to d.j. at spine ends else a very good sound copy in protective mylar jacket. a very scarce book. Ryerson Press Hardcover
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Dukas, Neil Bernard
A Military History of Sovereign Hawaii
HonoluluHawaii: Mutual Publishing 2016. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pict. paper covers xiv 222 pages : illustrations "Originally published 2004." "Until the year 1898 Hawaii was a sovereign nation. A Military History of Sovereign Hawaii provides an overview of Hawaii's remarkable military history beginning with the classical period and progressing through the political turmoil of the nineteenth century to the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. Updated edition with new illustrations and commentary" . Mutual Publishing Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557843 ISBN : 1566476364 9781566476362
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CURTEIS,George Herbert
Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand and of Lichfield. A sketch of his life and work. With some further gleanings from his letters sermons and speeches. With a portrait.
London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. bound in blue polished decorated calf gilt spine gilt edges red leather spine title marbled edges marbled end papers port. frontis. title page vignette xiv 498 pages .a beautiful binding with very minor marks to binding. A school prize with bookplate inside front cover from S Augustine's College Canterbury. A prize in Missionary History awarded to A.J. Oakley.bookplate is signed by R.J.E. Boggis acting warden.some foxing to the prelims and the title page. Some underlining in ink througout text.George Augustus Selwyn 1809 -1878 was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand which included Melanesia from 1841 to 1869. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Metropolitan later called Primate of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868. Returning to Britain Selwyn served as Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878. . Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, Hardcover
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Austin, D Rodwell; Barris, Ted
Carved in granite: 125 years of Granite Club history
Toronto: MacMillan Canada 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Oblong 4 to. bound in full embossed green morocco in embossed slip case viii 400 pages : illustrations maps gilt spine titles 5 raised bands all edges gilt gilt dentelles marbled end papersa beautifully bound book. . MacMillan Canada Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557934 ISBN : 0771576366 9780771576362
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Folsing, Albrecht; Ewald Osers
Albert Einstein: A Biography
New York N.Y: Penguin/Viking 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. two-tone cloth dust jacket first editionfull number linexiii 882 pages 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations a near fine copy d.j. is NOT price-clipped in protective mylarCONTENTS: Childhood youth student years; the Patent Office; the new Copernicus; the noise of war and the size of the universe; splendour and burden of fame; unified theory in a time out of joint; the pacifist and the bomb. Penguin/Viking Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125557988 ISBN : 0670855456 9780670855452
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Cadogan, Alexander
The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan: 1938-1945 Edited by David Dilks
NewYork: Putnam 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. green cloth gilt spine881 pages : illustrationsportrait frontis. 6 pp of plates facsimiles bibliography indexd.j. is price-clipped else a very good copy.first American edition. CONTENTS:The approach to Munich January-August 1938Munich and Prague September 1938-March 1939Floundering into war March-August 1939 The twilight war and the collapse of France September 1939-June 1940A year alone June 1940-May 1941The worldwide war June-December 1941mReverses January-September 1942 The defeat of Italy October 1942-September 1943The beginning of the end September 1943-May 1944From Overlord to Yalta June 1944-February 1945The perils of victory February-August 1945Epilogue 1945-1968 " The private diaries of the permanent undersecretary of the British Foreign Office during WW II-the man who drafted the Atlantic Charter and was Winston Churchill's chief advisor during the eight most crucial years of the twentieth century" from the d.j. . Putnam Hardcover
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McNeil David
In the pressure of the moment : remembering Gerry McNeil;signed copy
Vancouver: Midtown Press 2016. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed Presentation Copy. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paperback285 pages : illustrations portraitsbibliography index signed on title with 3 line ink inscription to former owner. Midtown Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125558117
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The Fight for America by Senator Joseph McCarthy
Hamilton Montana: Poor Richard's Bookshop 1952. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint of Earlier Edit. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paper back viii 206 pages : illustrations index. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Devin-Adair Co. 1952.Contents Hearing room - March 8 1950 -- Round I - Wheeling West Virginia -- What has been proved -- Congressional immunity -- The record of Dean Acheson -- Ambassador Philip C. Jessup -- The evidence on Owen Lattimore -- General George C. Marshall -- The Tydings Committee -- Guilt by association -- The penalty for loyalty in the State Department -- The smear -- The evil genius -- A question for Americans a tight clean copy. Poor Richard's Bookshop Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125558118
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Smith Pemberton (Compiler)
A Concise History of Freemasonry in Canada containing an authoritative account of Supreme Bodies in the Dominion the introduction of Freemasonry into the U.S. of America and other valuable and instructive information
Hamilton Ont: Osborne Sheppard 1915. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. in binder limp faux leather covers170 pages : illustration7 pp of portraits- 12 pp. history of St. Paul's Lodge No 374 E.R. Montreal P.Q. compiled by Pemberton Smith P.M. Osborne Sheppard Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125558148
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Parker Mike
Ghost islands of Nova Scotia
Lawrencetown Beach Nova Scotia: Pottersfield Press 2012. Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paper255 pages : illustrations maps portraits. new copy Text and 330 images and maps tell the tales of abandoned settlements lighthouses storms and shipwrecks pirates apparitions spies murderers and more on Nova Scotia's coastal islands.CONTENTS: McNabs IslandGeorges Island.Devils Island Lawlor Island.Melville Island and Deadmans IslandSambro Island Isle HauteSable IslandTusket IslandsBon Portage IslandMcNutts Island Little Hope IslandLaHave IslandsOak IslandLiscomb Island Canso IslandsSt. Paul IslandScatarie IslandGhost Island Gallery. Pottersfield Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125558167 ISBN : 1897426356 9781897426357
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Bobak, Molly Lamb
Wild flowers of Canada: Impressions and sketches of a field artist;signed by artist
Toronto: Pagurian Press 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. green cloth gilt spine96 pages : color illustrations.A Christopher Ondaatje publication. small edge tears to d.j. iggned on title "Molly Bobak". Pagurian Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125558172 ISBN : 0889320772 9780889320772
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Fraser Alexande, Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives
Second report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario 2 volumes
Toronto: L.K. Cameron 1905. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. red buckram gilt spines2 volumes 1436 pages Pt. 1. p. 1-704 pt. 2. p. 705-1436 index to pts. 1-2. The "documents herewith presented come within the period from 1763 to 1791 ." : Includes index in Part 2. L.K. Cameron Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125558184
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Shakspeare, William
THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE : with life glossary etc. : prepared from the texts of the first folio the quartos and compared with recent commentators / by the editor of the "Chandos" classics.
London ; New York: Frederick Warne and Co. Edinburgh : Morrison and Gibb 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Albion Edition. 8 Vo.20 Cm. full contemporary calf leather binding xvi 1136 p engraved frontis port.with tissue guard all edges gilt marbled endpapers 5 raised bands black leather spine label with title in gilt inner dentelles gilt spine decorations gilt rules on cover edges printed in two columns Includes glossary p. 1123-1136 The works of William Shakspeare : with life glossary etc. : prepared from the texts of the first folio the quartos and compared with recent commentators. some scuffing to covers light wear at edges and corners light foxing to prelims and rear pages 3 line ink presentation on front blank a very attractive copy in a sound binding. Frederick Warne and Co., (Edinburgh : Morrison and Gibb) Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 112555868
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Viettia Alberta Newcomb
Anna Jane Holden her ancestors and Descendants
Ukiah CA: V.A. Newcomb 1994. Book. Very Good. Acco Binding spiral binding. 4 to. printed paper wraps 319 pages Holden family.; Newcomer family.; Twomey family.; Holden family.; Newcomer family. a very good copy. V.A. Newcomb, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 112557023
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Fitzgerald Percy
Life and adventures of Alexander Dumas 2 Volumes
London: Tinsley Brothers 1873. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. half green morocco bindings gilt spines raised bandst.e.g.marbled endpapers2 volumes xiii 302 pages 1 leaf of plates; viii 314 pages portrait frontis.ex private library with bookplate in both vols bkplate of Mary Grannan Canadian children's writer library spines faded light edge wear volume 1 half title and title page detached. Tinsley Brothers Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 112557067
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Day Frank Parker
A GOOD CITIZEN
Sackville N.B: Mount Allison University 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Josiah Wood lectures. 16mo -. red dec. cloth cover & spine pp.xii 134 :portrait. long ink presentation inscription to gradauting student on front endpaper light soil a very good copy. CONTENTS: Foreword -- The ideal state -- The university as a training ground for guardian citizens. Day was born in 1881 in Shubenacadie Nova Scotia he attended Pictou Academy and later Mount Allison Univ where in 1903 he obtained a BA and a Rhodes Scholarship. Upon leaving Oxford Univ he traveled briefly in Germany and soon after took a teaching position at the University of New Brunswick 1909-1912. In 1912 he moved to the Carnegie Institute and later to Swathmore College. Upon the outbreak of WW l he returned to Canada enlisting in the 185th Cape Breton Highlanders where he gained a field promotion to colonel. Mount Allison University Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 112557127
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