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1159 pages. A biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. Library binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
180 pages. Index. References. Biographical overview. List of works. Colour illustrated endpapers. "E.J. Hughes is famous for his unforgettably rich and accomplished landscapes, primarily depicting the British Columbia coast. His works now command the highest auction prices ever paid for a living Canadian artist, confirmation of his emergence as a major figure on the international art scene... The passionate collector has always been central to the emergence of important artists. In this extraordinarily personal account, the world of a collector comes alive. Here are 76 Hughes sketches, paintings and prints, in colour and black and white - only a handful previously published in book form - accompanied by a text rich with anecdotes about the joys, frustrations and satisfactions of the chase. This is a very human story of art as master - one which sheds important new light on Hughes and his work." - from dust jacket. "Hughes is the chronicler of a landscape almost too beautiful and too alive with spirit to be believed." - Globe and Mail. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Appears unread. Faintly visible tape repair to back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Book
Troisième édition, 4 vol. in-8 reliure uniforme de l'époque demi-chagrin brun, dos à 5 nerfs orné, couvertures conservées, Charpentier et Cie, Paris, 1875-1876, 2 ff., xxxi-612 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. ; 2 ff., 482 pp. ; 2 ff., 504 pp. ; 2 ff., 344 pp. Bon exemplaire relié avec élégance, bien complet des 4 tomes (dos lég. passés, très petits frott. à un dos, très bel état par ailleurs). Hyacinthe Camille Odilon Barrot (1791-1873) fut président du Conseil en 1848-1849. Ses mémoires, essentiels pour l'hsitoire de la Seconde République, furent publiés de manière posthume, à la demande de l'auteur, par son ami Prosper Duvergier de Haurane. Français
Signed and dated, without inscription, by both authors upon title page. pp. 233, [25]. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white diagrams and reproductions of archival photos. "Shadd was the first black woman on the North American continent to found and edit a weekly newspaper, publishing The Provincial Freeman in Windsor, Toronto, and Chatham during the 1850s... Her story is not simply that of a black and a woman, but of a unique and exciting human being whose life should be a stimulation and a challenge to all people everywhere." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this significant biography. Book
Signed and inscribed by author to noted Canadian author George Woodcock and his wife, "George and Inge" atop half-title page. 132 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map. "Betty Bell (b.1902) recounts fond memories of childhood, family, neighbours and farms in the countryside on Vancouver Island during the Edwardian years." - half-title. Her "recollections of a time when life was slower and seemingly simpler make this book a fascinating and pleasurable reading experience." - inside front cover. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound and special copy of this wholesome account. Hale & Barman 73. Book
46 pages. Features: Nice one-page illustrated ad for International Trucks; One-page Memeograph ad includes exquisitely detailed illustration of their machine; Follow the Swallow - fiction by Lucian Cary; It's Safe to Fly - photo illustrated article by Commander Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N.; The Private Life of novelist John Erskine; Big Business (fiction by Lawrence Perry); When They're Not Working - two pages of wonderful photos of notables recreating, including Bruce Barton, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H.C. Witwer, Charles M. Schwab, Sir Harry Lauder, Ty Cobb, H.I. Phillips, Mme. Schumann-Heink, Emil Jannings, Tony Sarg, and John Philip Sousa; The Jack Dempsey - Jack Sharkey boxing match; Homer Gets Busy (fiction by Frank Condon); My Best Girl (fiction by Kathleen Norris); Every Germ In Its Place - suggestions to reduce doctor's bills; The Hope Chest (fiction by George S. Brooks); In by the Back Door - Tenor Edward Johnson; This Immoral Age (fiction by George Weston); Robin Hood - Infamous New York businessman Jim Fisk; Wonderful one-page ad for Chambers Fireless Gas Ranges features nostalgic photo of young lady in dress in flight after a backswing playing tennis; Nicely illustrated Timken Bearing ad looks into electric furnace. Back cover General Tire and Rubber Company ad features a Paul Gerding painting of "The Flight of Lindbergh" by W.A. Byrnes. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Covers held by one staple. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Signed and generically inscribed by Don Cherry across from title page. 231, [3] pages. Index. Many great colour photos of 'Grapes' and famous NHL personalities. "Here are Don Cherry's favourite stories from his career in hockey. And you can imagine the stories he has to tell." - dust jacket. Cherry ranked #7 in a 2004 CBC ranking of the top ten Canadians of all time. Book and dust jacket both clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
492 pages. Index. Bibliography. Genealogy chart. "The history of a very remarkable family, that of Count Thomas of Savoy, whose seven sons and two daughters rose from relative obscurity to fame, fortune, and involvement in almost every major international conflict in western Europe during the fifty years following their father's death in 1233. By tracing the careers of the Savoyards, the author emerges with a pan-European view of the thirteenth century." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding open at half-title page. A worthy reading copy. Book
172 pages. "At 22 the author left his native Wales for the New World - for Canada. This is the story of pioneer settlers, told by a man who saw and survived the loneliness and cruelty of the untamed Canadian prairies." - from dust jacket (not included with this copy). Somewhat above-average wear. Remainder mark to bottom of textblock otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Spine leaning. A worthy reference copy of this important history. No dust jacket. Book
34 + 65 pages. Illustrated covers. 19 x 14 cm. Author was born in 1883 in Dundas County, Ontario and raised on a farm in Grenville County, Ontario. He grew to become a poet and evangelist with a strong interest in harness racing. Above-average wear and soiling with moisture staining to top edge of all pages. Considerable writing upon first blank leaf. A rough but worthy reading copy of this interesting and uncommon early Ontario life story. Book
1568. An illustrated biographical record of men and women of the time. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
316 pages including black and white illustrations and an extensive index. Records the first half-century of settlement in Metchosin on southern Vancouver Island. Frontis illustration by Sue Coleman. Minimal wear to book which remains clean and bright in blue boards. Prior owner's ink stamp upon half-title page and endpapers, both of which are decorated with an ornate old-time map of the area. Dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart, shows average wear and sticker removal patch atop front panel. A quality copy of this important genealogical reference. HALE & BARMAN 399. Book
279 pages. Index. black and white illustrations. Bookplate signed by author affixed to front free endpaper. "Few men have played as many roles in this colourful pageant of changing times as John D. Nicholson, whose life story is told in this book. Few have had the opportunity to serve in so many ways in the exciting, hazardous and inspiring task of founding this last great homeland as this vigorous character with whose name and life are linked so many of the incidents which make up such a large part of the traditions and history of our Canadian West." - from Preface. Prior owner's details lightly pencilled upon half title page. Above-average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Book
pp. x, 281. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Leo Lowenthal (1900-1993) was "a founding member of the celebrated Frankfurt Institute of Social Research. As the last survivor of the Institute's inner circle, he was frequently approached for interviews and recollections of his former colleagues. In 1980 a wide-ranging selection of his conversations with Helmut Dubiel about his former colleagues was published in German. Now, for the first time in English, the complete record of those interviews is made available, along with Lowenthal's personal remembrances of such famous former colleagues as Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin. Provides insights into Lowenthal's remarkable intellectual career. Exiled in the United States during the Nazi period, he, like his close friend Herbert Marcuse, chose to remain in America rather than return to rebuild the Institute in postwar Frankfurt. His work on the sociology of literature and mass culture won him international recognition. This important book provides a rare glimpse into the internal dynamics of one of this century's most influential schools of thought and bears witness as well to the remarkable intellectual vitality of Leo Loewnthal himself." - dust jacket (not included). Former library copy with usual markings and average wear. Binding intact. A sound reading copy. Book
[8], 247 pages. 22 cm. Black and white photographic plates. "There is a vivid account of the unit to which he was attached, Salonika... This is a book to enjoy, and to meet its writer..." - from Foreward by H.B. Maitland, University of Manchester. Usual library markings. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. Surprisingly moderate wear. A sound copy. Cooke [3e] p.195, Dornbusch 351, Whiteman 537. Book
443 pages. Index. Bibliography. Abundantly illustrated with black and white archival reproductions. Very attractive colour-decorated endpapers. "A discography and an in-depth illustrated history of the first four decades of Canadian recorded sound are presented for the first time." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear and external soiling to unmarked book. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this magnificent reference. Book
494 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Documents the genealogy and illustrious business history of Mr. Shaw's family since 1819. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Facsimile signature and inscription of Mr. Shaw upon second leaf. Includes slipcase. A superb copy of this important and substantive work. Book
83 pages. Tissue-protected frontis portrait of Senator Grady. Contains multiple tributes by the Senator's colleagues. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Original textured purple boards handsomely adorned with gilt. A sound copy of this impressive memorial. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. xi, [1], 236 pages. Generously illustrated with quality black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents, supplemented with recent colour photos. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Author's business card laid-in. A high quality copy of this fascinating and informative Canadian business success story and family history. Book
x, 148 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Errata page. "My aim in attempting to write this is to humbly present to the Indian public, a life of a true soldier who has come out with original ideas and shone high above the others on all controversial and national view-points. Here I have touched Cariappa's career in the Army and his subsequent activities as a public man who is still active with his 'self-appointed good-will missions' to Pakistan." - Preface. Armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper. Faint erasure inside front board. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
6 vol. in-12 reliure postérieure demi-toile à coins, dos muet, Techener, Paris, 1836-1838 Bon ensemble bien complet, en reliure récente, des "Grandes Chroniques de France" éditées par l'historien Paulin Paris (dos muet, qq. rouss. ou mouill. claires mais très bon état général). Français
viii, [2], 229 pages. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white plates. "How this farmer's son, who never read a military textbook in his life, outwitted and outfought some of the greatest soldiers of his day - until his name became a household word around the world - is one of the most exciting true stories of all time." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this, the General's first full-length biography. Book
xiv, 257 pages. Index. Numerous quality black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Since 1924 Robert MacGregor had worked to perfect an acceptable design of steel hatch cover. In 1933 he entered into partnership with his brother Joseph and in November 1945 Henri Kummerman arrived on the Tyne for his first meeting with the MacGregors. Kummerman's extraordinary entrepreneurial talent was to be the catalyst that activated the now legendary success of the international MacGregor organisation. That these men came together to change the shape of ships is a matter of record. The driving energy and passion with which Henri Kummerman set about telling the world about the need for change are descriobed in the pages of this book, as is the story of this highly successful multinational business." - dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front endpaper otherwise book tight, square, clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival quality Brodart. A quality copy of this excellent history. Book
Signed and briefly inscribed by author upon title page. 578 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white photographic plates. Photo endpapers. "Mosley emerges from this intensely readable book as a man with an extraordinary range of interests. His political and intellectual activity has impinged on almost every formative issue of the modern world - socialism, fascism, imperialism, antisemitism and, in the post-war period, Europeanism. More than a study of a man, a penetrating analysis of the malaise of the between the wars period" - dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. [Stimely p.55] Book
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. Book
