Fleming, Donald M. [Donald Methuen]MareMagnum
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580 + 755 pages. Index and black and white photographic plates in each volume. "An unflinching and utterly frank insider's account of the triumph and tragedy of the Diefenbaker years" - from dust jacket. Fleming was Diefenbaker's "indispensable" Minister of Finance. Here, he describes in searching detail the cut and thrust of government in the forties, fifties, and sixties, illuminating the careers of King, St. Laurent, Pearson, Kennedy, and the Chief himself. Those interested in the demise of the Avro Arrow (CF-105) will be particularly interested in Fleming's recollection of what led to that fateful decision - and its aftermath. Dedication bookplate upon front free endpaper of each volume, otherwise books clean and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jackets, now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality set. Spadoni & Donnelly 3613 & 3614 Book
349 pages. Many black and white photograhic plates. Text all in German. Wartime printing. Originally published in 1938. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 194 pages. Endpapers illustrated with cross-section of typical whaler. "The facts of the last voyage of the S.S. Carmel were more exciting than fiction. The whaling fleet of Victoria (British Columbia) is no more, but many of the colourful men who sailed these ships still sail the B.C. coast. There is no other livelihood where a group of people of all races and creeds gather to live and work together in a place of more constant peril and danger for months on end, with only their faith in those who command and walk the bridge to bring them safely home again." - from Foreword. Book unmarked with moderate wear to blue boards. Binding sound. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Book
186 pages. Index. This, the story of of Nicholas Dulger-Sheikin "proves yet again that truth is stranger than fiction." - from dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Front hinge taped. Sound reading copy. Ex-Library
187 pages. Map. Black and white photographic section. "Information on Indians, missionaries, ranching, transportation, education, homesteading, postal service, place names, and churches. Devoted primarily to biographies. Concentrates on the period prior to 1930. Discusses the districts of Battle Hill, Dalum, Dead Horse Lake, Drumheller, Gleichen, Hammer Hill, Knee Hill Mines, and Rosebud Creek." - Krotki 674. Average wear. Binding intact. Exterior tanned with age and soiling. A sound reference copy. Book
1218 pages. Black and white photographic portraits of Lord Strathcona and Sir Sanford Fleming. "A difficult task most creditably performed." - Montreal Star. Sturdily rebound in contemporary burgundy buckram. Wonderful vintage advertisements includsing some for private schools. Relatively few library markings. A quality copy of this excellent reference. Book
388 pages including index, footnotes and black and white photographic plates. Presents the case for Ezra Pound, the man who edited the work of Yeats and T.S. Eliot, helped introduce the poetry of Robert Frost and influenced the development of Hemingway and was tried for treason and sent to an insane asylum. Includes excerpts from the controversial broadcasts Pound made from Italy during World War II. Book is tight and unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is moderately sunned at spine and preserved in mylar. A sound copy. Book
222 pages. The account of a German soldier held captive behind the Iron Curtain. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
429 pages. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. Author was born in England in 1908 and came with his parents to Vancouver, B.C. in 1910. Through the balance of his life he lived in Ocean Falls, B.C., Birmingham, England, and Masset, B.C. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. An excellent copy of this informative and engaging B.C. biography. Book
203 pages. Map endpapers. "General Sosabowski was one of the bravest and most unconventional of the military leaders of the last war; his career was both fascinating and of an almost incredible variety. He was born in Poland of very humble parents and as a child was involved in Polish resistance to the Austrian occupation; then he was conscripted into the Austrian Army, but finally gained a commission in the Polish Army."- from dust jacket. Heavily worn first edition copy with usual library markings. Great record of a Polish hero. Reading copy only. *Please note* This copy is missing black and white photographic plates from page 64 and page 192. All others are present. Book
146 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Edward and Lort 2373. Chapters are devoted to: Sister Mary of the Conception; Sister Mary Lumena; Sister Mary Bonsecours; Sister Mary Clement; Mother Mary Anne of Jesus. Includes a brief report of the work of the Sisters of St. Ann in education and hospitals on Vancouver Island in the twentieth century. Bright gilt lettering upon chocolate brown backstrip. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Curious performations to upper portion of back free endpaper are near spine so relatively unobtrusive. Slight lean to spine. A sound copy of this informative reference. Book
272 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. Printed upon glossy stock. "This remarkable work is essential reading for anyone interested in early Canadian timepieces and their makers. Two of Canada's foremost horological experts take an authoritative look at pre-1900 clocks and watches, and the artisans who made them, either commercially or as one-of-a-kind timepieces. Lavishly illustrated with black and white photography, this book surveys the making and selling of clocks and watches in Canada by over 125 persons, from the days of New France to the beginning of the 20th century. The stories of the men and woment behind these exceptional creations are documented here for the first time. Based on over twenty years of research, this is the most definitive, up-to-date book available on early Canadian timekeepers." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Light wear to handsome price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy of this superlative reference. Book
Signed and inscribed by author to the son of Francisco B. Caingcoy who saw action on Bataan with the 14th Eng. 2nd Btn and was captured on 9 April 1942 by the Japanese, started the Death and escaped. 240 pages. Black and white illustrations. Winner of the Book of the Year award by the American Bookdealers Exchange. "A true narrative by Sergeant Waldron, who risked his life in keeping a day by day diary, for three and a half years as a Prisoner of War under the Japanese... A true saga of the first five months of World War Two in the Philippines, and life as a Prisoner of War." - from dust jacket. Average wear bo book. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Book
202 pages. Signed and inscribed by W.A. Wood upon title page. Spine sunned. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
A. Quantin, Paris. 1884. In-12 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos fané. Quelques rousseurs. 4 volumes d'env. 300 pages chacun (plusieurs paginations). Illustrés de nombreuses gravures à l'eau-forte en noir et blanc sur planches hors texte (portraits). Papiers muets encollés sur les dos, les consolidant.Etiquettes de code sur les couvertures. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque. Mouillures dans le vol. IV. Edition ornée de portraits (10 par volume) à l'eau-forte. Vol. I: Jules Grévy, Léon Gambetta, Jules ferry, Henri Brisson, Challemel-Lacour, Paul Bert, Spuller, Naquet, Floquet, Ranc. Vol. II: Mac-Mahon, Jules Simon, Duc de Broglie, Duc d'Aumale, Comte de Paris, Georges Clemenceau, Henri Rochefort, De Freycinet, De Lesseps, Henri Martin. Vol. III: Victor Hugo, Auguste Vacquerie, Paul Meurice, Emile Augier, Paul Déroulède, Louis Blanc, Ernest Renan, Jules Claretie, Eugène Labiche, Erckmann-Chatrian. Vol. IV: Alexandre Dumas Fils, Emile Zola, Alphonse Daudet, Victorien Sardou, Ludovic Halévy, Octave Feuillet, Jules Sandeau, Jules Verne, François Coppée, Edouard Pailleron.
OUTHENIN-CHALANDRE FILS / GAUME FRERES. 1838. In-8 Carré. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état. Couv. défraîchie. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. LXIX + 672 + 779 + 756 + 780 + 841 pages - Coins émoussés - Etiquette collée en coiffe en pied - Auteur et titre sur 2 pièces de titre - Dos insolés. 2 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES -
Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères, Paris. 1852-1854. In-8 Carré. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Coiffe en tête abîmée. Quelques rousseurs. 592 pages pour le tome I, 552 pages pour le tome II et 532 pages pour le tome III. Illustré de gravures en noir et blanc en bandeaux. Titre, date, motifs et filets dorés sur les dos. Etiquettes de code sur les dos. Tampons de bibliothèque en pages de titre. 1re année: Jeanne d'Arc, Homère, Bernard de Palissy, Christophe Colomb, Cicéron, Gutenberg. 2e année: Héloïse, Fénelon, Socrate, Nelson, Rustem, Jacquard, Cromwell. 3e année: Cromwell, Guillaume Tell, Bossuet, Milton, Antar, Mad. de Sévigné.
STOCK.. 1908. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat passable. Couv. défraîchie. Dos abîmé. Quelques rousseurs. 263 pages. Frontispice en noir et blanc avec serpente. Tampon de bibliothèque sur la page de titre et de faux titre. Hommage de l'auteur à LEON DAUDET: A monsieur Léon Daudet hommage respectueux. MIDHAT BEY ALI HAYDAR. Le 3 juillet 1908.
NIORT, E. Clouzot, Lib.-Editeur - 1889 - Edition Originale - Complet en 2 forts volumes In-4 - Débrochés -T. I) 440 & T. II) 85 Biographies avec Portrait + Index alphabétique des Biographies - Frais intérieurement - Envoi rapide et soigné JOINT : Lettre autographe de Emile Monnet du 24 août 1888 (4 pages) à , faire-part de décès d'Alfred Monnet, insérés dans l'ouvrage à J.P. Toudière & Avis de décès & coupure de presse surHenry Savary de Beauregard
Hardcover. (Errata slip) Very good condition. In unclipped dust jacket, with sunned spine. Pages and text fine. RB Used
2 voll. in-4, pp. 1044 (num. cont.), leg. edit. similpelle con tit. oro ai piatti e ai d. Con tavv. e ill. n.t. La vita e le opere del celebre filosofo, con importante apparato bibliografico alla fine del primo vol. [264]
New Persian Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Text in Persian with bilingual title in English and Persian on cover. 3 volumes set: (2330, [12] p.), ills. Ancient Persia.= Târîkh-i Irân-i bâstân: (Târîkh-i mufassal-i Irân-i qadîm). 3 volumes set. A comprehensive study on Ancient Persia (Iran) including Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism, archaeological study and pre-Islamic Iran.
Préface de M. Ami Gandillon, 1 vol. in-8 cartonnage bradel pleine percaline mosaïquée, couv. cons., Bibliothèque Scientifique, Payot, Paris, 1950, VIII-615 pp. Titre complet : Les Grands Mathématiciens. Zénon, Eudoxe, Archimède, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Les Bernouilli, Euler, Lagrange, Laplace, Monge et Fournier, Poncelet, Gauss, Gauchy, Lobatchewsky, Abel, Jacobi, Hamilton, Galois, Caley et Sylvester, Weierstrass et Sonia Kowalewski, Boole, Hermite, Kronecker, Riemann, Kummer et Dedeking, Poincaré, Cantor Bel exemplaire établi dans une très belle reliure unique ! Français
[iv] 476 [iv] pp., gegraveerde Franse titelpag. ontbreekt, 19e eeuwse gecart. band (gemarbreerde platten lederen rug, beschadigd en hersteld scharnier), 23cm., stempel op titelblad, eerste pagina's met kleine herstelling, zeldzaam, R60794
Ouvrage complet en 4 tomes, 211 + 446 + 440 + 390 pp., avec frontispice dans chaque tome, 24cm., jolies reliures modernes bleues, titre doré aux dos, brochure originales conservées et reliées, peu de rousseurs, bon état, [Contenu: Tome I: Rogier avant la révolution de 1830, II: Rogier pendant la lutte pour l'indépendance 1830-1839, III: 1839-1852, IV: 1852-1885], poids: 3.7kg., B104294
