Category: Biography & Autobiography

Northrop Frye: A Visionary Life

By: ADAMSON, Joseph

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Canada, ECW Press : 1993

Seller ID: 848

ISBN-13: 9781550221848

Binding: Wrappers

Condition: About 'As New'

A volume in the 'Canadian biography series'. Herman Northrop Frye (1912 - 1991), Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. 93pp, photo illustrated. An 'almost as new' copy - bright, clean and unmarked with a tight, square binding, no spine or wrapper creases or marks. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. Images available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations.
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Beyond the Stump Farm

By: ADANMS, Robert J.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Alberta, Megamy Publishing, Limited : 1997

Seller ID: 14983

ISBN-13: 9780968191620

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

Adventures of a Canadian farm boy in the 1950s - 'as he recalls a simpler time'. 176 pages ; 21 cm. Signed by the author on the title page. Matching bookmark laid-in. A 'mint' copy - gift quality, bright, fresh and unmarked. Unpacked weight, 256g. May be eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada and the U. S.A. Image available on request.
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Worthy Dr. Fuller

By: ADDISON, William

Price: $13.50

Publisher: London, J. M. Dent : 1951

Seller ID: 13928

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

Biography of Thomas Fuller, author of 'History of the Worthies of England' and other books. 298pp, photo illustrated. Very bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Only the previous owner's details on ffep keeps this from Fine. Dustjacket is similar with the exception of a 1" split to the fold of the dustjacket at back. [580g]
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Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievment Through the Ages with Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women

By: ADELMAN, Joseph

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, John L. Rogers : 1928

Seller ID: 10438

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: About VG

Mini biographies of famous women from history. 328pp, illustrated. Clean interior, sound binding, unmarked. Cloth has small amount of wear at extremities.
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Berg: Der Meister Des Kleinsten Ubergangs

By: ADORNO, Theodor W.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Vienna, Elisabeth Lafite : 1968

Seller ID: 09373

Binding: Illust. Paper-Covered Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Last book by celebrated musicologist, Theodor Adorno, on the Austrian Composer and atonalist, Alban Berg. Bright, fresh interior with solid binding. Only wear evident is at the tips of the corners of the spine, otherwise, bright, clean exterior. German language text.
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Berg: Der Meister Des Kleinsten Ubergangs

By: ADORNO, Theodor W.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Vienna, Elisabeth Lafite : 1968

Seller ID: 040655

Binding: Illust. Paper-Covered Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Last book by celebrated musicologist, Theodor Adorno, on the Austrian Composer and atonalist, Alban Berg. Bright, fresh interior with solid binding. Only wear evident is at the tips of the corners of the spine, otherwise, bright, clean exterior. German language text.
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An historical and biographical Dictionary...Translated from the French of Monsieur the Abbe Ladvocat, ... by Catharine Collignon. In four volumes.

By: ADVOCAT, Jean-Baptiste Monsieur the Abbe - [Vosgien]

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Cambridge, U.K., Printed by John Burges and to be had of the translator, and of W. Page : 1799

Seller ID: 049739

Binding: Half Leather

Condition: VG+

An historical and biographical dictionary : containing an account of the Hebrew patriarchs and princes, of emperors, kings, and great captains, of the gods and heroes of pagan antiquity, of the popes, holy fathers, celebrated bishops, and cardinals ; also historians, poets, orators, divines, lawyers, physicians, &c., with their principal works, and the best editions of them ; learned women, painters, &c. and all persons in general who have been illustrious, or famous in any age or nation: pointing out whatever is most remarkable, and most interesting, in sacred or in profane history. Second ed...
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Charles Lamb

By: AINGER, Alfred

Price: $9.95

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co. : 1888

Seller ID: 17902

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Very Good

Biography and literary criticism of Charles Lamb [1775-1834]. 226pp. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Old, owner's signature to title page.No damage to hinges. Red cloth shows minor wear only, as well as faded spine. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. This item weighs 400g.
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Listen to Us - Aircrew Memories

By: AIRCREW ASSOCIATION VANCOUVER ISLAND BRANCH

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Victoria, BC, Victoria Publishing Company : 1997

Seller ID: 18947

ISBN-13: 9780969869948

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Aircrew memories, Canadians in the Air Force during WWII - both RCAF and RAF. 445 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Bright, clean interior. Small ink name to tyhe ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Both card wrappers show a little, minor wear. Unpacked weight, 715g. Postage at cost. We use both Canada Post and the USPS.
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An Ensign in the Peninsular War: The Letters of John Aitchinson

By: AITCHISON, John; Thompson, W. F. K.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Michael Joseph : 1995

Seller ID: 046352

ISBN-13: 9780718138400

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New

These letters and diaries of a young ensign in the 3rd Foot Guards during the Peninsular War provide a remarkably vivid first-hand account of one of the great campaigns in British military history. Edited by W.F.K. Thompson. 348 pages : maps ; 24 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Flawless covers. Unpacked weight, 458g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.5...
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John Newton; From Disgrace to Amazing Grace

By: AITKEN, Jonathan; YANCEY, Philip

Price: $15.00

Publisher: USA, Crossway Books : 2013

Seller ID: 413

ISBN-13: 9781433541810

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

John Newton,1725-1807, was an English Anglican clergyman and abolitionist who was forced to served as a sailor in the Royal Navy for a period. He was first a slave of Princess Peye, a black princess of the Sherbro people and then, years after, He became the captain of slave ships. He became ordained as an evangelical Anglican cleric, served Olney, Buckinghamshire, for two decades, and also wrote hymns, known for "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" [wikipedia]. 400pp. An 'as new' copy - bright, clean and fresh, no signs of use. Unpacked weight, 561g. We use both the Canada...
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From Rags to Riches: Story of Abu Dhabi

By: AL-FAHIM, Mohamed Abduljalil

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The London Centre of Arab Studies : 1995

Seller ID: 056772

ISBN-13: 9781900404006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Born in 1948 in Abu Dhabi, the author knew fierce poverty in the years before fabulous oil wealth transformed his country for ever. He grew up in the ruler's palace, barefoot like his friends who are all now senior figures in the United Arab Emirates. An eye-witness account of the total transformation - within only 30 years - of a Bedouin society into a country with the world's highest per capita income....191 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map. Bright, clean interior. Unmarked except for a gift inscription to the htp. Tight square binding. No creasing to th...
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Republic of Fear: The Inside Story of Saddam's Iraq

By: AL-KHALIL, Samir

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Pantheon Books : 1990

Seller ID: 036710

ISBN-13: 9780679735021

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Fine

Inside story about Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. 310pp. About 'as new' - bright,clean and unmarked; no creasing to spine. Weight, 330g.
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The Most Extraordinary Adventures of Major Robert Stobo

By: ALBERTS, Robert C.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1965

Seller ID: 23113

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

An account of the life of 'perhaps the least appreciated, most undervalued hero of our [American] Colonial period'. 421pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Very bright, clean copy with a tight, square binding. No wear to cloth. Dustjacket has a little rubbing and a little edge wear. Weight, 800g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. [Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured...
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Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry

By: ALDINGTON, Richard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Collins, London, 1955

Seller ID: 3327

Possibly the leading contender in the 'Anti-Lawrence' school of opinion. Ist printing [?], 8vo, 448pp, photo illus. Hardcover in black cloth with gilt titles on spine and with dustjacket. Owner's signature, etc. on ffep [Amman, Jordan]. Book is clean with solid binding. DJ is quite worn; small pieces lost at foot and head of spine; spine quite rubbed. VG+/G
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How Great Generals Win

By: ALEXANDER, Bevin

Price: $8.95

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company : 1993

Seller ID: 17652

ISBN-13: 9780393035315

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

An analysis of how great generals win battles by unconventianal thinking and stories of some of the most successful commanders of all time. 320pp, illustrated, maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a nearly similar dustjacket. About 'as new'. Reduced price! We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. This item weighs 520g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance, USA rates by weight alone.
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Shakespeare The Life, The Works, The Treasures

By: ALEXANDER, Catherine M. S.; ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Sevenoaks : 2011

Seller ID: 046218

ISBN-13: 9781862007970

Binding: Pictorial Boards

Condition: As New

Tells the story of William Shakespeare, from his birth in Stratford-upon-Avon and life as a married man, actor, playwright, poet and businessman to the enduring legacy of his work through various media. At head of cover title: RSC Royal Shakespeare Company. Includes 15 items of removable facsimile memorabilia. Originally published: 2006. 63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm + 15 enclosures.Book and slipcase are 'as new' - contents carefully checked.
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David Alexander : moving targets : in Flux

By: ALEXANDER, David

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Vernon, BC, Vernon Public Art Gallery : 2010

Seller ID: 1010

ISBN-13: 9780981214795

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

Catalogue of the exhibition "David Alexander: Moving Target: In Flux" held at the Vernon Public Art Gallery from August 5 to October 14, 2010. 97 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 21 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. 'As New'. Weight, 451g.
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Catherine the Great: Life and Legend

By: ALEXANDER, John T.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Oxford Univ Press : 1989

Seller ID: 29451

ISBN-13: 9780195052367

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Biography of Catherine II of Russia [1762-1796]. 418pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fresh, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. No wear to boards. Unclipped dustjacket shows only very minor edge wear and is bright and clean. Weight, 800g.
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A. E. Stegmann: The Life and Art of a Remarkable Artist

By: ALEXANDER, Marc

Price: $14.00

Publisher: London, Mouth and Foot Painting Artists : 2000

Seller ID: 30967

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Life and work of an artist who paints with his feet and mouth. 163pp, profusely illustrated. Bright, fresh copy. Unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 950g.
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Category: Biography & Autobiography