Category: Biography & Autobiography

Leading Ladies Canada

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Belleville, ON, Mika Publishing : 1977

Seller ID: 08414

ISBN-13: 9780919303188

Condition: Near Fine

An account of prominent Canadian women throughout 300 years of history. 581pp, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page. Gift inscription to ffep otherwise a tight copy with bright interior and exterior. Dustjacket is clean but has some edge wear and a tiny lost piece at bottom, front corner. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. WE use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well...
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The court and times of George IV, King of England

By: BANVARD, John

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co.

Seller ID: 036863

Binding: Cloth, Illustrated

Condition: VG+

Biography of George IV [1762-1830] - with 'corroborative authorities drawn from the secret archives of the Chartists, and authentic documents in the British Museum'. 590pp. Clean copy with a tight, square binding. Atractive front panel showing only minor wear. Litho illustration of a pretty woman pasted to the front. Weight, 480g.
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Uriel Da Costa

By: BARJITZCHAK, Yoshuah

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Den Hag, Kruseman : 1962

Seller ID: 18853

Binding: Printed Card Wraps

Condition: VG+

Life of the Portugese-Jewish philosopher & theologian, Uriel Da Costa [c1585-1640]. Dutch language text. 139pp. Bright, clean copy with a tight, square binding. Almost 'as new'. This item weighs 120g and qualifies for inexpensive Lettermail postage both to Canada, the USA and other parts of the World.
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Grivas. Portrait of a Terrorist

By: BARKER, Dudley

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Cresset Press : 1959

Seller ID: 049608

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Biographical portrait of George Grivas [1898-1974], known also as Digenis, a Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army, leader of the EOKA guerrilla organisation and EOKA B paramilitary organisation. OCLC Number: 752877734. 202pp, photo illustrated. The book is very bright and and clean. There is an old owner's siganture [from Cyprus] to the ffep otherwise the book is unmarked. The binding is tight and square.There is a 'bump' to the bottom of the spine, not visible from the exterior. Theunsclipped dustjacket is also very bright and clean still crisp showing only very minor wear. Weight, 380g.
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British Staesmen

By: BARKER, Ernest

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Collins : 1941

Seller ID: 042405

ISBN-13: 9781851701179

Binding: Stiff Card Boards

Condition: VG+

Brief biographies of British statesmen. Includes figures such as Burghley, Elizabeth I, Cromwell, Walpole, Pitt, Castlereagh, Canning, Gladstone, Balfour, Churchill and Smuts. One of the 'Britain in Pictures' series.The 1941 original edition . Hardcover with pictorial boards, and with dustjacket. 8vo, 46pp, 12 plates in colour and 17 illustrations in b&w.Near Fine. Dustjacket is bright and clean showing only minor edge wear and a small missing piece to the head of the spine. Weight, 243g.
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The Remarkable World of Frances Barkley: 1769-1845

By: BARKLEY, Frances

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Sidney, Gray's Publishing : 1978

Seller ID: 24392

ISBN-13: 9780888260772

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: VG+

First publication of the reminiscences of Frances Barkley [1769-1845], the first woman traveller to visit the Pacific Northwest, and other exotic parts of the world. Edited by Beth Hill. 232pp, illustrated. Internally clean and bright. Old bookplate to the htp. Very small ink note to the tp. Otherwise, unmarked. Bright, clean exterior. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Weight, 760g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. No taxes on Canadian, American or Overseas Orders. Image...
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Seventh Child: Autobiography of a Schoolmistress

By: BARLOW, Amy

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd : 1969

Seller ID: 24203

ISBN-13: 9780715604281

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

Autobiography of an English schoolmistress, from Edwardian times through two World Wars. 144 pages 4 plates, 2 illustrations, portraits; 23 cm. Book is bright and clean. Small name etc to top corner of ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. Navy blue cloth shows no wear. Unclipped dustjacket is clean with virtually no wear but sun-fading to the spine and top edge. Weight, 309g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide dest...
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Were Those the Days: A Victorian Education

By: BARNARD, Howard Clive

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Oxford, UK, Pergamon General Books : 1970

Seller ID: 044445

ISBN-13: 9780080071077

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Written by the author so that his children and grandchildren might know something of a boy's life in a middle class family in England during the last decades of Queen Victoria's reign. vii, 161 p. illus., ports. 22 cm. Bright, clean interior. Unmarked except for a tiny name-stamp to the ffep. Tight, square binding, no wear top the marron cloth. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar. Weight, 374g.
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A delicate wilderness : the photography of Elliott Barnes, 1905-1913

By: BARNES, Elliot

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Banff, AB, Canada, Altitude Publishing Canada Limited : 1983

Seller ID: 045787

ISBN-13: 9780919381087

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

The photography of Elliott Barnes [1866-1938] featuring the Canadian West, 1905-1913. Edited and introduced by Edward Cavell. 47 p. : ill. ; 21 x 23 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. Weight, 192g.
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A Delicate Wilderness: the photography of Elliott Barnes, 1905-1914

By: BARNES, Elliot

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Calgary, AB, Canada, Altitude Publishing Canada Limited : 1983

Seller ID: 047013

ISBN-13: 9780919381087

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About Fine

The photographs of Elliott Barnes [1866-1938], from 1905 to 1914, of the Canadian mountain wilderness. Edited and introduced by Edward Cavell. 47 p. : ill. ; 21 x 23 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked, still quite fresh. Weight, 194g.
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The Lady of Fashion: The Life and the Theatre of Anna Cora Mowatt

By: BARNES, Eric Wollencott

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1954

Seller ID: 28649

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Life of the American actress/playwright, Anna Cora Mowatt. 402pp, illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Bright, clean, unclipped dustjacket shows a little wear at extremities. Weight, 632g.
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Life and Complete Works of Michael Bruce, Poet of Lochleven

By: BARNET, John Guthrie

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Marshall Brothers : 1927

Seller ID: 21369

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: Very Good

Biography of Scots poet, Michael Bruce [1746-1767] as well as his complete works. xv, 304pp, photo illustrated. 'Cottage Edition'. Bright, clean copy. Gift inscription in ink to ffep. Slight forward lean to spine, which is otherwise solid and tight. Minor wear to red cloth at tips. Weight, 460g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specif...
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Hitler's Generals

By: BARNETTT, Correlli - Editor

Price: $14.50

Publisher: New York, Grove Weidenfeld : 1989

Seller ID: 33492

ISBN-13: 9781555841614

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Short, authoritative biographical portraits of over 25 German Generals active in World War II. Approx 18 different authors. ``This authoritative study probes instead the relationship between Hitler and his generals -- men such as Rommel, Model, Student, Beck, and Keitel -- from the point of view of his staff``.xix, 497 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Bright, fresh and unmarked copy in a similarunclipped dustjacket. Quite `as new`. Weight, 884g.
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The Good Black: a True Story of Race in America

By: BARRETT, Paul M.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, Dutton Penguin : 1999

Seller ID: 268

ISBN-13: 9780525943440

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

Larry Mungin spent his life preparing to succeed in the white world. He looked away from racial inequality and hostility, believing that he'd succeed if he worked hard and played by the rules. He rose from a Queens housing project to Harvard College and Law School, and went on to the world of corporate law. But just when he should have been considered for partnership at his mostly white law firm, he sued for racial discrimination. viii, 296pp. Interior of the book is bright and clean. previous owner's name to the top margin of the ffep, otherwise unmarked. The price-clipped dustjacket is also ...
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The Che Handbook

By: BARRIO, Hilda; JENKINS, Gareth

Price: $14.00

Publisher: London, MQ Publications Ltd. : 2003

Seller ID: 045073

ISBN-13: 9781840725025

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: As New

Gives life to the values and thinking of the Che Guevara behind the legend, a man who was at once sensitive, passionate and determined to pursue his socialist dreams to their conclusion. Che is viewed through the camera lens of key Cuban photographers, through posters and other images, and through the iconography that grew up after his death. 431 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map, ports. (some col.) ; 18 cm. A bright, clean, unmarked copy with a 'fresh' interior and a tight, square binding. About 'as new'. Weight, 717g.
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Joe Louis: 50 Years an American Hero

By: BARROW, Joe Louis Jr.; MUNDER, Barbara

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill : 1988

Seller ID: 604

ISBN-13: 9780070039551

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

In this oral biography, Joe Louis Barrow, Jr., weaves a compelling account of his father's life and times with recollections from the people who knew him best: siblings and former wives, boyhood friends, trainers, opponents (including Max Schmeling and Billy Conn), sportswriters, and others. Foreword by Arthur Ashe, Jr. xvii, 270 p. : [16] p. foto's. ; 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, bright, white pages. Nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket. Unpacked weight, 608g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, w...
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John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me : the Real Beatles Story

By: BARROW, Tony

Price: $14.95

Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch Ltd/Chameleon : 2005

Seller ID: 2005

ISBN-13: 9780233001401

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Book on the Beatles by the man who worked as the famous group's PR man through the 1960s. 256 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Bright, clean copy still quite fresh and almost 'as new'. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight unpacked, 618g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by ...
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The Log of Bob Bartlett: The True Story of Forty Years of Seafaring and Exploration

By: BARTLETT, Captain Robert A.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: St. Johns, NL, Flanker Press : 2009

Seller ID: 057404

ISBN-13: 9781897317006

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Forty years of seafaring adventure and exploration including 28 excursions to the Arctic among them - with Robert Peary to the North Pole and heroic deeds aboard the Karluk, First pub lished in 1928. This recent edition with a foreword b Paul O'Neill. xvi, 335pp, illustrated. Bright, clean and unmarked. Tight, squaare binding, no spine creases. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overchargin...
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Georg Baselitz

By: BASELITZ, Georg

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Vancouver, BC, Vancouver Art Gallery : 1984

Seller ID: 18685

Binding: Stapled Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Catalogue for an Exhibition of the work of German painter Georg Baselitz [b1938]. Held at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Nov 2, 1984 - Jan 2, 1985. 60pp, illustrated in b&w and in color. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, stapled binding. Only defect - a light crease to the lower corner of the front wrapper. Oversize. Weight, 442g.
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The Match I Remember

By: BATCHELOR, Denzil - Editor

Price: $9.95

Publisher: London, Wener Laurie : 1950

Seller ID: 07178

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Very Good

Eleven famous Cricketers tell of a memorable match that they have played. 208pp, photo illustrated. Book is clean and tight Fading to cloth at extremities of spine. Dustjacket has small missing pieces, edge wear etc. 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 $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00 for weights up ...
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Category: Biography & Autobiography