Category: Biography & Autobiography

History of the Campaigns of Count Alexander Suworow Rymnikski, Field-Marshal-General in the Service of His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of All the Russias: With a Preliminary Sketch of His Private Life and Character

Price: $500.00

Publisher: London, J. Wright : 1799

Seller ID: 08949

History of the military career of Russian General Suvarov, his full title - Alexander Vasilievich Suvarov, Count Suvarov Rimniksky, Prince Italysky [1729-1800]. Author was a some-time aide and historiographer to the General. 2 Volumes., xxxvi, 218pp, engraved frontis; 366pp, 1 leaf, 15pp supplement, 1pp ad. Full leather bindings with gilt decoration. Title label and volume label missing on Volume II. Interior very clean and bright without foxing. Bindings are tight. 2" splits to leather at foot of spine on front boards. General wear to leather but moderate and not detracting. PLease enquire...
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We Pointed Them North Recollections of a Cowpuncher

By: ABBOTT, E. C. [Teddy Blue']; SMITH, Helena Huntington

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press : 1966

Seller ID: 057407

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Reminiscences by an old-time cowboy. E. C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the 1870's and 1880's. He came up the trail to Montana from Texas with the long-horned herds which were to stock the northern ranges. . . 247 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, music ; 22 cm. First published in 1939, a new edition was published by the University of Oklahoma in 1955; this is the third printing of that edition. The book is bright, clean and unmarked. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. No wear to the cream cloth with brown ink titles and illustrations. The dustjacket is complete showing l...
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Hannibal

By: ABBOTT, Jacob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27234

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of Carthaginian General, Hannibal [247-182 BC]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 257pp, frontis, three illustrations, folding map. Makers of History Series', Vol. IX, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. No wear/damage to leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 350g.
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History of Mary Queen of Scots

By: ABBOTT, Jacob

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, T. J. Allman : 1868

Seller ID: 051262

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good, or Better

A volume in Abbott's Histories, small pocket edition. 218pp, engraved frontispiece, all edges gilt. Bound in rust cloth, with stamped title/decoration in gilt to front board and spine, and with stamped decoration to balance of the boards. Interior is very clean, pages bright white. Previous owner's details to the ffep, otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight and square, hinges sound.Spine and edges of boards are sun lightened. Some wear to the spine edges and slight bloss to the head of the spine. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal ...
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Josephine

By: ABBOTT, Jacob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27244

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of the Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon [1763-1814 AD]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 285pp, frontis, three illustrations. Makers of History Series', Vol. XX, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. Small amount of wear to leather at head of spine. Virtually no wear/damage to rest of leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 360g.
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Mary Queen of Scots

By: ABBOTT, Jacob

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27241

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of Mary Queen of Scots [1542-1687 AD]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 233pp, frontis, three illustrations. Makers of History Series', Vol. XVII, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. Small amount of wear to leather at head of spine. No wear/damage to rest of leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 350g.
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Queen Elizabeth

By: ABBOTT, Jacob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27240

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England [1533-1603 AD]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 239pp, frontis, three illustrations. Makers of History Series', Vol. XVI, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. Small loss to leather at head of spine. No wear/damage to rest of leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 350g.
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Henry the Fourth

By: ABBOTT, John S. C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27238

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of Henry IV, King of England [1367-1413 AD]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 239pp, frontis, four illustrations. Makers of History Series', Vol. XIV, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. Small loss to leather at head of spine. No wear/damage to rest of leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 360g.
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America, from Washington to the present time. Containing a narrative of the most interesting events in the career of each President ...

By: ABBOTT, John S. C.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: 1867, B. B. Russell & Co. : 1954

Seller ID: 581

Binding: Quarter Leather Marbled Boards

Condition: Very Good

Biographical passages in the lives of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Andrew Johnson [17th] .480 pages, engraved frontispiece (portraits), engraved plates, illustrations in the text; 24 cm. A note in ink on the front endpaper states - 'J. C. Buttre / with the Publisher's / Compliments / Boston Jan 1st 1867'. Buttre was a well-known engraver. Internally the text is bright white and unmarked, no foxing. There are numerous notes in pencil to the front endpaper along with the ink presentation note. Te binding is tight and square. marbled endpapers. The leather to the...
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Marie Antoinette

By: ABBOTT, JOHN S. C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27243

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France [1755-1793 AD]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 263pp, frontis, three illustrations. Makers of History Series', Vol. XIX, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. Small amount of wear to leather at head of spine. Virtually no wear/damage to rest of leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 370g.
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Curious Cage: A Shanghai Journal 1941-1945 (SIGNED)

By: ABKHAZI, Peggy

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Victoria, B. C., Sono Nis Press : 1981

Seller ID: 30345

ISBN-13: 9780919462892

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: VG

While in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, the British author kept a journal which records the routine of camp life. Edited and with an introduction by S.W. Jackman. 143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Interior is bright and clean. Bookplate to the half-title page. Otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, very faint crease to the spine. Card wrappers are sun-darkened. Unpacked weight, 297g. 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 weig...
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Lone Cone; A Journal of Life on the West Coast of Vancouver Island

By: ABRAHAM, Dorothy

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Vancouver, Author Published [?] : 1945

Seller ID: 057708

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: VG & Better

The author's life at Tofino, on Vancouver Island - eleven years following her arrival as a war-bride at the end of the First World War. 100pp, photo illustrated, maps. A very bright, clean, unmarked interior. Covers show some light wear at the corners. Tight, square binding. Weight, 163g. Ships Lettermail when possible.
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Three Diferrent Wordsworth Postards, C1910s

By: ABRAHAM, G. P., Ltd

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Keswick, UK, G, P. Abraham Lrd.

Seller ID: 056011

Condition: About Fine

Lot of 3 different postcards. Two are printed portraits - one of William Wordsworth and one of his wife, Dorothy. Abraham's Series, matching and unused. The third a photo postcard of 'Wordswoth's Creed', [1916]. Also unused. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America.
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Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema 1896 to the Present

By: ACKER. Ally

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Continuum Intl Pub Group : 1993

Seller ID: 34892

ISBN-13: 9780826405791

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

A look at the women directors, producers, technicians, editors, writers and stunt women who have helped shape the history of the movies, from 1896 to the present day. This book looks at the first wave of women in creative and influential positions, before 1920, and the second wave in force tody. foreword by Judith Crist ; afterword by Marc Wanamaker. A 'Frederick Ungar' book. xxvi, 374 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm. Clean, bright, interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine ctreasing. Sl;ight wear to corner tips of the wrappers. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United State...
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Shakespeare : The Biography

By: ACKROYD, Peter

Price: $17.50

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, Random House : 2005

Seller ID: 040957

ISBN-13: 9781856197267

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Superb biography of Willam Shakespeare, 1564-1616. ``Only Peter Ackroyd can combine readable narrative and unique observation with a sharp eye for the fascinating fact.` xiii, 546 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. This copy is s new`, in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 880g.
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The House of Windsor: George V to George VI [Salesman's Sample Copy]

By: ACLAND, Captain Eric

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Toronto, John C. Winston Co. : 1937

Seller ID: 041856

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG

Book Salesman's Sample book , or 'Dummy'. An incomplete verson of a book, showing all of the main parts, intended to pre-sell customers on the book and to solicit pre-publication orders. This book contains parts of two separate works, the first as above, the second being, 'The Princess Elizabeth, Winston, Toronto, 1937. Clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Frontis illustration a little 'rippled'. Corner cut to the ffep. Further info available. Weight, 345g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, ...
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The House of Windsor

By: ACLAND, Eric

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Toronto, Winston : 1937

Seller ID: 35107

Binding: Illustrated Cloth

Condition: VG+

History of the British monarchy from george V to george VI - The House of Windsor. 408pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in attractive purple cloth with black & gold pictorial cover. No dustjacket. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked except of a felt-pen owner's signature to the ffep. Binding is tight and square. Purple cloth is bright and clean showing virtually no wear. Weight, 654g.
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Madam 90210: My Life as Madam to the Rich and Famous

By: ADAMS, Alex and STADIEM, William

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Villard, New York, 1993

Seller ID: 1783

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

1st, 8vo, 284pp. Hardcover with dustjacket.
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La Stupenda, a Biography of Joan Sutherland

By: ADAMS, Brian

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Hutchinson of Australia : 1984

Seller ID: 22749

ISBN-13: 9780091374105

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

Detailed biography of Australian, operatic soprano, Joan Sutherland. 329pp, photo illustrated in color and in b&w. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding and a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 880g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Canadian's GST is included. Images always available. Shipped well packed.
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The South Road

By: ADAMS, Robert J.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Alberta, Megamy Publishing, Limited : 2002

Seller ID: 14981

ISBN-13: 9780968191682

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

Heartwarming stories of life on a farm in small town A;lberta from the author's childhood. Signed by him on the title page. 184 pages ; 21 cm. A 'mint' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked in any way. matching bookmark laid-in. Unpacked weight, 261g. May be eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada and the U. S.A. Image available on request.
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Category: Biography & Autobiography