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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: 0919462898

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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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: 0826405797

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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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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La Stupenda, a Biography of Joan Sutherland

By: ADAMS, Brian

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Hutchinson of Australia: 1984

Seller ID: 22749

ISBN: 0091374103

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: 0968191681

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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A. Woollcott : His Life and his World

By: ADAMS, Samuel Hopkins

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, Reynal & Hitchcock: 1945

Seller ID: 2603

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

Alexander H. Woollcott, 1887 -1943), American critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, an occasional actor and playwright, and a prominent radio personality. [12], 386pp. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. The clipped dustjacket, in protective brodart shows moderate top edge wear, small lost chips, particularly to the top edges. Unpacked weight, 480g.
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Northrop Frye: A Visionary Life

By: ADAMSON, Joseph

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Canada, ECW Press: 1993

Seller ID: 848

ISBN: 1550221841

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: 0968191622

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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A Fiddler's World: Volume 1, Memoirs to 1938

By: ADASKIN, Harry

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Vancouver, November House: 1977

Seller ID: 20806

ISBN: 0920156029

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

Volume 1 of 2 in the memoirs of Harry Adaskin, the celebrated Canadian violinist. Bold signature of Adaskin to the half-title page. 293pp, illustrated. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is sound and without wear to cloth. Sharp corners. Unclipped dustjacket shows a moderate amont of edge wear, short tears, etc. is nearly similar. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 650g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA...
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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: 0969869940

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: 0718138406

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: 1433541815

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...
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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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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: 1862007977

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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Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, January 4, 1963

By: ALEXANDER, Roy - Editor

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Time Inc.: 1963

Seller ID: 046561

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: About Fine

Issue of Time with front cover portrait of Pope John XXIII as 'Man of the Year'. Artwork by Bernard Safran. This is the Canadian Edition. Same editorial content as U. S. edition with added Canadian news. 56p. Clean bright wraps, sound stapled binding. Good solid copy with no address label present. No marks, creases etc. to mar the portrait Unpacked weight, 112g. We ship from both Canada and the United States with very competitive rates. Inexpensive Lettermail rates may apply to both Canada and the USA.
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Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, June 7, 1963

By: ALEXANDER, Roy - Editor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Time Inc.: 1963

Seller ID: 053497

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: About Fine

Cover features the last photograph taken of Pope John XXIII before his death. Canada edition - same content as USA edition but scarcer, plus Canadian news. 76pp. Bright and clean copy - attractive front cover portrait. Sound binding. No address label or any other marks to the front wrapper. 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 146g and qualifies for inexpensive Lettermail postage within Canada and the USA.
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Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, December 27, 1963

By: ALEXANDER, Roy - Editor

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Time Inc.: 1963

Seller ID: 055159

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Issue of Time with front superb cover portrait of painter, Andrew Wyeth, artwork by Henriette Wyeth. This is the Canadian Edition. Same editorial content as U. S. edition with added Canadian news. 56p. Clean bright wraps, sound stapled binding. Good solid copy with NO address label. Weight, 111g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. Under $5.00 depending on location. Images available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations.
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Our First 50 Years

By: ALLEN, C. C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: [British Columbia], Author Published:

Seller ID: 047841

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Fine

Story of a British Pioneer to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. He left England for Canada in 1912 and ended up near Quesnel in 1914. He went off to War in France and met his future wife in England. The book tells the story of their life together over 60 years. Signed by the author on the inside of the front wrapper. Undated but circa 1977. There is a small gift inscription to the front wrapper dated 1982. 78 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 18 cm. OCLC Number: 662590415. Abright, clean copy apprearing almost 'as new'. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North Ameri...
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The Cat and the Curmudgeon

By: AMORY, Cleveland

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown: 1990

Seller ID: 20987

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

Signed by the author on the title page - 'For Amber, Cleveland Amory, 1990'. 295pp, illustrated by Lisa Adams. Very bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding and a similar, unclipped dutjacket. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 580g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates are based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the ...
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Angel of Hudson Bay

By: ANDERSON, William Ashley

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Evans Brothers: 1961

Seller ID: 051352

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

A biography of Maud Watt, wife of HBC Factor Jim Watt, Officer of the Order of Canada For her contribution to the well-being of the Indian people of northern Quebec, more especially through the re-establishment and management of the beaver population in the James Bay area. 191pp, photo plates, endpaper maps. Bright, clean copy. Unmarked except for the tiny signature of a previous owner to the front endpaper. Tight binding, no wear to the cloth. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar with just a little wear to the extremities of the spine. Unpacked weight, 381g. We use both the Canada Post an...
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Category: Biography & Autobiography