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NY: Macmillan (©1974). . First American Edition.. Brown cloth hardcover, gilt. This book "reveals how strange and mystic cults influenced and guided Hitler, and shows how the National Socialist movement was linked to and sprung from the ancient Catharist tradition". 306 pages: 16 black/white plates; 21cm. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Book VERY GOOD (very little wear to cover, interior sound but for two lower creased tips; slight soiling to fore-edge & top-edge otherwise clean). Illustrated dustjacket GOOD (edgewear with a few chips & short tears, soiling). C more information

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Don Mills: Musson (©1977). . Stated First Printing.. Softcover. J. Merle Smith.. VERY GOOD PLUS (lightly used but not abused; no defects). A nostalgic look at the social life and customs of canadian families, from the early pioneers up to the Depression years. 96 pages: drawings; 20cm.. more information

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Toronto: Stoddart (©1995).. Black hardcover. Book NEAR FINE (address sticker free-front endpaper; spine foot lightly bumped). Dustjacket NEAR FINE (tips lightly worn; spine very slightly faded; lower rear tip bumped). "...on the intellectual and economic disintegration of a would-be great nation." 746 pages: 25cm. Appendices, Bibliography, Index.. more information

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Canberra: AGPS Australian Government Publishing Service (©1989). . Softcover. VERY GOOD PLUS (clean, bright & tight; minor edgewear; a bit of light writing on the front cover, probably transferred from paper that was lying on top of the booklet). "Brings together not only information on present-day Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life but also it looks at the past 200 years in the light of historical re-evaluation." Will ship 500g. 42 pages: black/white & colour photos; 21cm. Bibliography.. more information

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NY: Harry N. Abrams , (©1981). First Edition.. Red cloth hardcover, gilt. Near Fine (clean & sound, no defects). The way Christianity has affected the lives of men and women during the two thousand years of its existence." 328p: numerous illustrations & colour plates; 31cm. Selected Bibliography, Sources of Illustrations, Index. 1775g. [D] more information

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St. Johns: ISER, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland (©1992). Social and Economic Studies No. 48.. Softcover with french flaps. As New. Part I: Origins of Refugees from the Third Reich and of Newfoundland's Immigration and Refugee Policy; Part II: Newfoundland's Response to the Refugee Crisis; Part III: The War and Postwar Aftermath, 1939-1949. 288 pages: photographs; 23cm. Notes, Bibliography, Index. AS NEW. [C] 288p: ill.; 23cm.. more information

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Toronto: Copp Clark Longman, (©1994). Second edition, first thus.. Softcover. Fine (clean, tight, & uncreased; appears unread). Miller Brittain (cover art). Essays regarding the history of the Canadian working class, this second edition contains eleven new articles. 415p; 23cm. 568g. [C] more information

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Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall (©1967). . First Printing.. Softcover. VERY GOOD (very light wear, uncreased, covers slightly flaired & darkened). Will ship 500g. 146 pages: diagrams, maps; 23cm. Index.. more information

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Toronto: Oxford University Press , (©1992). Third printing 1997. Softcover. Near Fine (clean, tight, uncreased and unmarked; covers very slightly 'open'). A study of Canadian northern and native development and "examines geographic realities for the 1990s as northerners move from the fur economy and subsequent dependence on governments to the promise of self-government in Nunavut and Denendeh." 284 pages: maps, tables; 23cm. Glossary, References, Index. 417g. [C] more information

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Wash D.C.: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1957 revision.. Tan printed wraps. VERY GOOD PLUS (clean & sound; minor wear & darkening; no defects). This "introduces readers to the mainstreams of trade unionism in the United States. It presents briefly and in general terms the role of labor organizations in American history and economic life, and is not a substitute for the detailed and basic histories of the American labor movement. This revision covers the past 25 years, particularly developments since 1950 when this history was first issued." Will ship under 1 kg. 85 pages: black/white photos; 20cm. Appendix.. more information

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Ottawa: Canadian Law Information Council / Conseil Canadien de la Documentation Juridique, 1977. Second edition. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt. Very Good Plus (slight sign of use/shelfwear; owner stamp free-front endpaper; one light highlight in Table of Contents). 10,941 entries of primary & secondary sources classified into twenty-five main categories, each further sub-divided, covering all aspects of both the French and English derived legal systems of Canada. Authored by the Librarian of the Supreme Court of Canada. Forematter bilingual. 661 pages; 26cm. Author and Subject Indexes.1436g. [D] more information

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London: Robert Hale, (©1968). Second Edition. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt spine titles. Near Fine (clean, bright, tight and unmarked; no defects)/Fair (edgewear with chips and tears - 2 tears taped inside). A loving portrait (including topography, lore and history) of a region which has become one of Britain's important tourist centres. 192p: map + 12 leaves black/white photos on coated paper hors-texte; 22cm. Index. 485g. [C] more information

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Toronto: Garamond Press (©1996).. First Edition.. Softcover. Fine. Stressing such themes as gender, race and class, the book is compelling evidence that Western Canadian history is far more complex and subtle than its depiction in the traditional literature. 282 pages: 6p photo section; 23cm. Selected Bibiography. FINE (clean, bright & tight, no defects). [C] 282p: ill.; 23cm. . more information

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Ottawa: King`s Printer, 1927 (revised to Sept 1, 1927). Printed wraps (softcover). Cover Near Very Good (spine & edges faded; top tip creased, bottom tip chipped, small tear rear fore-ege). Interior Near Fine. Setting Forth Classes of Positions and Rates of Compensation for Each Class". 116 printed pages + every other leaf blank; 25cm. 403g. [C] more information

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Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press (©1987), revised edition. . No additional printings.. Softcover. Near Fine. An account of the relocation of a black community from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and how "lack of resources and inadequate planning led to devastating consequences for Africville relocatees." 250p: 3 maps, 13 photographs in-texte, tables; 23cm. Bibliography. NEAR FINE (clean, sound, and uncreased; minor edgewear, light erasure upper tip half-title page). [C] 250p:ill.; 23cm. 434g.. more information

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Toronto: James Lorimer, 1990. Second printing.. Softcover. VERY GOOD (cover lightly rubbed & creased; otherwise clean & sound). This book "reviews all the major aspects of native social development: reserves, urban Indians, economic development, health care, education, child welfare and justice. Based on many interview with native leaders and other native people ... " 170 pages; 23cm.. more information

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Seyssel: Editions du Champ Vallon, (©1985). Softcover-broché. Good (slight shelfwear and edgewear, tan stain lower edge near spine, some pencil marks p47-58). Première partie: Victor Coissac et la Rénovation Sociale sans violence; Deuxième partie: La Colonie de l'Intégrale 1922-1935). 271p: 16-page photo-section; 21cm. Liste des Intégralistes. 403g. [C] more information

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London: Cassell (©1978). . First British Edition.. Brown cloth hardcover. Near Very Good/Good. A collection of photographs with brief history of Namib, the Skeleton Coast. 23 pages of text and black/white photographs + 222 colour photographs with descriptions, map; 29cm. Book NEAR VERY GOOD (slight edgewear, tips bumped; interior used but not abused, clean & sound). Pictorial dustjacket GOOD (edgewear with chips & tears but still presentable). [D] 222p: ill.; 29cm. 945g.. more information

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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd & Fabian Society (©1943). . First Edition.. Tan wraps, red titles. VERY GOOD (very sound, uncreased; slightly darkened, aged paper; bit of fore-edge ink). Written to help the Englishman understand the American Labor movement. "It is urgent for every citizen in this country to know the mind of American labour, if only because its temper and habits will have a considerable influence on the future of Europe..." Will ship under 1kg. 100 pages; 18cm. Short Bibliography. . more information

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Weisbaden: F. Englisch Verlag (©1985).. Pictorial hardcover. NEAR FINE (light shelfwear, interior fine). 174 pages: black/white illustrations; 26cm. Index.. more information

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Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1927, (©1927). Green cloth hardcover. Very Good ex-library (usual marks, pockets) else Near Fine (clean, bright, tight) . 250 pages: cartes (1 en couleurs, double-page), 40 pages of photographies; 28cm. 1304g. Index, Tables des Photographies, Cartes, et Matiéres. [D] more information

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Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books (©1978). . First Edition.. Blue hardcover. This book is a classic example of Indian-white confrontation where the clash of two cultures is the result of neither completely understanding the other". Notes, Bibliography, Index. VERY GOOD ex-library book (stamp free-front endpaper & fly-title; rear pocket removed causing damage to rear free endpaper). Pictorial dustjacket VERY GOOD (spine stickers; slight darkening; slight edgewear; one tiny tear). [C] 178 pages: 3 maps, 24p black/white photos; 23cm.. more information

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Ottawa: F.A. Acland, 1928.. Hardcover. Half-bound in black leather, raised bands, gilt spine titles. Binding NEAR VERY GOOD (spine ends, raised bands & tips worn otherwise clean, bright & tight). Interior FINE. 311 pages; 24cm.. more information

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NY: Schocken Books, (©1998). Stated First Edition, first printing.. Blue hardcover. Very Good Plus (name free-front endpaper, 2 light page-tip turn-downs, otherwise clean and sound)/Very Good Plus (light edgewear, no chips or tears). The author "guides the reader through Jewish practices that attend the end of life, from the sickroom to the funeral to the week, month, and year that follow." 266 pages: 22cm. 434g. Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography and Resources, Notes, Index. C more information

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NY: Carroll & Graf, (©2005). First Edition, first printing thus.. Red softcover. Very Good Plus (light shelfwear, tips slightly bumped, otherwise uncreased; interior clean and sound). A history of war showing "how the martial instinct has evolved over the human generations." 484p: photos; 22cm. Notes, Index. [C] more information

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Seattle/London: University of Washington Press , (©1986). Softcover. Very Good (slight wear and sunning to cover, interior sound; small coffee stain upper tip, light soiling top-edge). A collection of essays on U.S. northeast history "with a special emphasis on 20th-century topics". Signed by both editors, "With Best Wishes, Tom Edwards, Carlos Schwantes" on half-title page. 397p; 24cm. [C] For sale on behalf of the Bury Municipal Library. more information

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Philadelphia/Toronto: John C. Winston (1951). . Stated First Edition.. Black cloth hardcover. Book VERY GOOD PLUS. Illustrated dustjacket FAIR to GOOD (price clipped; 1/2 inch chips; 2 tears). 115 pages: over 100 black/white photos in-texte; 23cm.. more information

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London: Chatto & Windus, (©1957). First Edition.. Yellow cloth hardcover. Very Good Plus (spine lightly darkened otherwise clean & sound). Updated version of a book first published in 1945 by Oxford University's Press's "World To-Day Series". Covers the background of the people, language, climate and the building of the nation, to industry, the land, sea, the highlands, trends, the arts, and finally to the Scottish Renaissance. 214p: 12 black/white photos hors-texte; 20cm. Index. [C] For sale on behalf of the Bury Municipal Library. more information

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Firenze: Israel Museum / Bonechi editore , (©1989). Softcover. Near Fine (clean & tight, no defects). An eclectic selection from the collection of the Israel Museum, from 7500 BC to 1980's, each piece colour illustrated with a brief text auf Deutsch. Archaeological artifacts, early books, mosaics, textiles, torah scrolls, human ornament, paintings, drawings, & sculptures. 64 pages: colour illustrations; 27cm. [A] more information

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Paris: Belin, 2000. Soft Cover. Good. Good condition large format soft cover. Modest edge wear, more-so at fore-corners, rear cover corner creases, owner name in ink inside cover; overall a very good and useful working text. Coated paper; profusely illustrated in colour (reproductions, maps, photographs). A visual presentation, general survey text, manuel de l'élève, classe de 2e. European history from ancient Greece to the Revolution of1848, shown in context and with documentation. Authors: Joseph Castel, Eric Chaudron, Geneviève Dubreuil, Jean Garrigues, Jean-Pierre Guilhembet, Nicole Lemaître. "Ce livre d’histoire couvre la période de la civilisation grecque et s’étend jusqu’à la révolution de 1848. On y traite du concept de citoyenneté chez les Grecs et chez les Romains, de la naissance et de la diffusion du christianisme, de l’humanisme et de la Renaissance, de l’absolutisme contesté à l’Europe transformée, de l’époque du romantisme, etc. Il contient de nombreuses illustrations claires et précises, des extraits de documents historiques pertinents et des synthèses dans chaque chapitre. N.B. L’enseignant ou l’enseignante devra guider les élèves au niveau de la lecture à cause du niveau élevé de langue. Il est important aussi de souligner que cette ressource présente une perspective européenne de l’histoire. Usage suggéré : Sciences humaines, 9e année; Sciences sociales 10." (source: Ministère de l’Éducation de la Saskatchewan, "Ressources recommandées pour les écoles d’immersion et les écoles fransaskoises", mars 2000). Index des noms propres, Lexique. In French. Informative in its own right or useful as an immersion text. Will ship over 1 kg. 319p : ill ; 29cm. . more information

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NY: Doubleday, 1957 (©1957). . Stated First Edition.. Tan cloth hardcover. Very Good (paper fore-edges & endpapers lightly spotted)/Good Plus (darkened, price clipped, a few small tears). E.M. Schiwetz.. The mentality, politics, and culture of Texas in 1946-1965. Signed by author opposite half-title. 284 pages: illustrated endpapers, sketches; 21cm. Index. [C] more information

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NY: Random House / Chanticleer Press, no date. Pictorial hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine (light top-edge wear, no chips or tears). 160p: 110 illustrations including 50 in full colour; 28cm. Index. [D] more information

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NY: William Sloane (©1955). . First Edition.. Black cloth hardcover. Source Reference and Bibliography, Index. Book VERY GOOD PLUS (book plate front endpaper, paper lightly tanned; clean, tight & sound). Dustjacket GOOD (price clipped, spine faded, slight edgewear with a few tiny tears & one 1" tear). 256 pages; 21cm.. more information

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Toronto: HarperCollins (©1995).. Stated First Edition, first printing.. Black cloth-backed hardcover. Notes, Index. Book FINE (tip lightly bumped). Dustjacket NEAR FINE (light edgewear & shelf soiling, no tears or chips). 270 pages: endpaper maps, black/white photos; 24cm. . more information

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Toronto: University of Toronto (©1968).. First Edition.. Green cloth hardcover. Adrian Dingle.. 316 pages: map, 6 full-page drawings on yellow paper hors-texte; 22cm. Bibliography, Index. Book GOOD PLUS (cloth bleached in spots; gift inscription front-free endpaper; first half underlined in pen with margin notes; otherwise clean & tight). Illustrated yellow dustjacket GOOD (price clipped; short tears at spine ends & tips + two 3" tears; spine faded). more information

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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1959 (©1959).. Stated First Printing.. Black cloth-backed hardcover. Book VERY GOOD PLUS (clean, bright & sound; small address sticker free-front endpaper). Dustjacket GOOD (edgewear with a few small chips & tears; darkened; rear panel foxed). 304 pages; 22cm.. more information

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Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1937. Hardcover with framed colour paste-down, brown titles. Near Very Good (spine & edges darkened; slight exposure of some gutters). Illustrations en couleurs de Marilac.. Off-white paper-covered hardcovers with framed colour paste-down & brown lettering. In French. 158p: 148 photographies (4 en colours hors-texte, noir/blanc in-texte), sewn signatures; 21cm. 538g. We also have the following volumes in the same series: "Paris", "Prague", "Rome" and "Venise". [C] more information

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Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good Plus (spine & edges somewhat darkened). Illustrations en couleurs de Zenker.. Off-white paper-covered hardcovers with framed colour paste-down & brown lettering. In French. 160 pages: 149 photographies (4 en colours hors-texte, noir/blanc in-texte), sewn signatures; 21cm. We also have the following volumes in the same series: "Paris", "Athenes", "Rome" and "Venise". [C] more information

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Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1937. Hardcover. Near Very Good (spine & edges darkened). Illustrations en couleurs de Marilac.. Off-white paper-covered hardcovers with framed colour paste-down & brown lettering. In French. 158 pages: 148 photographies (4 en colours hors-texte, noir/blanc in-texte), sewn signatures; 21cm. We also have the following volumes in the same series: "Paris", "Prague", "Athenes" and "Venise". [C] more information

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Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1913. . Grey printed wraps. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 45, Anthropological Series 3". 20 pages + 4p ads: 4 black/white drawings + 13 black/white photos of artifacts with printed tissues; 25cm. VERY GOOD PLUS (clean & tight; interior hinges reinforced; library stamps front cover & front blank page; slight wear at tips). Will ship under 500g. more information

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London/NY: Routledge (©1991).. Softcover. Very Good Plus. A volume in the "Nissan Institute /Routledge Japanese Studies Series, edited by J.A.A. Stockwin. 218 pages: black/white photos; 22cm.. more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. First edition. Red cloth hardcover, gilt spine titles. Good Plus ex-library (library stamps & marks, residual tape marks, no pocket) /Very Good Plus (price clipped). The outcome of a Royal Society study group (W.H. Thorpe, chair.) initiated by Sir Julian Huxley in 1965 to help understand the 'ritualization of behavior in man & animals'. 15 papers by 13 of its members with inter-linking editorial comments. 443 pages: frontispiece + 9 black/white plates hors-texte, figures in text; 24cm. References, Author Index, Index. 908g. [D] more information

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Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet, 1969. No additional printings.. Softcover with french wraps (folded flaps). Very Good (slight edgewear & rubbing, one spine crease). 165 pages: black/white photos; 22cm. 313g. [B] more information

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Cambridge: Harvard U. Press, 1956 (©1956). . First Edition.. Green cloth hardcover, gilt. Book VERY GOOD or better (spine lightly rubbed; name free-front endpaper; clean & tight). Dustjacket GOOD (price clipped; edgewear with small chips & tears; slightly rubbed). 408 pages: black/white frontis; 24cm. Index. . more information

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Toronto: University of Toronto Press (©1968).. First Edition.. Red cloth hardcover. Index. Book VERY GOOD minimal ex-library (stamps, tape residue, no pocket or stickers; clean & sound). Red dustjacket VERY GOOD PLUS (spine sticker, minor edgewear, bright). 273 pages: illustrated endpapers, tables; 23cm.. more information

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Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press (©1972). . First Edition.. White nubbly cloth hardcover. VERY GOOD (spine lettering rubbed, small dent front board, small brown stain bottom edge rear board; clean & sound). No dj. Part IV: "The Founding Fathers", Part II: "Eastern European Scene", Part III: "A Few Central Themes and Figures", Part IV: "Jewishness in America: Beginnings", Part V: "The Holocaust", Part VI: "Yiddish Language and Literature". 332 pages; 23cm.. more information

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Sydney: Halstead Press , (©1971). No additional printings.. White cloth hardcover, gilt. Very Good Plus (cloth edges very slightly darkened). 224 pages: ribbon bookmarks, endpaper maps, glossy photographs; 25cm. Appendices. [C] more information

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NY/London: Quick Fox (©1981). . No additional printings.. Softcover. Filmography, Bibliography. VERY GOOD PLUS (slight edgewear mostly at tips; interior clean & sound). "An account of those most maligned of our fellow creatures with facts and photos, lore and legend, interviews and trivia, making a fascinating and zestful nighttime companion." Will ship 1 kg. 179 pages: 150+ illustrations; 28cm. . more information

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Cambridge: Polity Press (©1999).. No additional printings.. Softcover. NEAR FINE (light shelfwear; no evidence of ever having been read). A collections of this British journalist's work, making a case for the "new economy, regulation of global capital markets and the refounding of British industry". 286 pages; 23cm. Index.. more information

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Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre , (©1979). Reissue of 1966 edition.. Softcover. Near Very Good, minimal ex-library (rear pocket removed, no other library marks; clean and sound, slight edgewear, one chip spine head, Canada Council stamp half-title page). map by Sheouak.. An account of the beginnings of the cooperative movement in Canada's north", includes a new introduction and epilogue by the author. 240p: frontis map; 21cm. 351g. [C] more information

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