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Hull, QC, Canada: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1981. Minor cover wear inlcudes creases. Spine and corners have been laminated. Library stamps, catalog numbers and card-pocket. Measures 9 1/2" x 8 5/8" tall. 133+ pages. Commemorates Louis-S. St-Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957 by restoring the house where he was born and raised.. ISBN: 0660108674. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good +. Illus. by Many Brown and White Photos . Ex-Library. Non-Fiction: History, Canada. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Books, 1987. Cover wear and creases. Page edges are starting to age/brown. 320 pages includes index. The definitive biography of America's most controversial hero.. ISBN: 042509703X. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Paperback. Good. Illus. by Photos. Non-Fiction, Biography, Patton. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Scholastic Inc., 1991. Minor cover wear and creases. Clean book measures 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" tall. 164 tanned pages includes index. Contents: South Africa: an Introduction; Roots; Afrikaners and Apartheid; the Struggle; State of Emergency; Free Mandela.. ISBN: 0-590-44154-X. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good +. Illus. by Photos. Non-Fiction, Biography. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, 1996. Appears unread, although front hinge behind title page is cracked. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Plastic over jacket taped to covers. Black covers with silver print on spine. Measures 6 1/8" x 9 1/4" tall. 474 pages includes index. He lives with death threats; he's been jailed and mobbed, his clinics raided, torched and firebombed. He's changed one law and struck another.... ISBN: 0394223918. Cloth. Good/Good. Ex-Library. Non-Ficiton, Biography, Henry Morgentaler, Abortion, Physicians, Canada, Quebec, History. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Macmillan, 1974. Cover wear and creases. Sticker remnant. Clean pages. Measures 5 1/8" x 7 7/8" tall. 123 pages. Much of this exciting story concerns Cartier's second voyage in 1535-6 when the French sailors wintered at Stadacona (now Quebec City) and suffered terribly from cold and scurvy and the hostility of the Indians.. ISBN: 0770510590. Reprinted. Trade Paperback. Good. Illus. by Smith, Merle. Non-Fiction, Canada, History, Jacques Cartier. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Macmillan, 1967. Minor spine slant. Numbers on front fly-leaf, else clean book. Jacket has many tears mostly to spine areas; clipped corner. Deocorated end-papers. Red covers with black print measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" tall. 156 pages. . Reprinted. Cloth. Good +/Jacket with Edge Tears. Illus. by Ferguson, Jack. Non-Fiction, Canadian Soldier, Isaac Brock. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company , 1960. Health Heroes Series. Minor cover wear and creases. Clean booklet measures 5 1/2" x 7 3/4" tall. 36 pages. . First Printing. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. Non-Fiction, Biography, Marie Curie. more information

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Ottawa, ON, Canada: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company , 1959. Health Heroes Series. Minor cover wear and creases. Clean booklet measures 5 1/2" x 7 3/4" tall. 24 pages. . First Printing. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. Non-Fiction, Biography, Florence Nightingale. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company , 1958. Health Heroes Series. Cover wear and creases. Clean booklet measures 5 1/2" x 7 3/4" tall. 24 pages. . First Printing. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. Non-Fiction, Biography, Walter Reed. more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1986. Spine slant, cover wear and creases. Number stamp on bottom of book. 263 pages. ...a lively, anecdotal portrait of the Royal Canadian Air Force from its origin in 1924 to the time of unification in 1967. . ISBN: 0771040385. First Printing. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Illustrations. Non-Fiction, Canada, Royal Canadian Air Force, Satire, Anecdotes. more information

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California, U.S.A.: Value Communication, Inc., 1977. Minor cover wear. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Some of the jacket flaps have been cut off. Plastic cover over jacket is taped to book. Book measures 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" tall. 63 pages.. ISBN: 0-916392-16-3. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/Poor. Illus. by Pileggi. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Nellie Bly. more information

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California, U.S.A.: Value Communication, Inc., 1978. Covers are very worn. Sticker remnant. Library catalog numbers and stamps. Book measures 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" tall. 63 pages.. ISBN: 0-916392-18-X. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Pileggi. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Marie Curie. more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: James Lorimer & Company, 1987. Minor spine slant, cover wear, chips and creases. Name. Numbers. Book measures 6" x 9" tall. 158 pages. Leonard Johnson is a soldier with a difference. A retired general in the Canadian Armed Forces, he is also a passionate and outspoken crusader for world disarmament.. ISBN: 0888628900. Trade Paperback. Good. CANADA POLITICS GOVERNMENT POLITICAL SCIENCE. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1943. Spine slant, cover wear, creases and tears. Smudges. Stains. Front hinge cracked. Pinkish-brown covers with gold print on spine. Book measures 6" x 8 3/4" tall. 369 pages.. Third Printing. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. Illus. by Designed by Robert Josephy . Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Biography. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Macmillan, 1971. Cover wear, mostly to edges. Jacket torn and taped. Page tears. Library card-pocket, catalog colour codes and stamps. Decorated end-papers. Red covers with black print. Measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" tall. 159 pages.. Reprinted. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Illus. by Ferguson, Jack. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Canada, Louis Riel, History. more information

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Midland, ON, Canada : Midland Printers, 1981. A sequel to...God is in the Attic". Author wrote: "Sept 22/84 To "Peggy" A.... with the author's Best Wishes Herbert C. Merry" on title page. Minor creases and spine fade. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" tall. 140 pages. A nostalgic look at events as they occured in Oakville, Ontario around the turn of the century. ...the author's life as a very, very young boy. ...the move from King's Castle to the large red brick home on Dundas Street known as Cramond House. . Signed by Author. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Non-Fiction, Biography, Herbert C. Merry. more information

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Midland, ON, Canada : Midland Printers, 1979. Author wrote: "Sept 20/84 For Peggy A.... With the author's very best wishes for you and years of Happiness. Sincerely Herbert C. Merry" on title page. Minor smudges. Book measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" tall. 133 pages. A nostalgic look at events as they occured in Oakville, Ontario around the turn of the century. ...the author's life as a very, very young boy.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Non-Fiction, Biography, Herbert C. Merry. more information

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Midland, ON, Canada : Midland Printers, 1984. Second Sequel. Author wrote: "Sept 22nd 1984 Best Wishes to Peggy A.... Herbert C. Merry" on title page. Corner creases. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" tall. 114 pages. ...author's childhood days in the early 1900's, through his schooldays and his teenage and high school days. ...life at the large red brick home on Dundas Street known as Cramond House in Oakville, Ontario. . Signed by Author. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Non-Fiction, Biography, Herbert C. Merry. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. Cover wear and creases. Stain on bottom edge at spine. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Book measures 6" x 9 1/4" tall. 256 pages.. ISBN: 080211086X. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Photos & Clippings: 17 Pages.. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Biography, Olga Benario-Prestes, Communists, Germany, Brazil, History, 20th Century. more information

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Boston, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Spine slant. Cover wear at bottom corners. Top corners are turned in. Page 43 has stain. Clipped jacket corner. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Plastic over jacket was taped to covers. Decorated end papers. Gray covers with black print. Book measures 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" tall. 181 Pages.. Second Printing. Cloth. Fair/Good. Illus. by Mays, Victor. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Biography, Pierre Esprit Radisson , History. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1955. Tenth Printing. Cover wear, mostly to edges. Small stains. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Jacket taped to covers. Clipped jacket corner. Red covers with black print. Measures 5 5/8" x 8 1/8" tall. 247 pages includes index. But freedom was not enough. After she escaped she went back for others. She walked, ran, hid, coaxed, cajoled, and prayed, until three hundred of her people had been delivered into freedom. She became the legendary "Moses" whom every plantation.... ISBN: 559215. Later Printing. Cloth. Good/Good. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Biography, Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad. more information

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Saint Augustine, FL, U.S.A., 1955. Displayed by Life-Sized Figures in the Museum. Cover wear and outer, upper spine area is missisng. Name sticker. Book measures 6" x 9" tall. 460 pages includes index. 213 pages of biographies and 237 pages of photos. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fair. Illus. by 237 Glossy Photos from Museum . Non-Fiction, Biographies. more information

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Far Hills, New Jersey, U.S.A.: New Horizon Pr, 1994. The lives of Dorothy Proctor from street criminal to International Special Agent. Spine slant and cover wear, mostly to edges. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Jacket corner clipped. Plastic over jacket taped to covers. Black covers with silver print on rose spine. Measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" tall. 245 pages. "With little more than a wig, some clothes and an attitude, she was:" Dorothy; Dorothy Mills; "Chickie" Tyler; Dorothy Hoffman; Sacha; Mah May Wan; Joanne Castanelli; Other Varied Roles.. ISBN: 0882820990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. ESPIONAGE WOMEN BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY TRUE. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1960. The distillation of Mrs. Roosevelt's life experience: How to become a mature person; How to sue one' time effectively; How to get the best out of people; How to conquer fear; How to maintain hope and help others. Some cover wear to edges. Name on fly-leaf, else clean book. Uncut edges. Jacket has small edge tears and corner clipped. Olive covers with gold and white on black spine measures 5 7/8" x 8 1/2" tall. 211 pages includes index.. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Good/Jacket with Edge Tears. Non-Fiction; Self Help. more information

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London, England: Lutterworth Press, 1965. Minor spine slant and cover wear. Top and bottom cover edges have faded. Library card-pocket had been on back fly-leaf and stamp on front fly-leaf. Plastic over jacket was taped to covers. Baby blue covers with navy print on spine. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8" tall. 140 pages. ...from the school days of a not very brilliant boy who wanted to be a doctor, to the fame, the honours, the knighthood, the Nobel Prize.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Jacket Design: Kennedy, Richard . Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Biography, Sir Frederick Banting. more information

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Greenwich, CT, U.S.A.: Fawcett Crest Books, 1976. The Spectacular ABC-TV Movie Presentation. The Fabulous Escape Artist's Life and Loves.Spine slant, cover wear, tear, scribble and creases. Name. Clean pages. 223 pages. . ISBN: 0449230430. Paperback. Good -. Non-Fiction, Biographies. more information

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Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.: Bison Books Corp, 1966. Minor spine slant and cover wear. Library card-pocket, ex-catalog numbers and stamps. Laminated covers. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8" tall. 198 pages. Charlie Siringo punched cattle for Shanghai Pierce, "rid the Chisholm trail," knew Tascosa, once roped a buffalo, and joined in the chase for Billy the Kid.. ISBN: 0803251874. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Illus. by Lea, Tom. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Biography, Charls A. Siringo. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 1963. Spine slant and cover wear. Smudges to upper pages. Clean book. Gently read. Brown covers with gilt print on spine. Measures 5 5/8" x 8 3/8" tall. 490 pages includes Epilogue, Bibliographical note, Index and 2 maps: Western and Northern Departments of the U.S.A.. ISBN: 6317693. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Non-Fiction, Biography, John Jacob Astor, Fur Trade,. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1987. Minor spine slant, cover wear and creases. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. The stunning expose of life in Castro's prisons. 491 pages. . ISBN: 0345344030. First Printing. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Glossy Photos: 7 Pages. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, History, Imprisonment, Armando Valladares. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: McArthur & Co Pub Ltd, 2001. As Seen On History Television. Minor cover wear. Clean book. Gently read. Measures 5 1/2" x 8 3/8" tall. 359 pages. Contents: The Canadians; Mona Parsons; Joshua Slocum; Jacques Plante; Rattenbury; Nell Shipman; Bill Miner; Katherine Ryan; Simon Gunanoot; Kit Coleman; Calgary Bob Edwards; Billy Hunt; Leon Giglio; Jay Silverheels; Wilf Carter and Montana Slim; Grant MacEwan; Ruth Lowe.. ISBN: 1552782409. Trade Paperback. Very Good. CANADA BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. more information

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U.S.A.: Mercury Books, Inc., 1962. The outstanding, classic biography of Cleopatra, and her love affairs with Caesar and Antony. Minor cover wear and creases. Front cover slightly cracked. Clean book, appears unread. 251 pages.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Photos. Non-Fiction, Biography. more information

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