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The Irish and Highland Harps
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New York: Praeger Publishers, 1969. A nice copy; one neatly closed tear to dust jacket. Facsimile reprint (Irish University Press), published originally in 1904.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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A Londoner in Rupert's Land: Thomas Bunn of the Hudson's Bay Company
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Sussex: Moore and Tillyer., 1969. A nice copy of a scarce title.. First British Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information
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Beddoe's Canadian Heraldry. Revised by Col. Strome Galloway, F.H.S.C
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Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing, 1981. Number 752 of 1,000 copies.. First Canadian Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. more information
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A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece
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New York: Random House, 1995. Inscribed by Jane Jacobs. A nice copy.. Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Fine. more information
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History of the British West Indies
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London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954. First British Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Aston Martin. The Story of a Sports Car
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London: Motor Racing Publications, 1957. A comprehensive history (to 1957) of the car and company.. First British Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Understanding Antique Wine Bottles
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Woodbridge, United Kingdom: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., 1992. An excellent copy of a scarce title. Second printing.. Second Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information
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Magennis VC. The Story of Northern Ireland's only winner of the Victoria Cross
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Dublin: History Ireland, 1998. Inscribed on title page. A nice copy of a very scarce title.. Signed by Author. First British Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information
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La Rochefoucault-Liancourt's Travels in Canada 1795. Thirteenth Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario. With annotations and strictures by Sir David William Smith
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Toronto: A.T. Wilgress, 1917. Moderate wear to wrappers.. First Canadian Edition. Printer Wrapper. Good. more information
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La Rochefoucault-Liancourt's Travels in Canada 1795. Thirteenth Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario. With annotations and strictures by Sir David William Smith
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Toronto: A.T. Wilgress, 1917. Bound in navy boards, a very scarce title cloth-bound. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. more information
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Northrop Frye on Culture and Literature: A Collection of Review Essays
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1978. Signed on title page; books signed by Northrop Frye are quite scarce. An unrelated inscription is on free front end-paper.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information
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Winston S. Churchill, Volume III: 1914-1916, The Challenge of War (Signed)
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Inscribed by Martin Gilbert on title page. First printing of the First American edition. Quite scarce signed by Martin Gilbert.. Signed by Author. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. more information
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Seven Letters on the Recent Politics of Switzerland
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London: T.C. Newby, 1847. Bound in cloth and paper boards. A nice copy.. First British Edition. Cloth. Very Good. more information
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A Diplomatic History of the Balkan Crisis of 1875 - 1878: The First Year
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Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1969. A nice copy of this extremely scarce academic work. Published originally by Stanford University Press in 1936.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information
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The Story of the Old Fort at Toronto [Fort York]
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Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1934. Approx. 36 pp., soft-cover, bound in cloth, illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs. A rare title on the history of Fort York (Toronto) and the War of 1812.. First Canadian Edition. Paperback. Very Good. more information
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The History and Topography of the United States of North America from the Earliest Period. With Additions and Corrections, by Samuel L. Knapp [ & ] a Continuation to the Present Time, by John Choules. Third edition
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Boston: Samuel Walker, 1850. Bound in quarter-leather. Two volumes bound as one. Complete with 40 fine steel engraved plates of Famous Scenes (Bunkers Hill, Penn's Treaty) with Views (such as Schenectady, Albany, New York City, Harper's Ferry, &c.), Portraits, &c., including frontispieces, one map, and engraved title pages. A very large book with a solid binding.. Third Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. more information
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Dai Greatcoat: A Self-Portrait of David Jones in His Letters
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London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1980. A nice copy of a scarce title.. First British Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information
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The Victory of Television
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Bound in cloth with dust jacket. An early work on the development of television in the United States. Written on the eve of World War II. Rare.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh, and the Problems of Peace 1812-1822
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. 354 pages. Henry Kissinger's first book. Quite scarce in first edition with dust jacket.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Selected Literary Essays
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. First edition. A very nice copy of an unusually scarce C.S. Lewis title in cloth binding with dust jacket showing only the slightest signs of aging.. First British Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. more information
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The Literary Impact of the Authorised Version
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London: University of London (Athlone Press), 1950. First edition, pamphlet, 26 pp. Showing some wear to covers, a nice copy of a scarce C.S. Lewis title.. First British Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. more information
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Records of Han Administration. Two Volumes: Historical Assessment & Documents
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967. Set of two volumes. Volume 1, Historical Assesment; Volume 2, Documents. Both volumes in very good condition showing only some evidence of usage. Dust jackets in good condition. A scarce set in first edition with dust jackets.. First British Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. more information
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Foreigners in the Union Army and Navy
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1951. 725 pages. A nice copy of a scarce Civil War title.. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. more information
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Recent Locomotives (1886). Enlarged Edition
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Novato, CA: Newton K. Gregg, 1972. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. more information
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Suppression of the Rebellion in the North West Territories of Canada, 1885
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1948. Edited with Introduction by G. H. Needler. Inscribed by G.H. Needler. Quite scarce.. Signed by Author. First Canadian Edition. Cloth. Very Good. more information
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Canadian Expeditionary Force; 1914-1919
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Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1962. Excellent copy of a scarce title.. First Canadian Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information
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Hegel's Philosophy of Nature. Volume II: Physics
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London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1970. This volume is the first English translation of the second part of Hegel's Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences. A nice copy of a very scarce title.. First Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information
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The Loyalists in Ontario: The Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada
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Hunterdon House, 1973. Bound in red cloth. A nice copy of a scarce title.. Cloth. Fine. more information
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The Letters of John McLoughlin from Fort Vancouver to the Governor and Committee. Second Series, 1839 - 44
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Toronto: Champlain Society, 1943. Bound in red decorative cloth binding of the Champlain Society. Crested edition. Copy # 340 of 550 impressions. A nice copy of a very scarce title. Published separately by the Hudson's Bay Record Society (in blue cloth).. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. more information
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A History of the School of Architecture, Columbia University
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New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. wear and chipping to dust jacket. 114 pp. with illustrations. A very scarce title.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. more information
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Althorp: The Story of an English House
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London: Viking, 1998. Signed, with brief inscription on title page, by Charles Earl Spencer, brother of Princess Diana. A title very scarce signed by the Earl Spencer.. Signed by Author. First British Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information
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Dr. Karl von Spruner's Historico-Geographical Hand Atlas
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London: Trubner & Co., 1861. Cloth binding, about very good, 12.5 inches by 10 inches (32mm. x 25mm.). Boards show significant wear, front board is partially separated from hinges. Contains 26 historical maps of Europe from Roman era until Napoleon. Maps are all about very good with some evidence of wear and usage, foxing throughout. This volume was an authorized English abridgement of Dr. von Spruner's larger German Atlas and is quite scarce in English.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information
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An Introductory Guide to The ANATHEMATA and the SLEEPING LORD Sequence of David Jones
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Victoria, B.C.: Sono Nis Press, 1979. A very scarce title.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. more information
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The Parish Churches in the Ancient Vale of Mowbray (Signed)
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Thirsk: Corner Craft Publications, 1984. Oblong, bound in brown cloth. Number 347 of 1000 copies printed in the first edition, 36 sketches by Keith Surgey with text commentary by David Trotman on the churches of Mowbray. Signed on title page by Keith Surgey and David Trotman.. First British Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. more information
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A Bibliography of The First Editions of Books by William Butler Yeats
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London: The First Editions Club, 1924. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Limited to 500 impressions, printed on Japon vellum at the Curwen Press, 46 p.p.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Tree and Leaf
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London, United Kingdom: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1973. Eighth impression of the first edition. A nice copy of a scarce title in the British edition. Features J.R.R. Tolkien's signature facsimile on title page.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Bitwa o Monte Cassino: Tom II [The Fight for Monte Cassino: Volume II]
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Rome: Department for Culture and Media, 2nd Polish Corps, 1946. Bound in decorative cloth. An extremely scarce book on the subject of the Polish Free Forces and their role in the attack on Monte Cassino during World War II. Volume II only of a three volume set. Text entirely in Polish, many illustrations, maps etc. 392 pp.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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A Flora of the Alaskan Arctic Slope
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962. Arctic Institute of North America Special Publication, Number 4. An exceptional copy, unmarked and showing no evidence of usage. Trace wear to dust jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information
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The Buddhist Conquest of China: the Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China
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Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1959. 468 pages; 320 pages of text and 168 pages of Notes, Bibliography and Indexes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. more information
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