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1) The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984. Slipcased edition. Green leatherette boards with gilt print, in green leatherette slipcase with gilt trim. Would be essentially Fine but for some rather unsightly browning and speckling to top of text block; in a Fine slipcase. 349 pages + Select Bibliography, Notes & Index.. ISBN: 077101242X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. PIERRE BERTON, CANADIAN HISTORY. more information

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2) Starting Out, 1920-1947
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1987. Signed and dated by Pierre Berton on title page (Oct 87). A very nice copy with faint traces of wear, very slight darkening to dust jacket spine. 331 pages + Index; 16 pages of black-and-white photos. Unclipped dust jacket is protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0771013426. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information

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3) Prisoners of the North
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2004. An as new, unread copy. Portraits of five individuals obsessed by the frozen wilderness of Canada's North: Klondike Joe Boyle, builder of the largest gold dredges in the world and reputed to be the Queen of Romania's lover; Vilhjalmur Stefansson, "the last of the old-time explorers"; the dauntless Lady Jane Franklin; John Hornby, the "fatally charismatic hermit of the tundra"; and Robert Service, the bard of the North. 318 pages + Index; black-and-white photos and maps throughout. Dust jacket is protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0385660464. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. PRISONERS CANADA SOCIAL SCIENCE PENOLOGY. more information

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4) The Dionne Years: A Thirties Melodrama
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977. Signed and dated (Nov '77) by Pierre Berton on title page. Laid in is the publisher's original promotional handout of fold-out paper dolls of the quints (6" high by 3" wide). Dust jacket has some light wear to edges, heavier wear to head of jacket spine, some darkening to inner flaps, and an almost imperceptible scratch to front cover. Unclipped dust jacket is now protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0771012152. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Dionne Quintuplets. more information

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5) The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984. Signed and dated ("Dec 84") by Pierre Berton on title page. Completing volume of Berton's four-volume saga of the opening of the Canadian West following Confederation. 347 pages + Author's Note, Select Bibliography, Notes & Index. Light wear to edges of boards, light soiling to edges of text block. Unclipped dust jacket has some wear and chipping to corners and spine ends, and is now protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0771012438. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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6) The Wild Frontier: More Tales from the Remarkable Past
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1978. Inscribed, signed and dated ("Dec 78") by Pierre Berton on title page. 233 pages + Sources & Acknowledgements and Index. Light wear to edge of boards, some soiling to edges of text block, internally clean but for some soiling to pages 97 & 101-102. Unclipped dust jacket has some light chipping to corners and spine ends, some darkening to edges of jacket flaps, and is now protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0771013604. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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7) The Great Depression 1929-1939
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. Signed and dated ("March '92" ) by Pierre Berton on title page. A very nice copy with only light traces of wear to edges and a touch of darkening to top edges of dust jacket flaps. 517 pages + Bibliography & Index. ISBN: 0771012705. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. more information

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8) Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899 (Revised Edition)
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972. Signed and dated ("Dec '73") by Pierre Berton on title page. First printing of the revised edition. 416 pages + Chronology, A Note on the Revised Edition, Notes, Bibliography & Index. Some soiling to edges of text block. Unclipped dust jacket has a closed tear to top edge of front cover, some general wear and light chipping to edges, and is now protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0771012837. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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9) Stone Country: An Unauthorized History of Canada
Bowering, George

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2003. An as new, unread copy. Signed by George Bowering on title page. "An entertaining, provocative and ultimately enthralling portrait of Canada". 328 pages + Bibliography & Index. Black-and-white illustrations and photos throughout. Dust jacket is protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0143013971. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. GEORGE BOWERING, CANADIAN HISTORY, POLITICS. more information

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10) Lilac Moon: Dreaming of the Real West
Butala, Sharon

Toronto: HarperCollins, 2005. Signed by Sharon Butala on title page. An unread copy with a discrete black marker line to bottom of text block. An exploration of the myths, the history and the peoples of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. 238 pages + Notes & Index. Dust jacket is protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0002007789. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Praire Provinces. more information

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11) Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King
Gray, Charlotte

Toronto: Viking, 1997. Signed by Charlotte Gray on title page. Biography of the daughter of rebel firebrand William Lyon Mackenzie and mother of Canada's longest serving prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King. "An important contribution to the history of Canadian women as well as a richly detailed portrait of Victorian Canada at the dawn of the modern age". 365 pages + Sources & Index; black-and-white photos throughout. Price-clipped dust jacket is protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0670866741. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. MACKENZIE KING, WILLIAM LYON. more information

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12) The Making of Billy Bishop
Greenhous, Brereton

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2002. Controversial revision of the popular perception of First World War Canadian flying ace and VC recipient Billy Bishop. 209 pages + Endnotes & Index; 8 pages of glossy black-and-white photos.. ISBN: 155002390X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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13) Quebec: A Tale of Love
LaPierre, Laurier

Toronto: Penguin Viking, 2001. An as new, unread copy. Signed by author on title page ("Laurier L. LaPierre O.C."). A history of la belle province. "A powerful and dramatic story, one that reminds us of the remarkable and essential role of Quebec in the shaping of our nation." 388 pages + Bibliographical Notes & Index. Dust jacket is protected in mylar.. ISBN: 0670878642. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. QUEBEC, LAURIER LAPIERRE, CANADIAN HISTORY. more information

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14) Marvelous Canadians: Hysterically Historical Rhymes (3 titles, all signed)
Snell, Gordon and Aislin

Toronto: McArthur & Company. Three volumes of this series of satirical poems by Gordon Snell with accompanying caricatures by cartoonist Aislin. Each volume is "as new" and unread, and each volume is signed by both Gordon Snell and Aislin. Titles include "Oh No! More Canadians!" (1998), "Yes! Even More Canadians!" (2000) and "More Marvelous Canadians!" (2002).. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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