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Maclean's , 1955. ....Large loose-leaf portfolio, iv + 12 pages, in full colour, 4 pages of text, with 6 leaves of illustrations (one side only) in full colour, plus front cover illustrations. Originally appeared in Maclean's. dated December 24, 1955. "This portfolio of paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff has been reproduced for your enjoyment from the pages of Maclean's" This portfolio is in VG condition, faint to minor edge wear of the covers, with the pages of plates and text in VG+ Condition. The colours are still vivid. No names or writing. The plates consist of: "Self-Portrait" / "Merrymaking" / "Tobogganing" / "The Sleigh Race" / "Running The Toll" / "Baker's Mishap" / "Breaking Lent" / "Habitant Farm" / "Playtime, Village School" (full page plate) / "Royal Mail Crossing The Ice" (full page plate) / "The Ice Cone At Montmorency Falls" (full page plate). The last three pictures are full page plates. The other illustrations are two to a plate. "The Krieghoff paintings reproduced in this portfolio come from several Canadian collections, public and private. Preparatory work done by the National Film Board for their recent Canada Carries On treatment of Krieghoff - The Jolifou Inn - a bright, lively tour of the painter's best work, made the job easier. Film Board photographer Gar Lunney had spent many months photographing several hundred Krieghoff paintings in clolor and from these the editiors were able to make a final selection." . First Thus Folio . Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Cornelius Krieghoff . Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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Chronicle Printing Co. Pub. . ...Large format soft cover guide (not large print), 116 glossy pages, filled with photos and illustrations, the last date mentioned in guide is 1908, no other date, back cover appears to be missing, minor edge wear, no names or writing, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good Plus. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Ottawa : The Legionary Library, 1937. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine and front. Illustrated throughout with cartoons by D. McRitchie. Former owners name on ffep. Top edge a little dusty. Some fading to the spine & there is some shelf wear. "A collection of anecdotes from WW1. Being a humorous look at the soldiers and officers of the Great War. A clean, square and tight First Edition. A very rare book. . First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cartoons By McRitchie, D. . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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Victoria, B. C. : Acme-Buckle Printing Co. , 1964. 4TH Edition 1964, Signed by author, 120 clean pages. Filled with b & w photos, all about life on Vancouver Island then and now. Former owners name on front cover top right hand corner and on title page stamped name top right hand corner, sticker price residue inside front cover (very small), back cover has crease top corner with 1/2" tear, price sticker on inside back cover. A tight clean and square edition. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter, 1971. ....Tight square and clean, mailing label, minor edge wear, small corner tear front top left, check out the scan. Contents include: Joyful Christmas by Margaret Drury Gane / Jalna - Canada's Forsyte Saga? by Sheila Kenyon / Has Women's Lib Made it to China? by Lisa Hobbs / PMs' Wives: How does Margaret Fit the Mold? by Eileen Turcotte and John Kingston / +. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Magazine. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter, 1972. ....Tight square and clean, minor edge wear, with address label. Contents include: 'Till He Takes A Wife by Margaret Drury Gane / Marie Latour: Canada's Unknown Heroine by Jan Forster, fully illustrated / +. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Magazine. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter, 1972. ....Tight square and clean, minor edge wear, address label missing. ink date on front cover top right corner (check the scan). Contents include: Small and Private Moment by Valerie Elliston / A Girl Of Reputation by Marian Engel / Some of Our Best Poets Are ...Women (Phyllis Webb, Dorothy Livesay, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Avison, P.K. Page, Phyllis Gotlieb, Susan Musgrave, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Miriam Waddington) by Merie Shain / +. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Magazine. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter, 1972. ....Tight clean and square, 120 pages, edge wear mainly at spine, address label missing. Contents include: Storm Centre by Shelila MacKay Russell / Habit of Love by Miriam Waddington / The Passionate George Sand by Marian Engel, with photos / Best Wine by Sondra Gotlieb / +. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Magazine. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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Calgary, Alberta Canada: Frontier Publishing Ltd., 1968. ....Large format soft cover booklet (not large print), 60 pages, tight clean and square, no names or writing, illustrated with 16 b & w photos and a centre spread double page map of "The Townsite of Frank, Alberta - before the 1903 Rock Slide", any image directly beside this lisitng is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Stapled Booklet. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Canmore, Alberta, Canada: Altitude Pub Canada Ltd, 2004. ....Tight clean and square, 144 pages, with double page map, b & w photos, flat uncreased spine, 1 page is dog eared. "...Around noon (Walsh and his men) realized they were being watched by mounted Sioux, who were sitting motionless on the hilltops. As the small group rode on, more Sioux appeared on the hills untill Walsh and his men were completely surrounded." "Canada established a unique mounted police force in 1873 to restore law and order to the western frontier. The men who joined the Force and marched west shared many characteristics - a love of adventure, exrteme endurance, and a strong sense of pride in their new country. Their adventures and escapades are legendary." Contents include: Prologue / How It All Began / Prairie Policing / Policing the Klondike / Pushing Into the Arctic / Crazy Exploits in North Country / Breaking Boundaries / Epilogue / Bibliography. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. Illus. by E. Flint of the North West Mounted Police . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Orillia, Ont. : Severn Publication, 1995. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), 167 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, fully illustrated in b & w, with maps, flat uncreased spine, former owners name and decication on title page, minor edge wear to corners, with a few light impression marks ( very minor ), . Signed by Author. First Edition First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Ottawa, ON, Canada: The Tecumseh Press, Limited, 1983. -----Large format soft cover (not large print), tight clean and square, (xi) 212 pages, flat spine with minor creases. Contents include: Preface to the Second Edition by David Arnason / Intro by David Arnason / by Thomas McCulloch / The Letters of Patty Pry by Anonymous / "The Clockmaker" & "Cumberland Oysters Produce Melancholy Forebodings" by Thomas Haliburton / Jeremiah Desborough; or, The Kentuckian by John Richardson / Brian, the Still Hunter by Susanna Moodie / Alice Sydenham's First Ball by Mrs. Rosanna Leprohon / A Legend of the Lake by Mrs. Harriet V. Chency / Old Man Savarin by E. W. Thompson / The Pantekalidescopenecropolis Coffe-Maker by "Jamix" / The Chase of the Tide by Norman Duncan / Do Seek their Meat from God by Charles G. D. Roberts / My Stowaway by Robert Barr (Luke Sharp) / Labrie's Wife by Duncan Campbell Scott / A, B, and C by Sephen Leacock / Biogrphical Notes. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: J. Lorimer & Co, 1987. ....Grey cloth with gilt on spine, tight clean and square, 222 pages, illustrated with b & w photos, no names or writing, dust jacket is in NF condition. "Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Gladys Arnold was sent to Paris by Canadian Press in October 1939, and was the only Canadian reporter to experience the sudden, traumatic invasion of France by the Germans in the spring of 1940. Fleeing Paris only days before it was occupied by the Nazis, Arnold returned to Canada passionately committed to the cause of the Free French - a cause which from 1941 on she tirelessly promoted as information officer with the Free French office in Ottawa. She was one of the first journalists to interview General Charles de Gaulle, and she brings to life many of the memorable people, French and Canadian, who fought in the underground war." Any image direclty beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto, 1953. ....Large format stapled paper wraps ( soft cover) (not large print), 200 pages, tight clean and square, minor edge wear/rubbing, flat spine with minor creasing, pull-out (fold-out) map ,in colour, of The Canadian National Exhibition Grounds 16" by 9", fully illustrated programme. With List of Exhibitors / List of entertainers: including: Victor Borge, Jimmy Shields, Darvis and Julia, Eric Christmas, Terry Dale, Billy O.Connor, Annell & Brask, The Brockways, Silla, Irene Apine, Bernard Johnson, Frank Pepaitt, John Aylesworth, Fifi, Bobby Brandt, The Harmonic Aires, Bernie Johnson, Warren, Latona and Sparks, Jimmy Shields, Alan & Blanche Lune, Canadian Armed Forces Drill Squad, Circus and Vaudeville Acts, Happy Harrison's Dog & Pony Circus, Tien Tsi Liu, Annell & Brask, Docky's Basketball Playing Dogs, The Olympaires, The Bowery Bouncer, Sensational Albon / A list of the Notables who have officiated at the openng of the CNE since 1878 / Exhibition Buildings and the year of erection / CNE directory of general exhibits building / A day by day, hour by hour schedule / Exhibition Lands Site of Original Toronto by J. C. Boylen / Elsa Jenkins - New Manager Women's Department / with lots of advertisement / Double page advertisement "Her Majesty's Canadian Armed Forces" / List of Famous Bands Engaged for the CNE - 1904-1953 / 7 page schedule of Military Band Concerts by "The Band of The Welsh Guards" / Full page ad "World Famous Austin Mini-Stars" featuring the New Austin Healey, with pictures / List of Competitors - music competitions / Sport Schedule and Officials for the 75th year of the CNE / Half page picture of "The World Champion Lionettes" Girls Softball team, 1953, 3 times World Champions, from Orange, Cal. ( Ruth Sears, Bertha Ragan, Florence Morner, Shirley Stayton, Bobby Jordan, Bev Connors, Carol Ingersoll, Bobbie Allen, Anne Babashoff, Carol Scott, Marcia Buchanan, Mildred Dixon, Ellie Misko Sally Carman, Elaine Harris, Chub Sears, Louis Morner / Half page picture of Shirley Campbell, Fergus, Ont. winner of the Women's Professional Swim in 1952 / Half page picture of Cliff Lumsden winner of the Men's Professional Swim in 1952, with Mayor Allan A. Lamport. Any image directly beside this lsiting is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Stapled Paper Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Lyons Pr, 2004. ....Quarter bound in black cloth with silver lettering, x, 326, pages, tight clean and square, no names, dust jacket has a small 1/4" closed tear back lower edge. "In 1972 the British Imperial War Museum set about the momentous task of tracing ordinary veterans of World War I and interviewing them in detail about their experiences. The Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, which inludes recorded firsthand accounts of the experiences of American, British, Canadian, French, and German soldiers, as well as soldiers from the British Commonwealth, has since grown to be the most important collection of its kind in the world." Any image directly beside this lisitng is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Lyons Pr, 2004. ....Quarter bound in red cloth with silver lettering, 486 pages, tight clean and square, no name, filled with b & w photos, spine has creases, small errant yellow mark on top edge (not remainder), dust jacket has tiny 1/16" closed tear at bottom edge front flap. "In order to assemble all the narratives for 'Forgotten Voices of World War II', editor Max Arthur and his team of researchers were given unlimited access to the complete collection of World War II audiotapes accumulated by the British Imperial War Museum. These are the almost forgotten voices of an entire generation of civilian and military survivors of some of the most mundane - or horrendous - episodes of the war." Amy image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: Charlton Press. ....Two large format soft covers (not large print), both in NF condition, both with flat uncreased spines, no names or writing, both books are illustrated with b & w photos, 99 pages in "Distinguished Flying Medal" (1984) ISBN # 0-88968-0507 , 129 pages in "Distinguished Conduct and Military Medal" (1983) ISBN # 0-88968-049-3, both books have a small price sticker and a small shadow of a price sticker on back cover (Minor), Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Editions 1983 & 1984. Soft Covers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Coach House Press, 1993. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), no names, flat uncreased spine. "This stimulating miscellany of fictions, meditations, flights of imagination and fantasy homes in on Shakespeare, bats, tree strumps, ecological disasters, bodies, male and female, the future, and theology, among other maters. Here the reader will learn ways with "practical and decorative" men (made out of gingerbread) or encounter Gertrude offering Hamlet a piece of her mind: "I'm not wringing my hands, I'm drying my nails!" Or a reincarnated bat explainging how Bram Stoker got Dracula all wrong." Contents include: Hardball / My Life as a Bat / Theology / An Angel / Poppies: Three Variations / Homelanding / Third Handed / Death Scenes / Four Small Paragraphs / We Wants it All / Dance of the Lepers / Good Bones / Bad News / The Little Red Hen Tells All / Gertrude Talks Back / There Was Once / Unpopular Gals / Let Us Now Praise Stupid Women / The Female Body / In Love With Raymond Chandler / Stump Hunting / Making a Man / Epaulettes / Cold-Blooded / Men at Sea / Alien Territory / Adventure Story. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Uncredited. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1990. -----Black cloth with gilt on spine (xvi) 112 pages, illustrated through-out by Aislin, no names, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition."Barbed Lyres celebrates the return of satirical poetry with a vengence! Well-known & ordinary Canadians from across the country revile in verse Canada's most ridiculous & proposterous figures & institutions. Canadians have their say in this biting look at the True North Strong & Free. A Foreword by Margaret Atwood and cartoons by Aislin enhance this treasrry of tongue-lashing tidbits that will amuse & outrage Canadians everywhere." Some of the contrubutors are: , Tomson, Highway, Richard Hatfielf, Tom Wayman, Robin Skelton, Don Harron, Linda Griffiths, John Gray, Allan Gould, Sen. Royce Frith, John Fraser, Howard Engel, Robertson Davies, Pierre Berton, Dave Barrett, Dennis Lee, Mavor Moore, Susan Musgrave, Eric Nicol, Charles Pachter, Robert Priest, Al Purdy, Erika Ritter. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Illustrations by Aislin . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1998. Large format soft cover (not large print), 252 clean pages, no store stamps or names, tight square and clean, with b & w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First English Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: W. J. Gage , 1967. - Red cloth with gilt on spine, (xxiii) 927 pages + 9 blank pages for Readers Notes, red end papers, ink name on ffep, faint shelf wear, packaged weight of book is just under 2 Kilos so depending on destination extra shipping may be asked, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Jean Galt, Mary Guest. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: W. J. Gage & Co., 1991. - Large format soft cover (not large print), (xxiii) 927 pages + 9 blank pages for Readers Notes, tight square and clean, flat uncreased spin with edge wear, packaged weight of book is just over 1 Kilo so depending on destination extra shipping may be asked, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Jean Galt, Mary Guest. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1978. - Tight square and clean, (xii) 181 pages, minor edge wear/rubbing, ink name on inside cover, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Thus New Canadian Library N-148. Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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Ontario, : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1980. ....Brown boards with gilt on spine, 271 pages, illustrated with b & w photos, tight clean and square, no names, some sunning to pages, dust jacket is in NF condition. "Between 1870 and the depression of the 1930's more than 80,000 children from the British Isles journeyed to Canada in an extraordinary but almost forgotten odyssey. Some came from the streets of London and Liverpool where they lived by their wits; others were taken from loving families who could no longer provide for them. Often with no choice in the decision, they were sent to Canada by will-meaning philanthropists in what seemed the perfect solution to a dual problem: what to do with tens of thousands of children from the slums of Britain who had no future there, and how to meet the need for cheap labour on Canadian farms. Above all., this is the story of the children themselves, many of them still alive and able to recall, in vivid and poignant detail, what it was like to be uprooted from familiar surroundings and sent to live amidst a nation of strangers." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus Plus/NF. Illus. by James Hill . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Burlington Ont: Eagle Press , 1990. ,,Red cloth with gilt on boards, tight square and clean, (vi) 217 pages, no names, filled with b & w photos. Contents include: Barton, Hamilton - 1811 / St. Paul's, Burlington - 1816 / St. Andrew's, Ancaster - 1824 / Knox, Waterdown - 1830 / St. John's, Grimsby - 1831 / Knox, Dundas - 1831 / Kirkwall, Beverly - 1832 / West Flamborough, Christie's Corners - 1832 / St. Paul's, Hamilton - 1833 / Central, Hamilton - 1841 / Cheyne, Stoney Creek - 1843 / Knox, Binbrook - 1843 / Chalmers, Walpole - 1843 / Knox, Hamilton - 1844 / Knox, Burlington - 1845 / St. Paul's, Carluke - 1845 / Knox, Port Dover - 1845 / Caledonia, Town of Haldimand - 1846 / Alberton, Town of Ancaster - 1846 / The Auld Kirk, Binbrook - 1853 / MacNab Street, Hamilton - 1854 / St. Andrew's, Hamilton - 1856 / St. John, Hamilton - 1856 / Knox, Jarvis - 1856 / Erskine, Hamilton - 1873 / Westmount, Hamilton - 1875 / St. Andrew's, Hagersville - 1880 / Calvin, Hamilton - 1887 / New Westminster, Hamilton - 1902 / Chalmers, Hamiton - 1903 / St. Giles, Hamilton - 1907 / Olivet, Hamilton - 1908 / Laidlaw Memorial, Hamilton - 1890 ? / Knox, Sheffield ( 1812 ) 1912 / St. David's, Hamilton - 1911 / Italian, Hamilton - 1925 / St. Enoch, Hamilton - 1925 / John Calvin Hungarian, Hamilton - 1926 / St. James, Hamilton - 1927 / St. Columba, Hamilton - 1940 / Ukrainian, Hamilton - 1946 / St. Cuthbert's, Hamilton - 1947 / The South Gate, Hamilton - 1949 / Aldershot, Burlington - 1952 / Roxborough Park, Hamilton - 1954 / Eastmount, Hamilton - 1954 / Strathcona, Burlington - 1957 / Chedoke, Hamilton - 1957 / Pineland, Burlington - 1964 / Brant Hills, Burington - 1973 / Heritage Green, Stoney Creek - 1986 / The Presbytery of Hamilton 1836 - 1875 / The Presbytery of Hamilton 1875 - 1925 / The Presbytery of Hamilton 1925 - 1967 / The Hamilton Presbyterial W. M. S. ( W. D. ) / Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour / Men's Organizations / The Hamilton Presbyterian Church Extension Union / The Presbyterian Young People's Society / The Organ Debate / Hymns in Worship / Christian Education 1900 - 1967 / Hamilton Hospital Ministry / Church Union / Presbyterian Urban Ministry / Presbyterian Residences Inc. Hamilton / Congregations in The Presbytery of Hamilton (Map). Any image direclty beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Hamilton, Ont.: Hamilton , 1996. ....39 page booklet, tight clean and square, former owners name on inside front, illustrated through-out, any image direclty beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: E C W Press, 2001. -----Large format soft cover (not large print), with french flaps, 757 pages with b & w photos through-out plus 16 pages of colour photos, no names. "In chronicling the years 1985 - 1995, Barclay, Jack and Schneider have filled a gaping hole in the written account of Canadian popular music. Based upon dozens of original interviews & copious coverage of secondary sources, Have Not Been The Same passionately tells the story and extols the musical virtues of such latter-day Canadian heroes as Mary Margaret O'Hara, the Cowboy Junkies and the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. Be forwarned, the enthusinsm the three writers share for their subject matter will send most readers scouring through used record stores looking for long out of print CDs, vinyl & cassettes. Happy reading and happy hunting!" (Rob Bowman). Packaged weight of book is over 1.5 Kilos so depending on destination exrta shipping may be asked. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. 1st Edition. Soft Cover with French Flaps. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1992. ....Orange boards with black lettering, tight square and clean, headband, no names, viii + 358 pages, + 16 pages of b & w plates, end papers are maps, dust jacket is in NF condition. "When war broke out in Sept. 1939, the Allied ari forces had few combat aircraft and even fewer military pilots ready to fight. So in Dec. 1939, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada created the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Most of the air crew training took place in Canada. The instructors moulded thousands of teenaged recruits into fighter and bomber pilots, navigators, air-gunners, bomb-aimers, wireless operators, and ground crew. They took pilots from elementary "circuits and bumps" on Fleet Finches to the rigours of aerobatics in Harvards, navigational practice in Ansons, or gunnery exercises in Fairey Battles. At its peak, the plan adminstered 107 schools and 184 other units at 231 sites across Canada, operated 11,000 aircraft, and employed 104,000 men and women. The BCATP trained 200,000 air crew in less than five years." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Cover Art by Garfield Ingram . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: Thomas Allen & Son , 1967. Blue cloth covered boards, with orange lettering. No names or stamps in book. Dust jacket has small chips at spine, some rubbing and light indentations on cover. Cover printed in England, and price clipped. 128 clean white pages, illustrated throughout including a double page map. A tight and square Thus First Canadian edtion. No indications of later printings. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Leslie Callan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Toronto: Viking / Madison Press Book , 1985. -----Green cloth with gilt on spine, headband, 179 pages, filled with colour (and some b & w) illustrations/paintings, SIGNED BY ROBERT BATEMAN on half-title page, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. Contents include: Robert Bateman and his World / Plates and Commentaries / Appendix. Packaged weight of book is over 2 Kilos so dependiing on destination extra shipping may be asked. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. Signed by Robert Bateman . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Robert Bateman. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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