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1) Bassett
Siggins, Maggie

Bassett
Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 1979 Dust jacket has stain near top edge of both panels (outside and inside); closed tears and small chips at edges; and creasing. Blue hardcover with gold lettering on spine. Light shelfwear and rubbing to covers. Text is tight and bright. Black and white illustrations, from photos. 251 pages with index. 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches in size. From dj "John Bassett's forty years in politics, publishing, business and sports".. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. ... (more information)

Offered by Trylinski Books (Saskatchewan, Canada)






$10.00
2) Bethune
Stewart, Roderick

Bethune
Markham, Ontario: PaperJacks Ltd., 1975 Mass market paperback. Edgewear and rubbing to ccovers. Small ink mark near top edge of front cover. Browning to pages. 210 pages. 4 1/2 by 7 inches in size. From front cover "The Canadian doctor who became a hero in China and around the world". . Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. ... (more information)

Offered by Trylinski Books (Saskatchewan, Canada)


$7.00
3) THE BOOTLEGGER'S BRIDE
Carpenter, Jock

Canada: Gorman & Gorman, 1993. Very clean sound copy. 321 pages including black and white reproductions of historic photographs, documents. "The story of Emil Piciarello, the infamous Crowsnest Pass bootlegger, and Forence Losandro has been the stuff of legend, folklore ... now this incredible story of the 1921 murder of an Alberta Provincial Police officer [is] told in its entirety, complete with court documentation, original pictures and hundreds of interviews with relatives, court officials and the bri... (more information)

Offered by Literacy Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada)
$40.00
4) TO CAST THE ANCHOR
Poole, Cyril

St John's Newfoundland Canada: Harry Cuff Publications Limited, 1995. Illustrated wraps, vertical crease, slight rubbing. Very clean, sound copy. 233 pages plus 2 pages of outline maps. The book, based on detailed logs, is "a light-hearted account of almost four decades of sailing, over calm seas and through storm and tempest. It records stories of cod jigging, mussel boils, days and nights at anchor in deserted harbours, voyages to Quirpon and the Funks and flash-backs to adventures with ghosts and oth... (more information)

Offered by Literacy Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada)

$22.00
5) ALBERTA'S CENTENNIAL, A CELEBRATION!
Various Authors

ALBERTA'S CENTENNIAL, A CELEBRATION!
Lone Pine Publishing. New 2006. First Edition. Softcover. New in shrink wrap. Includes commemorative DVD. Captures the people of Alberta in photos, video and in their own words as they joined family, friends and neighbours to honour their provinces's 100th birthday. Fr om family reunions, homecomings and fairs, to parades, plays and picnics, this book & accompanying DVED present a loving portrait of Albertans at their proudest, most creative and most joyful. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . ... (more information)

Offered by Ravenswood Books (Alberta, Canada)
$23.50
6) Adventures of a Columnist
Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1960. hb, grey cloth, title white, 211pp, minor shelf rub; dj- protected, minor wrinkle and chip edges, VG+/VG. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Offered by J and S West Books (Ontario, Canada)

$15.50
7) Consequences
Trudeau, Margaret

Consequences
Toronto, Ontario: Seal Book/McClelland and Stewart, 1982 Dust jacket has small closed tears and chips, at edges, and some creasing on both panels. Brown book with gold lettering on spine. Shelfwear and rubbing. Bright, clean. Black and white illustrations, from photos. 192 pages. From dj "Margaret Trudeau describes, with often humorous detail, her final skirmishes with her famous husband, her temporary status as a boarder in the attic of 24 Sussex Drive, the Trudeau family's move to Stornoway following... (more information)

Offered by Trylinski Books (Saskatchewan, Canada)





$10.00
8) Dear Bill
Lennox, John / Lacombe, Michele Editors

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988. red cloth, title silver, xxxii,368pp, in dj, "The Correspondence of William Arthur Deacon.", Fine/ VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Offered by J and S West Books (Ontario, Canada)


$14.50
9) DOUKHOBOR DAZE
O'Neail, Hazel

Sidney British Columbia Canada: Gray's Publishing Ltd, 1968. Yellow cloth-covered boards; black lettering; red illustration; bumping to spine ends; slight rubbing; very small mark on cover; name erased on inside front cover. Very clean, sound copy. 143 pages illustrated with a number of black and white drawings. A collection of vivid character sketches and humorous vignettes of everyday life from the author's experiences of teaching school in the Doukhobor settlement of Brilliant BC - how she faced dang... (more information)

Offered by Literacy Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada)

$20.00
10) Earle Birney
Davey, Frank

Earle Birney
Vancouver: Copp Clark Publishing, 1971 Mass market paperbck. From the Studies in Canadian Literature series edited by Hugo McPherson and Gary Geddes. Edgewear and rubbing to covers. Creasing on back cover. Light browning to pages. 128 pages. 4 1/2 by 7 inches in size.. Soft Cover. Good. ... (more information)

Offered by Trylinski Books (Saskatchewan, Canada)

$7.00
11) Emily Carr: A Biogrpahy
Tippett, Maria

Emily Carr: A Biogrpahy
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1979 No dust jacket. Moderate edgewear and rubbing. Spine has come unglued from the text block, but both hinges are intact. Slight spine lean. Fingerprint marks on a few pages. Black and white illustrations plus 10 color illustrations. 314 pages with index. A biography of Emily Carr, one of Canada's well known artists. . Hard Cover. Good. ... (more information)

Offered by Trylinski Books (Saskatchewan, Canada)


$10.00
12) Expatriate
Minifie, James M

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1976. brown boards, title gilt, x,214pp, slight bump to corners; dj- protected, edges chipped and worn with small pieces missing (corners) and small tears, minor soil and discolouration, VG/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Offered by J and S West Books (Ontario, Canada)



$8.50
13) The Fiercest Debate
Kyer, C. Ian / Bickenbach, Jerome E

Toronto Ont.: The Osgoode Society, 1987. red cloth, title and dec gilt, xii,(8),340pp, ndj, "Cecil A. Wright, the Benchers, and Legal Education in Ontario 1923-1957" VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Offered by J and S West Books (Ontario, Canada)


$12.50
14) Forceps, Fin and Feather
Bigelow, Wilfred Abram

Altona, Manitoba: Friesen & Sons, 1969. Clean, tight, unmarked; tanning to pages; name erased from ffep; otherwise very minimal wear to book; rubbing to dustjacket; 1" tear to dj back corner at upper spine extreme; wear to corners of dj; 116 pp; "This is the personal homespun account of the remarkable experiences of a pioneer Canadian doctor and surgeon. Practising in Manitoba at the turn of the century, Dr. Bigelow used his native ingenuity as well as his medical skill to improvise dramatic ... (more information)

Offered by Werdz Quality Used Books (Manitoba, Canada)



$8.50
15) FEDERALISM AND THE FRENCH CANADIANS
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott

FEDERALISM AND THE FRENCH CANADIANS
MacMillan Canada. Very Good 1968. Third Printing. Softcover. Light edge & corner wear, crease to spine, some rubbing to edges. Internal pages unmarked, age tanning to pages. Includes are some of the most important pieces done by Trudeau on federalism and the French-Canadian society - taken from his various speeches from 1964-1967. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) [os]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . ... (more information)

Offered by Ravenswood Books (Alberta, Canada)


$4.50
16) Barbara Frum
Frum, Linda

Toronto (1996): Random House. blue boards, title gilt, 287pp, 1st pr, dj- protected, minor rubbing, minor dubbing at bottom fr edge, VG+/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Offered by J and S West Books (Ontario, Canada)



$9.50
17) Ginger
Mayse, Susan

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1990. yellow cloth,titles grey,230pp,in dj. Early 1900's Labour in mining Industry in BC, biography. VG+/VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Offered by J and S West Books (Ontario, Canada)


$10.00
18) Escape From The Glue Factory
Rosenblatt, Joe

Escape From The Glue Factory
Toronto: Exile Editions Ltd., 1985 Ex-library copy. Library label on spine; pocket and stamp on half-title page and stamp at bottom edge. Spine and fore-edge of covers reinforced with clear tape. 112 pages. 6 by 9 inches in size. Subtitle reads "A Memoir of a Paranormal Toronto Childhood in the Late Forties". . Soft Cover. Good. ... (more information)

Offered by Trylinski Books (Saskatchewan, Canada)

$7.00
19) Burn This Gossip
Godfrey, Sheldon & Judith

Toronto: The Duke & George Press, 1991. wine boards, title gilt, xvi,160pp, #69/125 of special ed, signed by authors, includes wax impression of benjamin's original seal, fr flap slightly discoloured (from wax), otherwise Fine in Fine dj & Fine marbled slipcase, "the true story of George Benjamin of Belleville, Canada's first Jewish member of Parliament 1857-1863".. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Offered by J and S West Books (Ontario, Canada)



$40.00
20) Alexander Graham Bell at Braddeck
Wing, Chris

Alexander Graham Bell at Braddeck
Baddeck, Nova Scotia: Christopher King, 1980 Ex-library copy. Staple bound. One library stamp on title page. Shelfwear and rubbing to covers. Crease at corners. A picture history. 48 pages. 7 1/4 by 10 3/4 inches in size. . Soft Cover. Good. ... (more information)

Offered by Trylinski Books (Saskatchewan, Canada)



$7.00
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