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The Big Lie of War "Prosperity"
by BURTON, Bernard
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1952
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- Good
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$10.00
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New York: New Century Publishers, 1952. Booklet. Good. 24 p. 19 cm. 3 b&w line drawings. Staplebound pamphlet. A few creases. Tear in p. 6.
Topics include: what war means for plain people; dollar's buying power slashed in half; peace with the Soviet Union indispensible; etc. More New Century pamphlets listed on rear cover.
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Secrets of the White Lady
by LANDAU, Captain Henry
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1935
- Condition
- Good
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$30.00
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. Good/Good. ix, [3], 13-314 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Burgundy cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has numerous chips and tears to edges, darkening and soiling to rear panel. Book itself has worn edgesand cracked hinges. A little thumbing inside.
"The inside story of 'The White Lady,' the greatest secret… Read more
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Deductions from the World War
by FREYTAG-LORINGHOVEN, Lieutenant-General Baron von
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1918
- Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First Edition
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$25.00
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Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. xi, 212, [5] p. 19 cm. B&w frontispiece portrait. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has chips and tears in edges. Speckles on rear board. Small teasr in edges of Foreword.
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My Second Year of the War
by PALMER, Frederick
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1917
- Condition
- Very good
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$35.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead, 1917. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 404 p. 20 cm. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has chips and tears to edges, a few small marks. Ink inscription on front pastedown.
"By the only accredited American correspondent, who had freedom of the field in the Battles of the Somme."
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One Man's War: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille
by HALL, Lieutenant Bert; NILES, Lieutenant John J.
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1929
- Condition
- Good
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$30.00
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New York: Henry Holt, 1929. Hardcover. Good. vi, 353 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Red cloth with gold impressing. Spine faded. A little wear. Stain on fore-edge affecting some margins.
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Canada's Wings Vol. 2: Consolidated Liberator & Boeing Fortress
by VINCENT, Carl; HOPP, G. G. (illus.)
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1975
- Condition
- Near fine
- ISBN
- 9780920002018
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$35.00
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Stittsville, ON: Canada's Wings, 1975. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. 246 p. 29 cm. B&w illustrations. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Slight wear to jacket edges.
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Campaigns And Intervals
by GIRAUDOUX, Jean; SERGEANT, Elizabeth S. (trans.)
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1918
- Condition
- Very good
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$25.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918. Hardcover. Very good. 272 p. 20 cm. Black cloth with gold print. Corners a bit bumped, spine a bit faded, along with spine lettering. Some rough edges from when pages cut.
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Nabob:" The First Canadian-Manned Aircraft Carrier
by WARRILOW, Betty
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1989
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$40.00
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Owen Sound: Escort Carriers Assoc., 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. ix, 210 p. 29 cm. Nearly 300 b&w illustrations. Blue hardcover with silver lettering. In mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket with slight soiling.
Built in the U.S., the "Nabob" never did serve in the U.S. Navy. Instead it was transferred to the Royal Navy and manned by Canadians. After… Read more
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Padres in No Man's Land: Canadian Chaplains and the Great War
by CRERAR, Duff
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780773512306
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$45.00
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McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. x, [6], 424 p. 24 cm. 6 p. of b&w photos. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket.
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Starfighter: A loving retrospective of the CF-104 era in Canadian fighter aviation 1961-1986
by BASHOW, David L.
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1990
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780919195127
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$30.00
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Toronto: Fortress Publications Inc., 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 223 p. 32 cm. Many photographs and diagrams, both colour and b&w. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. A beautiful book, with pages still bright and glossy.
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The Army and Navy Club 1837-1933
by FIREBRACE, Captain C. W.
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1934
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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$35.00
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London: John Murray, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xv, 312 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Red cloth spine with blue paper boards. Spine faded and soiled with black mark at top.Ink stamp on front free endpaper. A little foxing.
Foreword by Sir Simeon H. L. Stuart, Late 5th (P.C.W.) Dragoon Guards.
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Armistice Ceremonial
by Armistice Ceremonial Committee of Canada
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- Attic Books
- Published
- [1928]
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Canadian Anniversary Edition
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$30.00
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Toronto: Armistice Ceremonial Committee of Canada, [1928]. Canadian Anniversary Edition. Card covers. Good. 47, [3] p. 32 cm. B&w illustrations. Grey card covers tied with purple twine. Torn lower spine, other small tears and some soiling to covers.
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Montgomery's Scientists: Operational Research in Northwest Europe
by COPP, Terry (ed.)
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 2000
- Condition
- Very good +
- ISBN
- 9780969795599
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$250.00
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Waterloo, ON: Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, 2000. Hardcover. Very good +. 478 p. 29 cm. Tables, maps, and photos. Hardcover. Some light soiling to exterior.
"The Work of No. 2 Operational Research Section with 21 Army Group June 1944 to July 1945." Includes air support, artillery, tanks, infantry, anti-tank.
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Remembering the Canadian Yanks
by WALSH, Tom
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 2012
- Condition
- Fine
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$30.00
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Baltimore: Publish America, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 343 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Blue cloth in dustjacket.
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A Safe Haven: Sixty Years at the Crow's Nest
by LEWIS, Shannon M. (ed.)
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 2002
- Condition
- Very good +
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$25.00
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St. John's, Nfld.: Crow's Nest Officers Club, 2002. Softcover. Very good +. 100 p. 26 cm. B&w photos. Softcover. Ink inscription on first leaf.
"In Commemoration of the Crow's Nest 60th Anniversary 27 January, 2002."
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A Friendly Invasion: The American Military in Newfoundland: 1940-1990
by CARDOULIS, John N.
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1990
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780920911853
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St. John's, Nfld.: Breakwater, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 224 p. 28 cm. B&w photos. Blue hardcover in dustjacket.
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Details of the Rocket System
by CONGREVE, William
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- Attic Books
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- Very good +
- Edition
- 850 numbered copies of which this is no. 40
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$40.00
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Ottawa: Museum Restoration Services, 1970. 850 numbered copies of which this is no. 40. Hardcover. Very good +/Good +. Originally published London, 1814. Limited Edition Military Series. Mk. II. 85 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Brown hardcover in mylar-covered brown dustjacket. Moderate edge wear and rubbing to jacket including tear in spine head.
Additional material by Capt.… Read more
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Letter from Capt. Richard Martin, Grand River, Upper Canada, Nov. 29, 1838
by MARTIN, Capt. Richard
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- Published
- 1838
- Condition
- Good
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$300.00
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1838. Good. One 19 cm folded letter. Writing on one panel only. Two horizontal folds. Moderate soiling.
Letter reads: "Lieut. Bain will call out the men who have given him their names for enlistment, to be attested at Bryants Tavern. he will also call out any of those who have not given him their names, that live… Read more
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Further Regulations of the Montreal Light Infantry
by DUNKIN, Major Christopher; DE ROTTENBURG, Col.
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- Published
- 1857
- Condition
- Good
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$75.00
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[Montreal?]: No publisher or printer identified, 1857. Disbound. Good. 2 p., with one and a half p. of print. 21 cm. Disbound. Bottom corners chipped. Discolouration to rear page. Small nick in edge.
Points are numbered 13 to 20. Montreal Light Infantry was formed in October 1856.
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The Death of Edith Cavell
by The Daily News & Leader
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- Attic Books
- Published
- nd. ca. 1916
- Condition
- Fair
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$50.00
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London & Manchester: The Daily News & Leader, nd. ca. 1916. Softcover. Fair. 64 p. 16 cm. Softcover booklet. Creases, discolouration to covers. Inside has stains and small tears. Chip in p. 47 from when cut from 49. Small holes in margins of two last pages.
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