Search Results: Biography from Granny Goose Books

London: Hutchinson, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and fresh, with no signatures, marks or signs of wear. The blue covers have small bumps to the top and bottom of the spine, but almost no wear else. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in excellent condtion. It has very light wear along the edges, but no tears or problems. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "In this charming new volume of autobiography, Miss Beckwith takes us back to the years between the wars when her father ran a grocer's shop in Cheshire...

Toronto: Coles Publishing Company, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The brown covers are fresh, with minor wear only. This is a photographic reprint of the original edition published in London, England by Charles Knight in 1836, and is one of a uniform set of such reprints issued by the Coles Company in the 1960's and 1970's.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no signatures or signs of wear. The green covers are fresh, with just a bit of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in very good condition, with minor wear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. A very nice copy. Synopsis: This is a lightly fictionalized biography of D'Arcy McGee. McGee started his political life as an Irish rebel, and ended it as a member of the Canadian Parliament and a father of Confederation. McGee was assassinated in Ottawa in 1868 by a Fenian sympathiser.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a former owner's bookplate (skull and cross-bones on a red background -- not to everyone's taste) on the front fixed end paper, but no other marks or wear. The black covers are fresh, with minor wear at tips and corners. A very nice copy. Bartholomew was a contemporary of Thomas a Becket at Canterbury. Contents: Part 1. -- 1. Early years; -- 2. Bartholemew and Becket. -- 3. After Becket: the bishop's last years. -- 4. The bishop as a papal judge-delegate. -- 5. The bishop in his diocese. -- 6. Ther personality of Bartholomew and his literary circle. -- Appendix I: The early archdeacons of Exeter. -- Part 2: The Penitential.

Charlottetown, PEI: Printed for the Author, 1888. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is clean and tight. The paper covering the front and back hinges has cracked, and the paper has darkened slightly. The frontispiece with accompanying tissue guard are present. The brown cloth covers show light handling, and wear and rubs to edges and corners, with small spots of cardboard showing in several places. A nice, tidy copy. Note: Whelan was a leading Prince Edward Island politician and newspaper editor. A Liberal, he broke ranks with his party to support Confederation in British North America, and he was defeated in the election of 1867 and died soon after.

Penumbra Press, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The lilac covers are fresh, and the jacket has not been clipped. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

Fernand Nathan, 1946. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight. There is a former owner's signature on the half title page, and the paper has tanned. The paper covers have been protected by a dust jacket, and are fresh, with light wear to edges, and one dent on the bottom of the front. The dust jacket shows moderate wear and rubs, particularly to the spine. It repeats the artwork on the cover, is now in a protective mylar cover, and looks slight shabby but still attractive. Ask for a scan to get a better idea of condition.

Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This book looks new, with a crisp, clean interior and unmarked paper covers. A very nice copy. Synopsis: An historical biography of three generations of a prominent Canadian Metis family. In about 1800, Charles Oakes Ermatinger married Charlotte (Mananowe) Katawabidai, the daughter of an Ojibwa chief. Their three sons grew up with both their mother's hunter/warrior culture and their father's European roots. After early years spent primarily in the 'wild man's land' of Sault Ste Marie, close to Ojibwa relatives and metis neighbours, the family moved to the commercial society of Montreal. There, and later in other urban communities across Canada, the Ermatingers lived as successful citizens while publicly retaining their Ojibwa heritage. The sons variously risked life at war in Spain and in the Upper and Lower Canadian rebellions, policed Montreal streets in an era of riots, spied on the Fenians along the US border,… Read More

Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co., 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a stated first edition. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The beige covers are fresh, with just a bit of light wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not clipped, and is also in very good condition, again with light wear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover and looks very attractive. Synopsis: This is the biography of Elijah Woodman, who was sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, in Australia) for his participation in the 1836 Rebellion.

Halifax, NS: Formac Publishing, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. The interior of the book is clean and tight. A former owner has put his initials on the title page, but there are no other marks. The paper covers are bright, with just a touch of wear at corners and tips. A very nice copy. Synopsis: This is the story of Sir William Alexander and his settlement of New Scotland, in what is now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

Navy Records Society, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a two-volume set; volume one (LIV) published in 1920, and volume 2 (LVI) in 1922. The interior of the book is clean and tight. The deckle-edged pages have not been cut, but the edges have darkened. The rear endpapers have been stamped by the National Librrary of Canada, but this book shows no signs that it has been in a library collection. The white and black covers show some handling and minor fading to the black spine. Overall, a tidy set. Synopsis: Mainwaring was an important figure in the Stuart navy. According to Wikipedia, Henry Mainwaring (1587-1653), in his early career was a pirate based in Newfoundland and then a naval officer with the Royal Navy, where he was actively involved in the suppression of piracy.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The edges of the text block have darkened slightly. The blue cloth covers are fresh, with light wear at edges and corners. The gilt spine lettering had dulled. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, though there is a line through the price in the bottom corner of the front flap. It is also in very good condition, with light wear overall, and some shallow fraying to the top and bottom of the spine. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: This is a biography of Edward Smith-Stanley, the fourteenth Earl of Derby, with a focus on his political life. "His work as Colonial Secretary in the Grey Ministry, his relations with Canada and New Zealand are dealt with, the Corn Laws and their effect on the Conservative Party are treated at length, and there is an extended discussion of his work in the House of Lords, and his attitude towards the… Read More

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8.25 x 6.5. The interior of the book is clean and crisp, showing few signs of previous use. There is a bookplate on the front fixed end paper, and the name of a former owner (dated 1956) on the free front end paper. The yellow cloth covers are still bright and fresh, showing just a hint of wear to the corners and edges. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but shows only very light wear. A very nice copy, now in a protective plastic cover..

Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1972. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The laminated pictorial cover is fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not clipped, and has light edgewear and mild fading to spine.

Toronto: Osgoode Society, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. This is the original Osgoode Society edition of the book, with the crest on the spine. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The brown covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear to tips and edges. A lovely copy. Synopsis: "Just before the outbreak of the American Civil War, a sensational case was heard in Toronto, which captured headlines throughout North America and Europe. John Anderson, a fugitive slave who had been living quietly near Brantford Ontario, was accused of having killed a white man in Missouri in 1853. The American government demanded that Anderson be extradited, and the ensuring legal proceedings created a storm of controversy in Canada".

Ottawa, ON: CEF Books, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. This book looks almost new. The interior is crisp and clean, with no marks, signatures, or signs of use. The illustrated paper covers are bright, with next to no wear. A very nice copy. Synopsis: "This is the memoir of Lieutenant James Pedley of the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion [The Red Patch]. Pedley fought in France in 1917-18, was wounded, and awarded the Military Cross. His memoir is unique for its exceptional detail and his not always friendly, observations of the men he served with. The description of the positions at the Quarry, and of the deadly trenches in front of Avion have no equal. It was originally published in 1927.

London: Dent, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. This book looks almost new. The interior is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The blue covers are fresh, with light wear. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is also in excellent condition, with no wear, fading or damage. Synopsis: This is the story of Joan Lock's training as a nurse. As a young school-leaver she wanted to be a journalist, but was persuaded that the idea was impossible. After a brief stint in a shop, she decided to follow in her mother's footsteps as a nurse. The book describes the strict, authoritarian system of training, the cameraderie, and the patients and their problems.

Toronto: The Champlain Society, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. This book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. This is an unnumbered copy, but it has the Champlain Society seal on the spine. The red covers are in excellent condition, again with no wear. Synopsis: This is the family correspondence of the Hale/Amherst families, who arrived in Canada after the Conquest. "Through the medium of one well-placed extended English family with established roots and connections throughout the growing British Empire, we are able to build a portrait of the power that was concentrated ... at Quebec. Their perspective on issues is very different from that of pauper emigrants or middle-class half-pay officers, and in some important ways it is very different from other Imperial office-holders, not many of whom have written personally about their experiences.

New York: Coward McCann, 1932. Reprinted 1933 . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The blue covers are fresh, with minor wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is in slightly less than very good condition, with light edgewear and some darkening to the spine. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

Dublin: Golden Eagle Books. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This is a shabby reading copy of the first edition. The interior is clean and tight, but the covers show wear, fading to the spine, etc. There is no dust jacket. This is an acceptable reading copy, but no more.