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British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 091920368X . "The first full-length study of the career of the controversial missionary William Duncan. An unordained Anglican minister, he was sent to British Columbia by the Church Missionary Society of England in 1857 to work among the Tsimshian Indians… Read more about this item

Saskatchewan: Self-Published. Good. 1952. First Edition. Paperback. "I am writing this story from records of an old diary and that of an old police book, aided by a memory which is still very good. It is my desire to tell what actually happened without any attempt at fiction. I wish to give the reader some… Read more about this item

Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Limited / New York Zeotrope. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0887780792 . "Although this is the author's story, through her we can picture what and how all the trapper's lives were lived. Not only is this the first book written about the Labrador woman, it is also the first… Read more about this item

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock / John Day. Good. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. "[Thompson] was the strangest combination imaginable of go-getter and philosopher, grabber and philanthropist, realist and dreamer, ruthless magnate and tender grandfather. His contribution to history was not primarily a matter of influence… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. First English Edition. Hardcover. "In these diaries we can read the inmost thoughts of the one clever man among the Nazi leaders at a crucial period of the history of the party; the period during which National Socialism in Germany grew from an insignificant, divided group… Read more about this item

Canada: Self-Published. Good. 1984. Second Edition. Paperback. Clinton Howard Squires (1916-1983) was born and raised in Saskatchewan. He joined the R.C.A.F. in 1940, became a pilot and was posted overseas, attached to the R.A.F. as an instructor in aircraft and gliders. In 1945 he returned to Saskatchewan with his English wife Jean. This book… Read more about this item

USA: Ichthys Books Inc.. Good. 1987. First Edition. Paperback. 0930711041 . Intended to help Christians "mature in their faith and experience God as the Presence enveloping us, guiding us with love and superior wisdom, and protecting the flicker of life which can so easily be extinguished with diseases, accidents, wars and social upheavals. Guides readers through… Read more about this item

Detroit, MI, U.S.A.: Pipp's Weekly. Good. 1922. First Edition. Paperback. A compilation of fifteen scathing articles written because "the author believes they contain information of interest and value to the public and unavailable from other sources. The writer believes he knows Henry Ford as no other writer does - and has made an earnest attempt to… Read more about this item

Vancouver, Canada: Mowatt Gallery. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969332866 . "Gantner has a way of capturing the intricacies and subtleties of nature. His use of colour, even his lack of it as in his black and white drawings, spurs the imagination so that we create colour and moods from our… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1922. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. "I attempt in the following pages to give some account of my experiences among the Bolsheviks from January to April of the year 1920. My story is neither Propaganda for Bolshevism nor Propaganda against it. The result may possibly… Read more about this item

Canada: Summerthought Ltd.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919934072 . "Arthur Oliver Wheeler was not the first surveyor or alpinist to enter the Canadian Rockies, but his work in both areas was more important and far-reaching than that of most of the earlier pioneers. He was the first surveyor to provide a… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393027503 . Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "With the eye and ear of a born storyteller, Michael Lewis shows us how things really worked on Wall Street. In the Salomon training program a roomful of aspirants is … Read more about this item

USA: Norton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2015. Third Printing. Hardcover. 039324721X . Signed and inscribed by Ben Bernanke upon half-title page. "Recounts and explains the worst financial crisis and economic slump in America since the Great Depression, providing an insider's account of the policy response." - dust jacket. 610 pages. … Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0224035258 . "What was it that motivated this extraordinary aristocratic soldier, with the looks of a Hollywood idol, who was said to be the only man to stare the Fuhrer down until he averted his eyes? For Stauffenberg the bomb plot was not… Read more about this item

Goderich, Ontario: Self-Published. Very Good. 1965. First Edition. Paperback. Describes the histories of "three homes found in a group about one and a half miles east of Goderich, Ontario on number 8 Highway. They have long been of local interest and the cause of road stops by admiring passers-by. Few inland Ontario farm homes can count… Read more about this item

Alberta: The Alberta Historical Review. Good. 1961. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Cover photo of the Turkey Track Railroad at Dunmore Junction in 1890; When the [Calgary] Herald Came to Calgary; Col. P. Robertson-Ross' Diary - Fort Edmonton to Wildhorse, B.C., 1872… Read more about this item

USA: Atria. Good in Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0743284038 . "In 1977, three brothers and their three best mates formed a band in Sydney and started making their own brand of music, launching them on an incredible journey that would take them from playing Australia's beach clubs and pubs to the world's biggest concert… Read more about this item

U.K.: Richard Dennis. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0903685779 . "Documents the cameo glass work of Thomas and George Woodall and offers a fascinating insight into the brothers' lives and times. Contains many hitherto unpublished pictures of pieces from family and private collections, and reproductions of George Woodall's own photographic negatives of cameo work. Contains… Read more about this item

Canada: Flanker Press. Fine. 2012. First Edition. Paperback. 1771170247 . Signed, without inscription, upon half-title page by Brian Peckford who tells his life story here. The last living signatory of the Constitution of Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), Mr. Peckford returned to the national spotlight when he supported the glorious … Read more about this item

Canada: Trafford Publishing. Very Good. 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 1426915012 . Signed, without inscription, by author upon half-title page. Muhammad "Max" Zahar [1936-2021] "was born in Ludhiana in the Indian Province of Punjab. As a boy he witnessed firsthand what is described as 'the greatest loss of civilian life in human history in the absence… Read more about this item