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Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover has very light edge/corner wear, a little fading to spine, interior clean & tight. 175 pages. DJ has light edgewear and a few small tears, fading to spine, tanning to edges, light soiling to rear, clipped. A biography of Catharine Parr Traill, a pioneering woman best known for her book The Backwoods of Canada which gives a histoircal account of life in Upper Canada after 1832. Catharine and Thomas Traill emigrated to Canada in 1832 and built a home outside of Peterborough in Upper Canada. She wrote a dozen books on her experiences. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo .
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LADY OF THE BACKWOODS A Biography of Catharine Parr Trail
by Eaton, Sara
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LAKOTA A Novel of the Sioux
by Wisler, G. Clifton
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Zebra Books. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0821731467 . Cover has light edge/corner wear, slight creasing. Pages are intact and clean other than a library stamp on first page and a few date stamps inside cover. There is no other evidence of this being a library book. "...a vivid retelling of the days when the color of the Plains changed from the black of the enormous herds of buffalo to the red of blood. Soon there would be nowhere to hunt, no way for a warrior to win a name, no place to hold the Sun Dance, & as Tacante-Buffalo-Heart goes to war for the old ways of the People & for the heart of his country, he knows only one thing: it is time to prepare his death song. " (os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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LANCE HIDY'S POSTERS Designs, personal & public
by Hidy, Lance
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Alphabet Press. Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. 0940032023 . Light edgewear & cover has some scuffing & a couple small creases. Pages are clean other than two light spots near front. "I like blurring the common notion that commercial art is inferior to fine art; that the commercial artist has nothing to say, is simply talent for hire. Clarity, simplicity, durability and emotion are my artistic goals...." from afterword by the artist. [178-osl]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages .
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LAND OF NO RETURN / PINTO PARADISE
by Bankson, Russell A.
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CA: Powell Publications. Good. 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Has municipal library stamps on endpage and inside cover but no other ex-lib type markings. Pages are otherwise clean and intact. Age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has creasing, light edgewear and light soiling. A Powell double Western classic. "High above the thundering gorge of the Salmon River, and into the land of no return, rode Paul Hammond; tough, wiry and bent on avenging the fate of a man falsely accused..." [116-os]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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LAND OF EARTH AND SKY Landscape Painting of Western Canada
by Rees, Ronald
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Western Producer Prairie Books. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 0888333455 . Nice, tight copy. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Light edgewear, light soiling. Internal pages clean other than inscription on first page. "At once it is harsh and wild, beautiful & calm. Its immensity is overpowering if not humbling. The prairie, where land and sky meet in endless horizon, is nothing less than magnificent. " 80 full color & 25 b/w illustrations of outstanding art, complemented by Rees informative and lively text. [676]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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LAND OF PROMISE
by Blackburn, John H.
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Toronto: Macmillan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library book with laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Jacket, attached to book, has light wear, moderate soiling and fading to spine. Interior pages are clean and tight, may be the occasional small spot or earmark, light soiling to outer edge of pages. B/w photos. Blackburn's account of pioneer farming in Alberta is typical of the experience of many prairie settlers, and is an important contribution to the history of the Canadian West. [565]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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LAND OF THE RED SOIL A Popular History of Prince Edward Island
by Baldwin, Douglas
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Ragweed Press / Gynergy Books. Very Good. 1998. Second Printing. Softcover. 0921556721 . Ex-library book, but still in great condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Overall wear is light, pages clean and intact. B/w illus. 190 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Canada's smallest province has a rich and fascinating history. Its first inhabitants, the Mi'kmaq, named this crescent-shaped island "Abegweit" (cradled in the waves) ; and the Acadian settlers, who were deported in 1758 by the British, called it Ile St. Jean". It wasn't until 1799 that is became known as Prince Edward Island. (295-osl) .
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LASSIE, THE WILD MOUNTAIN TRAIL Authorized Edition
by Edmonds, I. G.
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WI: Whitman Publishing Company. Very Good+. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Cover has moderate corner wear, a little moreso to bottom edge, couple small areas where laminate is loosened. Pages, are all intact, and clean other than slight soiling on a couple pages, small paper split at spine at one point but no pages are loose. Two-tone illustrations by Larry Harris. An adventure story set in the Blue River National Forest. (400noto) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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THE LAST ARABIAN NIGHT
by Gardner, Craig Shaw
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Ace Books. Very Good+. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0441470548 . Very light edge & corner wear, light creasing to rear. Internal pages are clean & tight, it has rather heavy age tanning inside covers. 236 pages. "Attend, beloved listeners to the tale of Scheherazade, whose magical stories are her only defense against made kings, evil djinn and an unspeakable mother-in-law....For truly it will take a silver tongue to save a pretty neck..." (* Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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LAST CHANCE FOR MAGIC
by Chew, Ruth
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Scholastic. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0590602101 . Pages clean and tight, no markings, light age tanning to page edges and inside covers. Cover has light edge/corner wear and light scuffing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages; Terry and her brother Max enter a magical tunnel in their Brooklyn backyard, and the duo goes back into history, to a time when the Lenape tribe occupied the same land. [95-osl] .
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THE LAST DAYS OF HITLER
by Trevor-Roper, H. R.
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New York: Berkley Books. Very Good. 1947. Softcover. Cover has light edgewear, light creasing and soiling. Pages clean and intact, age tanning to pages, tiny upper edge tear last few pages. Late in 1945, Trevor-Roper was appointed by British Intelligence in Germany to investigate conflicting evidence surrounding Hitler's final days and to produce a definitive report on his death. The author, who had access to American counterintelligence files and to German prisoners, focuses on the last ten days of Hitler's life, April 20-29, 1945, in the underground bunker in Berlin--a bizarre and gripping episode punctuated by power play and competition among Hitler's potential successors. (120) ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .
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THE LAST GREAT VICTORY The End of the World War II, July / August 1945
by Weintraub, Stanley
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Truman Talley Books / Plume. Very Good+. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0452270634 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Cover has light edge/corner wear, a small amount of soiling to outer edge of pages. Interior is clean and intact, a couple lightly wrinkled pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 730 pages; "From the inner councils of the Japanese to the fateful decisions to atom-bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Stanley Weintraub brings to life this watershed month in which empires fell, old orders passed away, and a new age began. "The best account yet of the war's final month". --Newsweek". .
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THE LAST, LONG JOURNEY
by Cleeve, Roger
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Charles Scribner's. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. B0006CPCNC . Ex-library book, but still in quite good condition - mylar cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Light edge/corner wear to cover and dustjacket, light soiling. Pages clean and tight, a few earmarks seen and light wrinkling to a few pages. The pursuit of an English gunrunner by an Indian political agent through the high mountain ranges behind Kashmir provides the framework for this sensitive and unusual portrayal of an Anglo-Indian from youth to manhood. Through the long journey over the mountains, through storm & snow, we learn the strange story of their pasts - the pursuer and the pursued.... (545) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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THE LAST OF THE ARCTIC
by Kurelek, William
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Pagurian Press. Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0889320748 . 1988 printing, ISBN: 088932137X. Ex-library book but still in quite good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light corner wear, light soiling to cover and outer edge of pages. Interior of pages clean, all pages intact. Colour and b/w illustrations. "Two years before he died William Kurelek went to the high arctic and painted the native people as they lived, worked, and played before the advent of modern civilization. The result was thirty brilliant paintings recorded in Kurelek's haunting and primitive style the life of the Eskimos. Accompanying the paintings are numerous black-and-white sketches and a text which tells many of the legends, myths, customs, beliefs, and pastimes of the Eskimo.... ". ; 8vo .
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THE LAST SUPPER
by McCarry, Charles
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London: Hutchinson. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0091514207 . Hardcover has slight soiling around edge & outer edge of pages. Interior is clean & tight, with no markings. Light wear to spine ends. Jacket has light edgewear, light soiling and a few tiny tears, not price clipped. 427 pages. Novel moves from Germany in the early 1920s through wartime Burma back to a devastated post-war Berlin and on to the agony of Vietnam. Through the story of Paul Christopher - who has appeared in previous McCarry novels - the novel traces the development of the secret American intelligence group known as "the Outfit" from buccaneering days in the struggle against the Nazis & Japanese to the bitterness and moral complexities of the present day.... ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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THE LAST TRAIL
by Grey, Zane
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Whitman. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Whitman 1950 printing. Edited for Young Readers. HC/DJ - near fine/Fair. Hardcover is clean with light wear at corners. Pages clean other than a couple very small ink markings, age tanning to interior. Jacket has numerous small tears and chips to edges, tanning, not clipped. "Zane Grey's story of two famous bordermen, Jonathan Zane and Lew Wetzel, is an exciting tale of pioneering in the Ohio valley. " (400-noto) ; 8vo .
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THE LATE BILL SMITH
by Garve, Andrew
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London: Thriller Book Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. B002ADVYD2 . HC/DJ - very good. Hardcover clean other than green booksale stamp on top edge and small stamp and couple of old prices on first blank endpage, one small ink mark inside rear cover. A little bumping to spine ends. Jacket is moderately scuffed with light wear to edges, light soiling to rear and crease on front flap. A young woman is about to leave for the Aegean on holiday when a bleeding man lands on her balcony. It was fortunate that she believed his story for with her help he was able to devise an ingenious plan to evade his pursuers ... But then things became even more complicated. [223-osl? ]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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LATE MODERN The Visual Arts Since 1945
by Lucie-Smith, Edward
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W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good. 1980. Paperback. 0195199383 . Light edgewear and scuffing to cover, small creases. Pages clean other than a name written on title page & a small amount of pencil underlining. History of the visual arts since the war forward to the events of the mid-1970's. 243 plates , 62 in colour. [435-noto]; 280 pages .
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LAUGH AGAIN WITH ANDY CAPP No. 7
by Smythe, Reg
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Daily Mirror. Good. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 0600354652 . Pages are clean with age tanning, light corner curling. Light soiling to covers. Cover has moderate edgewear & tanning, cover pulled away a bit at rear but not loose. A collection from the Daily Mirror of Andy Capp favourites. (*shipping will be reduced after checkout) [95-osl]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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LAUGHING BOY The Greatest Indian Love Story of All Time
by La Farge, Oliver
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Signet Classics. Good. 1971. Softcover. 0451517695 . Signet 1971 edition paperback. Light wear and creasing to covers. Pages clean and intact, age tanning to page edges. 192 pages. The famed Pulitzer prize-winning novel that became an American classic. (os) ; 12mo .
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