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La Salle.

By: Osler, E. B. (Edmund Boyd).

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario., Longmans.: 1967

Seller ID: 25829

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

8vo - 22 x 14.5 cm.; [6] - 266 pp. Pictorial cloth in red and white with black lettering and art work with a matching dust jacket. A well researched biography of one of Canada's enigmatic explorers and early financiers, René-Robert Cavelier de la Salle. One page of bibliographic citations, 17 pages of notes and a 3 page general index at the back. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper and the spine tips show a whisper of shelf wear. Otherwise the book appears to have been used very little if at all. The dust jacket has mild wear to the head edge and the jacket's spine is a tad brow...
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School Days, Cool Days.

By: Paterson, Murray.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Peterborough, Ontario., Privately published.: 2009

Seller ID: 26429

ISBN: 0557051746

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; 182 pp. Murray Paterson taught in the Lakefield Public School for seven years and then at six schools in Peterborough from 1949 to 1984. From the author's preface: "This is a book that anyone who taught from the 1950's to the 1980's could have written. Sure, the classroom anecdotes would vary somewhat, but life in all schools back in those days followed very much a similar pattern over the years. We taught in an era of several momentous changes . . ." Signed by the author on the title page.; Signed by Author
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Mike: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson. Volume 2, The International Years, 1948-1957.

By: Pearson, Lester B. (edited by John A. Munro and Alex I. Inglis).

Price: $9.00

Publisher: London, UK., Victor Gollancz: 1974

Seller ID: 30180

ISBN: 0575018232

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; xi - 344 pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. First UK edition. Illustrated with 12 pages of black and white photographs. The corners and spine tips show light bumping and a previous owner has a a line inked note on the top of the front free end paper. Otherwise, clean and tight. The unclipped dust jacket has light wear on the edges and most of the that is on the head edge.
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Island Maid: Voices of Outport Women.

By: Pelley, Rhonda (text) with photographs by Sheilagh O'Leary.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland., Breakwater Books.: 2013

Seller ID: 26497

ISBN: 1550813250

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 23 cm.; 119 - (7) pp. From the back cover: "In the ealry 1990's, Sheilagh O'Leary and Rhonda Pelley spent two summers travelling in Newfoundland interviewing women who shared unique life stories filled with hard work, love, heartbreak, and family". First published in 2010, this is the second printing. Profusely illustrated with many black and white photographs. The women whose stories are told: Olive Blundon, Beulah Oake, Bessie Hurley, Flora Whitt, Minnie White, Sarah Benoit, Viola Payne, Phyllis O'Leary, Beatrice Sibley, Annie Dollimount and Vivian Cluett. The book is sign...
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Growing up in Minby.

By: Person, Lloyd H.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan., Western Producer Book Service.: 1974

Seller ID: 23056

ISBN: 0919306470

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; [10] - 244 pp. Mustard yellow paper over boards with black lettering on the spine and the front board. Minby recounts his memories of life in a small prairie village during the period 1928-1930 when he was a boy approaching his teen aged years using a fictional character called Wally Viggo to do so. Signed and inscribed on the title page by the author for William Kurelek as follows: "Inscribed for William Kurelek whose art I greatly appreciate. Lloyd H. Person". The book shows mild shelf wear and that on the bottom fore corners and spine tips. The interior is ver...
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Joyful in Hope.

By: Pironio, Cardinal Eduardo.

Price: $5.20

Publisher: Middlegreen, Slough, UK., St. Paul Publications.: 1980

Seller ID: 18297

ISBN: 0854391568

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 182 pp. Approbations present. Translated from the Italian by Kent White. Cardinal Pironio was an Argentinian bishop and seminary professor before being called to the office of Pro-Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and for Secular Institutes. A reflection on the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Easter and hope. Light stains on text block fore-edge, inscription on half-title page; binding sturdy, text pages clean.
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Nérée Beauchemin.

By: Poulin OFM., P. Gonzalve.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Trois Rivieres, Quebec., Editions Bien Public.: 1934

Seller ID: 28574

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

8vo - 24.5 x 16 cm.; 77 - (3) pp. The text is in French. Tan coloured wraps over a flat stapled text block. Brown lettering on spine, brown lettering and red engravings on front and back covers. Foreword by l'Abbe Albert Tessier. Illustrtaed with several full page black and white photographs printed on a coated paper stock. The interior is very clean with many of the pages yet unopened on the head and fore edges. The yapped overhang of the covers is quite chipped and the front cover is soiled on the fore edge margin. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted.
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The Thirteenth One, A Prairie Family's Adventures in Early 20th Century Canada

By: Regan, Denyse Gervais

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ontario., Privately published.: 2009

Seller ID: 24304

ISBN: 0981339808

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 312 pp. Signed by Regan on verso of front cover. A self-published family history from 1900 to 1945 in Elie, Manitoba, and bits in Big Bend and Gypsumville. Lots of photos. A bit of minor soiling, otherwise, a sturdy, clean volume.; Signed by Author
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Radical Mandarin: The Memoirs of Escott Reid.

By: Reid, Escott.

Price: $9.60

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., University of Toronto Press.: 1989

Seller ID: 23508

ISBN: 0802058116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; xi - [11] - 405 pp. Very pale mauve cloth over boards with dark mauve lettering on spine. Illustrated with 13 black and white photographs on 10 pages. Comprehensive 11 page index at the back. The text block head edge is lightly dust soiled and the spine tips show a whisper of shelf wear, otherwise very clean and tight.
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Radical Mandarin: The Memoirs of Escott Reid.

By: Reid, Escott.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., University of Toronto Press.: 1989

Seller ID: 27105

ISBN: 0802058116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; xi - (11) - 405 pp. Very pale mauve cloth over boards with dark mauve lettering on spine. From the jacket: "In the golden age of Canadian diplomacy, during the governments of Louis St. Laurent and Lester Pearson, Escott Reid played a central role". Illustrated with 13 black and white photographs on 10 pages. Comprehensive 11 page index at the back. One small bump (more of a little ding) to the bottom front fore corner and the spine tips show a whisper of wear. Otherwise very clean and tight. The unclipped dust jacket has mild wear on the head edge with one small closed tea...
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A Boy from Burnstown: My Life's Story.

By: Richardson, George.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Ontario., Privately published.: 1998

Seller ID: 32433

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; (6) - 324 - (2) pp. Bound with a black plastic coil in card stock covers with mylar overlays. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Born on a farm outside of Burnstown in Renfrew County, Richardson served as a United Church minister, eventually retiring in Perth, Ontario. Signed by the author on the title page. The clear mylar sheets are scuffed a tad and show some yellowing with age. Otherwise very clean with a sound binding.
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Canadian Portraits: C.B.C. Broadcasts.

By: Riddell, R. G.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Oxford University Press.: 1940

Seller ID: 29098

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

8vo - 19 x 13 cm.; xi - 154 pp. Green cloth over boards with brown lettering on the spine. Twenty-one brief biographies originally given as radio talks sponsored by the Canadian Historical Association. Illustrated with 8 black and white full page photogrpahs or reproductions. Usual library markings with the book showing moderate wear to the externals and having a soild and sound binding.; Ex-Library
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Diefenbaker's World: A Populist in Foreign Affairs.

By: Robinson, H. Basil.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., University of Toronto Press: 1989

Seller ID: 27121

ISBN: 0802026788

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xv - [15] - 352 pp. Gray cloth over boards with blue gilt letting on spine. Illustrated with 14 pages of black and white photographs and cartoons. Well annotated with a four page bibliograph y and an eleven page index. The book shows very light wear to the fore corners and spine tips and has 3 pea size stains on the back board. Otherwise, 'tis clean and tight. A clear and removable cover has been fitted.
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Z Wiatru i Ognia . . . Opowiesc o Blogoslawionym Eugeniuszu de Mazenod, Zalozycielu Zgromadzenia Misjonarzy Oblatow.

By: Roche OMI., Aime.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Oblates.: 1975

Seller ID: 27328

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 15 cm.; 141 - (19) pp. The text is in Polish. Illustrated wraps in black and white. Translated into Polish from the original French, "Le bienheureux Eugène de Mazenod", by Gustaw Kania. illustrated with black and white photographs and maps.
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A Son of Québec.

By: Roy, Andrew. (edited by Daniel Huffaker).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec., Shoreline.: 2004

Seller ID: 27802

ISBN: 1896754392

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 24.5 x 17 cm.; (4) - 141 pp. A biography best described by quoting from the back cover: "Andrew Roy, a direct descendent of a 'fille du roi', comes from a family of Québecois nuns and priests. In the early 1800's Charles Roy makes the decision to become an Anglican, and the family tree becomes French Protestant. Andrew grows up in the rectory of Holy Trinity Church in Lévis, where his father is the clergyman. After the RCAF, he goes into teaching and eventually returns to Québec City to work in English Protestant Education at the Provincial level. As a member of the Superior Council o...
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Edward Blake: The Man of the Other Way 1833-1881, Leader and Exile 1881-1912. Two volumes.

By: Schull, Joseph.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Macmillan: 1975

Seller ID: 18291

ISBN: 0770512178X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; Volume 1: Edward Blake,The Man of the Other Way 1833-1881 (ISBN 0770512178X - 1975). xi - 257 pp. Volume 2: Edward Blake, Leader and Exile 1881-1912. (ISBN 0770513255 - 1976). xi - 266 pp. Both are bound with a gloss black paper over boards and gilt lettering on spine. Both volumes have 16 pages of black and white photographs and reproductions on a coated paper along with smaller in-text illustrations. Both dust jackets show moderate shelf wear and scuffing. Previous owner's inked note (date) on the front free end paper of volume 1.
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Once Again, At Forty.

By: Shannon, Jim

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Burnstown, Ontario., General Store Publishing.: 1995

Seller ID: 19113

ISBN: 1896182194

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 134 pp. Shannon relates his experiences when he, in his forties and a successful college teacher, took the other less travelled path and a winding and world circling path it turned out to be.
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A Woman with a Purpose, The Diaries of Elizabeth Smith 1872-1884.

By: Smith, Elizabeth (edited by Veronica Strong-Boag).

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Toront, Ontario., University of Toronto Press.: 1980

Seller ID: 31974

ISBN: 0802063977

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; xxxviii - 298 pp. Footnotes in the extensive Introduction and photos. Smith was one of the first women doctors to be educated in Canada. The diary chronicles, among other life events, her battle for admission into the all-male medical school at Queen's University in Kingston. Of interest to those who want a first hand experience of a woman's life in southern Ontario in the late nineteenth century. Bit of minor soiling and edgewear; text is clean and binding sturdy.
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A Very Double Life: The Private World of Mackenzie King.

By: Stacey, C. P.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Macmillan.: 1976

Seller ID: 23468

ISBN: 0770513905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 256 pp. Wine red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black and white photographs. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper. Otherwise very clean with a solid and tight binding. Light shelf wear to the spine tips. The dust jacket shows mild shelf wear to the edges and that mostly on the spine tips.
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Footpaths and Fishing Boats, Growing Up in Nipper's Harbour.

By: Starkes, Audrey.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Petra Books.: 2015

Seller ID: 33592

ISBN: 1927032423

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 20 x 12.5 cm.; 146 pp. Nipper's Harbour is on the coast of Newfoundland and was an isolated outport when Starkes grew up there, the daughter of a fisherman. Signed by Starkes on title page. A bit of light soiling, otherwise, a clean, sturdy copy. ; Signed by Author
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Category: Canadiana - Biography