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Expatriate.

By: Minifie, James M.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Macmillan: 1976

Seller ID: 32446

ISBN: 0770513239

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; x - 214 pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. This is Minifie's second volume of memoirs continuing on after "Homesteader". The book was finished by his wife, Gilliam Minifie as James died before doing so himself. Illustrated with eight pages of black and white photographs. Introduction by Leland Stowe with an afterword (L'Envoi) by Hugh Keenleyside. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Light soiling to text block fore-edge; otherwise, pages clean, binding sturdy. Dust jacket has light edgewear.
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Antek's Odyssey: Journey from Orenburg to Canada.

By: Miszkiel, Antek.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Privately published.: 2001

Seller ID: 30008

ISBN: 0968759300

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; (12) - 276 pp. Minor wear to the covers. Signed and dated (2002) with an inscription by the author on the title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Six page index of names at the back.; Signed by Author
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Ivan Hicks, Fifty Years of Fabulous Fiddle Music.

By: Mitcham, Allison

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Hantsport, Nova Scotia, Lancelot Press.: 1996

Seller ID: 19541

ISBN: 0889996180

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 20 x 14 cm.; 112 pp. A brief biography of Hicks, of Riverview, New Brunswick, who plays old-time fiddle music. Photos and charming pen and ink drawings by Peter Mitcham. This copy is signed by Ivan Hicks. Minor wear on covers; a clean, tight copy.
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Behind Insulin: The Life and Legacy of Doctor Peter Joseph Moloney.

By: Moloney, Mary V.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Self published via Lulu Publishing Services.: 2016

Seller ID: 33355

ISBN: 1483458474

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xvii - 223 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Two appendices: "Letters" and "Publications". Three page listing of sources.
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Roses in December: An Oblate's Melody of Memories.

By: Monahan OMI., Paul L.

Price: $6.80

Publisher: Vancouver, BC., Oblates - OMI.: 1990

Seller ID: 27388

ISBN: 096913083X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 228 pp. Fr. Monahan (1902 - ) was ordained in 1929 and after serving in 2 parishes was assigned to the Oblate Mission Band (1932-1942), then he served as a chaplain in the RCAF, was later stationed in Spokane, Washington and upon his retirement, he wrote this book "dedicated to the beautiful people who made so many things happen, so many things possible - a casual combinmation of autobiographical fragments and his memories . . ." (from the back cover). Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean and tight with a wee bit of wear to the cover edges.
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One Life in the 20th Century.

By: Mueller, Heinz.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Privately published.: 2008

Seller ID: 27297

ISBN: 1897486065

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 157 pp. Glossy coated yellow paper over boards with black lettering and full colour photograph on the front board. No dust jacket as issued. Foreword by the author's son describing the process of his father writing his memories: from the Polish town of Zoppot (Sopot) to immigration to Canada and the establishing of a business "Wholesale Lettering and Carving" in Toronto. Illustrated with 30 pages of photographs most of which are in full colour. Full page map of the free city of Danzig and environs on page 8. Signed by the author on the title page.
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The Red Vineyard.

By: Murdoch, Rev. B. J.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Bartibog Station, New Brunswick, Canada., published by the author.: 1959

Seller ID: 32805

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

12mo - 18.5 x 12.5 cm.; 238 pp. Maroon cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and the front board. Known to be first published in 1923 though this particular edition states on the copyright page that it was first published in 1928 in Canada and this is the tenth printing. There is no publisher stated per se other than the title page saying that it is "Privately Printed by Robert MacLehose and Company Limited, the University Press, Glasgow. 1959". The back panel of the jacket states "order from the author. Rev. B. J. Murdoch, Bartibog Station, N.B., Canada". Black an...
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Honour Due: The Story of Dr. Leonora Howard King.

By: Negodaeff-Tomsik, Margaret.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Canadian Medical Association.: 1999

Seller ID: 27346

ISBN: 0920169333

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 23.5 x 16.5 cm.; xx - 236 pp. Illustrated with many black and white photographs and 2 maps. From the back cover: "In 1877, Dr. Leonora Howard, 26 years old, left her family farm in Canada to work as a doctor in Imperial China - the China of concubines and bound feet, of incredible riches and aching poverty. She stayed for 47 years, refusing to leave despite wars and violent uprisings. She became the first Western woman to be made a Mandarin by the Empress Dowager. The story of this remarkable woman follows her life from Farmersville, Ontario, to medical school in MIchigan and then on...
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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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As Far As Ever the Puffin Flew.

By: Petrie, Frank.

Price: $11.25

Publisher: New York., Vantage Press: 1997

Seller ID: 8461

ISBN: 053311922-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; x - 353 pp. Black "leather look" paper over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Stated first edition and with a gift inscription on title page by author. There is a bump on the fore edge corners 2" up from the tail. A Canadian economist involved with international affairs, reflects on and his describes his career and the world as he knows it. He is from Newfoundland, so he is a bit blunt, which actually is a good thing. Illustrated with 14 pages of black and white photographs.; Signed by Author
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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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Category: Canadiana - Biography