152-412
US$....25.00		Agar, Michael H. The Professional Stranger; An Informal Introduction to Ethnography. [Anthropology, Anthropology, Ethnography, Human Condition, Interviews, Social Behavior, Social Sciences] Orlando: Academic Press, Inc, #0-12-043850-X, 1980. 227pp. Very good plus. Notes, tables, references, index. The front cover has a slight crease to the bottom edge and there is a previous owner's name on the first page. "The Professional Stranger introduces an ethnographic perspective on the study of human life. Ethnography's goal is defined as the acquisition of an ability to interpret events as do members of some group. The perspective is further explored by contrasting ethnography with more traditional hypothesis testing approaches in the social sciences". Publisher series: Studies in Anthropology.
153-521
US$....20.00		Al-Anon Family Groups. How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics. [Self Help, Addictions, Alcoholism, Family, Self Help] Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Groups, #978-0-910034-26-5, 2008. 406pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Index. The corners are lightly bumped. Book about Recovery. "The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope, in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery" - from the Preamble.
153-511
US$....25.00		Andes, Karen. A Woman's Book of Power; Using Dance to Cultivate Energy and Health in Mind, Body, and Spirit. [Self Help, Dance, Fitness, Martial Arts, Mental Health, Power, Self Help, Spirituality, Women, Yoga] New York: Perigee Books, #0-399-52372-3, 1998. 201pp. Very good. Photographs, illustrations, index. The covers and spine are lightly edgeworn. "It is time to revolutionize fitness for women. It is time to enjoy exercise. It is time to feel alive. A Woman's Book of Power offers a simple approach to a simple idea - using 'feminine' movement to feed the soul and keep you lean and fit".
153-510
US$....25.00		Andrews, Lynn V. The Mask of Power; Discovering Your Sacred Self. [Arcane, Masks, New Age, Shamanism] New York: HarperSanFrancisco, #0-06-250012-0, 1992. 193pp. Very good. Illustrations. "Best-selling author Lynn Andrews shows us how to make and use our own shamanic mask, discard the false masks we wear in our everyday lives, and come to a full realization of our power. Asking us to strip away our 'false faces' as we would the layers of an onion, Andrews reveals both the art and magic of mask-making".
153-443
US$....25.00		Appleby, Timothy. A New Kind of Monster; The Secret Life and Chilling Crimes of Colonel Russell Williams. [True Crime, Aviation--Military, Murder, Rape, True Crime] Toronto: Random House Canada, #978-0-307-35950-6, 2011. 277pp. Very good plus in fine dust jacket. Maps, photographs, index. There is a previous owner's name and address label on the front endpapers. Book about Marie-France Comeau, Jessica Lloyd & Russell Williams. "He was a pillar of Canadian society: a military pilot whose steady rise through the ranks showed no signs of slowing. Personable, efficient, a fair and considerate boss, 46-year-old Colonel Russell Williams was the whole package. But the astonishing headlines in February 2010 didn't lie: the colonel had been leading a depraved double life as a ruthless serial criminal and murderer". Locale: Ontario--Canada; Tweed--Ontario.
100-081
US$....35.00		Army Historical Section. The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army; Volume 1 of the Canadian Army List. [Military--Canada, Canadian Army, Infantry--Canada, Military--Canada, Regiments--Canada, Royal Canadian Army] Ottawa: Minister of National Defence, 1964. 253pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Illustrations, index. Series: Canadian Army List 1.
129-265
US$....75.00		[Author not named]. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Doulton Stoneware and Terracotta 1870-1925 Part 1. [Antiques, Collectibles, Collectors' Guides, Doulton Pottery, Exhibition Catalog, Porcelain, Pottery, Stoneware, Terracotta] London: Richard Dennis, 1971. Very good. Color frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations, notes, selected bibliography. The front cover has a vertical crease. 28 TH September to 9th October, 1971 at 141 Kensington Church Street, London, W8.
129-266
US$....30.00		[Author not named]. Doulton Pottery from the Lambeth and Burslem Studios 1873-1939 Part II. [Antiques, Collectibles, Collectors' Guides, Doulton Lambeth Wares, Doulton Pottery, Exhibition Catalog, Porcelain, Pottery] London: Richard Dennis, 1975. 164pp. Near fine. Black and white and color illustrations, marks. The front cover has a vertical crease. Catalogue of an exhibition of pottery at the Fine Art Society 24 June to 5 July 1975 at 148 New Bond Street London W1.
153-512
US$....25.00		[Author not named]. The Talmud; Selected Writings. [Religion, Judaism, Rabbis, Torah Studies] Mahwah: Paulist Press, #0-8091-3114-5, 1989. 247pp. Very good. Notes, index. The covers are lightly worn and the edge is a little soiled. "In the first through the sixth centuries of the common era, successive circles of rabbis in the Holy Land and Babylonia developed Rabbinic Judaism. Transforming the biblical Temple-oriented form of Judaism, they shaped a vision of Judaism centered around the piety of following and studying the Torah to achieve a sense of the divine in this world". Introduction by Baruch M. Bokser & Ben Zion Bokser. Preface by Robert Goldenberg. Translated by Ben Zion Bokser. Locale: Babylonia; Holy Land.
150-215
US$....35.00		Ayral-Clause, Odile. Camille Claudel; A Life. [Art, Art and Artists, Art History, Biography, Sculptors, Sculpture] New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., #978-0-8019-4077-9, 2002. 279pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. The dust jacket spine is lightly faded and worn, remainder marks on the top and bottom edge, and a previous owner's name and date on the front free endpaper. Biography of Camille Claudel. Book about Mental Illness & Auguste Rodin. "Camille Claudel was a gifted nineteenth-century French sculptor who worked with Auguste Rodin, became his lover, and then left him to gain recognition for herself in the art world. With a strong sense of independence and a firm belief in her own considerable talent, Claudel created some extraordinary works of art and challenged the social and artistic limitations imposed upon the women of her time". Locale:.
150-889
US$....25.00		Baird, Kenneth G. Letters to Harvelyn; From Japanese Pow Camps: A Canadian Soldier's Letters to His Young Daughter During World War II. [Juvenile, Letters, Military, Military--Canada, Prisoners of War--Canada, Soldiers--Canada, Winnipeg Grenadiers, World War II] Toronto: HarperCollins, #0-00-200096-2, 2002, 1st edition. 281pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed by Harvelyn Baird McInnes, the author's daughter. Photographs, illustrations, maps. Letters of Kenneth G. Baird. Book about Major Kenneth G. Baird. "In the fall of 1941, Major Kenneth Baird of the Winnipeg Grenadiers sailed for Hong Kong. He was 52 years old and a veteran of the Great War, where he had fought at Vimy Ridge. The Grenadiers and the Quebec Royal Rifles, along with Imperial troops, were sent to defend the island of Hong Kong from attack by the Japanese.... Major Baird kept a diary and wrote letters - that were never sent - to his wife, Molly, and daughter, Harvelyn". Locale: Shamshuipo Camp.
153-442
US$....50.00		Barnes, Harry Elmer. (editor) An Introduction to the History of Sociology. [Ideas, Cultural Studies, Essays, Ideas, Social Behavior, Sociology] Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965. 960pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Notes, index. Lightly edgeworn and there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and title page. "For three thousand years men have thought and written about the origins and nature of human society. Here Harry Elmer Barnes, as the culmination of many years' work in the field of the history of social thought, brings together twenty-five leading authorities to discuss and appraise critically what social philosophers and sociologists have said about social origins".
119-003
US$....32.50		Barrow, John. The Mutiny of the Bounty. [History--Pacific Area, Mutiny] Boston: David R. Godine, #0-87923-343-5, [1980]. 208pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps, color plates, index. Book about H.M.S. Bounty. Time Period. Edited with introduction by Gavin Kennedy.
153-525
US$....25.00		Bartok, Mira. The Memory Palace. [Biography, Memoir, Mental Illness, Schizophrenia] New York: Free Press, #978-1-4391-8331-1, 2011. 305pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrations. Biography of Mira Bartok. Book about Norma Kurap Herr. "'People have abandoned their loved ones for much less than you've been through,' Mira Bartok is told at her mother's memorial serviec. It is a poignant observation about the relationship between Mira, her sister, and their mentally ill mother. Before she was struck with schizophrenia at the age of nineteen, beautiful piano protege Norma Herr had been the most vibrant personality in the room. She loved her daughters and did her best to raise them well, but as her mental state deteriorated, Norma spoke less about Chopin and more about Nazis and her fear that her daughters would be kidnapped, murdered, or raped".
153-493
US$....25.00		Beasley-Murray, George R. John; Word Biblical Commentary Volume 36. [Religion, Bible Studies, Christianity, Commentary, Gospels, John--New Testament Book] Milton Keynes: Word Publishing, #0-85009-487-9, 1991. 441pp. Very good plus. Notes, indices. The front cover is lightly creased at the top and there are light reading creases to the spine. "The Gospel of John, rightly known as 'a spiritual Gospel' (Clement of Alexandria), has captivated successive generations of Christian believers and teachers, as well as called forth an almost incredible array of books and other literary contributions. But in an unusual this Gospel has been owned and used by the Church's preachers, who have recognised its great value both for evangelism and the training and nurture of their congregations". Publisher series: Word Biblical Commentary 36.
014-274
US$....25.00		Beaumont, Harry. Old Contemptible; A Personal Narrative. [World War 1, Espionage] Montreal: Canadian Bookclub Centre Ltd, [1968]. 224pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Photographs, epilogue, appendix, index. Previous owner's bookplate. Edited by A.E. Clark-Kennedy. Locale: Belgium.
138-315
US$...120.00		Belitser, V. (editor) Eesti Rahvaroivaid; XIX Sajandist Ja XX Sajandi Algult. [Costume, Costume--Estonia, Folk Costume--Estonia] Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1957. 256 pp plus 121 plates. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Patterned endpapers, black & white and color illustrations, maps, patterns, 78 color plates, errata slip, 2 double-sided folding patterns laid in. The dust jacket has minor edgewear, a dampstain on the top edge, is lightly faded on the spine and the front inner flap is crumpled near the center. Text in Estonian Language. Locale: Estonia.
000-811
US$....32.50		Bennett, John W. Hutterian Bretheren; the Agricultural Economy and Social Organization of a Communal People. [Western Canada, Ethnic Groups, Ethnology, Family Life, Farm Life--Saskatchewan, Hutterites--Canada] Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1967, 1st printing. 298pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bibliography, index, map. Locale: ; Prairie Provinces.
013-394
US$....25.00		Berendt, John. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; A Savannah Story. [True Crime, Celebrities, Murder, True Crime] New York: Random House, #0-679-42922-0, 1994. 388pp. Very good in fine dust jacket. The bottom edge is lightly soiled. Time Period 1981. "Shots rang out in Savannah's greatest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction". Locale: Georgia; Savannah--Georgia.
132-135
US$....40.00		Bongie, L.L. From Rogue to Everyman; A Foundling's Journey to the Bastille. [History--France, Crime Detection, Police--France, Prisons--France, Rogues, Underworld] Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, #0-7735-2793-1, [2004]. 444pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrations, notes, index. Biography of Charles de Julie. Book about Bastille. Time Period.
001-789
US$....32.50		Boswell, James. Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France 1765-1766. [Travel, Grand Tour] Toronto: William Heinemann, 1955, 1st edition. 383pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, illustrations, index. The dust jacket has minor edgewear, is lightly soiled on the spine and there is a previous owner name and stamps. Edited by Frank Brady & Frederick A. Pottle. Publisher series: Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell 4. Locale: Corsica; Italy.
132-413
US$...165.00		Boucher, Maurice. (editor) Livingstone Letters 1843 to 1872; David Livingstone Correspondence in the Brenhurst Library Johannesburg. [History--Africa, Explorers--Africa] Houghton: Brenthurst Press, #0 909079 26 9, [1985], From a limited edition of 850 copies. 255pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Ribbon page markers, 4 maps, 67 monochrome and color plates, vignette illustrations, appendices, select bibliography, index. There is a small tear at the top corner of the front panel of the dust jacket. Letters of David Livingstone. Publisher series: Brenthurst Second Series 1. Locale:.
153-430
US$....27.50		Bouwsma, William J. John Calvin; A Sixteenth-Century Portrait. [Religion, Calvinism, Christianity, Theologians] New York: Oxford University Press, #0-19-504394-4, 1988. 310pp. Very good in very good plus dust jacket. Frontispiece, notes, bibliography, index. The top of the spine and top edge of the front cover are lightly bumped. Book about John Calvin. Time Period 16th Century. "Calvinism has been widely credited - or blamed - for much that is thought to characterize the modern world: for capitalism and modern science, for secularization and democracy, for individualism and utilitarianism. But John Calvin the man has been largely ignored by historians".
153-500
US$....25.00		Bowers, Eugene W. Red River Dust; True Tales of an American Yesterday. With Evelyn Oppenheimer. [Western America, Adventure and Adventurers, Frontier Life, History--United States] Waco: Word Books, 1969, 2nd printing. 178pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Maps, photographs, illustrations, notes, bibliography. There is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. "From original source material here is the full-flavored taste of frontier Americana - true stories of human drama and humor when men and women made the Red River Valley the jumping-off place to adventure". Introduction by Frank X. Tolbert. Locale: Red River Valley; Western America.
142-173
US$....35.00		Boyd, Carolyn P. Praetorian Politics in Liberal Spain. [History--Spain, Government--Spain, History--Spain, Military Government] Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, #0-8078-1368-0, 1979. 376pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Map, chart, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. The corners are lightly bumped, and the dust jacket has minor edgewear. Locale:.
153-447
US$....27.50		Brown, Christopher R. The Origins of the Final Solution; The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942. [Holocaust, Antisemitism, Concentration Camps, Holocaust, Nazi Party, World War 2] London: William Heinemann, #0-434-01227-0, 2004. 615pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Notes, bibliography, index. "By the author of the acclaimed and ground-breaking Ordinary Men, the Origins of the Final Solution is the most detailed, careful, and comprehensive analysis to date of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder". Contributors include Jurgen Matthaus. Locale: Germany.
144-727
US$....52.50		Brown, R. Blake. Arming and Disarming; A History of Gun Control in Canada. [Law, Firearms--Law and Legislation--Canada, Gun Control--Canada, Law--Canada, Weapons] Toronto: University of Toronto, #978-1-4426-4639-1, 2012. 349pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Photographs, notes, index. Publisher series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Locale: Canada.
151-303
US$....45.00		Bullard, J.V. Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical 1604; Latin and English. [Law, Canon Law, Constitution--England, Law--England] London: Faith Press, The, 1934. 212pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Index. There is a previous owner's name on the front endpaper and the dust jacket is price-clipped. Time Period 1603-4 & 17th Century. "As the original Latin text of the Canons of 1603-4 is out of print and generally unknown, there seemed room for this edition. The variations between the original text and the ordinary unauthorised text in English invited annotation. Beyond calling attention to these variations, the object aimed at in writing the notes has been present such facts as are usually ignored, and to stimulate thought rather than to claim consent to conclusions" - from the Preface. Parallel text in Latin and English.
149-339
US$...200.00		Byrne, Muriel St. Clare. The Lisle Letters 6 Vols. [Sets, Correspondence, Ideas, Letter Writing, Letters, Royalty, Social Life and Customs--England] Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #0-226-0-226-08801, 1981. 713pp. Very good, no dust jackets. Illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece, tables, illustrations, notes, appendices, fold-out genealogical chart. Some spines are lightly creased. Book about Arthur Plantagenet Lisle, Statesmen. Time Period 1533-1540 & 16th Century. "This book is about people, people like us, average and below average, and unusual or remarkable or outstanding. They wrote it themselves, in so far as it substantially exists, in some three thousand letters which shuttled to and fro across the Channel between England and Calais almost daily between 1553 and 1540" - from the Preface. Locale: England.
151-474
US$....25.00		Cam, Helen. Law-Finders and Law-Makers in Medieval England; Collected Studies in Legal and Constitutional History. [Law, Constitution--England, Essays, History--England, Law, Lawyers] London: Merlin Press, 1962. 240pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Notes, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn with a small chip to the top edge of the back panel and there is a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Book about . Time Period Medieval. "This collection of essays, mostly reprinted from articles that have appeared in overseas publications or in English festschrifts, is concerned with various aspects of law in English history - the law of the courts of the shire and the hundred, of the baronial franchises and of the city of London, of the king's courts and of his highest court of parliament". Locale: England.
117-181
US$....50.00		Camp, Anthony J. (editor) An Index to the Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1750-1800 Vol. 1 A-Bh. [Law, Law, Wills] London: Society of Genealogists, #0-901878-18-9, 1976. 414pp. Very good. Index. Spine and edges slightly darkened. Time Period 18th Century. Identified on cover as: P.C.C. Will Index 1750-1800 Vol. 1 A-Bh. Locale: Canterbury; England.
148-024
US$....67.50		Cannon, Martin J. (editors) Racism, Colonialism and Indigeneity in Canada; A Reader. With Lina Sunseri. [Indians of North America, Colonialism--Canada, Indians of North America, Indigenous Peoples, Racism--Canada] Don Mills: Oxford University Press, #0-19-543231-2, 2011. 284pp. Near fine. Color illustrations on the inside covers, notes, glossary, bibliography. There are some pencil marks in the table of contents.
140-675
US$....22.50		Casey, James. They Died in Silence; A Woman Steps Forward. [Holocaust, Holocaust, Jews--Europe, Nazi Party, Resistance Movement, World War 2] Carlsbad: Dillard Publishing, [1992]. 288pp. Very good. Locale: Czech Republic.
152-058
US$....25.00		Cavendish, George. Thomas Wolsey Late Cardinal; His Life and Death; Written by George Cavendish His Gentleman-Usher. [History--England, Biography, Henry VIII--King of England, Politics--England, Tudor England] London: J.M. Dent, #0-460-04143-6, 1973. 242pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt device on the front cover. Top edge stained pale blue, illustrations, biographical index. There is a previous owner's blind stamp on the front endpaper. Biography of Thomas Wolsey. Book about Field of the Cloth of Gold & Star Chamber. "Casting an immense shadow on the backcloth of Tudor England, Thomas Wolsey rose to be Cardinal Legate, Archbishop of York, and Lord Chancellor. He was the man who stage-managed that last effervescence of mediaeval splendour, the Field of the Cloth of Gold: but his attitude to the nobles, his use of the notorious Star Chamber, and his failure to win a divorce for Henry VIII led to his downfall". Edited with introduction by Roger Lockyer.
143-134
US$....45.00		Chinese Porcelain Company. Chinese Glass Paintings & Export Porcelain; An Exhibition and Sale 8 October - 9 November 1996. [Antiques, Antiques, Chinese Porcelain, Exhibition Catalog--Chinese Porcelain Company, Painting--China, Porcelain] New York: Chinese Porcelain Company, 1996. 136pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Color photographs, bibliography. The dust jacket has minor edgewear with one chip and one closed tear along the bottom edge. Locale: China.
006-241
US$....25.00		Christie, Agatha. Elephants Can Remember. [Mystery Fiction] London: Crime Club, 1972, 1st printing. 256pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Previous owner's stamp, dust jacket price clipped. Main character: Poirot, Hercule.
112-920
US$....40.00		Churchill, Winston S. Frontiers and Wars. [Military, British Empire] New York: Konecky & Konecky, #1-56852-057-3, [circa 1990s]. 567pp. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket. Maps. The dust jacket has minor edgewear. Includes Ian Hamilton's March, London to Ladysmith, The Malakand Field Force & The River War.
001-578
US$....30.00		Clark, Ella Elizabeth. Indian Legends of Canada. [Folklore, Indians of North America, Legends, Indian] Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, [1974], later printing. 177pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Bibliography.
153-524
US$....27.50		Clarke, Peter. Mr. Churchill's Profession; The Statesman As Author and the Book That Defined the 'Special Relationship'. [History--England, Authors, Biography, History--England, Statesmen, Writers] New York: Bloomsbury Press, #978-1-60819-372-1, 2012, 1st U.S. Edition. 347pp. Very good plus in fine dust jacket. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. A light stain on the front cover. Book about A History of the English-Speaking Peoples & Winston Churchill. "What remains to be explored in the life of Winston Churchill? Master historian Peter Clarke does the seemingly impossible - finds a fresh perspective on one of the most written-about figures in history. When Churchill received the Nobel Prize in 1953, it was not for his role as a world leader, but for literature. In fact, Churchill was a gifted and successful writer long before he was a politician".
152-636
US$....40.00		Clinton, Bill. My Life. [History--United States, Politics, Presidents--United States] New York: Alfred A. Knopf, #0-375-41457-6, 2004, 1st edition. 957pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs, index. Biography of Bill Clinton. "President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public". Locale: United States; White House.
106-725
US$....30.00		Coates, Ken. The Keystone Province; An Illustrated History of Manitoba Enterprise. With Fred McGuinness. [Manitoba, Business, Economics] Burlington: Windsor Publications, #0-89781-257-3, 1988. 184pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Black and white and color photographs, bibliography, index. Locale: ; Western Canada.
151-151
US$....25.00		Cockburn, J.S. A History of English Assizes; 1558-1714. [Law, Government--England, History--England, Judges, Law] Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, #0-521-08449-0, 1972. 372pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Notes, tables, appendices, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is lightly soiled on the spine and there is a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Book about Assizes, Court Cases, Court Officials. Time Period 16th Century, 17th Century & 18th Century. "This book is primarily an account of the most familiar and longest lived of English courts during the most critical as well as the most influential period of its history. It describes all aspects of the court's work, personnel, jurisdiction, and constitutional position, throws incidental light on the nature of local administration and government, and examines the thesis that the function of assizes was governmental - as a main channel of communication between central government and provincial authority - as well as being judicial". Publisher series: Cambridge Studies in English Legal History.
153-444
US$....25.00		Collins, Paul. Duel with the Devil; The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery. [True Crime, Murder, True Crime] New York: Crown Publishers, #978-0-307-95645-3, 2013. 289pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Map, notes, sources, index. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge. Book about Aaron Burr & Alexander Hamilton. Time Period 1900's. "Duel with the Devil is acclaimed historian Paul Collins's remarkable account of a stunning turn-of-the-nineteenth-century murder and the trial that ensued - a showdown in which controversial political figures Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was done. Still America's longest running 'cold case,' the Case of Elma Sands will surely come to a close with this book". Locale: United States.
150-693
US$....32.50		Connor, Holly Pyne. Off the Pedestal; New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent. [Art, Art, Feminism, Painting, Portraits, Women, Women's Studies] Newark: The Newark Museum, #978-0-813-536-972, 2006. 158pp. Near fine. Black and white and color illustrations, photographs, notes, credits, index. Book about Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Charles Dana Gibson, Winslow Homer, William Dean Howells, Henry James, John Singer Sargent, Self-Reliance & Edith Wharton. Time Period 19th Century. "Pictures of women portrayed as professional, athletic, and intellectual seem common to us today, but until the late nineteenth century, such representations of strong, self-reliant women were virtually, if not completely, absent from the visual arts and literature. Off the Pedestal is the first book to explore the radical change that occurred in the representation of women immediately after the Civil War".
129-613
US$....30.00		Constable, John. John Constable's Correspondence; The Family at East Bergholt 1807-1837. [Biography, Artists, Painters] London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962. 337pp. Good to very good in very good dust jacket. Map frontispiece, illustrations, notes, appendices, genealogy charts, index. Ex-library and a crack in the text block at the title page. Time Period 19th Century. Publisher series: Historical Manuscripts Commission 3 & Suffolk Records SocietyIV . Edited with introduction and notes by R.B. Beckett. Locale: ; East Bergholt.
153-523
US$....27.50		Corley, Kathleen E. Private Women; Public Meals; Social Conflict in the Synoptic Tradition. [Religion, Ancient History, Gender Issues, New Testament, Social Behavior, Women's Studies] Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, #1-56563-003-3, 1993. 217pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Abbreviations, notes, bibliography, indices. The dust jacket has two small closed tears on the top edge of the rear panel. Book about Synoptic Gospels. "This work, a revision of the author's Claremont dissertation, exmaines how women's differing roles in the ancient Greco-Roman world are reflected in the Gospel portraits of women. Focusing on women's varying portrayals in meal or banquet settings, Corley uncovers evidence that women's roles were undergoing radical social change throughout the Greco-Roman world - both in moving toward equality and returning to a more traditional role".
140-702
US$....25.00		Council for the Preservation of Monuments to Resistance and Martyrdom. Scenes of Fighting and Martyrdom Guide; War Years in Poland 1939 - 1945. [Holocaust, Battlefield Guides--Poland, Holocaust, War Crimes--Germany, World War 2] Warsaw: Sport Turystyka, 1966. 351pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Maps, photographs, indices. Lacks the 2 folding maps in pocket. There is some scuffing and residue on the inner boards under the flaps. Locale:.
140-711
US$....25.00		Creel, George. War Criminals and Punishment. [Holocaust, Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Jews--Europe, War Criminals, World War 2] London: Hutchinson, [1944]. 144pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Appendices, index. Some marking in pencil. Locale: Germany.
150-425
US$....65.00		Cullen, Tracey. (editor) Aegean Prehistory; A Review. [Archaeology, Archaeology, History--Ancient] Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, #0-9609042-4-7, 2001. 506pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Abbreviations, photographs, maps, tables, notes, addendum, index. The dust jacket is slightly faded at the spine and back panel. Book about Aegean Prehistory. "Aegean Prehistory: A Review is a first-class overview of what has been happening in the field of Aegean pre-history in the past decade or more, with updated bibliographies and a comprehensive index which scholars will find most valuable. The undergraduate student as well as the research student will find it a marvelous instrument with which to follow developments in recent years in many aspects of the subject. I shall certainly be using it extensively myself" - Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge. Publisher series: American Journal of Archaeology Supplement 1.
128-457
US$...175.00		Dahlberg, Albert A. (editor) Dental Morphology and Evolution. [Anthropology, Morphology, Dental, Teeth] Chicago: University of Chicago, #0-226-13481-4, [1971]. 350pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, charts, tables, indices. Ex library.
122-062
US$....25.00		Davis, Richard Harding. With the Allies. [World War 1, War Correspondents] New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. 238pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Decoratively stamped red cloth. Map endpapers, frontispiece, photographs. The spine is lightly faded. Publisher series: War on All Fronts 1. Locale: Belgium.
153-515
US$....20.00		Dawson, Raymond. (editor) The Legacy of China. [History--China, Essays, History--China, Intellectual Life, Literature--China, Philosophy--China, Spirituality] Oxford: Oxford University Press, [circa 1963]. 392pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with crested spine. Maps, index. Lacks title page and the dust jacket is lightly edgeworn and price-clipped. "As China's international status grows, it civilization excites an increasing interest in the outside world. This latest addition in the 'Legacy' series satisfies the demand for a general survey of what the world owes to China in the major realms of the spirit and intellect". Publisher series: Legacy Series.
119-595
US$....17.50		Dickens, Charles. American Notes and Pictures from Italy. [Fiction] Geneva: Edito-Service, [no date], Centennial edition. 521pp. Very good. Gilt decorated green leatherette. Ribbon marker, decorated endpapers, frontispiece, illustrations, notes. Illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Publisher series: Heron Books Collection. Introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell. Locale: Italy; United States.
108-859
US$....17.50		Dickens, Charles. American Notes and Pictures from Italy. [Fiction] London: Heron Books, [no date], Centennial edition. 521pp. Very good. Issued without dust jacket. Gilt decorated green leatherette. Decorated endpapers, ribbon marker, frontispiece, illustrations, notes. Illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Publisher series: Heron Books Collection. Introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell. Locale: Italy; United States.
108-878
US$....30.00		Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2 Volumes). [Fiction] London: Heron Books, [no date], Centennial edition. 504, 499pp. Very good. Issued without dust jacket. Gilt decorated green leatherette. Ribbon markers, decorated endpapers, frontispiece, illustrations. Illustrations by Phiz. Publisher series: Charles Dickens Complete Works. Introduction by Sybil Thorndike.
012-003
US$....30.00		Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit. [Fiction] London: G.W.Carleton & Co., 1885, Carleton's new illustrated edition. 799pp. Good, no dust jacket. Gilt decorated cloth. Full page illustrations. The spine is faded, minor cracking at front inner hinge and some pages starting to loosen.
113-918
US$....17.50		Dickens, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Master Humphrey's Clock. [Fiction] London: Heron Books, [no date], Centennial edition. 447pp. Very good. Issued without dust jacket. Gilt decorated green leatherette. Decorated endpapers, ribbon page marker, frontispiece, illustrations. Includes Malcolm Elwin (Master Humphrey's Clock). Illustrations by Lucy Fildes. Publisher series: Heron Books Collection. Introduction by Malcolm Elwin.
108-879
US$....15.00		Dickens, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Master Humphrey's Clock. [Fiction] London: Heron Books, [no date], Centennial edition. 447pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Gilt decorated cover, ribbon marker, decorated endpapers, frontispiece, illustrations. Small 1/4" chip missing from top of cover near spine. Illustrations by Lucy Fildes. Publisher series: Heron Books Collection. Introduction by Malcolm Elwin.
108-873
US$....30.00		Dickens, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop (2 Volumes). [Fiction] London: Heron Books, [1967], Centennial edition. 373, 363pp. Very good. Issued without dust jacket. Gilt decorated green leatherette. Ribbon markers, decorated endpapers, frontispiece, illustrations, notes. Illustrations by C. Grey & Landells. Publisher series: Charles Dickens Complete Works. Introduction by Earl of Wicklow.
153-479
US$...175.00		Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. [Fiction] London: Chapman and Hall, 1890. 640pp. Very good. Aldenham Grammar School prize binding. Finely bound in tan leather with monograms on the front and back cover, spine (in 6 compartments) borders, edges and inner dentelles all tooled in gilt. Marbled endpapers and edges, 43 illustrations. 2' tear at the top front hinge repaired, shelfwear at the extremities. Mylar cover. Illustrations by Phiz.
108-874
US$....30.00		Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (2 Volumes). [Fiction] London: Heron Books, [no date], Centennial edition. 484, 477pp. Very good. Issued without dust jacket. Gilt decorated green leatherette. Ribbon markers, decorated endpapers, frontispiece, illustrations. Illustrations by Phiz & Seymour. Publisher series: Charles Dickens Complete Works. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Identified on cover as: Pickwick Papers.
153-522
US$....30.00		Doresse, Jean. The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics; An Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic Manuscripts Discovered at Chenoboskion. [Religion, Ancient History, Gospel, Manuscripts] New York: MJF Books, #1-56731-227-6, 1986. 445pp. Very good plus in fine dust jacket. Notes, photographs, appendices, tables, index. Spine is lightly edgeworn. Book about Gnosticism & Sacred Texts. "The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics tells the story of the discovery and rescue of an astounding collection of sacred texts found in an Egyptian village after being hidden for sixteen centuries. It also explains the texts in their historical and philosophical context, and appraises their importance to scholars, and to the world at large". Locale: Chenoboskion--Egypt; Egypt.
151-251
US$....95.00		Ellis, Geoffrey. Earldoms in Fee; A Study in Peerage Law and History. [Law, History--England, Law] London: Saint Catherine Press, 1963. 236pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Notes, fold-out genealogical table, appendices, index. Lightly edgeworn and there is a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Book about Earldoms. "The whole of this book, both text and notes, was finished by Sir Geoffrey Ellis shortly before he died. In accordance with his wishes I have prepared his manuscript for and seen it through the press. It was also his wish that I should make it clear that the book is printed as he left it, so that, being by a deceased author, it can, if the occasion arises, be cited as a work of authority" - from the Preface.
018-087
US$....55.00		Ellis, Havelock. Studies in the Psychology of Sex (2 Vols.). [Sexuality, Eroticism, Psychology, Sexual Orientation, Social Behavior] New York: Random House, 1942. complex. Very good plus, no dust jackets. 2 volumes. Frontispiece, graphs, appendices, index. The covers are lightly soiled and worn. "The origin of these Studies dates from many years back. As a youth I was faced, as others are, by the problem of sex. Living partly in an Australian city where the ways of life were plainly seen, partly in the solitude of the bush, I was free both to contemplate and to meditate many things. A resolve slowly grew up within me: one main part of my life-work should be to make clear the problems of sex" - from the General Preface.
153-351
US$....27.50		Ettlinger, Steve. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Marine Supply Stores. With Caroline Ajootian & Tom Gannon. [Transportation, Boating, Illustrated Books, Reference] New York: Hearst Marine Books, #0-688-13300-2, 1994, 1st edition. 374pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrations, appendices, index. "Finding the right piece of equipment for your boat, sail or power, has been the equivalent of a scavenger hunt until now. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Marine Supply Stores includes more than 525 different items, many with illustrations, to help you find the right equipment for your boat. This handy guide will make life on the water easier, safer, and more fun" - Gary Jobson, Jobson Sailing, Inc. Illustrations by Robert Strimban.
153-467
US$....25.00		Evans, Colin. The Casebook of Forensic Detection; How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes. [True Crime, Case Histories, Forensic Science, Mysteries, Science, True Crime] New York: John Wiley & Sons, #0-471-28369-X, 1996. 310pp. Near fine. Photographs, appendix, index. "What evidence led investigators to Ted Bundy, America's most infamous serial killer? How was the mystery of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be Anastasia, daughter of Czar Nicholas and Alexandra, solved after decades of speculation? How did authorities prove the notorious Hitler Diaries were a fraud?".
125-397
US$....35.00		Ewanchuk, Michael. Spruce, Swamp and Stone; A History of the Pioneer Ukrainian Settlements in the Gimli Area. [Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba, Settlement--Canada, Ukrainian Canadians] Winnipeg: Michael Ewanchuk, #0-9690768-3-5, 1977, 1st printing. 320pp. Very good. Signed with an inscription by the author. Maps, photographs, bibliography, index. Locale: Gimli--Manitoba; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada.
009-441
US$....32.50		Ewers, John K. The Western Gateway; a History of Fremantle. [History--Pacific Area] Nedlands: University of Australia, 1971, 2nd Revised Edition. 262pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Color illustrations, photographs, appendices, index. Locale: Australia; Fremantle.
150-185
US$....25.00		Fay, Terence J. A History of Canadian Catholics; Gallicanism, Romanism, and Canadianisms. [Religion, Catholic Church--Canada, Religion, Spirituality] Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, #0-7735-2314-6, 2002. 400pp. Very good plus. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Lightly edgeworn with a minor crease to the bottom corner of the back cover. Book about Gallicanism & Romanism. "A History of Canadian Catholics relates the long story of the Catholic Church and its followers, beginnign with how the church and its adherents came to Canada, how the church established itself, and how Catholic spirituality played a part in shaping Canadian society. Terence Fay also describes how recent social forces have influenced the church. Using an abundance of sources, Fay discusses Gallicanism (French spirituality) Romanism (Roman spirituality), and Canadianism (the indigenisation of Catholic spirituality in the Canadian lifestyle)". Publisher series: Mcgill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion Series Two.
153-514
US$....25.00		Fergusson, Bernard. Captain John Niven. [Juvenile, Historical Fiction, History--Pacific Area, Shipwrecks] London: Collins, #0-00-192148-7, 1973, 2nd printing. 127pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has some small chips to the bottom edge and two longer closed tears to the back panel. Book about John Bollons, Indigenous Peoples & Maori People. Time Period 19th Century. "On a spring day in 1881 a sailing vessel from England was wrecked on the south coast of the South Island of New Zealand opposite Stewart Island. On board was the young John Bollons, an apprentice, aged sixteen. For five years he lived with the Maoris, learning their customs, language, and way of life. Later he joined the Government steamer which went round the coast checking on lighthouses and other matters". Locale: New Zealand.
126-346
US$....25.00		Fest, Wilfried. Peace or Partition; The Habsburg Monarchy and British Policy 1914-1918. [World War 1, Foreign Policy--England, Habsburg Empire] New York: St. Martin's Press, #0-312-59935-8, [1978]. 276pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Notes, bibliography, index. Light rubbing to the dust jacket. Locale: ; Austria; Austro-Hungary.
153-357
US$....80.00		Fleming, Paula Richardson. The North American Indians in Early Photographs. With Judith Luskey. [Indians of North America, Colonization, Indians of N.A., Indigenous Peoples, Photography, Portraits] New York: Barnes & Noble Books, #0-88029-256-3, 1986. 256pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index. The spine is very lightly edgeworn at the top and bottom and a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Time Period 19th Century & 20th Century. "The three hundred magnificent photographs in this book, taken from the collection at the Smithsonian Institution, offer a unique record of the Indians of North America". Foreword by John C. Ewers.
153-516
US$....45.00		Foster, R.F. Modern Ireland; 1600-- 1972. [History--England, Catholic Church, History--England, History--Ireland, Politics--Ireland] London: Allen Lane, #0-713-99010-4, 1988. 688pp. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket. Maps, plans, appendices, chronology, references, indices. There is a previous owner's blind stamp and name on the front free endpaper. Time Period 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century & 20th Century. "The last twenty-five years have seen a revolution in Irish history writing. R.F. Foster's Modern Ireland is unique in that it both incorporates the controversies and conclusions that have emerged and presents a decisive personal view of the evolution of modern Ireland over three and a half centuries".
153-496
US$....25.00		French, Paul. Pseudonym of True Crime City of Devils; The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai. [True Crime] New York: Picador, #978-1-250-17058-3, 2018, 1st edition. 299pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Map endpapers, illustrations, photographs, glossary, index. Book about "Dapper" Joe Farren, "Lucky" Jack Riley. Time Period 1930's & 1940's. "In 1940, Lucky Jack and Dapper Joe bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around them was poverty, starvation, and genocide. They thought they ruled Shanghai, but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction they left in their wake". Locale: Shanghai--China.
138-711
US$....35.00		Fumoleau, Rene. Here I Sit. [Poetry--Canada] Ottawa: Novalis, #2-89088-791-X, [1996]. 192pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Photographs. Book about Dene Indians & Spiritual Awareness. Photography by Rene Fumoleau.
153-420
US$....40.00		Gaisford, John. (editor) Atlas of Man. [Anthropology, Anthropology, Atlases, Cultural Studies, Human Behavior, Social Behavior, Societies] New York: St. Martin's Press, #0-312-05991-4, 1978. 272pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Color maps and photographs, diagrams, glossary, bibliography, index. The spine is lightly edgeworn. "The Atlas of Man is a unique attempt to bring together, in a single volume, the basic information needed to understand the midst and depth of the family of man. It has been designed not only for the committed anthropologist, but also for the lay reader with an interest in where and how people live, how they adapt to their environment and how individual peoples fit into the pattern of human life".
006-100
US$....25.00		Gerard, James W. My Four Years in Germany. [World War 1, Diplomacy, Personal Narratives] Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, [1917]. 448pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Decorated endpapers, frontispiece, photographs, facsimiles. Previous owner's name. Locale:.
153-495
US$....20.00		Gourevitch, Philip. A Cold Case. [True Crime, Case Studies, Homicide, True Crime] New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, #0-374-12513-9, 2001, 2nd printing. 183pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs. There is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Book about Cold Cases. Time Period 1970's. "A few years ago, Andy Rosenzweig, chief investigator for the Manhattan District Attorney's office, was abruptly reminded of an old double homicide: a friend from his youth, a former prizefighter, had been murdered along with another man in 1970. It bothered Rosenzweig that the killer had eluded capture for nearly three decades".
140-625
US$....30.00		Grant, Robert M. U-Boats Destroyed; The Effect of Anti-Submarine Warfare 1914-1918. [World War 1, Submarine Warfare, U-Boats--World War 1, World War 1] London: Putnam, [1964], 1st printing. 172pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Maps, photographs, tables, bibliography, appendices. Covers lightly splayed.
110-088
US$....25.00		Gray, Edwyn A. The Killing Time; The U-Boat War 1914-18. [World War 1, Naval History--Germany, Submarines, U-Boats] New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972], book club edition. 241pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, map, appendices, bibliography, index. Locale: ; North Sea.
129-637
US$....25.00		Hadewijch. The Complete Works. [Religion, Mysticism, Poetry, Spirituality, Theology, Visionaries, Women's Studies] Mahwah: Paulist Press, #0-8091-2297-9, [1980]. 412pp. Very good. Index, notes, bibliography, indices. The bottom corners are a little bumped. Book about Beguines. Publisher series: Classics of Western Spirituality; A Library of the Great Spiritual Masters. Translated with introduction by Mother Columbia Hart. Preface by Paul Mommaers.
112-174
US$....30.00		Hankey, Donald. A Student in Arms. [World War 1] Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, [1917]. 290pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Gilt decorated cover. Previous owner's name, light spine wear at top and bottom. Introduction by J. St. Loe Strachey.
152-457
US$....25.00		Harris, Sam. The End of Fatih; Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. [Religion, Belief, Ethics, Faith, Philosophy, Reason, Religion, Terrorism, World Affairs] New York: W.W. Norton & Company, #0-393-32765-5, 2004. 348pp. Near fine. Notes, bibliography, index. "In the End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs - even when these beliefs inspire the worst of human atrocities".
005-128
US$....35.00		Hawkes, Jacquetta. The Atlas of Early Man. With David Trump. [Anthropology, Ancient Civilizations, Ancient History, Archaeology, Atlases] New York: St. Martin's Press, [1976]. 254pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Black and white and color photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, gazetteer, index. Book about Civilization. Time Period 35000 BC & 500 AD. Locale: America; Ancient Egypt; China; Sumeria.
151-858
US$....75.00		Hayashi, Hiroshi. Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law; I. Felix Liebermann and Recent Studies; II. The Lost Laws of Anglo-Saxon Kings, Offa et Al. [Law, Anglo-Saxons, Kingship, Law--Anglo-Saxon, Treason] Tokyo: Privately Printed, 1990, 2nd enlarged edition. Near fine, no dust jacket. Signed by the author on p. 137 of the second essay. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Notes, illustration. A previous owner's name on the front endpaper and very light wear to extremities. Based on the work of Felix Lieberman. Book about Offa. Time Period Dark Ages. Locale: England.
016-644
US$....35.00		Haywood, John. The Illustrated History of Early Man. [Archaeology, Ancient History, Anthropology, Evolution] London: Bison Group, [1995]. 160pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, charts, maps, index. Book about & Richard Leakey.
010-864
US$....85.00		Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology (Three Vols.). [Sets, Christianity, Religion, Sets, Theology, Theology] Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, #0-8028-8135-1, 1979. 648, 732, 880pp. Very good in very good plus dust jacket. Index, notes. There is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper of each volume and the dust jackets are lightly edgeworn with a closed tear and creasing to the dust jacket at the spine of the third volume. Book about Anthropology, Eschatology & Soteriology. "In the lives of his three thousand students, Charles Hodge held a place of unique authority. His teaching had many elements of power - solid learning, acquaintance with contemporary thought, living interests, strong certainty, clear analytical statement, and skill in awakening minds" - from Dictionary of American Biography.
153-358
US$....35.00		Huffstetler, Edward W. Myths of the World; Tales of Native America. [Mythology, Indigenous Peoples, Legends, Mythology, Spirituality] New York: Metro Books, #1-56799-285-4, 1996. 112pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations, index. The dust jacket has minor fading to the top edge and the spine. Book about Indians of North America. "An introduction to the fascinating world of Native American mythology, Tales of Native America provides an informative and engaging overview of the spiritual beliefs and legends of the Native peoples of North America. The stories presented in this volume offer unique insights into the historical, social, spiritual and cultural traditions of the various tribal groups". Locale: North America.
121-243
US$....45.00		Jaenen, Cornelius J. (editor) The French Regime in the Upper Country of Canada During the Seventeenth Century. [Canada, Exploration, Hudson's Bay Company, Letters] Toronto: Champlain Society, #0-9693425-7-8, 1996, an out of series copy from a limited edition of 1100. 303pp. Fine. Issued without dust jacket. Crested red cloth. Frontispiece, illustrations, folding map, notes, bibliography, index, list of members. Publisher series: Champlain Society: Ontario Series 16 . Foreword by Michael D. Harris. Article about Etienne Brule, Rene-Robert Cavelier de la Salle, Louis Jolliet, Jean Nicollet, Nicolas Perrot & Pierre Esprit Radisson. Locale: Ontario; Upper Canada.
153-494
US$....20.00		Junger, Sebastian. A Death in Belmont. [True Crime, Murder, True Crime] New York: W.W. Norton & Company, #978-0-393-05809, 2006. 266pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs. "In 1963, with the city of Boston already terrified by a series of savage crimes known as the Boston Stranglings, a murder occurred in the quiet suburb of Belmont, just a few blocks from the house of Sebastian Junger's family - a murder that seemed to fit exactly the pattern of the Strangler". Locale: Belmont--Massachusetts; Boston--Massachusetts.
141-329
US$....45.00		Kavanagh, Thomas W. North American Indian Portraits; Photographs from the Wanamaker Expeditions. [Indians of North America, Expeditions--Western America, Indians of N.A., Photography, Portrait Photography--Indians] New York: Konecky & Konecky, #1-56852-132-4, [1996]. 191pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Frontispiece, photographs. Book about Wanamaker Expeditions. Photography by Joseph Kossuth Dixon.
153-355
US$....35.00		Kibby, Geoffrey. Mushrooms and Toadstools. [Natural History, Mushrooms, Nature, Reference] Secaucas: Chartwell Books, #0-7064-0584-6, 1977. 96pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Color illustrated endpapers, color photographs and illustrations. The bottom edges are lightly worn. Book about Foraging & Toadstools. "The mysterious world of fungi is here presented in full color, with illustrations of the most common species. The author explains what mushrooms and toadstools are, how they function and how to identify them".
123-386
US$....25.00		Kipling, Rudyard. France at War. [World War 1] London: MacMillan, 1916, 5th printing. 73pp. Very good. There is a previous owner's name on the top of the front cover, the spine is darkened and edges are lightly soiled. Locale:.
149-130
US$....35.00		Kirkpatrick, F. A. The Spanish Conquistadores. [History--Spain, Conquistadors] London: Adam and Charles Black, 1946, 2nd edition. 366pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a small gilt illustration on the front cover. Maps, 2 folding maps, appendix, index. Lightly worn around the edges and a tapestain on the front and back endpapers. Publisher series: Pioneer Histories. Locale:.
129-868
US$....25.00		Klippenstein, Laverna. Rosenort: A Mennonite Community; Book Two: The Growing Years. With Lawrence Klippenstein. [Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba, Mennonites--Canada] Morris: Morris-Macdonald School Division, #0-919212-77-8, 1975. 30pp. Near fine. Illustrations, photographs. Part of an Ethnic Studies series designed for use in upper elementary grades, under the direction of Stan Plett and Jim Weber. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Rosenort--Manitoba; Western Canada.
151-416
US$....32.50		Klymasz, Robert B. The Ukrainian Winter Folksong Cycle in Canada. [Music, Folk Songs, Immigrants--Canada, Music, Ukrainian Canadians] Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1970. 156pp. Very good. Photographs, musical notation, 3 flexible records in pocket. The covers are lightly worn, rubbed and soiled, with a 1/2-inch closed tear to the bottom front cover near the spine and a previous owner's book stamp to the inside front cover and bottom edge. Book about Bulletin No. 236 & Winter. "Canadians of Ukrainian origin form the fourth largest ethnic group in this country after the British, French, and German. Coming from an old Slavic peasant stock, the Ukrainians have settled predominantly in the three Prairie Provinces where they form a sizable segment of the total population. That their folklore offers a wealth of insights and pleasure for both the scholar and enthusiast alike is, I feel, illustrated by Mr. Klymasz's compilation and study of the Ukrainian winter folksong cycle in Canada" - from the Foreword. Music by Kenneth Peacock. Publisher series: Folklore Series 9.
147-050
US$....30.00		Koestler, Arthur. Reflections on Hanging. [Law, Capital Punishment, Hanging--Capital Punishment, Law] London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. 193pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Appendices, references, index. A glossy photograph of the author is mounted on the half-title page.
004-063
US$....30.00		Kwang-Ching Liu. Americans and Chinese; A Historical Essay and a Bibliography. [History--China, Foreign Relations] Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. 211pp. Very good in good to very good dust jacket. Index. The dust jacket spine is faded, tape stains on the front endpapers, and a small black mark on the front endpaper. Locale: China; United States.
006-662
US$....25.00		Lacey, Robert. Little Man; Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life. [True Crime, Criminals, Gangsters, Mafia, Organized Crime, Social History] Boston: Little, Brown and Company, #0-316-51168-4, 1991. 547pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrations, map, source notes, bibliography, index. The spine is lightly edgeworn. Biography of Meyer Lansky & Bugsy Siegel. Book about Lucky Luciano. "They called him the Godfather of the Godfathers, the Chairman of the Board of the National Crime Syndicate, the Mafia's banker. They credited him with having a personal fortune of $300 million, with having said 'We're bigger than U.S. Steel.' He was portrayed on the screen in the Godfather, Part II as Hyman Roth, dividing up Cuba with his fellow gangsters".
153-460
US$....17.50		Lamont-Brown, Raymond. Royal Murder Mysteries. [True Crime, Assassination, History--England, History--France, History--Greece, History--Italy, History--Portugal, History--Russia, Regicide, Royalty, True Crime] London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, #0-297-81071-5, 1990. 179pp. Very good. Illustrations, bibliography, index. The front cover corners are diagonally creased and there is a reading crease to the spine. "Down the centuries, a wide selection of jealous relatives, disaffected courtiers, rebellious subjects and political zealots have been keen to commit the foul and unnatural crime of regicide. For the first time the stories of all the major royal assassinations have been brought together in one book".
153-461
US$....17.50		Langton, Jerry. Showdown; How the Outlaws, Hells Angels and Cops Fought for Control of the Streets. [True Crime, Drug Dealers, Interviews, Mafia, Organized Crime, Police--Canada, True Crime] Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, #978-1-44342-784-5, 2010. 354pp. Fine. Illustrations, index. Book about Hells Angels. "When the old-school Mafia in Hamilton fell apart following the death of Johnny 'Pops' Papalia, a frenzy ensued over who would supply, sell and control Ontario's drug and vice traffic.... Building on interviews with Parente, members of the police and a variety of sources and informants in the underworld, Jerry Langton weaves together the violent tapestry that connects them all". Locale: Hamilton--Ontario; Ontario--Canada.
153-462
US$....17.50		Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City; Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. [True Crime, Serial Killers, True Crime] New York: Vintage Books, #0-375-72560-1, 2003. 447pp. Near fine. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Book about World's Fairs. Time Period 1890's. "Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spell-binding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men - the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death". Locale: Chicago--Illinois.
113-519
US$....60.00		Lavallee, Omer. Van Horne's Road; an illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway. [Transportation, Canadian Pacific Railway, Railroad Companies, Railroads, Railway Companies--Canada, Trains] Montreal: Railfare, #0-919130-22-4, 1998, later printing. 304pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Gilt lettering, map endpapers, photographs, black and white and color illustrations, maps, diagrams, tables, appendices, bibliography, genealogical table, index. Book about William C. Van Horne. Locale: Canada.
153-466
US$....25.00		LeClerc, Serge. Untwisted; An Extraordinary Journey of Overcoming and Redemption; The Autobiography of Serge LeClerc. With Darlene Polachic. [True Crime, Autobiography, Criminals, True Crime] Career 7 Associates Inc., #978-0-9782284-0-8, 2007. 213pp. Near fine. Notes. Time Period 1980's. "By the time Serge LeClerc was arrested for masterminding a $40 million narcotic lab in 1984, he was already on the RCMP'S Most Wanted List. His crimes were many. Theft. Fraud. Drug smuggling. Armed robbery. Racketeering. Bank heists. Connections to the top Mafia families". Locale: Canada.
107-903
US$....25.00		Lewis, Michael. The Spanish Armada. [History--Spain, Naval History, Spanish Armada] London: B.T. Batsford, [1960]. 216pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Frontispiece, tables, illustrations, plates, map. Minor chipping to dust jacket. Locale: ;.
105-820
US$....35.00		Mackay, Ian K. Broadcasting in Australia. [History--Pacific Area, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Broadcasting] Carlton: Melbourne University Press, [1957], 1st printing. 216pp. Very good in good to very good dust jacket. Notes, appendices, index, tears on dust jacket, 1" X 2" piece torn out of dust jacket back cover. Locale: Australia.
147-476
US$....90.00		Madill, Shirley J-R. Jackson Beardy; A Life's Work. [Art--Canada, Artists--Manitoba, Exhibition Catalog--Canada, Exhibition Catalog--Winnipeg Art Gallery, Indians of North America] Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, #0-88915-172-5, 1993. 181pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Black & white and color illustrations, bibliographies, list of works. Art of Jackson Beardy. Text in Ojibwa English and French.
153-465
US$....25.00		Maples, William R. Dead Men Do Tell Tales; The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist. With Michael Browning. [True Crime, Case Histories, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Science, Murder, Mysteries, True Crime] New York: Doubleday, #0-385-47490-3, 1994. 292pp. Very good plus. Photographs, index. There is a previous owner's name on the first page. "Dead Men Do Tell Tales is like nothing you'll ever read on the subject of, well, dead men. When he's not shattering myths about maggots, Dr. Maples is delightfully unraveling true murder mysteries, ancient and modern" - Carl Hiaasen, author of Stripe Tease and Native Tongue.
153-501
US$....37.50		Martin, Ralph P. 2 Corinthians; Word Biblical Commentary Volume 40. [Religion, Bible Commentary, Christianity, New Testament] Waco: Word Books, #0-8499-0239-8, 1986. 527pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Diagrams, indices. Book about Corinthians II--New Testament Book. "2 Corinthians has long been recognized as providing valuable motivation for the Christian in daily life and for the church in its service. At the same time, its difficulty for scholars is well known. In this comprehensive and detailed commentary, Dr. Ralph P. Martin never fails to address both the scholarly questions and the significance of Paul's thought for Christian living and ministry". Publisher series: Word Biblical Commentary 40.
014-935
US$....40.00		Massie, Robert K. Dreadnought; Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War. [World War 1, Diplomacy, World War 1] New York: Random House, #0-394-52833-6, [1991]. 1007pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Map endpapers, photographs, bibliography, endnotes, index. Locale:.
132-966
US$....50.00		Maynial, Edouard. Casanova and His Time. [Biography] London: Chapman & Hall, 1911. 289pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering in the scarce plain printed dust jacket. Top edge gilt, frontispiece, plates, notes, appendix, index. The dust jacket spine has faded and is chipped at the top, also there is a thumb-sized piece torn from the margin of p. 79 which does not affect the text. Book about Casanova. Translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne.
116-980
US$....25.00		McClement, Fred. Guns in Paradise; the Saga of the Cruiser Emden. [World War 1, German Far Eastern Squadron, Naval History--Germany, U.S. Navy, World War 1] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, [1968]. 270pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, frontispiece, plates. Book about Cruiser Emden, S.M.S. Emden, Merchant Sailing & Karl Von Muller. Time Period 1914-1918. Locale: Indian Ocean; South Pacific.
122-498
US$....25.00		McCollum, Buck Private. History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion. [World War 1, Poetry, War Poetry] United States: Buckles Publishing, [1939], 40th printing. 138pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, map. Illustrations by Tolman R. Reamer & Franklin Sly.
153-464
US$....25.00		McLaren, Angus. A Prescription for Murder; The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream. [True Crime, Abortion, Murder, Serial Killers, True Crime, Women's Studies] Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #0-226-56068-6, 1993. 217pp. Near fine. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. A remainder mark on the top edge. Book about Thomas Neill Cream. Time Period 19th Century & Victorian. "From 1877 to 1892, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered seven women, all prostitutes or patients seeking abortions, in England and North America. A Prescription for Murder begins with Angus McLaren's vividly detailed story of the killings. Using press reports and police dossiers, McLaren investigates the links between crime and respectability to reveal a remarkable range of Victorian sexual tensions and fears". Locale: England; North America.
115-765
US$....25.00		Medina, Harold R. Freedom of the Press and Fair Trial; Final Report with Recommendations by the Special Committee on Radio, Television, and the Administration of Justice of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. [Law, First Amendment, Free Speech, Law Courts, Law Enforcement, Media, Radio, Television, Trials] New York: Columbia University Press, [1967]. 99pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Gilt decorated cover, notes, appendix, index. Minor edgewear to dust jacket.
153-445
US$....35.00		Miller, Calvin. The Singer; The Song; The Finale (3 Vol. Set). [Sets, Bible Stories, Christianity, Fantasy, Gospels, Poetry, Religion] Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, #0-87784-639-1, 1975, 1977, 79. 151, 168, 174pp. Very good plus. Illustrations. "The Singer; a poetic narrative in the tradition of C.S. Lewis's Narnia Chronicles and J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy - is Calvin Miller's retelling of an age-old story whose significance is unmatched in human history. Those who wish to read it in its original form will find it in the Gospels of Matthew or Mark, Luke or John. This book is the first of a trilogy which is completed by The Song (based on the book of Acts) and The Finale (an artistic retelling of the book of Revelation)".
011-934
US$....25.00		Miller, Ruth. Saul Bellow; A Biography of the Imagination. [Biography, Authors, Biography, Correspondence, Imagination, Novelists] New York: St. Martin's Press, #0-312-03827-1, 1991, 1st edition. 385pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Appendices, index. Biography of Saul Bellow & Saul Bellow. Time Period 20th Century. "Ruth Miller's friendship with Saul Bellow began in 1938, when she was his student at Pestolozzi-Froebel Teacher's College; over the next fifty years she remained a friend and his closest reader, following his life and work through ongoing conversations as well as his published writings".
100-139
US$....25.00		Mills, Allen. Fool for Christ; the Political Thought of J.S. Woodsworth. [Manitoba, C.C.F., Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation, Political Theory, Politics--Canada] Toronto: University of Toronto Press, #0-8020-6842-1, [1991]. 301pp. Near fine. Signed by the author. Photographs, illustrations, notes, bibliography. Biography of James S. Woodsworth. Book about J.S. Woodsworth. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada.
153-354
US$....50.00		Mitchell, Doug. Harley-Davidson Chronicle. [Transportation, Automobile Industry, Bikers, Motorcycles] Lincolnwood: Publications International, #0-7853-1682-5, 1996, 1st edition. 320pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Color photographs, index. Time Period 1903-1996 & 20th Century. "Few companies of any kind have been around as long as Harley-Davidson, and fewer still are in the same business as when they started. While a handful of early automobile manufacturers have survived to see the Nineties, most managed to do so only by combining with other auto companies".
153-509
US$....60.00		Mitchell, W.O. Who Has Seen the Wind. [Fiction, Canadian, Fiction--Canada] Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1947, 1st edition. 344pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 2nd state blue cloth. The spine is slightly faded and worn and the endpapers have shallow tears old tape stains. "Many interpreters of the Bible believe the wind to be symbolic of Godhood. In this story I have tried to present sympathetically the struggle of a boy to understand what still defeats mature and learned men - the ultimate meaning of the cycle of life. To him are revealed in moments of fleeting vision the realities of birth, hunger, satiety, eternity, death. They are moments when an inquiring heart seeks finality, and the chain of darkness is broken. This is the story of a boy and the wind" - from the Preface. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan--Canada.
153-513
US$....25.00		Moorehead, Alan. The Fatal Impact; An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific; 1767-1840. [History--Pacific Area, Explorers, History--Australia, Indigenous Peoples] London: Reprint Society, 1966. 230pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Maps, illustrations, diagrams. The spine is lightly bumped at the bottom and the dust jacket has very slight creasing to some edges. Book about Captain Cook. Time Period 1700's & 1800's. "When Cook made his landfall in Matavai Bay on April 13, 1769, the population of Tahiti was about forty thousand; by the turn of the century not more than fifteen thousand were left, and by the end of the eighteen-thirties the figure was down to nine thousand. When the first ships carrying convicts sailed into Botany Bay on January 18, 1788, the aborigines were virtually the only human beings on the Australian continent; a century and a half later, they were almost extinct". Locale: Australia; Pacific Area.
153-463
US$....25.00		Moray, Alastair. The Diary of a Rum-Runner. [True Crime, Diaries, Liquor Industry, Rum Running, Ships, True Crime] Mystic: Flat Hammock Press, #978-0-9773725-6-0, 2007. 193pp. Near fine. Photographs, illustrations. Book about Whiskey. Time Period 1920's. "The plain, unvarnished, day-by-day account of eleven months off New York with a crazy ship, a mutinous crew, lurking hijackers and the inquisitive federal authorities".
103-492
US$....35.00		Morgan, J.H. German Atrocities; an Official Investigation. [World War 1, War Crimes, World War 1] London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1916], 8th printing. 128pp. Good to very good. Minor edgewear, minor water damage to spine, corners of spine bumped. Locale: ; Germany.
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US$....32.50		Morse, Eric W. Fur Trade Canoe Routes of Canada/Then and Now. [Western Canada, Canoe Routes--Canada, Fur Trade, North West Company, Voyages and Travels, Voyageurs] Ottawa: National and Historic Parks, 1971, 2nd printing. 125pp. Very good. Issued without dust jacket. Map endpapers, frontispiece, illustrations, maps, reading list. A small patch of residue left from a price sticker on the half-title page. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Western Canada.
153-518
US$....27.50		Naipaul, V.S. Among the Believers; An Islamic Journey. [Religion--Eastern, Belief, Eastern Religions, Faith, Islam, Mohammedanism, Religion--Eastern, Travel] London: Andre Deutsch, #0-233-97416-4, 1982, 2nd printing. 399pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. The spine is lightly cocked, the dust jacket is price-clipped and there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. "Among the Believers is a masterly examination of one of the most powerful forces at work in the world today. 'The Believers' are Moslem men and women, most of them young, who are trying to regain the original purity of their faith in the belief that it can bring jsutice and order to their disoriented world. V.S. Naipaul travelled to meet them in Iran, where they have triumphed over a detested regime; in Pakistan, where their ideal founders in a State especially created for Moslems; and in Malaysia and Indonesia, societies which are alike only in the fact that in them, too, Islam is in a state of ferment". Locale: Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Pakistan.
153-526
US$....25.00		Nien Cheng. Life and Death in Shanghai. [History--China, History--China, Prisoners] London: Grafton Books, #0-246-12948-4, 1986. 496pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Index. Book about Nien Cheng, Cultural Revolution, Political Prisoners & Solitary Confinement. "From a China ravaged by persecution comes this remarkable and gripping testimony by an extraordinary survivor - an educated woman who had moved in diplomatic and business circles and now found herself caught up in the turbulence of the times. Nien Cheng's account of her 6 1/2 years in solitary confinement during the Cultural Revolution, followed by years of constant surveillance and final rehabilitation, ranks with the finest literature from behind the Iron or Bamboo Curtains'. Locale: China.
153-352
US$....25.00		Oliphant, Brad. Lessons in Love from a Course in Miracles; Truths and Meditations on the Legendary Text. [Religion, Christianity, God, Love, Meditation, Nature, Religion, Spirituality, Truth] New York: Sterling Ethos, #978-1-4549-1135-7, 2014. 254pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Color illustrated endpapers, color photographs, notes, glossary. "Award-winning fine art photographer Brad Oliphant has been capturing unbelievable images of the natural world for more than forty years. He is also a dedicated student of A Course in Miracles, the thousand-page treatise on spiritual enlightenment. Now in this beautifully illustrated book, Oliphant presents a selection of readings taken from the pages of the Course itself". Foreword by Gary R. Renard.
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US$....45.00		Palmer, Robert C. The County Courts of Medieval England; 1150-1350. [Law, Court Cases, Law, Lawyers] Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. 360pp. Very good plus in good to very good dust jacket. Abbreviations, tables, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is faded along the spine and top edge of the front panel. Time Period 1150-1350, 12th Century, 13th Century, 14th Century & Medieval. "The first monograph on English medieval county courts, this book provides a major revision of traditional conceptions of the character of these courts and the organization of English society from the twelfth to the fourteenth century. The county courts have been considered courts of custom dominated by local knights unskilled in the law....Palmer shows that these courts were, on the contrary, clearly professional and controlled by the magnates through their lawyers". Locale: England.
104-178
US$....25.00		Pardo, Antonio. The World of Ancient Spain. [History--Spain, Archaeology, Art] Geneva: Minerva, [1976]. 142pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Decorated endpapers, photographs, color plates. Translated by David MacRae. Locale: ; Ancient Spain; Spain.
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US$....40.00		Pearson, Arthur. Victory Over Blindness; How It Was Won by the Men of St. Dunstan's and How Others May Win It. [World War 1, Blindness, St. Dunstan's Hostel--England, World War 1] New York: George H. Doran, [1919]. 265pp. Good, no dust jacket. Signed with inscription by the author. The book is worn, has tape stains (mostly on the endpapers), lacks frontispiece, and there is some dampstaining on the botton edges of the pages.
135-842
US$....45.00		Pellegrino, Edmund. Physician and Philosopher; The Philosophical Foundation of Medicine: Essays by Dr. Edmund Pellegrino. [Medicine, Ethics, Medical Ethics, Medicine, Philosophers, Philosophy] Charlottesville: Carden Jennings Publishing, #1-891524-09-7, [2001]. 307pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Notes, bibliography. Edited by Roger J. Bulger & John P. McGovern. Foreword by Daniel P. Sulmasy.
137-558
US$....30.00		Petrie, Charles. The Jacobite Movement; The First Phase 1688-1716. [History--England, Jacobite Movement, Politics--England] London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1948], 1st printing. 240pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Frontispiece, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. The covers are faded along the top and bottom edges, the dust jacket has edgewear and tears and is soiled on the spine, and a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Locale: England.
150-675
US$...170.00		Phillips, G.G. The Rise and Fall of a Prairie Town; A History of Lauder Manitoba and the Surrounding District (5 Volumes Bound Together). [Manitoba, Family Histories--Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba] G.G. Phillips, 1979. 612pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Maps, photographs, family histories. The 5 volumes publushed from 1973 - 1978 and bound as one. Locale: Lauder--Manitoba; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada.
150-633
US$...220.00		Phillips, G.G. The Rise and Fall of a Prairie Town; A History of Lauder Manitoba and the Surrounding District (The Complete 6 Volumes Bound Together). [Manitoba, Family Histories--Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba] Manitoba: G.G. Phillips, 1973-1991. 743pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Originally published in 5 volumes in the 1970s with the last update done in 1991. Bound as one volume. Maps, photographs, family histories. Locale: Lauder--Manitoba; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada.
153-448
US$....25.00		Pin Ho. A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel; Murder, Money, and an Epic Power Struggle in China. With Wenguang Huang. [True Crime, Crime, Murder, Mystery, Power, True Crime] New York: Public Affairs, #978-1-61039-273-0, 2013. 334pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Index, photographs. The spine is gently edgeworn. Book about Bo Xilai Family. "The downfall of Bo Xilai in China was more than a darkly thrilling mystery. It revealed a cataclysmic internal power struggle between Communist Party factions, one that reached all the way to China's new president XI Jinping". Locale: China.
138-671
US$....40.00		Plett, Delbert F. Pioneers and Pilgrims; The Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Manitoba, Nebraska and Kansas, 1874 to 1882. [Mennonites, Kleine Gemeinde Mennonites, Mennonites--Canada, Mennonites--United States] Steinbach: Crossway Publications, #0-9694504-0-0, 1990. 604pp. Fine. Tables, notes, index. Publisher series: Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde Historical Series 5. Locale: Kansas; Manitoba; Nebraska; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada.
132-022
US$....50.00		Poster, Jem. By Some Other Route. [Poetry] Norwich: Mandeville Press, #1-870410-37-8, 1993, Ordinary edition. 18pp. Fine.
153-449
US$....27.50		Pound, Reginald. Albert; A Biography of the Prince Consort. [History--England, History--England, Monarchy--England] New York: Simon and Schuster, #0-671-21659-7, 1973. 378pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, bibliography, index. The spine is lightly worn and small dampstain to the bottom of the back cover and spine. Book about Albert--Prince Consort of Victoria, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria & Victoria--Queen of England. Time Period 19th Century. "The marriage of H. M. Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg was a love affair that endured for twenty-one years of happiness and produced nine children, whose descendants peopled the thrones of Europe".
006-282
US$....35.00		Prescott, William. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. [History--Spain, Catholic Church, Monarchy] London: George Routledge, [no date]. 500pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. 2 volumes in 1. Decorated cloth cover, frontispiece. Dampstain on frontispiece. Biography of Philip II (King of Spain). Time Period 16th Century. Locale:.
153-497
US$....32.50		Province, Charles M. Patton's Third Army; A Daily Combat Diary. [World War II, Combat, Diaries, Generals--United States, World War 2] New York: Hippocrene Books, #0-87052-973-0, 1992. 336pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. The spine is lightly cocked. Book about G. S. Patton. Time Period 1944-1945. "For the 3d U.S. Army under General Patton, V-E Day, the end of World War II, marked the completion of 281 days of constant battle in the heart of Europe. During this time it engaged in every type of combat except the defensive". Locale: Europe.
129-315
US$....25.00		Resnick, Philip. Toward a Canada-Quebec Union. [History--Canada, Constitution--Canada, Federalism--Canada, Nationalism--Quebec, Political Science, Quebec Separatism, Sovereignty-Association--Canada] Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, #0-7735-0865-1, [1991]. 119pp. Near fine. Notes, diagram.
016-422
US$....27.50		Rice, Edward. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton; the Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra, and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West. [Biography, Explorers] New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, #0-684-19137-7, [1990]. 522pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, index. Biography of Richard Francis Burton. Locale: ; India; Middle East.
136-320
US$....25.00		Roberts, Stephen H. The Squatting Age in Australia 1835-1847. [History--Pacific Area, Squatting] Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, #0-522-83995-9, [1970]. ix, 378pp. Very good. Frontispiece, maps, tables, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. There is light wear and marking to the cover, with some fading to its spine. Locale: Australia.
153-441
US$....32.50		Robertson, Heather. Meeting Death; In Hospice, Hospital, and at Home. [Medicine, Death, Health, Hospital, Medicine, Palliative Care] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, #0-7710-7562-6, 2000. 352pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Book about Terminal Care. "In 1995, Heather Robertson flew to Winnipeg to care for her father after he was told that he had terminal cancer. To her great dismay, she realized that, in practical and emotional ways, she was totally unprepared for his death. She had dozens of questions and knew there were others she should be asking, but found no place to go to for answers".
006-259
US$....40.00		Robertson, Lloyd. XV Olympic Winter Games; the Official Commemorative Book. With Brian D. Johnson. [Sports, Olympics, Photography, Skating, Skiing, Winter Games] Key Porter, [no date]. 214pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Color photographs, decorated endpapers. 1988 Winter Olympics. Locale: Calgary--Alberta.
010-568
US$...185.00		Robinson, B.W. Kuniyoshi; The Warrior-Prints. [Art, Art, History--Japan, Ukiyo-E Prints, Warriors] Ithaca: Cornell University Press, #0-8014-1488-1, 1982. 208pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations, map, glossary, bibliography, indices. The top and bottom of the spine are no longer crisp and there is a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Book about Legends--Japan & Warrior-Prints. Time Period 19th Century. "The stock subjects of Japanese prints - women, actors, and landscapes - have received much scholarly attention, but the warrior-prints have been somewhat neglected, chiefly because a full appreciation of them depends on knowledge of the legends and characters depicted. B. W. Robinson, a renowned Kuniyoshi scholar, fillls this need by telling the stories most frequently portrayed. Kuniyoshi was one of the most prolific of the Ukiyo-e artists, and in the descriptive catalogue of the warrior-prints, which forms the greater part of this volume, Robinson lists over 350 triptychs (large three-sheet compositions) and some 1,500 single-sheet scenes arranged in series". Locale: Japan.
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US$....65.00		Romero, Luis. Dali. [Art, Art and Artists, Authors, Biography, Painting, Surreal Art] Secaucas: Chartwell Books, #0-89009-229-X, 1975. 356pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, black and white and color photographs and illustrations, index. The spine is a bit cocked, the bottom corners and bottom of the spine are lightly edgeworn, and the dust jacket is lightly chipped and edgeworn. Biography of Salvador Dali. Book about Hyperrealism. "A pioneer in Surrealism, and now Hyper-Realism, Dali is one of the controversial figures of our time. Painter, author, bon-vivant, Dali is also a deeply religious man. Luis Romero, known as a novelist and Spanish historian, has been a personal friend of Dali's for many years and here applies his talent for painstaking, honest research to the understanding of the painter's rich and complex personality". Translated by Norman Coe. Locale: Spain.
147-377
US$....35.00		Royal Society of Canada. Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada; Troisieme Serie--Tome XXIX--Section I Seance de Mai, 1935 / Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada Section II; Third Series--Volume XXIX--Section II Meeting of May, 1935. [Canada] Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada, 1935. 178, 242pp. Very good. Tables, maps, photographs. Three words neatly printed in ink on the front cover. Article by F.W. Howay (The Negro Immigration into Vancouver Island in 1858), Carl Robinson (The Reconstruction of the Prehistoric Skulls of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia), F.G. Roe (The Red River Hunt) & W.J. Wintemberg (Archaeological Evidences of Algonkian Influence on Iroquoian Culture). Text in French and English.
147-380
US$....30.00		Royal Society of Canada. Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada; Troisieme Serie--Tome XXVII--Section I Seance de Mai, 1933 / Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada Section II; Third Series--Volume XXVII--Section II Meeting of May, 1933. [Canada] Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada, 1933. 214, 195pp. Very good. Illustrations, maps, folding pland. The bottom corner is dampstained and a previous owner's name on the front cover. Article by Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey (The Significance of the Identity and Disappearance of the Laurentian Iroquois), F.W. Howay (A List of Trading Vessels in the Maritime Fur Trade, 1815-1819), Edmund H. Oliver (Economic Conditions in Saskatchewan, 1870-1881) & L.-A. Prud'homme (L' Element Francais Au Nord-Ouest et Son Action Bienfaisante). Text in French and English.
147-367
US$....30.00		Royal Society of Canada. Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada; Troisieme Serie--Tome XXXV--Section I Seance de Mai, 1941 / Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada Section II; Third Series--Volume XXXV--Section II Meeting of May, 1941. [Canada, Royal Society of Canada] Royal Society of Canada, 1941. 160, 153pp. Very good. Article by Marius Barbeau (Backgrounds in Canadian Art), Diamond Jenness (Eskimo Remains in S.E. Ellesmere Island) & Arthur S. Morton (Five Fur Trade Posts on the Lower Qu'appelle River, 1787-1819). Text in French and English.
147-376
US$....30.00		Royal Society of Canada. Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada; Troisieme Serie--Tome XXXVI--Section I Seance de Mai, 1942 / Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada Section II; Third Series--Volume XXXVI--Section II Meeting of May, 1942. [Canada] Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada, 1942. 108, 132pp. Very good. Photographs, folding map of the Upper Assiniboine fur-trading posts. Article by Arthur S. Mortos (The Posts of the Fur-Traders on the Upper Assiniboine River). Text in French and English.
109-788
US$....27.50		Scott, R.B.Y. The Anchor Bible; Proverbs Ecclesiastes. [Religion, Bible Commentary, Ecclesiastes--Old Testament Book, Old Testament, Proverbs--Old Testament Book] Garden City: Doubleday, 1965, 1st edition. 257pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Notes. There is a previous owner's label on the front endpaper. Publisher series: Anchor Bible 18 . Translated with introduction by R.B.Y. Scott.
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US$...150.00		Scott, Walter. The Tales of a Grandfather; Being the History of Scotland from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Rebellion 1745-46 (3 Volumes). [History--Scotland] Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1888, new edition. 1202pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Burgundly cloth with gilt decoration and gilt lettering. All edges gilt, coated yellow endpapers, frontispieces with tissue guards, vignette title-pages, notes, table, index, folding color map. The edges and corners are lightly worn, vol. 1 is a little cocked, there is a previous owner's paper glued to the front endpaper of vol. 1, there are some notes neatly written in fountain pen at the end of vol. 2, and a few minor notes in pencil. Introduction by Frederic William Farrar. Locale:.
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US$....25.00		Simmons, Walter J. Lapstrake Boatbuilding. [Transportation, Boat Construction, Boating, Reference, Small Boat Construction, Woodworking] Camdem: International Marine Publishing Company, #0-87742-095-5, 1980. 172pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, diagrams, appendix, glossary, index. There are extensive notes in ink on the front endpapers, the dust jacket is price-clipped and the inner flaps are creased. "Here's a book that fills in all those gaps left by introductory boatbuilding books. It's practically guaranteed to make you a better boatbuilder. Water Simmons shares his philosophy of traditional boatbuilding and a myriad of little details and tricks of the trade that he has perfected because they work best for him".
153-499
US$....32.50		Simon, Marie Jalowicz. Underground in Berlin; A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany. [World War II, Jewish People, Memoir, World War II] Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, #978-0-345-80969-8, 2014. 350pp. Very good in near fine dust jacket. Map endpapers, photographs, indices. A remainder mark on the bottom edge. "In the winter of 1941, Marie Jalowicz Simon, a nineteen-year-old Jewish Berliner, made an extraordinary decision. All around her, Jews were being rounded up for deportation, forced labour and extermination. Marie took off the yellow star and vanished into the city. In the years that followed, Marie lived under an assumed identity, forced to accept shelter wherever she could find it". Afterword by Hermann Simon. Introduction by Lisa Appignanesi. Foreword by Hermann Simon. Translated by Anthea Bell. Locale: Germany; Nazi Germany.
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US$...150.00		Sinclair, J.D. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada; Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Souvenir. [Military--Canada, Military--Canada, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Regimental History] Winnipeg: , 1935. 99pp. Very good. Grey printed covers with yapped edges. Photographs. The edges and top of the spine are lightly worn and have small tears and there is a previous owner's name on the front cover that has been crudely but not completely rubbed out.
153-349
US$....17.50		Sloan, Bob. A Stiff Drink and a Close Shave. With Steven Guarnaccia. [Household, Advertising, Antiques, Grooming, Hair, Household, Masculinity] San Francisco: Chronicle Books, #0-8118-0757-6, 1995. 96pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Patterned endpapers, black and white and color photographs and illustrations. The dust jacket is price-clipped. "The stuff of men's lives - and their pockets, closets, bureau drawers, and medicine cabinets - is sublimely catalogued in this nostalgic look at the clever, indispensable, and occasionally foolish accoutrements men routinely used in the 1930s, '40S and '50S for grooming, smoking, eating, drinking, and other essential activities".
104-159
US$....25.00		Spears, Edward. The Picnic Basket. [World War 1, Generals--England, Memoirs, World War 1, World War 2] New York: W.W. Norton, [1967], 1st printing. 224pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Book about Edward Spears. Locale: ;.
103-137
US$....25.00		Spence, Jonathan D. The Question of Hu. [History--China, Catholic Church] New York: Alfred A. Knopf, #0-394-57190-8, 1988, 1st edition. 187pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Notes, bibliography, index, illustrated endpapers. Biography of John Hu. Time Period. Locale: ; China.
153-209
US$...100.00		Squire, Peter. Companion to the New Edition of the British Pharmacopoeia, Comparing the Strength of the Various Preparations with Those of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, United States, and Other Foreign Pharmacopoeias. With Practical Hints on Prescribing. [Medicine, Pharmacy] London: John Churchill and Sons, 1868, 6th edition. 333pp. Good, no dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to the front cover. All edges stained red, tables, index. The covers are worn at the corners and bottom edges, the spine is faded and chipped, front inner hinge is cracked. Book about Pharmacopoeia, Prescription Drugs. Time Period 1860's & 19th Century. "The Pharmacopoeia of 1864 had the merit of amalgamating the three Pharmacopoeias of Britain, but it had defects, and the Medical Council orders a new Edition to be prepared. A Committee was appointed of eminent men, with the President of the Council as Chairman" - from the Preface to the Fifth Edition. Identified on cover as: Squire's Companion to the British Pharmacopoeia. Locale: Britain.
148-360
US$....35.00		Stringer, Arthur. Red Wine of Youth; A Life of Rupert Brooke. [Biography, Biography] Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948. 287pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Frontispiece, photographs, index. The spine is lightly faded, there is a small faded spot on front cover, the dust jacket has chipping and edgewear and damp stain on the spine. Biography of Rupert Brooke. "The young English poet, Rupert Brooke, who summed up his compatriots' love of country in his great series of war sonnets, died tragically in World War I. Thirty years later his extraodrinary talent, his restless, romantic spirit, his striking beauty of face, his wandering life were to be the subject this biography".
132-233
US$....25.00		Suger, Abbot. Abbot Suger on the Abbey Church of St.-Denis and its Art Treasures. [Art, Abbey Church--St.-Denis, Art History, Church Architecture] Princeton: Princeton University Press, #0-691-00314-9, [1979], 2nd edition. 285pp. Very good. Illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. The cover is lightly worn. Time Period Medieval. "This revised edition incorporates the additions and corrections recorded by Erwin Panofsky until the time of his death in 1968. Gerda Panofsky-Soergel has updates the commentary in the light of new material, and the bibliography that she has prepared reflects the scholarship on St.-Denis in the last three decades". Edited by Erwin Panofsky & Gerda Panofsky-Soergel. Parallel text in Latin and English. Translated by Erwin Panofsky. Locale: St.-Denis--France.
129-396
US$...420.00		Swift, Jonathan. The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift. [Sets, Biography, Sets] London: Oxford University Press, 1963 - 1965. 427, 475, 511, 560, 404pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Frontispieces, plates, appendices, index of correspondents, general index. An ex-library set. The inner hinges of vol. 1 and the back inner hinges of vols. 2&3 are cracked. The spines are lightly faded except for the area where the labels have been skilfully removed. Letters of Jonathan Swift. Edited by Harold Williams.
109-832
US$....25.00		Symons, Julian. The Tigers of Subtopia and Other Stories. [Mystery, Modern Firsts, Short Stories] London: MacMillan, [1982], 1st edition. 221pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription.
103-174
US$....75.00		Taine, Hippolyte Adolphe. History of English Literature. [Sets, Ideas, Literary Criticism, Literature, Philosophy, Poetry, Renaissance, Restoration, Theater] New York: Colonial Press, [00], Revised Edition. 419,453,444pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 3 volumes. Gilt decorated cover, frontispiece, illustrations, index. Minor edgewear. Frontispiece by T. Brooks, Edwin Edwards & C. Jaeger. Introduction by J. Scott Clark. Translated by Henry Van Laun.
153-498
US$....27.50		Taylor, Frederick. Dresden; Tuesday, February 13, 1945. [World War II, Nazi Party, World War 2, World War II] New York: HarperCollins, #0-06-000676-5, 2004, 1st edition. 518pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. A remainder mark on the bottom edge. Time Period 1945. "What really happened at Dresden - both the facts of the events themselves and the reasons behind the remarkable legacy of propaganda that has left us in the dark about those events for nearly sixty years - is the subject of Frederick Taylor's groundbreaking study". Locale: Dresden--Germany.
141-363
US$....25.00		Terraine, John. (editor) General Jack's Diary 1914-1918 ; The Trench Diary of Brigadier-General J. L. Jack, D.S.O. [World War 1, British Army, Generals, Trench Warfare, World War 1] London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964, 1st printing. 319pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Maps, photographs, appendices, index. The bottom edge of the covers is lightly dampstained, which has off set to the bottom edge of the dust jacket, there is a closed tear on the back panel of the dust jacket, and the corners are bumped. Diaries of J. L. Jack. Foreword by Sidney Rogerson. Locale:.
125-410
US$....30.00		Terraine, John. Ordeal of Victory. [World War 1, British Expeditionary Force, Generals--England] Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, [1963]. 508pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Top edge stained blue, frontispiece, photographs, maps, notes, index. Biography of Douglas Haig, Field-Marshal, Earl of Bemersyde. Originally published as Douglas Haig: The Educated Soldier. Book about , John Charteris, Brigadier-General, Ferdinand Foch, Marshal, John French, Field-Marshal Lord, Joseph Joffre, Marshal, Herbert Horatio Kitchener, Field-Marshal Lord, David Lloyd George, Henri-Philippe Petain, Marshal, William Robertson, Field-Marshal Sir & Henry Wilson, Field-Marshal Sir.
017-818
US$....50.00		Third Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. The History of the Third Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment from 17 August, 1940 to 7 May, 1945, World War II. [Military--Canada, Military--Canada, Regimental History--Canada, Third Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, World War 2] Calgary: Kellaway Printing, [1955], reprint. 48, [9]pp. Near fine. Map, appendices, including lists of officers and rolls. Identified on spine as 3 LAA R.C.A.
152-464
US$....37.50		Tolmie, William Fraser. The Journals of William Fraser Tolmie; Physician and Fur Trader. [Western Canada, Fur Trade, Journals, Physicians] Vancouver: Mitchell Press, 1963. 413pp. Fine, no dust jacket. Patterned blue endpapers, photographs, tables, appendices, index. Book about William Fraser Tolmie. Time Period 19th Century. "No history of British Columbia or the United States Northwest would be complete without mention of Dr. William Fraser Tolmie who came to the Oregon Country in 1833 and lived in the city of Victoria from 1859 until his death in 1886. He was one of the that city's outstanding citizens, and served two terms in the provincial legislature" - from the Foreword. Locale: British Columbia-Canada; Oregon--United States; Victoria--British Columbia; Western Canada.
153-413
US$....25.00		Toms, Kate. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. [Christmas, Children's Books, Christmas Books, Illustrated Books] Wilderness: Make Believe Ideas, #1-78065-708-0, 2011. np. Near fine, no dust jacket. Color illustrations. "Can Mouse and Reindeer help Santa to avoid disaster and be ready for Christmas Day? Find out what happens in this charming retelling of a well-loved Christmas story". Illustrations by Kate Toms.
153-429
US$....25.00		Turgeon, Charlotte. Cooking for Christmas. [Cooking, Christmas, Cooking, Entertaining, Household, Housewives] New York: Oxford University Press, 1950, 2nd printing. 116pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Yellow cloth with illustrated cover decoration. Duotone color illustrations, recipes, index. The covers are a bit speckled and soiled along the top edge and the dust jacket is lightly edgeworn. Book about Menus & New Year's Eve. "As the holidays approach, plans for traditional Christmas hospitality begin to take form. It is then that this unique cookbook will come to the aid of the busy housewife, for it contains menus and recipes for every form of holiday entertaining, from an old-fashioned Christmas dinner to a New Year's buffet for gourmets". Decorations by Jack Strimban & Robert Strimban.
153-502
US$....50.00		Unger, Merrill F. The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. [Religion, Bible, Dictionaries, Reference, Study Guides] Chicago: Moody Press, #0-8024-9037-9, 1988. 1400pp. Very good in near fine dust jacket. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations, indices, color maps. The spine and covers are lightly worn. "The New Unger's Bible Dictionary is one of the most complete and accurate Bible study tools available.... Whatever Bible translation you enjoy, you'll want this study guide close by. It's a perfect companion for any student of the Bible". Edited and Annotated by R.K. Harrison.
108-091
US$....25.00		Usherwood, Stephen. (editor) The Great Enterprise; The History of the Spanish Armada. [History--Spain] London: Folio Society, 1978. 192pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations. Previous owner's stamp on the endpaper.
141-127
US$....25.00		Von Rintelen, Captain. The Dark Invader; Wartime Reminiscences of a German Naval Intelligence Officer. [World War 1, German Naval Intelligence, German Navy, World War 1] London: Peter Davies, [1942]. 298pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Slightly cocked and lightly worn around the edges.
122-051
US$....25.00		Wharton, Edith. Fighting France; From Dunkerque to Belport. [World War 1, Personal Narratives, World War 1] New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. 238pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Volume 3 only. Decoratively stamped red cloth. Map endpapers, frontispiece, photographs, map. The spine is a bit dulled and is lightly soiled at the bottom. Publisher series: War on All Fronts 3. Locale:.
120-713
US$....17.50		Whitcomb, Ed. A Short History of Manitoba. [Manitoba, Settlement--Manitoba] Stittsville: Canada's Wings, #0-920002-15-3, 1982. 64pp. Very good. Map front endpaper, index. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada.
149-077
US$....32.50		Winstone, H.F.V. Lady Anne Blunt; A Biography. [Biography, Horse Breeding, Travel, Women Writers] London: Barzan Publishing, #1900988577, 2003. 381pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, black & white and color illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. There is a previous owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. Biography of Anne Blunt. Letters of Anne Blunt. Time Period 19th Century. "Lady Anne Blunt, granddaughter of Byron, was the first Western woman to make a recorded journey to Central Arabia and the first to enter the citadel of Hail, home of the ruling house of Ibn Rashid. She rescued the pure strain of the Arab horse from near oblivion, set up the famous Crabbet stud in England, and translated the verse of some of the timeless pre-Islamic Arabian writers.... Winstone draws extensively from her unpublished diaries and letters, to produce a poignant and illuminating portrait of a talented, determined and visionary woman". Locale: ; Algeria; Arabia; Egypt; Syria.
013-958
US$....30.00		Wright, Esmond. An Empire for Liberty; From Washington to Lincoln (Volume 2). [History--United States, American Civil War] Oxford: Blackwell, #1-55786-260-5, [1995]. 732pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Maps, chronologies, bibliographies, index. Book about Abraham Lincoln & George Washington. Publisher series: History of the United States of America 2. Locale: United States.
153-517
US$....25.00		Yao Ming. Yao; A Life in Two Worlds. With Ric Bucher. [Sports, Basketball, Biography, Memoir] New York: Hyperion, #1-4013-5214-6, 2004, 1st printing. 290pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Color photographs. A previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Biography of Yao Ming. "Since Yao Ming's electrifying NBA debut with the Houston Rockets in 2002, the 7-foot-5 Chinese center has appeared in numerous TV commercials, on magazine covers, and in countless basketball-highlights.... With this memoir, Yao reveals himself as a thoughtful, opinionated young man whose insights extend far beyond the basketball court".
108-065
US$....75.00		Young, Egerton Ryerson. Oowikapun; Or How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians. [Indians of North America, Indians of N.A., Missionaries] New York: Eaton & Mains, 1896. 240pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt decoration and titles. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations. The spine is slightly dulled. Locale: Nelson River; Western Canada.