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NEW BRUNSWICK AUTHORS/ÉCRIVAINS DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ottawa, National Library of Canada: 1984

Seller ID: 010250

ISBN: 0-662-52997-9

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Published as part of a 1984 New Brunswick bicentenary exhibition featuring a representative sample of the province's writers and their work. Text in English and French in parallel columns, covering a variety of forms and genres, from writers as diverse as Alden Nowlan, David Adams Richards, Mary Grannan, Nancy Bauer, Bliss Carman, and many others. Stapled wraps, 72 pages, illustrated. Rubbed/scratched covers, moderate edgewear, Legislative Library date stamp on title page.
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Selections From Iraq-Iran Dispute

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Baghdad, Republic of Iraq (External Information Department, Ministry of Culture and Information): 1983

Seller ID: 013333

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

An Iraqi publication (in English) condeming Iran's "political, military and media aggression on Iraq. This dossier presents a nearly comprehensive coverage of statements made by Iranian officials since the downfall of the Shahinshahi regime and the control of power by Khumeini in February 1974. It shows open threats to Iraq and the Arab Gulf countries, open enmity to the revolutionary system in Iraq, and attacks on Arabs, Arabism, and Arab nationality." 197 pages + maps section at rear. Edgewear, rubbing, crease to top right corner of front cover, general handling wear.
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PARAMOUNT Non-Theatrical

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, Paramount/Gulf + Western:

Seller ID: 013580

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

No date (circa 1979). A catalogue of movies for organizations and film programmers. Divided into numerous categories, including comedies, musicals, sf, war, women in film, blacks in film, foreign films, literary adaptations, and many others. Each film listing details the director, producer, screenwriter and stars, and gives a synopsis of the plot, as well as a photograph of a scene from the movie. 271 pages (including lists of Academy Award Nominations and Winners, and an Alphabetical Index), illustrated. Impressions/scratches, light soil, moderate general wear.
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Accident Prevention Regulations for Logging Industry

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Vancouver, Workmen's Compensation Board: 1950

Seller ID: 015001

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

Contains British Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act (1950) regulations pertaining to the logging industry, listed alphabetically by title, with regulation number. Also contains the logging-engine signals, which were used before radios. 57 pages followed by several unused otes pages. Tiny soil mark to bottom left corner of front wrap, light edge/handling wear, light tanning.
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DUN'S REVIEW, International Edition, March 1907, Vol. IX No. 1

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, R.G. Dun & Co.: 1907

Seller ID: 015561

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Fair to Good

A journal of international trade, featuring numerous articles on a variety of matters related to the subject, and containing probably two hundred advertisements for products of all kinds. 108 pages, illustrated. Edgewear, short edge tears, light chipping, 3" separation at bottom left front cover, 1"+ separation to top left back cover, 1.5" diagonal tear to top edge of back cover, spine paper missing from top and bottom, dampstaining to back cover. Internally tight and clean. An early number of an advertising magazine seldom found in any condition. (C/BT)
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Nordland og Nord-Trondelag, Area Map of Nordland and Nord-Trondelag Counties

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oslo, Norway Travel Association: 1950

Seller ID: 015565

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Folded colour map opens to measure approximately 57 cm. x 75 cm. (outer edge to outer edge). Sixteen black-and-white photographs on reverse depict a variety of scenic areas from the listed counties, with accompanying text (in Norwegian). Light general wear. (C/BT)
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Troms og Finnmark, Area Map of Troms and Finnmark Counties

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oslo, Norway Travel Association: 1950

Seller ID: 015566

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Folded colour map opens to measure approximately 75 cm. x 41.5 cm. (outer edge to outer edge). Twelve black-and-white photographs on reverse depict a variety of scenic and urban areas from the listed counties, with accompanying text (in Norwegian). Light general wear. (C/BT)
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Vestlandets Fjorder, Area Map of the Fjord Country

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oslo, Norway Travel Association: 1956

Seller ID: 015567

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Folded colour map opens to measure approximately 54.5 cm. x 93 cm. (outer edge to outer edge). Twenty black-and-white photographs on reverse depict a variety of scenic and urban views of the fjord country, with accompanying text (in Norwegian). Light general wear. (C/BT)
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Telemark, Sorlandet og Rogaland, Area Map of Telemark and the South Coast

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oslo, Norway Travel Association: 1957

Seller ID: 015568

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Folded colour map opens to measure approximately 72 cm. x 55.5 cm. (outer edge to outer edge). Fifteen black-and-white photographs on reverse depict a variety of scenic and urban views of Telemark and the south coast of Norway, with accompanying text (in Norwegian). Light general wear. (C/BT)
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The American Journal of Nursing, November 1934, Vol. XXXIV, No. 11

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1934

Seller ID: 015636

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good to Very Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Cirrhosis of the Liver," "Technic of Taking Blood Pressure," "Extra-curricular Activities," and "Time Study of Head Nurse Activities." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1031-1136 plus 54 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light soil, previous o...
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The American Journal of Nursing, December 1934, Vol. XXXIV, No. 12

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1934

Seller ID: 015637

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good to Very Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "State Responsibility for Nursing Education," "Early Discovery of Tuberculosis," "Endemic Pellagra, and "Care and Treatment of Burns." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1137-1234 plus 54 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light edgewear, light gener...
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The American Journal of Nursing, February 1933, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1933

Seller ID: 015638

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Psittacosis," "An Experiment in Hourly Nursing," "Nursing the Pernicious Anemia Patient," and "The Value of Chemistry." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 97-186 plus 66 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight an...
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The American Journal of Nursing, March 1933, Vol. XXXIII, No. 3

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1933

Seller ID: 015639

Binding: Magazine

Condition: About Very Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Oxygen Therapy," "A New Type of Nursing Unit," and "The Patient Goes Home." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 187-302 plus 60 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Small soil mark to front cover, slight sunning to edges. Internally tight and clean.
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The American Journal of Nursing, April 1933, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1933

Seller ID: 015640

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Communicable Diseases," "Medical Asepsis," "Nursing--Just Nursing," and "Postgraduate Education--Old and New." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 303-414 plus 64 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Nearly a dozen address forms cut from various ad...
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The American Journal of Nursing, August 1934, Vol. XXXIV, No. 8

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1934

Seller ID: 015641

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Fever Reducing," "Relief Employment," "Florence Nightingale International Foundation," "Undulant Fever," and "Building a Library." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 741-838 plus 58 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Moderate handling we...
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The American Journal of Nursing, January 1935, Vol. XXXV, No. 1

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1935

Seller ID: 015642

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good to Very Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Nursing in Neurosurgery," "Fatigue as it Affects Nursing," "The Eight-Hour Day," "Curriculum Revision." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1-96 plus 48 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Previous owner's name nearly across top edge of front cove...
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The American Journal of Nursing, February 1935, Vol. XXXV, No. 2

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1935

Seller ID: 015643

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "What Every Obstetrical Supervisor Should Know," "Modern Methods in Psychiatry," "Graduate Nurse in Hospital Service," and "Our Clinical Services." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 97-198 plus 58 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Several coupo...
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The American Journal of Nursing, March 1936, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1936

Seller ID: 015644

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good to Very Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Arthritis," "Occupational Therapy in Arthritis," "Nursing Care or Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients," "Medical Social Service," and "New Entrance Requirements." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 211-318 plus 64 pages of advertisements at rear, illust...
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Water Use for Agriculture in the Saint John River Basin

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The Saint John River Basin Board: 1973

Seller ID: 015718

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Report/Summary S5. Deals with a variety of subjects concerning water use in the Saint John River Basin. 46 pages, typescript. Mild edgewear, light cover soil. Quite uncommon.
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Water Use for Mineral Development in the Saint John River Basin

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The Saint John River Basin Board: 1973

Seller ID: 015719

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Report/Summary S9. Deals with a variety of subjects concerning the use of water for mineral development in the Saint John River Basin. 22 pages, typescript, 2 fold-out maps. Mild edgewear, light cover soil. Quite uncommon.
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Water Use for the Potato Starch Industry in the Saint John River Basin

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The Saint John River Basin Board: 1973

Seller ID: 015720

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

Report/Summary S11, based on a report by Peter A. Lewell. Deals with a variety of subjects related to the production of potato starch in the Saint John River Basin. 15 pages, typescript. Abrasions/scrapes/scratches to top left corners, light cover soil. Quite uncommon.
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HIGH-SPEED BRAKE, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1910

Seller ID: 016021

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

An uncommon item from the I.C.S. home study course. 27 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated, fold-out diagram. Moderate general wear.
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OPERATING AND TESTING TRAINS, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1910

Seller ID: 016022

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

677. An uncommon item from the I.C.S. home study course, the instructions applying "to freight trains of fifty cars or less, the engine of which has only one pump and moderate main-reservoir capacity and is equipped with the G-6 brake valve or a brake valve antedating this valve." 39 pages + 3 pages of examination questions. Moderate general wear.
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AIR-BRAKE TROUBLES Instruction Paper with Examination Questions, Part 1 & Part 2

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1910

Seller ID: 016047

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

676 A and 676 B. A pair of uncommon items from the I.C.S. home study course. Part 1: 24 pages + 2 pages of examination questions. Part 2: 38 pages + 2 pages of examination questions. Part 1 is lightly soiled, w/mild dampstaining.
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Manual of Information for Students

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1916

Seller ID: 016048

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

1586. An uncommon-in-first-edition item from the I.C.S. home study course, containing instructions and general information for those who have enrolled in one of the school's programs. 22 pages (including index). Moderate soil, faint diagonal crease, general handling wear.
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HEAT AND STEAM, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1905

Seller ID: 016049

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

696. An uncommon item from the I.C.S. home study course. 26 pages + 2 pages of examination questions. Moderate general wear.
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L.N./L. N. Passenger Brake Equipment, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1911

Seller ID: 016051

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

#1292. An uncommon item issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 36 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated w/colour and b&w drawings. Key to the Colour Plates page bound in at front. A couple of abrasions to back cover, moderate handling wear.
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Air-Signal System, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1905

Seller ID: 016057

Binding: Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

#679. An uncommon item issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 21 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Some dampstaining, moderate handling wear.
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Train Control, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1912

Seller ID: 016058

Binding: Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

#1294. An uncommon item issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 49 pages + 4 pages of examination questions. Some dampstaining to fore-edges, moderate handling wear.
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Valves and Valve Gears, Part 2, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1911

Seller ID: 016061

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Fair

#698 B. A scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 48 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Edgewear, short edge creases, smudging/soil, some dampstaining near back, covers beginning to pull from staples.
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Boiler Attachments, Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.:

Seller ID: 016063

Binding: Wraps

#s 695 A, 695 B, 695 C. Three very scarce booklets issued by the I.C.S. home study course. Part 1: (1910), 59 pages + 3 pages of examination questions, illustrated. VG w/moderate handling wear. Part 2: (1920), 53 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. G w/light smudging, 1.5" x 1.5" piece torn from top edge of front cover, moderate handling wear. Part 3: (1920), 37 pages (continues pagination from Part 2, thus 55 through 91) + 2 pages of examination questions (continues pagination from Part 2, thus 3 & 4), illustrated. VG w/moderate handling wear.
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Boiler Attachments, Part 1, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.:

Seller ID: 016067

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

# 695 A. A scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. (1910), 59 pages + 3 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Cover soil, uneven 1/2" tear to fore-edge, light internal soil, handling wear. (C/BR)
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Type K Freight Triple Valves, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1911

Seller ID: 016069

Binding: Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

#1291. A very scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 31 pages + 1 page of examination questions, illustrated in colour and b&w. Light dampstaining to top, light edgewear, .25" separations to top and bottom spine, mild general wear.
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Foundation Brake Gear, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.:

Seller ID: 016070

Binding: Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

#678. A very scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. (1910), 40 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Light dampstaining to bottom, light handling wear.
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P C Passenger Brake Equipment, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1920

Seller ID: 016071

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Fair

#1293. A very scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. (1912), 65 pages + 3 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Dampstaining, covers partially pulled from staples, spine separations, handling wear.
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Breakdowns, Part 1, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.:

Seller ID: 016073

Binding: Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

#700 A. A scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course, dealing with the breakdowns of locomotive engines. (1905), 64 pages + 3 pages of examination questions, illustrated. A couple of .75" edge tears to covers, previous owner's complicated mathematical calculation to left edge of front cover, small chip to bottom left corner of front cover, moderate handling wear.
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Civic Improvement

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Commission of Conservation Canada: 1916

Seller ID: 016379

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

"Report of Conference of Civic Improvement League of Canada held in co-operation with the Commission of Conservation in the Railway Committee Room, House of Commons, Ottawa, January 20th, 1916." 73 pages (including list of delegates). Moderate corner wear, light edgewear, some staining to back cover, some tanning. Internally tight and clean.
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DOMINION SUCCESSION DUTY ACT, Explanatory Brochure

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Department of National Revenue, Succession Duty Branch (Edmond Cloutier, printer): 1941

Seller ID: 016381

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Issued "for the guidance of persons concerned with the application of the Act." 95 pages (including index). Just moderate general wear. (C/BT)
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Canadian National Railway Company, Rates of Pay and Rules Governing Service of Locomotive Engineers

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: No Place, Canadian National Railway/CNR: 1951

Seller ID: 016672

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps w/metal clamp

Condition: Fair

Contains the 1951 rates of pay and rules for the CNR's "STEAM LINES, ATLANTIC AND CENTRAL REGIONS'(Excluding Newfoundland District)/All Lines East of Armstrong and Port Arthur/excluding Lines in New England, United/States & Canada Railroad, Champlain/& St. Lawrence Railroad, and/St. Clair Tunnel Company." Also contains the 1959 and 1961 revised rates of pay and rules, which are attached to the whole with a folding metal clamp at rear. Previous owner's name to top of front cover, cover soil, dampstaining, moderately soiled edges, some rust to metal clamps. (C/BT)
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Official Street Fighter Anniversary Edition Controller / Instruction Manual

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Capcon / Udon: 2004

Seller ID: 016681

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

The instruction manual (in English, Spanish and French) for the controller for the popular Street Fighter game. (Quite possibly the most intriguting instruction is, "Please do not wrap the cord around any part of anyone's body." David Carradine and Vaughn Bode would have had no interest in the controller.) Flip side contains a comic book. Light general wear.
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Tidens Kalender 1935

By: N/A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Stockholm, Tidens Forlag: 1934

Seller ID: 016756

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: About Very Good

Text in Swedish. Red cloth w/gilt lettering/illustration, map end papers, 258 pages + advertisements, colour fold-out of world flags, illustrated. Notes pages unused. Cloth pencil holder attached to rear cover. Minor wear to corners/spine ends, minor dampstaining, previous owner's inscription, minor sunning to covers. (C/BT)
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THE INTERTYPE, A Book of Instruction for its Operation and General Maintenance

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, Intertype Corporation: 1943

Seller ID: 016803

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Contains chapters on the assembling, casting, distributing and magazine frame mechanisms. 473 pages (including index), illustrated. Tanned/lightly soiled edges, previous owner's name on front end paper, light general wear.
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Bacon's Up to Date Map of London, Showing Electric Railways, Tubes & Tramways, With Illustrated Guide, Index & Cab Fares

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, G.W. Bacon & Co.:

Seller ID: 017030

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair

No date (circa late 1920s). Contains 49-page (+ several pages of advertisements) booklet ("Strangers' Guide to London") attached to inside front cover, and a large, full-colour fold-out map. Significant general wear to cloth, booklet intact and clean, tape repair to map by previous owner.
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THE INTERTYPE, Its Function, Care, Operation and Adjustment, Section I: Assembling Mechanism, and Section II: Casting Mechanism

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, Intertype Corporation:

Seller ID: 017068

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

The first two of four volumes dealing with basic mechanisms of the Intertype casting and composing machine. 40, 226 pages, respectively, including indices, illustrated. Edgewear, smudging, soil.
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General Map Showing European Frontiers, 1914

By: N/A

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, John Bartholomew & Co. / Edinburgh Geographical Institute: 1914

Seller ID: 017071

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

A full-colour folding map showing European borders at the beginning of World War 1. Map is dissected (eighteen sections) mounted on gauze, and measures 23.5" high x 35.25" wide. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover. Covers w/light scuffing to cloth, bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, half-inch separation to bottom right spine edge, light fraying. Map has moderate general wear, w/light soil to backing, previous owner's eight-line pencil notations to one segment of backing. Uncommon.
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The Business Educators' Association of Canada Examination Papers 1919-20

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: No Place, The Business Educators' Association of Canada:

Seller ID: 017348

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

A collection of examination papers for a variety of subjects, including shorthand, typing, penmanship, correspondence, applied English, bookkeeping, arithmetic, spelling and more. Uncommon. Unpaginated. Light soil, turned bottom corners, 1.5" separation to bottom right spine edge, 1" separation to bottom left spine edge, a couple of short edge tears, creased corners, general wear. Internally tight.
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Engineering Technician, Trade Group Three/3, Phase 8.00, Diesels (Course Notes, Marine Engineering Technician)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ottawa, No publisher (Printed by Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery): 1969

Seller ID: 017360

Binding: Wraps in Acco binder

Condition: About Very Good

Course notes for Royal Canadian Navy marine engineering technicians, "checked and reprinted August 1969." In six sections: Introduction and Principles; Construction -- Stationary Parts; Construction -- Moving Parts; Engine Systems; Controls and Transmissions; and Operations and Trials. Typescript, 183 pages, illustrated. Cover scuffing, faint creasing to top left corner of front cover, pencil impressions to top right corner (erasure of previous owner's name), a bit of smudging to covers, occasional underling/notes/marginalia in pencil. Uncommon.
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Engineering Mechanic, Trade Group Two, Phase 8.00, Diesels

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ottawa, No publisher (Printed by Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery): 1962

Seller ID: 017361

Binding: Wraps in Acco binder

Condition: Very Good

Course notes for Royal Canadian Navy engineering mechanics. Contains instructions on diesel principles, engine operation, engine parts, the fuel supply and injection systems, fuels and lubricants, cooling systems, and much more. Typescript, 50 pages, illustrated. Light surface scuffing, a bit of cover smudging. Uncommon.
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CHINATOWN, The Gateway to the Orient, San Francisco

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Smith News Co.:

Seller ID: 017557

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

No date (circa mid-1930s). A souvenir post card booklet containing a folding set of 18 full-colour photographs of scenes and people in and around San Francisco's Chinatown district. Scenes include the annual dragon parade, the Chinese Telephone Exchange, charming Chinese girls, Chinatown at night, and so on. The booklet is unaddressed, w/a bit of edge and corner wear. Scenes are NF. An uncommon item.
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Image for "The Electrician" PRIMERS. being a series of helpful primers on electrical subjects, for the use of students and general readears. Vol. I./Volume 1 -- Theory

"The Electrician" PRIMERS. being a series of helpful primers on electrical subjects, for the use of students and general readears. Vol. I./Volume 1 -- Theory

By: N/A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: London, "The Electrician" Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd.: 1891

Seller ID: 017871

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

A title from the publisher's series intended "to briefly describe in simple and correct language the present state of electrical knowledge." Gilt titles, advertising on end papers, 126 pages + advertisers' page + 15-page catalogue of other titles available from the publisher, illustrated. Worn corners, scraped spine, hinges beginning, light internal soil, slits to spine edges, general wear. Uncommon in first edition.
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PHAROS, The Year Book of Dalhousie, the College by the Sea, Vol./Volume 4/Four/IV, 1930

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Halifax, Students of Dalhousie University: 1930

Seller ID: 017994

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The 1930 edition of Dalhousie University's yearbook, containing the usual yearbook stuff. 200 pages, including advertisements. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, light cover wear, moderate general wear.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.2, November/Nov. 1943

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1943

Seller ID: 018011

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on flora introduced to the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the history of plum culture in New Brunswick, Part I of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, the golden-winged woodpecker, lead-zinc-silver ore in Reserve Brook, and more. Red wraps, pages 51-86, illustrated w/2 figures. Light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.4, November/Nov. 1944

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1944

Seller ID: 018013

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on the spread of the beech scale (an insect introduced into the Maritimes), a list of flora introduced into the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the birds found on a small area of Fredericton, N.B., the use of Fucus Vesiculosis and Fucus Nodosus as fertilizer, a Japanese beetle outbreak in Halifax, Part III of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, and more. Red wraps, pages 137-194, two in-text maps. Faded wraps, light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.5, May 1945

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1945

Seller ID: 018014

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on forest insects of Newfoundland, plutonic rocks of the Musquash area, wild plants as a source of carotene, skunk removal, repairing fractured deer bones, Part IV of a four-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, lepidoptera taken in and near Fredericton, the James S. Lord collection of birds' eggs, and more. Red wraps, pages 1-80, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 2 No.6, January/Jan. 1946

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1946

Seller ID: 018015

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

Contains articles on the biological reconnaissance of ponds in the P.E.I. national park, green-gilled clams and bivalves on P.E.I., using flight traps in studying aphid movement, the rock vole in New Brunswick, Jefferson's salamander on P.E.I., and more. Contributors include M.W. Smith, C.J. Kerswill, R.P. Gorham, F.C. Hirtle, C.C. Smith, Blythe Hurst, and Herbert Habeeb. Red wraps, pages 81-122, illustrated. Faded wraps (although every copy of this issue I've ever seen has been the same colour, so perhaps it isn't really faded at all), light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce.
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Aberdeen

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Aberdeen, Aberdeen Historical Society (printed by Friesen Printers): 1982

Seller ID: 017451

ISBN: 0-88925-375-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The history of a small Saskatchewan community, containing information on groups, businesses and people, with 160 pages of family histories, hundreds of photographs, and a number of recipes. Red cloth w/gilt illustration/spine lettering, 307 pages. Some spine slant, light corner wear, light general wear. A nice copy. This item weighs more than the average book, so additional postage may be required.
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THE LIBERAL WAY, A Record of Opinion on Canadian Problems as Expressed and Discussed at the First Liberal Summer Conference, Port Hope, September, 1933

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto & Vancouver, J.M. Dent & Sons: 1933

Seller ID: 018346

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Compiles addresses given at the conference, excepting that of Dr. Hu Shih, of Peiping, China, whose manuscript "was not received in time for publication." Those that were received in time are by O.M. Biggar, Mme. Pierre Casgrain, H.M. Cassidy, F.S. Chalmers, P.E. Corbett, T.A. Crerar, C.A. Curtis, J.W. Dafoe, I.F. Fitch, H. Carl Goldenberg, H.C. Grant, T.E. Gregory, Francis Hankin, W. Averell Harriman, W.L. MacKenzie King, T.W.L. MacDermot, R.M. MacIver, N.A.M. MacKenzie, J.C. McRuer, Vincent Massey (foreword), Raymond Moley, J.L. Ralston, N. McL. Rogers, Herbert Samuel, and K.W. Tayl...
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Sequence of Take-Down and Assembly Operations, Winchester Model 70 Bolt Action Center Fire Rifle

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Haven, Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corporation (Products Service Department, Winchester-Western Division): 1958

Seller ID: 018355

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

55 pages of detailed illustrated instructions for dismantling and assembling the M/70 rifle, + three pages of service notes. Light cover soil, moderate handling wear, foxed edges, light internal foxing.
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Sequence of Take-Down and Assembly Operations, Winchester, Models 69A, 72, and 75 Repeating Rifles Bolt Action, Rim Fire, 22 Caliber

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New Haven, Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corporation (Products Service Department, Winchester-Western Division): 1961

Seller ID: 018356

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

109 pages of detailed illustrated instructions for dismantling and assembling the rifles detailed in the title. Light cover soil, some surface wear, cover foxing, more to centre pages (stapled centre) moderate handling wear, foxed edges, light internal foxing. Not as common as some of the other Winchester take-down and assembly titles.
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Yarn Sizing and Moist Air Drying Machine

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Darwen, Joseph Hibbert & Co., Limited:

Seller ID: 018359

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

No date. A promotional brochure for the "Ideal" Moist Air Drying Sizing Machine. 12 pages, illustrated. Soil/staining/handling wear to covers, turned corners, light edgewear, top left corner of back cover torn off, full-length vertical fold.
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Yarn Sizing and Moist Air Drying Machine

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Darwen, Joseph Hibbert & Co., Limited:

Seller ID: 018366

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

No date. A promotional brochure for the "Ideal" Moist Air Drying Sizing Machine. 12 pages, illustrated. Mild edgewear, moderate handling wear, soiling to back cover.
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DOING ETHICS IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD, Essays in Honour of Roger C. Hutchinson

By: Airhart, Phyllis D., Marilyn J. Legge, Gary L. Redcliffe (editors)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University Press: 2002

Seller ID: 017458

ISBN: 0-88920-410-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Contains twelve essays honouring a noted ethicist and educator. The essays include "Roger Hutchinson as Ethicist and Educator in an Age of Religious Pluralism" (C. Douglas Jay), "The Church and Pluralism in Quebec: An Account of a Participant (Gregory Baum), "Karl Barth on Divine Command: A Jewish Response (David Novak), "Not Moral Heroes: The Grace of God and the Church's Public Voice" (Harold Wells), "'O Day of God, Draw Nigh': R.B.Y. Scott, the Church and the Call for Social Reconstruction" (Ian Manson), "Ethical Values and Canadian Foreign Policy...
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History of St. Paul's United Church, Sussex, N.B., 150 Years, in two sections, Section 1, 1827-1947, Section II

By: Aiton, Miss Grace, James M. Thomson, Anne Mills, and Mrs. Winnifred Conrad Thomson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sussex, Privately Published (printed by Maritime Publishing Ltd.): 1978

Seller ID: 017475

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Section 1, covering the church's history until 1947, was written that year by Aiton, and Section II, updating it to 1977, was written in 1978 by Thomson, Mills and Thomson. 111 pages, illustrated. Light general wear.
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Lost Lullaby (signed)

By: Alecson, Deborah Golden

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press: 1995

Seller ID: 016841

ISBN: 0-520-08870-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The story of Alecson's perfectly formed baby girl, born "with massive irreversible brain damage" from oxygen deprivation while in the womb, and the subsequent moral and legal battle by the parents to let their baby die rather than be kept alive through technological means. Uncommon signed. Pink boards w/cream cloth backstrip, silver spine lettering, 207 pages (including selected bibliography and list of resources for parents). Moderate general wear, light soil, in like dust jacket.
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Historic Bridgetown

By: Alleyne, Warren

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bridgetown, Barbados National Trust: 1978

Seller ID: 016584

Binding: Illustrated Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Alleyne offers historical information about the capital city of the Barbados, much of it not generally known prior to this publication. 117 pages, including index, illustrated. Some rubbing, a few impressions, previous owner's name to top of title page. An uncommon title.
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B.G. Forselius, Kirjamees ja rahvavalgustaja (signed)

By: Andresen, Lembit

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Tallinn, Eesti Raamat: 1991

Seller ID: 016009

ISBN: 5-450-01524-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Text in Estonian. B.G. (Bengt Gottfried) Forselius was a 17th-century Estonian educator who introduced a number of educational innovations, among them the creation of a spelling system that simplified both the teaching and learning of Estonian. An uncommon title, and if you can read Estonian, you can be the envy of everyone on your block. Navy leatherette w/gold lettering to front cover/spine, 116 pages. This copy inscribed on reverse of first end paper (my Estonian is a bit rusty, and I'm not terribly familiar with the process Forselius created to facilitate learning the language, so plea...
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The Oracle 1930

By: Andrews, Geo. A. (editor)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Waterville, Class of 1930, Colby College: 1930

Seller ID: 017992

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Your average yearbook, containing the expected information about the usual assortment of people and subjects. 208 pages, including advertisements. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, scuffed/scratched covers, dusty/tanned edges, previous owner's name/society association (one Hope R. Pullen, Chi Omega '31) to front pastedown), light soil, moderate general wear.
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MAGIC FOR THE MILLIONS, Issue Number Two (No. 2)

By: Anonymous

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, British News Agency:

Seller ID: 010462

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

nd (ca. 1921); contains information and illustrations revealing the secrets of performing dozens of magic tricks, including illusions, stage magic, parlor magic, party stunts, sleight of hand, and more; although undated, an article makes reference to Johnny Coulon who "for several months has been interesting the French public with his remarkable demonstrations."; a little Net research unearths the fact that Coulon was in Paris in the autumn of 1920, before showing up in New York in mid-1921 with his act; unpaginated (32); bent corners, handling wear, original price magic-markered out, ...
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The Shadow of the Bottle

By: Anonymous

Price: $10.00

Publisher: South Bend, Review and Herald Publishing Association: 1915

Seller ID: 018293

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Driven by Puritan sensibilities, this was "Published in the Interest of Nation-Wide Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic," pretty much proving H.L. Mencken's observation that Puritanism was "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." Red cloth w/tipped-on illustration, 128 pages, illustrated. Scrapes/wear to tipped-on cover illustration, bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, light cover/edge soil, general wear. Internally tight.
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THE YOUNG MECHANIC, Containing Directions for the Use of All Kinds of Tools, and for the Construction of Steam Engines and Mechanical Models, Including the Art of Turning in Wood and Metal

By: Anonymous (Author of 'The Lathe and Its Uses,' 'The Amateur Mechanic's Workshop,' &c

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1888

Seller ID: 017926

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

A book from Putnam's The Boy with an Idea Series, and as the title suggests, intended for young mechanics, "and many others who wish to become versed in the practical use of tools." Green cloth w/gilt illustration/black decoration/rule to front cover, gilt lettering/designs to spine, 346 pages + 16 pages of listings for other Putnam's titles, illustrated. Bumped/worn/frayed corners/spine ends, edge soil, library markings to spine, library pocket/writing to front pastedown, date due card to front end paper, tanned pages, a bit of soil/wear to covers, general wear. All in all not a ba...
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THE LITTLE RED BOOK, An Interpretation of The Twelve Steps of the Alcoholics Anonymous Program

By: Anonymous (Ed Webster)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, Coll-Webb Company: 1949

Seller ID: 018324

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

Originally published in 1946, this is a study guide "to help the newcomer more quickly work out an acceptable 24-hour schedule of A.A. living." This 1949 5th printing is the first to be offered under the main title 'The Little Red Book.' 141 pages + two pages for A.A. Notes. Mild wear to corners/spine ends, light spotting to back cover, tanned edges. Internally tight and clean.
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Picturesque Loveliness on The Lawn

By: Archibald, Wm. Chas.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Summerside, Wm. Chas. Archibald:

Seller ID: 017040

ISBN: 0-7748-0089-5

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: Good

No date (circa 1916). Contains: an address by Archibald (a consulting landscape architect with Earnscliffe Gardens Nurseries in Wolfville, Nova Scotia) delivered to the mayor and councillors of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on January 10, 1916; an excerpt from The Charlottetown Guardian newspaper reporting on the address; and a piece dealing with Summerside and its potential for proper landscaping. 16 pages (including advertisement), illustrated w/two photographs, one of the author's son, killed "somewhere in France, June 6th, 1915," and the other of Birchdale, the Charlottet...
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IRAQ UNDER SIEGE, The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War

By: Arnove, Anthony (ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cambridge, South End Press: 2000

Seller ID: 008436

ISBN: 0-89608-620-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Canadian printing. A collection of essays calling for an end to the sanctions against Iraq. "We think the price is worth it." -- Madeleine Albright, when asked if the deaths of half a million Iraqi children due to the sanctions could be justified. Essayists include Ali Abunimah, Dr. Huda S. Ammash, Anthony Arnove, Naseer Aruri, Barbara Nimri Aziz, David Barsamian, Phyllis Bennis, George Capaccio, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Denis J. Halliday, Kathy Kelly, Rania Masri, Dr. Peter L. Pellett, John Pilger, Sharon Smith, Voices in the Wilderness, and Howard Zinn. Charcoal cloth, 216 page...
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DOCTORS OF DEATH: Volume 1--Karl Brandt, the Third Reich's Man in White; Volume 2--Joseph Mengele, The Evil Doctor; Volume 3--When Man Became a Guinea Pig for Death; Volume 4--In the Beginning Was the Master Race...

By: Aziz, Philippe

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Geneva, Fermi Publishers: 1976

Seller ID: 018172

Binding: Hardcovers

Condition: Very Good to Fine

Translated from the French by Edouard Bizub and Philip Haentzler, under the guidlance of Linda Marie de Turenne. A four-volume set detailing the many and varied horrors perpetrated upon innocents by numerous Nazi doctors and their sadistic, soulless masters. Each volume red leatherette w/black leatherette back strip, gilt lettering/decoration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. 253, 252, 255 and 255 pages, respectiively, red ribbon bookmarks, illustrated w/photographs. Each volume w/previous owner's name/address sticker to reverse of second end paper of 2, 3, and 4, w/remains of same ...
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The Story of Fredericton, 1848-1948, Fredericton's One Hundred (100) Years / Fredericton Then and Now

By: Baird, Frank, general editor

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fredericton, T. Amos Wilson: 1948

Seller ID: 018072

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

An official centennial publication for New Brunswick's capital city, covering all aspects of the city's development and history. 265 pages, illustrated. A bit of edgewear, light general wear. A very nice copy.
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THE ECOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT, Five radio lectures as heard on CBC University of the Air (signed)

By: Balch, R.E. (Reginald Ernest)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC Learning Systems: 1971

Seller ID: 013215

ISBN: 0-88794-023-4

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

"Contains the texts of five half-hour radio lectures first broadcast on CBC University of the Air during the spring of 1965." The author loaned this book to his local M.P., and after underlining 1965 in the portion quoted above, has written in pencil, "Out of date but of some historical interest. Esp. Ch 1 and up to aerial spraying. Would write differently today ('83). Reg." Further, on page 27 the author has underlined (again in pencil) "resurgence is possible," and in the margin, written '64 (being 1964, the date of the original lecture), and beneath that written, ...
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FREEDOM, Credos From the Road

By: Barger, Sonny

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow/HarperCollinsPublishers/Harper Collins: 2005

Seller ID: 015326

ISBN: 0-06-053256-4

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

The well-known Hells Angel/outlaw philosopher/convicted felon/iconoclast offers "a provocative guide to leadership, survival, and success." Uncommon in this edition. 212 pages. An unread copy, internally tight and clean.
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BEYOND BETHUNE: People's Poetry and Milton Acorn's Metaphor for the Canadian Fate (signed)

By: Barker, Terry

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Dewdney, Synaxis Press: 2006

Seller ID: 017796

ISBN: 0-919-67246-9

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good to Fine

In a collection of essays Barker "provides not only an insider's commentary on the tradition of People's Poetry in Canadian literature, but in addition a learned discussion of the various philosophies and religious perspectives, esoteric and orthodox, that gave rise to it." Inscription reads: "For Dr. Michael Higgins,/with many thanks for the/encouragement to continue writing/that your favourable personal/review gave me./With very/good luck/Terry Barker/March 1, 2006." Erratum page (122) glued over original error page. 174 pages (including bibliography, index), illustrated....
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CLASS WARFARE, The Assault on Canada's Schools (inscribed & signed)

By: Barlow, Maude, and Heather-Jane Robertson

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter Books: 1994

Seller ID: 018191

ISBN: 1-55013-559-7

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

The authors "take a hard look at the present condition of public education," and "find that most of the charges levelled at Canadian schools are unfounded" (which isn't too surprising when you consider that if the authors have accurately assessed the situation, most of those charges come from big business, which stands to make a fortune if people are kept poorly educated and stupid, and the religious right, which is neither religious nor right). 276 pages (including notes and index). Square, tight and clean, with mild general wear.
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EMBRYOS, ETHICS, AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS, Exploring the New Reproductive Technologies

By: Baruch, Elaine Hoffman, Amadeo F. D'Adamo, Jr., and Joni Seager (editors)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York & London, The Haworth Press: 1988

Seller ID: 013078

ISBN: 0-86656-707-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

"Rewritten and updated papers presented at two conferences held in New York and Massachusetts in Nov. 1985." Grey cloth w/black rule/lettering, 259 pages. A hint of general wear. A very nice copy.
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THE MADRAS SCHOOL, or elements of tuition: comprising the analysis of an experiment in education made at the male asylum, Madras; with its facts, proofs, and illustrations

By: Bell, Andrew

Price: $750.00

Publisher: London, J. Murray, Cadell and Davies, Rivingtons, Hatchard, and Archibald Constable: 1808

Seller ID: 017931

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: About Good

Bell, a Scottish educator and ordained Church of England priest, describes and promotes his system of education in which smarter children are taught in the usual fashion, then given the responsibility of teaching throse who are a wee bit slower on the uptake (sort of like an educational pyramid scheme, or Amway for teachers). Library rebind in tan cloth w/leatherette spine/corners, untrimmed edges, replaced pastedowns/end papers, pp. i-xvi (including errata), 1-348. Light smudging to covers, library stamps/numbers on several pages at front, partial split between end paper/title page (beginni...
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Forest Hill Cemetery: A Biographical Index

By: Bidlake, George C.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Fredericton, South Devon Publishing: 2006

Seller ID: 018158

ISBN: 0-9681347-3-4

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"A biographical index of those who are buried, or plan to be buried, at Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada." A comprehensive index, arranged alphabetically by surname. Contains a wealth of information of interest to historians and genealogists. 247 pages, including an index of the maiden names of wives and mothers, plus the surnames of other spouses, of the subjects of each entry. Light cover soil, light handling wear. Internally tight and clean.
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The Ecstasy Drugs

By: Bischoff, William H.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Delray Beach, University Circle Press: 1966

Seller ID: 018249

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good to Fine

Paperback original. "A report on the most controversial drugs of our day, with first-hand accounts by those courageous enough to take the trip to the unknown!" 144 pages (including bibliography). Mild edgewear, light general wear, tight, clean.
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A History of Botany in West Virginia

By: Boone, Weldon

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Parsons, McClain Printing Company: 1965

Seller ID: 016084

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Boone gives "an account of the development of botany in West Virginia, with its beginning years before the State was formed and continuing up to the present." Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 196 pages (including index), illustrated. (C/BT)
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AT PEACE IN THE LIGHT, The Further Adventures of a Reluctant Psychic Who Reveals the Secret of Your Spiritual Powers (signed)

By: Brinkley, Dannion, with Paul Perry

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollinsPublishers/HarperCollins/Harper Collins: 1995

Seller ID: 016470

ISBN: 0-06-017674-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Foreword by James Redfield. This copy signed, on dedication page, by Brinkley. Purple boards w/black cloth backstrip, gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 208 pages. Remainder stripe across bottom edge, tanned edges, in rubbed dust jacket w/impressions, light edgewear.
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Public Opinion, the First Ladyship, and Hillary Rodham Clinton

By: Burrell, Barbara

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York & London, Garland Publishing Inc.: 1997

Seller ID: 016319

ISBN: 0-8153-2142-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Volume I in the publisher's Women in American Politics series. Pictorial boards, grey cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 162 pages (including references, index), illustrated w/graphs. Moderate general wear.
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Life and Letters, Lois Sybil Harrington & Edward Winslow-Spragge

By: Byers, Anne V. (editor)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Euros Publications: 2000

Seller ID: 017819

ISBN: 0-9685784-1-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A limited edition of 100 copies, of which this is #88. The daughter of Lois Sybil Harrington and Edward Winslow-Spragge presents a collection of their correspondence during the years 1908-1950. Green cloth w/gilt lettering/illustration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, 344 pages (including place index), illustrated with etchings and fold-outs. A very nice copy w/light soil to bottom edge, and a hint of a suggestion of light general wear.
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THE VANISHING WILLOWS, The Story of Erskine Hospital

By: Calder, John

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Renfrewshire, The Princess Louise Scottish Hospital (Erskine Hospital): 1982

Seller ID: 007272

ISBN: 0 9507459 1 X

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The story of a hospital which cares for the broken and maimed bodies of war vets, many of whom were never able to resume normal lives. Foreword by Prince Charles. 82 pages, illustrated. Previous owner's name/address on inside front cover, gift inscription on title page, moderate general wear.
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CONVERSATIONS WITH CANADIAN NOVELISTS, Part One (signed)

By: Cameron, Donald

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada:

Seller ID: 013726

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Cameron interviews/chats with ten Canadian writers: Ernest Buckler, Roch Carrier, Robertson Davies, Timothy Findley, Harold Horwood, Robert Kroetsch, Margaret Laurence, Jack Ludwig, Hugh MacLennan, and David Lewis Stein. A brief biography and bibliography follows the interview with each writer. 159 pages, illustrated. General wear, idiot previous owner's underlining/marginalia to parts of Hugh MacLennan interview.
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TRACKS ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE, The S&L Commemorative History (signed)

By: Campbell, Brian, w/A.J.B. Johnston

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, University College of Cape Breton Press: 1995

Seller ID: 017599

ISBN: 0-920336-64-7

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A publication in honour of the Sydney and Louisburg Railway's one hundredth anniversary in 1995. 110 pages (including sources/bibliography), illustrated. Light edgewear, a bit of sunning, moderate general wear.
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Travels in the North

By: Capek, Karel

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan of Canada / National Museum of Man: 1939

Seller ID: 015006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

The author "travelled north beyond the Arctic Circle because he wanted to see at last the lands of his boyish dreams, and of his life-long friends, Kierkegaard, Jacobsen, and the others, and also because the silvery and cool birch trees, the aconites, the moss, and the sparkling waters appeal to him strongly." Yellow cloth w/mauve foil spine lettering, 269 pages. Moderate wear to edges/corners, some foxing to edges/end papers, light tanning, in edgeworn dust jacket w/light chipping, edge tears, previous owner’s tape repairs to reverse, some foxing/soil. Jacket in protective mylar ...
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The Myth of Women's Masochism (inscribed & signed)

By: Caplan, Paula J.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Methuen London Ltd.: 1985

Seller ID: 018464

ISBN: 0413418502

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Caplan offers her definition of "what is and what is not masochism in a clinical sense," then "takes her argument through various aspects of women's lives: childhood, motherhood, relationships with men," and so on, before offering women "the chance to develop a truly healthy view of themselves." Inscription reads, "For Kathleen,/In sisterhood--/Paula J. Caplan." So if your name is Kathleen, and you're feeling the need for sisterhood, you have found your book. Black cloth w/red spine lettering, 280 pages (including notes, bibliographical references, index). Bumped corners/spine ends, a bit...
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NO PLACE LIKE HOME, Relationships and Family Life Among Lesbians and Gay Men

By: Carrington, Christopher

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 1999

Seller ID: 008015

ISBN: 0-226-09485-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Based on an analysis of interviews and field evidence, Carrington "demonstrates how gay and lesbian couples attempt to strike a balance between work and family obligations, and how they must also struggle against forces undermining their relationships." Gold cloth, 273 pages (including appendices, notes, references, index). Dust jacket w/a hint of wear. An unread copy.
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HONORIS CAUSA, The Effervescences of a University Orator

By: Cattley, Robert E.D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The Associated Alumnae of the University of New Brunswick: 1968

Seller ID: 013230

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A collection of Encaenia and Convocation citations given by Cattley at the University of New Brunswick, beginning with the May, 1949 Encaenia, and continuing through to that of May 1968. Inscription reads "In deep affection/Robert E.D. Cattley." 158 pages (including index), frontispiece. Moderate general wear.
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BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, The Canadian Immigrant Experience (signed)

By: Charon, Milly

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Dunvegan, Quadrant Editions: 1983

Seller ID: 016593

ISBN: 0-86495-030-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

A "collection of interviews, profiles, personal testimonies, essays and short stories giving a stark, and yet, evocative picture of immigrants, their lands of origin and their consequent resettlement in Canada." This copy signed by Charon ("Best Wishes--/Milly Charon"), on half-title. Red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 326 pages (including bibliography, editor's note), illustrated.
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The Management of International Acquisitions

By: Child, John, David Faulkner, and Robert Pitkethly

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press / OUP: 2001

Seller ID: 017180

ISBN: 0-19-829632-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The authors address "important areas of concern for managers and management researchers" when international aquisitions are made. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 255 pages (including references, index). A couple of gently bumped corners, bump to top edge, light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/scratches/impressions, light edgewear.
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DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME, Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes (signed)

By: Clarke, Jaime (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Simon Spotlight Entertainment: 2007

Seller ID: 017969

ISBN: 1416934448

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

"Contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists" on the films of John Hughes, and the effects those films had on the writers' lives. Writers include Steve Almond, Julianna Baggott, Lisa Borders, Ryan Boudinot, T Cooper, Quinn Dalton, Emily Franklin, Lisa Gabriele, Tod Goldberg, Nina de Gramont, Tara Ison, Allison Lynn, John McNally, Dan Pope, Lewis Robinson, Ben Schrank, Elizabeth Searle, Mary Sullivan, Rebecca Wolff, and Moon Unit Zappa. Foreword by Ally Sheedy. 209 pages, including notes on contributors. Light general wear.
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Practical Economics

By: Cole, G.D.H.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Pelican A6: 1937

Seller ID: 008342

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good Reading Copy

256 pages. Scraping to edges, light soil, a couple of dog-earred corners, previous owner's name to top edge of title page, tanning.
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DEATH IN SLOW MOTION, My Mother's Descent Into Alzheimer's

By: Cooney, Eleanor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Collins: 2003

Seller ID: 014230

ISBN: 0-06-621396-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

1st printing w/complete number sequence. Cooney tells the story of "the slow erosion of her mother's mind, of the powerful bond the two shared, and her own descent into drink and despair." Brown and cream boards w/bronze spine lettering, 251 pages. Small area on front panel where sticker removal took a bit of finish with it.
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Up the Hill 1966

By: Cooper, Barry, and John Short (co-editors-in-chief)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick / UNB: 1966

Seller ID: 017653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

Singer Anne Murray graduated from the University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton, in 1966, and this yearbook contains four pictures of her, one slightly blurry on page 88 that shows her singing her little heart out, one on page 150 where she poses with the 26-0 UNB Red Bloomers basketball team (she was manager), a third (her graduation picture) on page 238, and the fourth, on page 272 (a page of advertisements), showing her singing to guitar accompaniment. Red/black faux leather and crest to front cover, the date (1966) in black to spine, 312 pages. A nice copy w/only light general wear. T...
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Bibliography of Canadian Boy Scout Materials

By: Craig, Helen C. (compiler)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Published (printed by Provincial Artisans: 1982

Seller ID: 017569

ISBN: 0-9691055-0-9

Binding: Wraps in Cerlox (plastic comb)

Condition: Near Fine

One of only 100 copies printed as "a tribute to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scout Movement," detailing the list of "publications published in Canada by or about Canadian Boy Scouts, with the exception of such materials as record books and forms." Chapters include Books; French Language materials published by Boy Scouts of Canada; "Chins Up Fund" publications; Articles in magazines; Serial publications including magazines, annual reports, etc.; Non-print materials including films, filmstrips. slides, records and tapes; and Personal name index includi...
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Papers and Addresses

By: Craik, Robert

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Montreal, The Gazette Printing Company: 1907

Seller ID: 014996

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Reading Copy

A collection of addresses "published to perpetuate the memory of one who, during his whole medical life, was connected with the Medical Faculty of McGill University." Also included is Craik's graduation thesis, as well as "some addresses to nurses, in whose education and welfare he was much interested." Introduction by Francis J. Shepherd. Dark green cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 222 pages. Scuffed cloth, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, front hinge beginning to separate, some dampstaining, short edge tears/creasing to bottom edges of pages 215 through 22...
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The New Brunswick School Algebra

By: Crawford, J.T.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada: 1945

Seller ID: 013698

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A title from the 'Macmillan's Canadian School Series', covering the material prescribed for entrance to Universities, and authorised for use in New Brunswick schools by the Department of Education. Red cloth w/black lettering, rule and decoration, 435 pages (including Answers to High School Algebra). Mild wear to corners/spine ends, Property of the New Brunswick Government stamp to front pastedown, previous owner's name/grade/school/date/age in pencil on front free end paper, light general wear. A very nice copy of a book usually abused and defaced by students too thick to think of anything el...
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SANDSCRIPTS, Reflections on Saudi Arabia, By women, for women (signed)

By: Creighton, Louise, Pam Daugavietis, Jan Dobson, Leslie Engelland, Lisa Greenberg, and Jane Lewis

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Riyadh, Sandscripts:

Seller ID: 013214

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

No date. A collection of vignettes from "Western expatriate women who found comfort and support from each other at a unique time in their lives." 107 pages + My Impressions pages (blank), cover by Mubarak Ali. Rubbing, edgewear, a couple of dog-earred pages, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean. Uncommon signed.
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The Human Image

By: Crowley, C.P.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Windsor, Assumption University of Windsor Press: 1960

Seller ID: 013965

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"Twenty-six scripts of Radio Talks as Given on CBC" between October 30, 1959 and April 29, 1960, each dealing with one aspect or another of the human condition. 88 pages + Nihil Obstat/Imprimatur page and author biography. Light edgewear, deep scratch to middle of front cover, previous owner's name to inside front cover. Uncommon.
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Geology of the Passamaquoddy Bay Region, Charlotte County, New Brunswick

By: Cumming, L.M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (Roger Duhamel, printer): 1966

Seller ID: 016611

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Paper 65-29. 36 pages (including bibliography), illustrated. Missing one (of two) figures called for in rear pocket. Moderate general wear. Uncommon.
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ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE, An Illustrated Glossary

By: Curl, James Stevens

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Markham, Fitzhenry & Whiteside: 1987

Seller ID: 014233

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

"Fulfills a longstanding need, providing a glossary of architecture that is illustrated in a way that the layman can instantly understand." Brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 192 pages (including Bibliography, Acknowledgements). Remainder stripe across bottom edge, in lightly worn dust jacket. (C/BT)
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SCINTILLAE JURIS and MEDITATIONS IN THE TEA ROOM

By: Darling, Justice Charles

Price: $9.00

Publisher: London, Stevens & Haynes Law Publishers: 1914

Seller ID: 016347

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Prints in one volume two of Darling's earlier writings. Introduction by Edward Clarke. Grey boards w/brown cloth backstrip, black lettering/red rule to front cover/spine, 211 pages. A bit of slant, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, some discolouration to covers, dusty/lightly soiled edges, two previous owner's stamps (front pastedown and faintly to top of front end paper).
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Paris

By: Davenport, William

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Dolphin C314: 1962

Seller ID: 011031

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good to Very Good

a guidebook intended to "take you to see practically everything worth seeing and show you where you can do practically everything worth doing" in some city or other in some country or other in Europe; 399 pgs., incl. Index, illustrated with maps and photographs; gentle vertical crease to front cover, some sunning to spine, moderate edgewear;
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The New American Handbook of Letter Writing, And Other Forms of Correspondence

By: De Vries, Mary A.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Signet AE5414: 1988

Seller ID: 004643

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

the author details the successful composition of letters for business or social purposes, including 275 model messages for anything your little heart might need, and includes sample formats for letters, envelopes, memos, cards, and more; 359 pgs., incl. Index; light general wear; internally tight and clean;
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Using Magic in Teaching

By: Dean, Dicky

Price: $45.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately Published: 1975

Seller ID: 016380

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Dean provides instructions for the use of magic as teaching aids in a variety of subject areas. 206 pages, illustrated. An uncommon magic book. This copy w/only moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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Tom Dean Drawings 1985-1990

By: Dean, Tom

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kingston, Agnes Etherington Art Centre: 1990

Seller ID: 013817

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

Published in conjunction with a presentation of Dean's work at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre from June 10 through July 29, 1990. Curator Dorothy Farr contributes a Foreward, while guest curator Gregory Salzman offers an appreciation of the artist's work. Unpaginated. Light edgewear, shallow impressions, thick crease to top left corner of back cover, date stamp (probably a newspaper stamp, indicating date of receipt) to title page, light tanning to cheap paper. Internally tight.
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JUGGERNAUT, Paul Martin's Campaign for Chretien's Crown (signed)

By: Delacourt, Susan

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart / M&S: 2003

Seller ID: 015369

ISBN: 0-7710-2605-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1st printing w/complete number sequence. The inside story "of Paul Martin's long campaign to become prime minister," a position he coveted "since before he first followed his father into politics in 1988." This copy inscribed and signed on title page. Inscription reads: "To Marc./Who knows more/than what's in these/pages./Susan." Black cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 354 pages (including acknowledgements, index), illustrated.
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Taboo

By: Denis, Armand

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Four Square 1913: 1967

Seller ID: 005399

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

A look at sex and morality in a variety of locales, including Algeria, Tahiti, Japan, China, and many others. Vertical crease down centre of front cover, rubbing, some impressions, previous owner's bookplate, moderate general wear.
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L'EGLISE D'EDMUNDSTON, Reflexions (signed)

By: Desjardins, Eymard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Montmagny, Privately Published (printed and bound by Lingley Printing): 1982

Seller ID: 017719

ISBN: 2-9800157-0-9

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

French-language title. 144 pages, illustrated. Some rubbing, previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, moderate general wear.
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SUSPICIOUS MINDS, The Triumph of Paranoia in Everyday Life (signed)

By: Dowbiggin, Ian

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Macfarlane, Walter & Ross: 1999

Seller ID: 008919

ISBN: 1-55199-035-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Allowing for the usual fruitcakes and conspiracy theorists in the lunatic fringe, but believing that people are becoming increasingly paranoid, Dowbiggin "shows how paranoid fantasy moved from the extreme right to the very center of politics and culture in the United States and Canada," and suggests that "delusional thinking has displaced reason and wisdom as the basis of conventional thought." (or maybe that's what they *want* you to think, eh?). Green cloth, 230 pages (including notes on sources, index). Bumped corners, in rubbed/scuffed dust jacket w/a hint of wear to corn...
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The Royal Story

By: Doyle, Richard J.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Harlequin 213: 1953

Seller ID: nf.00151

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Very Good

A history of the British monarchy, from Boadicea to Elizabeth II and her Coronation. Wormhole through fore-edges at top (no text affected), a bit of slant, rubbing, reading crease, flaking.
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Sutton Map-Area, Quebec

By: Eakin (Eakins), P.R.

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Ottawa, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys: 1964

Seller ID: 016604

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Paper 63-34, containing Report and Map 38-1963. The writer's name is given as P.R. Eakin on the title page, but P.R. Eakins on the cover. 3 pages, map in rear pocket. Moderate general wear.
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WASTE NOT, WANT NOT, A Booke of Cookery (signed)

By: Eaton, E.F. "Ted"

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Omega Publishing Division of Omega Management Services: 1978

Seller ID: 017847

ISBN: 0-9690732-2-4

Binding: Wraps in Cerlox (plastic comb)

Condition: Very Good

"Some Interesting Recipes of Old Acadia," including such things as bubble and squeak, kartoffelsuppe, poutines rapees, scouse, fiskefars, medisterpolse, blueberry grunt, galop kringle, krammerhuse, pikelets and a bashamal of lamb's ears, as well as stuff we've actually heard of. 95 pages. Light cover soil, light general wear.
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The York Dictionary of English -- French -- German -- Spanish Literary Terms and their Origin

By: Elkhadem, Saad

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, York Press: 1976

Seller ID: 017113

ISBN: 0-919966-01-2

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"A concise dictionary that gives the meaning, explains the origin, and lists the French, German and Spanish equivalents of important literary terms." 154 pages, including indices. Rubbing, moderate edgewear all around, moderate general wear.
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THE WALDEMAR STORY, Camping in the Texas Hilly Country

By: Elmore, Marsha English (compiler)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Austin, Eakin Press: 1998

Seller ID: 008451

ISBN: 1 57168 190 6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

a history of Camp Waldemar, which has been home to and provided the summer camping experience for more than twenty thousand girls since 1926; "The authors trace the growth of the camp -- in 'kampongs' as well as 'tribes' -- and the development of a legendary camping experience."; the years from 1928 to 1978 are covered by Sue Van Noy Williet (edited by Mary Brooke Oliphint Casad), with 1979 to 1996 covered by Carolyn Carmichael Wheat (edited by Julie Menges); brown leatherette w/gilt lettering, 188 pgs. incl. Campers List and Index, illustrated; lightly bumped corners/spine ends; rubbe...
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 4, Suspension Bridges, their history and development with some related works

By: Elton, Julia

Price: $12.50

Publisher: London, Elton Engineering Books: 1989

Seller ID: 014352

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Offers one hundred and fifty-four items, many important in the field. An excellent bibliographical and technical reference. 80 pages (including Chronological Index of Bridges, Index of Engineering Firms, Index of Authors), illustrated. Light general wear.
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 5, Civil Engineering, A Miscellany of Books with a section on Fire-proofing & Iron Architecture

By: Elton, Julia

Price: $12.50

Publisher: London, Elton Engineering Books: 1990

Seller ID: 014353

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A superior bibliographical and technical reference offering ninety-eight items, many of them rare and much sought-after. 55 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear.
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The Dodge Book of Performance Cars

By: Engel, George S. (editor) (produced by Lyle Kenyon Engel)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Pocket 95058: 1967

Seller ID: 016912

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback original. Contains information on Don Garlits, Don White, Lee Roy Yarbrough, Bud Faubel, Bobby Harrop, Dave Strickler, Roger Lindamood, Ramchargers, Cotton Owers, Danny Ongais, Dave Pearson, A.J. Foyt, Sam McQuagg, Art Malone, Dick Landy, and The Smoke Eaters, with "inside stories of such great cars as The Turbo-Honker, The Cotton Picker, Little Red Wagon, Color Me Gone, The Yankee Peddler, The Hustler, The Original Dependable, The Flying Carpet, The Candymatic, The Swamp Rat, The Mangler, The Dragmaster Dart, The Flying Barn Door, and King Goat." Bill France, president of ...
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Living Learning Remembering (signed)

By: England, Robert

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Vancouver, Centre for Continuing Education/University of British Columbia/UBC: 1980

Seller ID: 016293

ISBN: 0-88843-124-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

From the front flap: "These memoirs cover Robert England's three years as a teacher of Slawa Rural School (1920-3) in northern Saskatchewan, his co-operation with the Masonic Memorial Scholarship Scheme for fifty teachers in rural non-English-speaking districts (1921-4); his work as Continental Superintendent, Colonization Department, C.N.R. Europe (1924-9); as Western Manager, Colonization-Agriculture, C.N.R. Western Region (1930-6) and the Community Progress Competitions project; adult education activities continued as first Director of Extension, The University of British Columbia (193...
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The Language of Drama, Drama as a Language

By: Esslin, Martin

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 013830

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A title from the Celebrity Lecture Series, being a talk given by Esslin for the Stratford Shakespearean Festival at the Festival Theatre on Augst 14, 1983. Unpaginated (20). Moderate general wear.
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JACQUES LACAN AND THE ADVENTURE OF INSIGHT, Psychoanalysis in Contemporary Culture

By: Felman, Shoshana

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cambridge & London, Harvard University Press: 1987

Seller ID: 013900

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Felman "elucidates the power and originality of Lacan's work. She brilliantly analyzes Lacan's investigation of psychoanalysis not as dogma, but as an ongoing self-critical process of discovery. By focusing on Lacan's singular way of making Freud's thought new again -- and of thus enabling us to participate in the very moment of intellectual struggle and insight -- Felman shows how this moment of illumination has become crucial to contemporary thinking and has redefined insight as such." Beige cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 169 pages (including Notes).
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EXPANDING FORESTRY HORIZONS, A History of the Canadian Institute of Forestry--Institut Forestier du Canada

By: Fensom, K.G.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Montreal, Canadian Institute of Forestry--Institut Forestier du Canada: 1972

Seller ID: 013603

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The title pretty much covers the contents of this one. The author has signed and dated ("Fredericton, N.B.,/August 29/72/Ken Fensom") this copy on title page. Illustrated blue & green on tan cloth, 547 pages (including appendix), illustrated. Light edgewear, titles rubbed on spine, moderate general wear. A nice copy. Uncommon signed.
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The Feather Men

By: Fiennes, Ranulph

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Signet 74550: 1992

Seller ID: 018110

ISBN: 0-45-117455-0

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

"In the years between 1977 and 1990, a group of hired assassins known as the Clinic tracked down and killed four British soldiers, one at a time. Two of the victims were ex-SAS. All fiour had fought in the Arabian desert./The Feather Men were recruited to hunt the Clinic. Without their intervention more soldiers would have died. At the end of their operation they asked Ranulph Fiennes, one of the world's best-known explorers and himself a former SAS officer, to tell their extraordinary story..." Originally presented by Fiennes as a true story, he later admitted that the book was e...
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TH'UPRIGHT HEART AND PURE, Essays on John Milton Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Publication of Paradise Lost

By: Fiore, Amadeus P. (editor)

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Pittsburgh, Duquesne University Press: 1967

Seller ID: 012367

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The tenth volume in the Duquesne Studies, Philological Series. Contributors include Merritt Y. Hughes, William B. Hunter Jr., Maurice Kelly, Edward Le Comte, B. Rajan, John T. Shawcross, Wayne Shumaker, John M. Steadman, Kester Svendsen, Robert West, and B.A. Wright. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 149 pages. Previous owner's name in pencil to bottom edge of front free end paper, light general wear, in dust jacket w/moderate edgewear, 1.5" tear to top edge of rear panel, .5" tear to bottom edge of front panel, small triangular chip from left corner of top edge of front panel.
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ODDS AGAINST SURVIVAL 'gaining insight' (inscribed & signed)

By: Fischer, Odette Marie B.K.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Agoura Hills, Bourget Publishing of California: 1996

Seller ID: 015675

ISBN: 0-9643276-8-6

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The story of a woman who suffered a serious accident that affected her brain, and who struggled back from memory loss and a variety of physical disabilities. This copy inscribed and signed ("To Dr. Adam Chrzanowski,/Warmest Wishes. Hope/to see you in L.A. Odette Marie Fischer"). 289 pages + index, illustrated. A few impressions to back cover, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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A HANDBOOK FOR TRANSLATORS (With Special Reference to International Conference Translation)

By: Fuller, Frederick

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Gerrards Cross, Colin Smythe: 1973

Seller ID: 013238

ISBN: 0 900675 764

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Fuller, a sometime senior advisor at the United Nations, attempts "to bring home to translators the danger of falling into a dull routine and the need for keeping the mind fresh and alert." Each leaf of text followed by a blank leaf intended for Notes. Red cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 66 pages (not including blank leaves). Previous owner's signature to top edge of front end paper, moderate general wear (notes pages unused). Lacking dust jacket.
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THE CHILDREN OF PAUL'S: the story of a theatre company, 1553-1608 (signed)

By: Gair, Reavley

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1982

Seller ID: 016885

ISBN: 0 521 24360 2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

From the front flap: "Between 1553 and 1608 St Paul's Cathedral housed one of the earliest London theatre companies, a commercially successful playhouse whose actors were drawn from the choirboys under the directior of their choir master. These were the Children of Paul's." This copy inscribed and signed by Gair, on title page. Chocolate cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 213 pages (including notes, select bibliography, index), illustrated. A bit of slant, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/a hint of edgewear, impressions/scratches, 1/4" tear to top right corner of ...
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The Establishment of Canadian Diplomatic Status at Washington

By: Galbraith, John S.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press: 1951

Seller ID: 018122

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

University of California Publications in History, Volume 41. 119 pages (including notes, bibliography, index). Some edgewear, impressions, University of New Brunswick library stamp to front cover, sunned spine/edges. Internally tight and clean.
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RADIO CRAFT, Lot of 3: February/Feb. 1944/'44, September/Sept. 1944/'44, May 1945/'45

By: Gernsback, Hugo (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Springfield, Radcraft Publications:

Seller ID: 018361

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Fair Reading Copies

A three-issue lot of the popular radio electronics magazine that began in 1929, and existed under a variety of titles until 2003. Gernsback, considered by many to be the father of science fiction (along with a couple of guys named H.G. Wells and Jules Verne), had what have to be the greatest pseudonyms is history. He was Gus N. Habergock, Grace G. Hucksnob, Beno Ruckshagg, Erno Shuckbagg, Grego Banshuck, Greno Gashbuck, and Kars Gugenchob. Now c'mon -- was Richard Bachman the best you could do, Steve? Although I guess I should cut you some slack, since Gernsback had a lot more to work with...
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The Sleeping Buddha, The Story of Afghanistan Through the Eyes of One Family (signed)

By: Ghafour, Hamida

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Toronto, McArthur & Company: 2007

Seller ID: 016644

ISBN: 139781552786444

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

Ghafour "fled Khabul with her parents as a small child in 1981," and returned in 2003 as a journalist for the Daily Telegraph, "reporting for the paper, seeing more of the place that she and her family had once called home." This copy signed by Ghafour, on title page. Black cloth w/silver spine lettering, 336 pages (including acknowledgements, bibliography, index), illustrated w/photographs. An unread copy.
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads (Common, Macadam, Paved, Plane, etc.) and Rail-roads

By: Gillespie, W.M.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, A.S. Barnes & Co./Wiley & Putnam; Collins Keese & Co. / Perkins & Marvin / Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. / Cushing & Sons: 1848

Seller ID: 015061

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

After stating that the roads of the United States are inferior to those of any other civilized country, Gillespie offers a comprehensive guide to everything the roadbuilder knew in 1848. Brown cloth w/gilt lettering to spine, 340 pages + 4 pages of tables, illustrated. Edgewear, scraping/fraying/wear to corners/spine edges, previous owner's signature to front end paper, considerable foxing throughout, some dampstaining. (C/BT)
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SPENSER NEWSLETTER, Spring/Summer 1989, Volume 20 Number 2

By: Gless, Darryl J. (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina: 1989

Seller ID: 014492

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Contains book reviews and notices, articles, and so on related to Spenser and his work. Pages 25 through 48. Light general wear.
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THE CANADA WE WANT, Competing Visions for the New Millennium (signed)

By: Godfrey, John, and Rob McLean

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, Stoddart: 1999

Seller ID: 018329

ISBN: 0-7737-3166-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

"The authors argue that the National Projects of the past hold the key to Canada's future." Red cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 234 pages (including resources, acknowledgements, index, brief author biographies). A nice copy w/a couple of light smudges to fore-edge, light general wear.
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BEN & ME, From Temperance to Humility -- Stumbling Through Ben Franklin's Thirteen Virtues, One Unvirtuous Day at a Time (signed)

By: Gunn, Cameron

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Perigree / Penguin: 2010

Seller ID: 017755

ISBN: 0399536078

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

An admirer of Benjamin Franklin, Gunn records his "attempt to live by Franklin's thirteen virtues, a list of lofty ideals the Founding Father held dear," but which take "this ordinary man way outside his comfort zone and into a thicket of not-so-modern values." 250 pages (including notes, brief author biography). Internally tight and clean, with only light general wear.
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Strategy and Tactics of Control of Migrant Pests

By: Gunn, D.L., and R.C. Rainey (organizers)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, The Royal Society: 1979

Seller ID: 013444

ISBN: 0 85403 117 0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

"First published in 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London', series B, volume 287 (no. 1022), pages 245-488." Publishes the results of a two-day Discussion Meeting on the subject of controlling by various means a wide variety of insects and other pests, said discussions featuring a number of participants from many countries. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 240 pages (including Postscripts), illustrated (frontispiece, 1 plate, 2 fold-outs, in-text maps and charts). Some scuffing to cloth, mild general wear, in lightly worn dust jacket.
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PEAT, ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES, Final Report of The Peat Committee, Appointed Jointly by the Governments of the Dominion of Canada and the Province of Ontario

By: Haanel, B.F.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ottawa, F.A. Acland: 1926

Seller ID: 014217

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

Mines Branch publication No. 641, the result of an undertaking intended to determine whether peat might be used as "an auxiliary source of fuel supply, especially in the central provinces of Ontario and Quebec, where shortage of domestic supplies of fuel was most keenly felt." 298 pages (including Appendices), illustrated. A bit of spine roll, minor edgewear, some cover soil. (C/BT)
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STATISTICS IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE, Estimation, Hypothesis Testing, and Least Squares

By: Hamilton, Walter Clark

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, The Ronald Press Company: 1964

Seller ID: 017842

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Grey cloth w/silver lettering to front cover/spine, 230 pages (including bibliography, index). Some slant, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's stamp/notation to front pastedown, name to top edge of first and second end papers, a few minor underlinings.
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DELTA HARVEST, An authentic story of a hardwood harvest interwoven with intriguing romance

By: Hanlon, Howard A.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Watkins Glen, Watkins Review: 1966

Seller ID: 014252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

The author "describes the emergence and continuity of a great segment of the American lumber industy over more than three score years; and has beautifully told the story of men, who while intensely competitive, managed to maintain a spirit of comradery and deep friendships lasting a life time." A scarce title, especially in condition. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 395 pages, illustrated, map end papers. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, in dust jacket w/a hint of edgewear. A nice copy.
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LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION, Valves, Valve Gears, Valve Settings

By: Harding, J.W. (prepared under the supervision of)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company: 1924

Seller ID: 016728

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

#267B in the International Library of Technology. Contains chapters on locomotive valves, the Stephenson valve gear, locomotive management, breakdowns, oil-burning locomotives, the Type D duplex stoker, and locomotive value setting. Green cloth w/red cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, marbled end papers, illustrated, three fold-outs. Circular stains to cloth of front cover (probably the ubiquitous coffee cup), moderate edgewear, one frayed corner, other corners lightly worn, moderate wear to spine ends, 2.5" tear to left spine edge, 1" scrape to join of green/red cloth on back ...
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WHEN EAST MET WEST, Sociolinguistics in the Former Socialist Bloc

By: Harlig, Jeffrey, and Csaba Pleh (editors)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Berlin & New York, Mouton de Gruyter/Walter de Gruyter & Co.: 1995

Seller ID: 015977

ISBN: 3-11-014585-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

#68 in the publisher's Contributions to the Sociology of Language series, this one being a collection of essays on various aspects of sociolinguistics in the former Socialist bloc. Contributors include the editors, Allen D. Grimshaw, Lydia Dachkova, Louise B. Hammer, Miklos Kontra, Karol Janicki, and Anna Borbely. Review copy w/personal letter laid in. Navy cloth w/white lettering to front cover/spine, 207 pages (including appendix, index). A very nice copy, w/light scuffing to cloth. (C/DMT)
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Beyond the Nightmare (signed)

By: Harris, Irene

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Christchurch, University of Canterbury Press: 1991

Seller ID: 016224

ISBN: 0-908812-06-X

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

For more than three decades Irene Harris lived with an alcoholic. Daughter, sister, and mother to alcoholics, she sought help from "the Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer Springs, as a non-drinking co-dependent." This is her story. This copy inscribed on front end paper ("To Vanda./Thanks for your/friendship -- keep/loving/Irene"), then signed in full beneath her name on title page. 162 pages. Impressions/thin scratches to covers, light edgewear. Internally tight and clean. Uncommon signed.
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Oil and Gas Report and Map of Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler Counties, West Virginia, Bulletin No. 12, with Geologic Map/Marshall, Wetzel and Tyler Counties/Showing/Oil and Gas Fields

By: Haught, Oscar L.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Morgantown, State of West Virginia: 1955

Seller ID: 015563

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"The second in a series of revised oil and gas reports and maps covering the Counties of Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler." (The first in the series was Bulletin No. 11, which covered the counties of Pleasants, Wood and Ritchie.) 49 pages. VG w light general wear. Map measures approximately 59" x 42" from outer edge to outer edge, and is also VG. Uncommon. (C/BT)
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Grooks in Music

By: Hein, Piet, and Svend Asmussen

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, General Publishing Company: 1971

Seller ID: 012350

ISBN: 0-7736-0018-3

Binding: Spiral Bound Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Eighteen of Hein's Grook verses graced with facing music by Asmussen (music on the left page, verse/illustration on the right). A nice copy w/only moderate general wear and no previous owner's marks or notations. (C/BT)
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Progressive Examinations of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

By: Hill, John A.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Terre Haute, Standard Publishing Company: 1891

Seller ID: 016595

Binding: Flexible Cloth

Condition: About Good

A scarce item that provides questions and answers intended to help the prospective engineer and fireman begin and further his career. Dominion Atlantic Railway stamp to front end paper. 96 pages (including 18 pages at rear, entitled "Diagrams Illustrating Manner of Using Signals According to the Standard Code of Train Rules as Adopted by the American Railway Association" -- some diagrams w/green and/or red colour). Cover soil, edgewear, some internal dampstaining along edges, light internal soil, title page w/two paper pulls/tears at staples, general wear.
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Zulma

By: Hollingsworth, Elaine

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Warner Paperback Library 78-361: 1974

Seller ID: 016708

ISBN: 0-446-78361-7

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Very Good

Paperback original. Cdn. printing. A quite scarce "nonfiction novel" detailing "The brief and brutal history of a young man who wanted only to be a woman." Apparently Hollingsworth (who was born Elaine Sterling, and who acted under the name Sara Shane) was in a Mexican prison where she met a guy named Miguel, who wanted a sex change operation. Or, as the front cover blurb has it, "From the lips of the boy/woman who lived it -- the story of six horrifying months in a Mexican prison." Light rubbing, impressions, tiny edge spots, moderate handling wear. Internally ti...
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The Carleton County Council

By: Homer, Ken

Price: $30.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately published:

Seller ID: 017984

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

A scarce commemorative booklet containing the names and accomplishments of the members of New Brunswick's Carleton County Council from its inception in 1852 until its dissolution in 1966. 66 pages, illustrated. Light general wear.
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J.B. PRIESTLY, An Informal Study of His Work

By: Hughes, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davies: 1958

Seller ID: 014433

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 226 pages (including A Select Bibliography, Index), frontispiece.
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The Raven and the Writing Desk

By: Huxley, Francis

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1976

Seller ID: 005187

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: About Very Good

"As all readers of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' will know, when Alice sat down (uninvited) at the Mad Tea-party, the Hatter oepend his eyes very wide and asked, 'Why is a raven like a writing-desk?' The riddle is famous because when Alice in turn asked 'What's the answer?' the Hatter replied that he hadn't the faintest idea. It has provoked ingenius possible answers from many Great Minds, but in this utterly engaging 'Enquiry,' Francis Huxley has undertaken the first investigation *in depth*." A charming and interesting look at the old puzzler presented by Lewis Carroll. Brown ...
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Milling-Machine Practice

By: I.C.S. Staff

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Correspondence Schools/International Textbook Company/I.C.S.: 1927

Seller ID: 016012

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Serial 2217. A booklet from the home study course offered by the International Correspondence Schools, this one detailing the mechanics of machine milling. 72 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Some smudging to wraps, small piece from bottom corner, corner wear, previous owner's name/date to front cover.
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Milling-Machine Equipment

By: I.C.S. Staff

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Correspondence Schools/International Textbook Company/I.C.S.: 1927

Seller ID: 016018

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

Serial 2216, Edition 1. A booklet from the I.C.S. home study course. 49 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Light smudging to covers, previous owner's name/date to front cover, small soil mark to first page.
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Engine Lathe Tools

By: I.C.S. Staff

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Correspondence Schools/International Textbook Company/I.C.S.: 1934

Seller ID: 016019

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Serial 2201, Edition 1. An uncommon booklet from the I.C.S. home study course, this one intended "to show the forms of various lathe tools, together with their selection and their uses." 48 pages, illustrated. Previous owner's name/date to front cover, smudging, 1/4" tear to top edge of back cover, pencil underlining/markings throughout, drawing to last blank page, general wear.
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Lathe Thread Cutting

By: I.C.S. Staff

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Scranton, International Correspondence Schools/International Textbook Company/I.C.S.: 1926

Seller ID: 016020

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Fair to Good

Serial 2204, Edition 1. A 2-hole-punched booklet from the I.C.S. home study course. 75 pages, illustrated. Previous owner's name/date to front cover, smudging, some dampstaining, general wear.
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Acadiensis, July 1902, Volume II, Number 3

By: Jack, David Russell (editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Saint John, The Acadian Society / D.R. Jack: 1902

Seller ID: 018060

ISBN: NO

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"A quarterly devoted to the interests of the Maritime provinces of Canada," this issue kicking off with an article on old silver plate (appropriately titled "Old Plate"), with numerous other articles ("A Halifax Privateer in 1757," "The Bells of Peace," "The Wetmore Family," "Some Old Letters," "Naming of St. Andrews," "Book-Plates," "The Amaranth," "Wanted," "The River St. John," "Hon. Sir A.G. Archibald," "Boo, Notices," and "Marconi Towers"). Pages 174-217, illustrated, many page...
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From Growing Up to Growing Old, DYKE LIFE, A Celebration of the Lesbian Experience

By: Jay, Karla (editor)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, BasicBooks / Basic Books: 1995

Seller ID: 007076

ISBN: 0-465-03907-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A collection of essays and short personal narratives by a variety of "lesbian and bisexual women from all ages, races and classes [providing] a comprehensive view of the many rites and phases of lesbian life." Deep orange cloth w/mauve cloth backstrip, 374 pages, including Contributors' Notes. Dust jacket w/a hint of general wear.
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BEING IN THE TEXT, Self-Representation from Wordsworth to Roland Barthes

By: Jay, Paul

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Ithaca & London, Cornell University Press: 1984

Seller ID: 013877

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The author "traces the impact of changing concepts of the self and the literary subject on the formal evolution of autobiographical prose and poetry in the Romantic and modern periods." brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 189 pages (including Index). mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's neat underlining to many paragraphs in Introduction, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Jacket in protective mylar sleeve.
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New Brunswick Vital Statistics From Newspapers, 1784-1815

By: Johnson, Daniel F., Betty Ackerly, Jan Dexter, Patricia Gray (Vital Statistics Committee)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick Genealogical Society: 1982

Seller ID: 018305

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

#188 of a limited first edition printing of 500 copies. From 1784-1815, this "covers the births, marriages, deaths and other pertinent statistics for that period. There are indices included covering geographical, ships and regiments as well as for all surnames." Typescript, 138 pages. Moderate corner wear, light edgewear.
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BUTTERFLY ON ROCK, A Study of Themes and Images in Canadian Literature

By: Jones, D.G.

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1971

Seller ID: 012277

ISBN: 0-8020-5230-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Originally published in 1970. Brown cloth w/black cloth spine w/gilt lettering, 197 pages (including Notes, Index). Mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's name to verso of half-title, previous owner's marginalia (vertical lines here and there throughout), in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/a bit of chipping/short tears to corners/spine ends, general wear.
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Latvija (Latvia)

By: Kaminskis, Viktors, V. Lamsters, H. Ritums, and J. Viduma Tulkojums

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Apgada, Dzintarzeme: 1947

Seller ID: 015728

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

English/Latvian-language publication containing information about the country and changes to it throughout the centuries. 193 pages, illustrated w/hundreds of black-and-white and sepia photographs of people, places and culture, with some colour illustrations and a fold-out map. Light cover soil/dampstaining, bottom 3/4" chipped from spine, dampstaining to top edge resulted in some pages being stuck together along top edges, with some minor loss of paper when separated, gift inscription to previous owner.
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Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood (signed)

By: Kane, Alice (edited by Edith Fowke)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart (M&S): 1983

Seller ID: 018182

ISBN: 0-7710-3210-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The author provides a wealth of folklore, including songs, sayings and verse from her childhood in Northern Ireland. Kane's inscription reads, "To Mary Barker/Greetings!/Alice Kane/7/12/84." A another, non-authorial, gift inscription reads, "for Mary Barker,/in kind appreciation for/including me in the planning/and activities of the visit/of the first Canadian astronaut/ to Fredericton, Nov. 30, 1984/sincerely/Gary Whiteford/UNB" (Whiteford was a geology professor at the University of New Brunswick, and was well-known as a world traveller and huge baseball fan -- he died in 2...
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THE SHATTERED BADGE, The Story of Ed Donovan, Stress Cop (signed by Donovan)

By: Kankewitt, Bill

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Methuen & Co. Ltd.: 1986

Seller ID: 017133

ISBN: 0-459-80460-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: About Very Good

The story of a former Boston police officer (currently an actor, editor and publisher) who became "the acknowledged expert with a world-wide reputation for dealing with police stress." This copy inscribed by Donovan, on half-title ("Martha/Fraternally/Ed Donovan"). Navy cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 236 pages, illustrated. Spine slant, bumped corners, tiny soil mark to bottom corner of fore-edge, moderate general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/bumped corners, light edgewear, thin scratches. An uncommon title.
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Aequanimitas

By: Kelly, Arthur D. (Dill)

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Privately Published: 1977

Seller ID: 008964

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

A collection of essays that originally appeared in the Canadian Medical Association Journal from the mid '60s through the early '70s, and which are collected for this volume by the author's wife and children, intended as a memorial to be distributed amongst a few of the author's intimate friends. This copy presented by the author's wife, Gladys Kelly, to one of those intimates, with a notation dated June 7, 1978. An appreciative foreword by E. Kirk Lyon. Maroon cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 396 pages, frontispiece. Two turned page corners.
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CHEAT THE DEVIL, A Recipe Book (inscribed & signed)

By: Killam, Edith Humphrey

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Vancouver, Privately printed: 1961

Seller ID: 018266

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

A collection of 35 recipes "From old Yarmouth and St. John, and the days of brick ovens and great fireplaces, a spit, a crane, much cheer and hospitality, come these recipes." Limited to 200 copies, of which this is #40. Inscription reads: "With best wishes to/all the family--/Edith Killam." 39 pages, illustrated w/photographs (people, furniture and chinaware. Moderate soil/staining, a bit of chipping/wear to corners/spine ends. A quite uncommon item.
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Eothen

By: Kinglake, A.W. (Alexander William)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Easton Press: 1992

Seller ID: 017701

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine

First published in 1844 by J. Ollivier, Kinglake details his journeys through Syria, Egypt and Palestine. Gilt decorations to maroon leather covers, gilt decorations/lettering to spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, silk end papers, ribbon bookmark, 240 pages, frontispiece, unused Easton Press bookplate laid in. Light scuffing to gilt edges, a hint of edgewear. A very nice copy.
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A YOUNG VICTORIAN IN INDIA, Letters of H.M. Kisch of the Indian Civil Service

By: Kisch, H.M. (edited by Ethel A. Waley Cohen)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1957

Seller ID: 018308

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A collection of letters written from 1874-89 by "a young man who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1873," and who, upon his death in 1942, "was the 'father' of the I.C.S." Introduction by Philip Woodruff. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering/publisher's device, top edge stained red, 242 pages (including index), illustrated. Gently worn corners/spine ends, light foxing to bottom edge, a bit of foxing to front pastedown/end paper, previous owner's name in pencil on front end paper, in lightly soiled dust jacket w/a bit of edgewear, scrape to top portion of spine, sunned spine. A...
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Furniture a Girl Can Make

By: Klenke, William W. (edited by Lulu W. Gillum)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Kansas City, Gillum Book Co.: 1940

Seller ID: 017490

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Since Klenke and Gillum have seen much evidence "of the unusual ability exercised by girls in the handling of wood," they offer this collection of "fifty projects in furniture making any of which the average girl can undertake." 95 pages, illustrated w/line drawings. Top corners bumped, light corner/spine end wear, three small scrapes to spine. An uncommon item.
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Out of the Depths (signed)

By: Knockwood, Isabelle

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lockeport, Roseway Publishing: 1994

Seller ID: 016975

ISBN: 0-9694180-6-X

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"The Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia." Above her signature Knockwood has written the year (2000), and beneath it, "Keep the healing circle strong." 159 pages, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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Northrop Frye: The High Priest of Clerical Obscurantism

By: Kogan, Pauline

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Montreal, Progressive Books & Periodicals: 1969

Seller ID: 012384

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

With much earnestness the author works herself into a self-righteous froth as she dissects the views of Northrop Frye, and informs us that the "correct way to conduct class struggle in the area of literature, art and criticism is to rely upon the initiative of the masses, to place proper emphasis on investigation and study, and to mobilize public opinion through ideological discussion." 98 pages. Sunned spine, small splashstain to left edge of front cover, slight wear to corners/edges. A nice unmarked copy of an uncommon item, with no previous owner's names or notations, and no library...
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AMERICAN CRITICS AT WORK: Examinations of Contemporary Literary Theories

By: Kramer, Victor A. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Troy, Whitston Publishing Company: 1984

Seller ID: 013878

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A collection of essays "chosen as an introduction to various area of contemporary criticism and theory." Contributors include Murray Krieger, Nathan A. Scott, Jr., Gerald Graff, Vincent B. Leitch, Joseph Riddell, William V. Spanos, J. Hillis Miller, Norman N. Holland, David Bleich, Michael Steig, Charles Altieri, Steven Mailloux, Hershel Parker, Michael Sprinker, Matei Calinescu, Giles Gunn, and Ihab Hassan. Blue cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 447 pages (including Notes on Contributors). Light general wear.
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MILTON SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Annual Dinner and Meeting, December 28, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

By: Labriola, Albert C. (editor)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: No Place, Milton Society of America:

Seller ID: 014490

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A 6-item lot of program booklets issued by the Milton Society of America for its annual dinner and meeting held on December 28th at various hotels throughout the United States and Canada. The locations for this series of festivities, in chronological order, were The Drake Hotel in Chicago, The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., The King Edward Hotel in Toronto, The Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, The Midland Hotel in Chicago, and Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. Each booklet contains a list of officers, a list of selected publications, announcements, members list, by-law...
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Corrupting the Young, and Other Stories of a Family Therapist

By: Lang, Tesse and Moshe

Price: $7.00

Publisher: North Balwyn, Rene Gordon Pty. Ltd.: 1986

Seller ID: 011152

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Very Good

The Langs draw from Moshe's many years as a family therapist to relate interesting and amusing stories covering marriage, parent/child relationships, and the frustrations, pleasures and pressures of family life. Cover painting by Yosl Bergner, foreword by Max Cornwell. Impressions, some gentle creasing, moderate general wear.
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LAYING DOWN THE LINES, A History of Land Surveying in Alberta (signed)

By: Larmour, Judy

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Victoria, Brindle & Glass Publishing: 2005

Seller ID: 018395

ISBN: 1-897142-02-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The author "recounts the incredible challenges and hardships faced by land surveyors as they struggled with fast-flowing rivers and dry prairie lands, freezing temperatures and hungry mosquitoes, stifling bureaucracy and new technology, to help create the Alberta we know today." Black cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 326 pages (including endnotes, appendix, a note on sources, index, acknowledgements, brief author biography), illustrated. A bumped corner, bumped spine ends, lightly scuffed cloth, small indentation to front cover, in lightly scuffed dust jacket w/a couple of small ...
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National Library of Canada: a bibliography / Bibliotheque nationale du Canada: une bibliographie

By: Larouche, Irma (compiled by)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ottawa, National Library of Canada: 1979

Seller ID: 017544

ISBN: 0-660-50210-0

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

"Brings together in one place, for the first time, a complete and thorough guide to the pre-history, beginnings and expansion" of the National Library of Canada. Foreword by Guy Sylvestre. Printed in English and French. 179 pages (including reference sources and index). Reading crease to spine, moderate handling wear.
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Fear

By: Leahy, M.P.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Research Books Ltd.: 1948

Seller ID: 018326

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A book "simply written so as to be understood by any intelligent reader," describing "what fear is, how it is produced, and what it can do. It also tells of how it can be cured, and gives convincingly hopeful records of successful treatment." Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 165 pages (including glossary, index to cases treated), in dust jacket w/chipping/short tears to corners/spine ends, moderately sun-darkened spine, light soil.
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Participation and Development, Vol. 1, Report, & Vol. 2, Research Documents, September/Sept. 1971

By: LeBlanc, Emery, and Dean H.L. Nutter (co-chairs), New Brunswick Task Force on Social Development,

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Queen's Printer: 1971

Seller ID: 016917

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A report produced by New Brunswick's Task Force on Social Development, which was "'established to initiate and promote public dialogue on problems in social development and social welfare,' and to 'recommend broad guidelines to the Government to assist in the future development of program priorities and legislation in the field of social development and social welfare.'" Pretty much just another b.s. report in a long line of b.s. reports sponsored by the Government of New Brunswick -- this one during the time of Premier Richard Hatfield. 268 & 220 pages, respectively. Both volumes w...
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Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards

By: Leeming, Joseph

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Gramercy Publishing Company:

Seller ID: 010719

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

covers a variety of magic tricks, puzzles, stunts, and 20 different kinds of solitaire; "(An abridgement of 'Games With Playing Cards' Plus Tricks and Stunts)"; red cloth, 107 pgs., illustrated; splash-staining to cloth, moderate edgewear, internally clean; rubbed dj w/moderate edgewear, small chip from top right corner of front panel;
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THE PAPERS OF DOROTHY LIVESAY, A Research Tool

By: Livesay, Dorothy (compiled by the staff of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, University of Manitoba Libraries

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Libraries: 1986

Seller ID: 010022

ISBN: 0-919932-23-1

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

Beginning in 1978, Livesay began to donate her papers to the University of Manitoba Libraries, and this publication details the vast majority of her work available to researchers. Divided into four sections: Manuscripts and Papers, Photograph Collection, Tape Recording Collection, and Books and Imprints Collection. 419 pages (including appendices), illustrated. Edgewear, reading crease, rubbing, impressions, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean. Scarce.
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Practical Information for Telephonists

By: Lockwood, T.D.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The W.J. Johnston Company: 1895

Seller ID: 017543

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

From a "Historical Sketch of Electricity from 600 B.C. to 1882 A.D." to "Anticipations of Great Discoveries and Inventions," Lockwood presents a collection of articles for those interested in the history, science and applications of telephony. Maroon cloth w/black rule/decoration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, rule deoration in blind to back cover, 192 pages. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, light cover soil, front end papers excised (book begins at title page), previous owner's notation to top of title page, first couple of signatures hanging on by a thread, light...
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FUTURE CONSCIOUSNESS, The Path to Purposeful Evolution (inscribed & signed)

By: Lombardo, Thomas

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Winchester & Washington, Changemakers Books / Change Makers: 2017

Seller ID: 018306

ISBN: 1780999852

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good to Fine

"...a masterpiece, a must-read book, not only for futurists, psychologists, social scientists, scholars, and academics of every type showing them how to improve their thinking about future consciousness, but also for ordinary people to improve the quality of their future daily lives." Inscription reads: "To Paul,/Hope you enjoy/the book./Tom Lombardo/8/20/2018". 805 pages, including references, + four pages adveretising other Changemakers Books. Light corner wear, tiny soil mark to rear end paper. Interenally tight and clean.
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English Spelling and Spelling Reform

By: Lounsbury, Thomas R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York & London, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1909

Seller ID: 011420

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

(MCMIX). "The main ideas underlying the treatment here found of English orthography were embodied in an article which appeared in the 'Atlantic Monthly' for June, 1907," but much was cut from that article, so the author restored them here, in enlarged form. In other words, the author goes on at some length expounding the virtues of his proposals for simplified spelling, wishing at the same time to bring into conformity the two languages which are English: the one which is written/read, and the one which is spoken. Deep blue boards w/blue cloth backstgrip, gilt lettering and rule, top e...
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Epochal History of the International Typographical Union

By: Lynch, James M. (compiled under the supervision and direction of)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, International Typographical Union: 1925

Seller ID: 016989

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

The story of a committed, patriotic union that fought for a number of causes. 108 pages. Edgewear, bottom 1" of spine torn, thin partial crease to front cover, light cover soil, deep impressions to back cover and last dozen or so pages (no torn paper). Internally tight.
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Soil Survey of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

By: MacDougall, J.L. Nowland, and J.D. Hilchey

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada Department of Agriculture and Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing: 1969

Seller ID: 015983

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains information obtained from the soil survey of Annapolis County from 1963-65. Grey wraps, 84 pages, illustrated. Grey board case contains book and four folding maps in rear pocket. Small sticker pull to top right corner of box case, light foxing, light general wear. (C/DMT)
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SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, The Story of the Road Builders Association of New Brunswick

By: MacIntosh, Lane

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Road Builders Association of New Brunswick: 2009

Seller ID: 016958

ISBN: 0986513008

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

"The story of how a group of visionary contractors and businessmen joined together in 1958, and through the creation of the Road Builders Association of New Brunswick, ushered in the province's golden age of road building." Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 122 pages, illustrated. Dust jacket w/light rubbing, shallow impressions. A nice copy.
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PRIDE OF PLACE, The Life and Times of Cape Breton Heritage Houses (signed)

By: MacLeod, Mary K., James O. St. Clair

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Sydney, University College of Cape Breton Press: 1994

Seller ID: 017553

ISBN: 0-920336-56-6

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

MacLeod and St. Clair take a look at 25 historic Cape Breton buildings, one of which was built in the late 1780s, nineteen of which were erected in the 1800s, and the rest constructed in the 1900s. 175 pages, illustrated, cover illustration by Barry Gabriel. Light wear to edges/corners, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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Our Golden Anniversary, Anderson Road

By: Madore, Teresa

Price: $50.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately published: 1984

Seller ID: 017949

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

A celebration of the 50 years of the Anderson Road Church in rural New Brunswick. Includes considerable information on the construction of Anderson Road itself, a history of the area, and many genealogical details about the area's parishoners and residents. 248 pages, copiously illustrated. Moderate discolouration/soil to covers, impressions/scratches, creased corners, light edge soil, a few gift inscriptions to first end paper, general wear. A scarce item.
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PRE-TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE OF AND ABOUT THE MARITIME PROVINCES: A Bibliography of Titles Held in the Special Collections of Mount Allison University Library

By: Magee, E.E. (compiler)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Sackville, Mount Allison University: 1978

Seller ID: 006334

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Maritime Studies Bibliography #2, containing more than 300 categorically-arranged listings for the library's holdings to 1899. Introduction by Carrie MacMillan, foreword by the compiler, Eleanor E. Magee. Photocopied typescript, 25 pages (including indices). A hint of wear.
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Learning the Hard Way

By: Mantle, Craig Leslie

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Kingston, Canadian Defence Academy Press: 2007

Seller ID: 017752

ISBN: 0-662-45313-1

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Published simultaneously with the hardcover. Sub-titled "The leadership experiences of Lieutenant Agar Adamson during the South African War, 1899-1902," this one tells the story of Adamson pleading "for a commission that would take him to South Africa in the service of Queen and Empire," where "he quickly discovered the difficulties of leading soldiers in battle and of leading them well." 111 pages (including map and image credits, select bibliography, glossary, index, brief author biography), illustrated. Internally tight and clean, with moderate general wear.
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POLICING CANADA'S CENTURY, A History of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

By: Marquis, Greg

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, The Osgoode Society / University of Toronto Press: 1993

Seller ID: 018335

ISBN: 0-8020-5020-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

"...both a history of Canada's major police professional association and an examination of twentieth-century police administration issues." Garnet cloth w/gilt lettering/Osgoode Society logo to front cover/spine, (xv), 20-pages of photographs, 459 pages (including postscript, appendix, notes, index) + one-page list of Osgoode Society publications. Small, faint brownish stain to top edge, in nice dust jacket w/a hint of general wear.
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BRITISH KNAPWEEDS, A Study in Synthetic Taxonomy

By: Marsden-Jones, E.M., and W.B. Turrill

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, The Ray Society: 1954

Seller ID: 014268

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ray Society volume No. 138, issued to members for the year 1952. Contains a general introduction to the subject, and chapters on taxonomic history, vegetative characters, wild populations, genetical experiments, compatibility/incompatability, and much else. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 201 pages (including Glossary, Indexes) + twenty-seven plates (one of which is a colour frontispiece). A hint of wear to corners/spine ends, tanned edges, one turned corner, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/sun-darkened spine. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve.
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Women's Asia

By: Matsui, Yayori

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London & New Jersey, Zed Books Ltd.: 1989

Seller ID: 018345

ISBN: 0 86232 826 8

Binding: Pictorial Boards

Condition: Very Good

Matsui "challenges the direct responsibility of Japan's affluent society for the impoverishment of Asian women's lives." The paperback edition of this title is fairly common, but the hardcover in decent condition is much less so. 172 pages (including postscript, sources, index), illustrated w/photographs. Light wear to corners/spine ends, impressions.
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Furniture, Making New Zealand, Vol. 2 #22

By: McCormick, E. H. (ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Auckland, Wilson & Horton: 1940

Seller ID: nf.00198

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A volume from the 'Making New Zealand, Pictorial Surveys Of A Century' series, being a pictorial record of New Zealand's first hundred years. This volume deals with New Zealand furniture and furnishings, including construction and use. 31 pages, illustrated w/photographs and drawings. Some edgewear, short tear to top spine, sticker shadow.
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BRAVE COMPANIONS, Portraits in History (signed)

By: McCullough, David

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster (S&S): 1992

Seller ID: 018261

ISBN: 0-671-79276-8

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

McCullough "has collected his favorite pieces -- profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories expres much that is timeless about the human condition." 240 pages, including index. Small soil mark to fore-edge, light general wear.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 1 No. 1, Summer 1998

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 1998

Seller ID: 015078

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The first issue of a publication which aims to "promote good practice in social care, to exchange national and international information and to act as a fulcrum for such exchange." Contributors to this issue include the editor, Francis Douglas, Mary Horgan, Kevin Lalor, Aine de Roiste, Paul Bailey, and Paul O'Callaghan. 107 pages. Rubbing, thin scratches, publisher's stamp to inside back cover, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, 3 volumes (Vol. 2 No.1, Spring 1999; Vol 2. No. 2, 2000; Vol. 2 No. 3, 2000-2001)

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy:

Seller ID: 015079

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

1999, 2000, 2001. The three issues comprising the second volume of this important journal. Contributors include Eileen O'Neill, Roland Tormey, John S.G. Wells, Shane A. Dunphy, Pat McGarthy and Dermot Duffy (the latter uncredited), Paul Bailey, and Damien Courtney (No. 1); the editor, John S.G. Wells, Anita Crowdle, Michelle Norris & Noreen Kearns, Abbey Hyde, Hilary Jenkinson, Jackie O'Toole, Catherine Forde, Stefan Kunz, Francis Douglas & Mary Horgan, and James G. Deegan (No. 2); the editor, J.S.G. Wells, John McLaughlin, Marina Monteith & Helga Sneddon, Billy McCullough & Trevor Spratt & ...
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, 2 volumes, (Vol 4:1, spring 2003, Vol 4:2, Winter 2003)

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2003

Seller ID: 015086

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The two issues comprising Volume 4 of this important social studies journal. Contributors include the editor, Carmel Gallagher & Kathleen Kennedy, Nuala Lordan & Ann O'Sullivan & Margaret O'Connor, John Williams, Wendy Cousins & Marina Monteith & Nicola Kerr, Brody D.M. Cameron, Treasa Hayes & Deirdre O'Neill & Annette Weier, Thom Garfat, and Ashling Jackson & Grant Charles (Vol 4:1); Thomas Garfat, Perry Share, Varda Mann-Feder, Brody Cameron, Niall C. McElwee & David Parslow, and Colm O'Doherty. 124 & 64 pages, respectively. Both issues VG w/moderate general wear, publisher's stamp to pag...
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 5: 1 & 2, Summer & Winter 2004

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2004

Seller ID: 015089

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contributors to this double number of the important social studies journal include the editor, Ed Rawlinson, Joe O'Riordan, Claire M. Jackson & Catherine M. Hefferman, Kiran Sarma, Kenneth Burns, and Liz Shiel. 96 pages. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 5: 1 & 2, Summer & Winter 2004

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2004

Seller ID: 015090

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contributors to this double number of the important social studies journal include the editor, Ed Rawlinson, Joe O'Riordan, Claire M. Jackson & Catherine M. Hefferman, Kiran Sarma, Kenneth Burns, and Liz Shiel. 96 pages. Light scuffing, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 5: 1 & 2, Summer & Winter 2004

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2004

Seller ID: 015091

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contributors to this double number of the important social studies journal include the editor, Ed Rawlinson, Joe O'Riordan, Claire M. Jackson & Catherine M. Hefferman, Kiran Sarma, Kenneth Burns, and Liz Shiel. 96 pages. Moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 3 No.1, 2002

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002

Seller ID: 015080

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 3 No.1, 2002

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002

Seller ID: 015081

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Publisher's stamp to inside back cover, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 3 No.1, 2002

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002

Seller ID: 015082

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Shallow impressions, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 3 No.1, 2002

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002

Seller ID: 015083

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Shallow impressions/scratches, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 3 No.1, 2002

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002

Seller ID: 015084

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. A few minor scuffs and impressions. Internally tight and clean.
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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES (IJASS), Iris Staideir Soisialta Feidhme, Vol. 3 No.1, 2002

By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002

Seller ID: 015085

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Scuffing, gentle vertical fold horizontally to front cover, publisher's stamp to inside back cover, light handling wear. Internally tight and clean.
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The Nurses' Walk

By: McGee, Arlee Hoyt

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately printed: 1998

Seller ID: 018273

ISBN: 1-895613-16-17

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A slim volume "published in honour of the Victoria Public Hospital Nurses Alumnae (1923)," being a "guide to a self-directed walking tour" of various nursing buildings and institutions in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Uncommon. 25 pages, including directions. Light general wear.
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England's Vassal State

By: McIntosh, Sandy

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Glasgow, Scottish National Party: 1966

Seller ID: 006589

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Sub-titled "Pungent Exposure of Scotland's Vassalage," this is a no-holds-barred diatribe against England and English politicians, and strongly supporting self-government for Scotland. 75 pages, 1 illustration. Impressions to bottom right corner of front cover (not affecting illustration), bent corners, moderate general wear. Scarce.
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