Category: Auto/Biography

NEW BRUNSWICK AUTHORS/ÉCRIVAINS DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ottawa, National Library of Canada : 1984

Seller ID: 010250

ISBN-13: 9780662529972

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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Not Your Average "Joe" (signed)

By: Aiton, Linda M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Grand Bay-Westfield, Privately published : 2003

Seller ID: 018283

ISBN-13: 9780973207002

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

Aiton tells the story of her father, Alfred Smith Tait, and his many interests and accomplishments. Tait was born in Marysville, New Brunswick, in 1911, and spent five years in the RCAF during World War II. He was an avid sportsman, and won a variety of championships with numerous New Brunswick teams. Contains a wealth of genealogical information. Inscription reads: "I hope you enjoy/'Not Your Average Joe'/as much as I enjoyed/putting it together. Alfred/was quite a man." 588 pages (including appendices, bibliography, index, brief author biography), illustrated. Light rubbing/thin scratches, m...
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GROWING UP & GROWING OLD with Wilf, Family & Friends (inscribed & signed)

By: Allen, Murph

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Published : 2004

Seller ID: 019128

ISBN-13: 9780973720303

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The son of a man who was born poor "and stayed that way all of his ninety-three years on this earth" in Fredericton, New Brunswick, tells his father's stories, some of which are true. 198 pages, illustrated. Light general wear.
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Give Me Fifteen Minutes

By: Alward, Roy M. (Maxon) (arranged and edited by Dorothy Dearborn)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Published (printed by Unipress Ltd.) : 1978

Seller ID: 017477

ISBN-13: 9780887901027

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A personal anecdote, being the story of Alward's life, including his "achievement in developing the Havelock Lime Works into the multi-million dollar, only privately owned lime plant in Canada it is today." All of which is overshadowed by his adventures with Scout the Wonder Horse. Spruce cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 92 pages, illustrated. Rubbed dust jacket has moderate wear to corners/spine ends, 1/8" tear to top edge of front panel.
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B.G. Forselius, Kirjamees ja rahvavalgustaja (inscribed & signed)

By: Andresen, Lembit

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Tallinn, Eesti Raamat : 1991

Seller ID: 016009

ISBN-13: 9785450015248

Binding: Hardcover

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 please f...
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A HELL ON EARTH, A Brief Biography of A Tibetan Political Prisoner (inscribed & signed)

By: Bagdro

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Dharamsala, Bagdro

Seller ID: 019205

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A former Tibetan political prisoner offers a brief account of the atrocities he and others experienced during incarceration at the hands of Chinese authorities. Signed with inscription and date beneath photograph of author and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 54 pages, illustrated. A bit of edge and corner wear.
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The Life And Times Of Sir Richard Dry, The Eminent Tasmanian Statesman

By: Baker, A.D.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Hobart, Oldham, Beddome & Meredith Pty. Ltd. : 1951

Seller ID: bio.00004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"First Native-born Premier and Speaker of the House of Assembly in the Parliament of Tasmania, 1815-1869." Grey cloth, 110 pages, illustrated. Bumped spine ends and 1/2" split to top of front hinge. Dust jacket has moderate edgewear, very small puncture to left spine edge near bottom, light sunning to spine, a couple of quite short tears.
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BARUCH The Public Years

By: Baruch, Bernard M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Cardinal GC-135 : 1962

Seller ID: 018458

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

After leaving Wall Street as a successful financier, Baruch "recalls the exciting role he played for nearly fifty years in national and international affairs." Follow-up to 'My Own Story.' 415 pages (including index) + three pages of advertisements for other Cardinal titles. While as common as dirt in one edition or another, for some reason this Cardinal paperback edition does not seem to be as generally available. Moderate surface wear, tanning. Should be read with care, since, being almost as old as I am, without gentle handling it may fall apart.
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HENRY MOORE SMITH, The Mysterious Stranger

By: Bates, Walter

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Woodstock, Non-Entity Press : 1979

Seller ID: 018844

ISBN-13: 9780969021513

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

Second printing of the 1979 edition. "A true story of the most remarkable prisoner ever detained in a jail in New Brunswick, as told by Walter Bates, one time Sheriff of Kings County. Being an authentic account of the numerous arrests, remarkable doings and wonderful escapes of the most noted road agent who ever pestered the authorities of New Brunswick." First published in 1910 by John A. Bowes in Saint John, New Brunswick. 164 pages + five pages advertising other titles published by Bowes in 1910. Covers lightly smudged, wrinkles/creasing, moderate general wear.
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James Cagney

By: Bergman, Andrew

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Galahad Books

Seller ID: 011748

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

A title from the Pictorial Treasury of Film Stars series, first published as a paperback original in 1973 by Pyramid Communications. In a lavishly illustrated tome, the author "covers Cagney's long career and evaluates the over sixty films that left their indelible mark on the history of motion pictures." Preface by Ted Sennett. Green boards, 156 pages (including bibliograpy, the films of James Cagney, index), illustrated. Mild general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/moderate edgewear, light chipping to corners/spine ends.
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CHOSEN, A Holocaust Memoir

By: Berk, Eta Fuchs (as told to Gilbert Allardyce)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Goose Lane Editions : 1992

Seller ID: 019254

ISBN-13: 9780864921314

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

One woman's memories of the Holocaust, and the horrors perpetrated upon innocents by Nazi losers and their despicable supporters. 140 pages, illustrated. Light rubbing, a few impressions/scratches, light handling wear. A nice tight copy.
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Streisand

By: Black, Jonathan

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Leisure 298DK

Seller ID: 008532

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

An obvious fan tells the story of Streisand's life from humble beginnings in Brooklyn to world-wide stardom in 1975. 187 pages, illustrated. Moderate edgewear, reading crease, diagonal corner creasing, tanning. Internally tight and clean.
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My Brother Greg

By: Blank, Ronald

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Morrisville, Privately Published : 2006

Seller ID: 019121

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

A loving appreciation of a younger brother's life-to-date on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Brother Ron contributes one of the three chapters that comprise the 20-page text portion of the book, with mother Janice contributing the second, and sister Beth polishing it off with the third. 97 pages (including 73 pages of photographs and four blank pages intended for extra pictures). Dust jacket w/a few thin/impressions/scratches.
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I'll Tell Them I Remember You

By: Blatty, William Peter

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Barrie & Jenkins

Seller ID: bio.00017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A funny, warm book of personal experience about Blatty and his mother. An interesting memoir from the author of 'The Exorcist' (best of all, it doesn't vomit all over the place and grunt disparaging things about your mother). Jacket w/severe sunning to front panel and spine, additIonal sunning to rear panel.
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The Life of John Locke (2 volumes)

By: Bourne, H.R. Fox

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1876

Seller ID: 018263

Binding: Hard Covers

Condition: Very Good

Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and political theorist whose works were instrumental in laying the foundations of both the Enlightenment and the philosophy of liberalism (freedom, equality in the eyes of the law, and consent of governed people). He would later be a major influence on both Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Both volumes brown cloth w/Harper Brothers crest blind-stamped to both front and back covers, gilt spine lettering, gilt top edge, fore-edges untrimmed. Volume I: (xvi) including preface, contents, 488 pages; Volume II: (xii), 574 pages (including index). Both volumes bu...
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.Memoirs and Confessions of a Stage Magician

By: Brandon, Don & Joyce

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Hanover, TAG Publications : 1995

Seller ID: 014991

ISBN-13: 9780964892002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A look inside the world of magic, from a life-long practitioner. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 306 pages (including appendices), illustrated, dust jacket by Joyce Brandon. A bit cocked, light general wear, in moderately worn dust jacket w/short edge tears.
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The Real Klondike Kate (signed)

By: Brennan, T. Ann

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Goose Lane Editions : 1990

Seller ID: 018665

ISBN-13: 9780864921345

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

Brennan tells the story of Katherine Ryan of Johnville, New Brunswick, who, instead of the "teen-age opportunist from Seattle, Washington," was the real Klondike Kate. 207 pages (including index, bibliography), illustrated. Moderately sunned spine, some minor edge/corner wear, surface wear, gift inscription to previous owner, previous owner's address sticker/name & date/initials to half-title, two previous owner's blind-stamps (one to dedication page, the other to bottom of last page -- neither interferes with text), thin reading creases to spine.
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SOLDIER PRIEST in the Killing Fields of Europe (signed)

By: Browne, Gary, and Darrin McGrath

Price: $25.00

Publisher: St. John's, DRC Publishing : 2006

Seller ID: 017789

ISBN-13: 9780978149611

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Tells the story of Padre Thomas Nangle and his experiences in World War 1. "A true champion of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, its soldiers and their exploits, Padre Nangle exemplified the dogged determination and spirit of those brave Fighting Newfoundlanders." 166 pages, illustrated. Gift inscription to previous owner, previous owner's stamp to front end paper, rubbing/impressions, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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W. Somerset Maugham and the Quest for Freedom

By: Calder, Robert Lorin

Price: $9.50

Publisher: London, Heinemann : 1972

Seller ID: 006285

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

"The overall theme of this study of the author and his work is Maugham's lifelong quest for freedom from bondage, either for his characters or for himself. In his own life, as in his writing, he had a vision of the world as a prison, its bars prejudice and conventional morality, tears, poverty, disillusionment and old age." Tan cloth, 324 pages (including appendices, notes, select bibliography, index). Spine cocked, moderate corner/spine end wear, in edgeworn dust jacket w/soil/smudging to rear panel.
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BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, Life on the Burma Road, the Tibet Highway, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and in the United States

By: Chen, Fu Hua

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Niwot, University Press of Colorado

Seller ID: 008444

ISBN-13: 9780870814341

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

After accomplishing some amazing feats in his 70 years in the field of civil engineering, the author relates his life story as an engineer, researcher, businessman and educator. Black cloth, 191 pages (including appendices, index), illustrated. Rubbed dust jacket w/mild general wear. An unread copy.
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SPAGHETTI WESTERN, How My Father Brought Italian Food to the West (signed)

By: Cioni, Maria

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Calgary, Fifth House : 2006

Seller ID: 018240

ISBN-13: 9781897252024

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Cioni tells the story of her father, Genesio (Gene), an immigrant to Calgary who "turned his passion for food into the city's first Italian restaurants, including Gene's La Villa, where dining was more than a meal -- it was an event." 168 pages (including thoughts and thank yous, sources), illustrated. Remainder stripe across top edge, light edge/corner wear, original price sticker ($24.95) to back cover.
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EAGLE, The Life and Times of R. Alan Eagleson

By: Clayton, Deidra

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys : 1982

Seller ID: 005137

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Before he became a convicted felon, Alan Eagleson was the most powerful man in all of Canadian sport, and this book takes a look at his career, accomplishments, and legal difficulties (at least, up until 1982, after which things got a little less rosy). Navy cloth, 246 pages (including notes, index), frontispiece cartoon by Bickerstaff. Previous owner's sticker on front pastedown, some tanning. Dust jacket w/some impressions.
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In Their Very Own Words, & In Their Very Own Words, Volume II

By: Clowater, Josee Y., Scott E. Clowater, Vernon Dunphy, William R. Griffin, Jeannine D. Munn, A. Francis Smith (publication committee, Volume I), Clowater, Josee, Scott Clowater, William R. Griffin, Jeannine Munn, Manley Price (editorial committee Volume I

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boiestown, Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum : 1997

Seller ID: 018967

ISBN-13: 9780921865094

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Two volumes (the second published in 2002) containing "First-person narratives about life in the 1900's in the Boiestown area on the Upper Southwest Miramichi." 238 and 319 pages, respectively, illustrated. Light edgewear, impressions, moderate general wear.
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In Their Very Own Words, Volume II

By: Clowater, Josee, Scott Clowater, William R. Griffin, Jeannine Munn, Manley Price (editorial committee)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boiestown, Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum : 2002

Seller ID: 019222

ISBN-13: 9780921865094

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains "First-person narratives about life in the 1900's in the Boiestown area on the Upper Southwest Miramichi." 319 pages, illustrated. Light corner wear, light rubbing. Internally tight and clean.
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Brotherhood of Warriors (signed)

By: Cohen, Aaron, with Douglas Century

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Ecco / HarperCollinsPublishers : 2008

Seller ID: 018505

ISBN-13: 9780061236150

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

An 18-year-old from Beverly Hills, California, "determined to be a part of Israel's most elite security cadre," leaves America for Israel, where, "after fifteen months of grueling training designed to break down each individual man and to rebuild him as a warrior, [he] was offered the only post a non-Israeli can hold in the special forces." This is the story of how "In 1996 he joined a top-secret, highly controversial unit that dispatches operatives disguised as Arabs into the Palestinian-controlled West Bank to abduct terrorist leaders and bring them to Israel for interrogation and trial." Be...
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The Journal and Biography of Nicholas Collin, 1746-1831

By: Collin, Nicholas (translated by Amandus Johnson)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, The New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania (printed by Sinnickson Chew & Sons Company) : 1936

Seller ID: 017587

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

Translated from the original Swedish, this is the journal of "the last Rector from Sweden of the Old Swedes' Church in Philadelphia [who] was one of the outstanding personalities of his day, and widely known in the colonies." Collin "held advanced views on the conservation of forests, on the protection of birds and animals, on the use of vegetable products for the manufacture of 'useful articles,' on city planning, and a dozen other subjects." Also contains "The list of names of Collin's church members, with special remarks about each one, [which] makes the volume invaluable to amateur and pro...
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Dillinger

By: Cooper, Saul

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Hillman 133 : 1959

Seller ID: 011626

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

144 pages. A sensationalist view of the notorious criminal's life and loves. Cocked, tanned pages.
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Dillinger

By: Cooper, Saul

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Hillman 133 : 1960

Seller ID: bio.00029

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Very Good

Sensationalist view of the notorious criminal's life and loves. Just a bit cocked, light edgewear, light chipping to spine ends, thin crease top right edge of front cover and top left edge of rear, light rubbing.
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1935 (signed)

By: Cornish, Sam

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Ploughshares Books : 1990

Seller ID: 016645

ISBN-13: 9780933277038

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"Melding autobiography, poetry, and fiction," Cornish presents "a memoir of growing up black in Baltimore during the Depression and World War II." Black cloth w/silver spine lettering, 181 pages, illustrated. Inscription reads, "To Helen/I didn't forget/Sam Cornish". Small soil marks to top and fore-edge, light general wear, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/short edge tears, rubbing, impressions.
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Stephen Leacock

By: Curry, Ralph L.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Company : 1959

Seller ID: 010723

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Curry was director of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Home in Orillia, Ontario, and here presents a detailed tribute to the great Canadian humourist. Grey cloth, 383 pages (including index), photo endpapers. Light soil/spotting to front cover, previous owner's name whited out on first end paper. Dust jacket w/chipping to top spine, light wear to top corners, moderate edgewear, some yellowing to spine.
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Category: Auto/Biography