Blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Translated by Mary Prichard Agnetti. A very readable account of a troubled, but inspiring, life. Frontispiece torn at lower gutter, and rear free endpaper largely missing. 336 pp. View More...
Original black cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. The book which helped him to win the Nobel Prize. A compelling mix of short stories, autobiography, and poetry against the righ background of Russian culture early in the last century. Imagine having supper with Scriabin ! 304 pp. View More...
Original green blindstamped cloth with gold spine lettering on boards. The author is the grandson of the subject. Dr. MacGregor was the first Gaelic-speaking Protestant minister in Nova Scotia when he arrived in 1786. He laboured 44 years in Pictou. This book has no writing or damage except mild, scattered foxing, not affecting readability. 509 pp. plus several appendices containing much local history. View More...
White, portrait cover paperback. No writing or damage. A small tribute to a great and fertile mind. Among many other accomplishments, Dr. Kirkconnell served as President of Acadia University at Wolfville, N.S. (1948-1964). 72 pp. View More...
Original blue cloth on flexible card covers with gilt spine title. Originally named Edmund Fiske Green, Fiske took the name of his great-grandfather. A graduate of Harvard, he was refused a teaching position there on the basis of his personal philosophy, so he served as librarian there, instead. Fiske was always an exceptional scholar of languages and history, and his historical writing is broadly known and respected. He is credited with popularizing the theories of Darwin. Born in 1842, he died in 1901. Top edges gilt; front and foot untrimmed. No faults. 105 pp. with bibliography. View More...
Blue softcover booklet of 14 pp. Corrections: Page 1; Colonel Thomas Gilbert had two additional sons named Bradford and Perez. When Colonel Thomas landed at Parrtown (Saint John) Bradford acquired a waterfront lot on which he developed a sail-making business and store, a receipt from which, dated 1809, I donated to the New Brunswick Museum. Perez went with the rest of the family to St. Mary's Bay and a year later, to Maugerville. Colonel Thomas acquired Mauger's Island, Grimross Island, and several plots along the St. John River, which he left to his sons. To his daughter he left $5.00. View More...
Blue cloth on boards. DJ has numerous small pieces missing. Previous owner's name marked through. The author's first book, in spite of the fact that he had been heavily involved in politics for many years previously. First as Liberal MP for Bonavista-Twillingate and later in many important posts, he retired in 1967 to head the Canadian Transport Commission. A careful study of this book could be a worthwhile introduction to Canadian politics and government. 723 pp. Very heavy book will require extra postage. View More...
Original photographic softcover with red, black, and white lettering. Spots to edges of text block. Final half of book has slight creases to bottom corners of pages due to careless handling (creases get worse as back cover approaches - it appears that the book was jammed on to a shelf). Newfoundland-born E.J. Pratt is described as "the leading Canadian poet of his generation." This is the story of the first 45 years of his life. 415 pp. including Index. View More...
Black cloth on boards. Library bookplate removed. Light foxing to title page only. Rhodes was expected to be a preacher, but he chose diamond mining instead. How he differed from other miners is in what he did with his money. 180 pp. with index. Contains racial slurs. View More...
Black cloth on boards. Erratum slip to credit DJ art. A welcome, up-to-date outlook on the upset around the Fredericton art museum. 317 pp. View More...
Black cloth on boards. Erratum slip to credit DJ art. This is a signed presentation copy to Dr. Ed Doherty, a Saint John ophthalmologist and former MLA. A welcome, up-to-date outlook on the upset around the Fredericton art museum. 317 pp. View More...
Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Top inch of backstrip missing. Ex-library evidence of stamps, numbers, bookplates, etc. Both hinges cracked, but not separated. Corner tip tears not affecting text. Interesting account of Beecher's contention that Evolution theory supports Christianity. Account of the 1886 trip, Addresses, Lectures, Sermons and Prayers. 701 pp. View More...
Original bright red cloth with gilt lettering and coat of arms on boards. Previous owner's name and a few library stamps, but clean and sound overall. Known as the "King's Minister", Armand Jean du Plessis, 1585-1642, is considered by some to be the world's first Prime Minister. As both cardinal and Chief Minister to Louis XIII he wielded great power and influence. In his effort to consolidate royal power, his chief opponents were the Austro-Spanish Habsburgs. He was key in the return of Quebec to France after it had been captured by the Kirkes in 1629. This copy was in an Elks Lodge l... View More...
Original dark green cloth with paper spine label on boards. Duplicate spine label inside back cover. Spot of paper stuck to front cover. Previous owner's name in light pencil. Diary covers 1818 to 1847. Untrimmed front and foot. 215 pp. plus brief index. View More...
Original red 1/4 pigskin with corner tips on red cloth boards. Faint seal of Anchor Line printed on cover, and catalogue of the library of the steamship, Belgravia, printed on both inside covers. This is number 73 of 85 books in the ship's library. Built at Glasgow by D.& W. Henderson in 1881, she was pressed into service to India. After about 40 sailings, she struck rocks at Sheep's Cove, about half-a-mile inside Black Point, near Saint John, on May 22, 1896. Four tugs couldn't budge her. Passengers and cargo were put ashore, and she was auctioned off where she sat. Captain Laird opin... View More...
Original photo cover trade paperback. Contains Who's Who Amongst Newfoundlanders at Home and Abroad. A somewhat irreverent biography of the former premier, replete with many supporting ads, and closing with a lump in the throat. 348 pp. View More...
Bright green cloth decorated in black on boards. First published 1928. Appears to be a biography of a priest converted to Taoism. I found no reference on the internet. 144 pp. View More...
Original grey cloth with red titles on boards. A female among numerous males, Belle Starr, too, became a figure of folklore. She was murdered in 1889, but still gets credit for taking part in a robbery in 1894. 340 pp. Previous owner's name. Small cover spots. View More...
Original maroon cloth on boards. Previous owner's name in pencil. The Pilgrim of Eternity, The Rediscovery of God, A Religion of Common Sense, The Wesleyan Influence on Religion, The Secular Influence of the Wesleys, and The Wesleyan Hymnody. Laid in are two leaflets: John Wesley and the Moral Awakeing of the Common People(An esay by reverend Newell Dwight Hills of Brooklyn) and An Approaching Bicentenary, a reprint from the Toronto Daily Star by Professor J. Hugh Michael, Emmanuel College, Toronto. 309 pp. View More...
Original blue cloth with nautilus motif in gold on boards. Biography of 1st Earl David Beatty, who commanded the British fleet at the battle of Jutland in 1916. Neat note in tiny script inside front cover. 191 pp. View More...
