Original white soft cover, self-published. Autobiographical record of a daughter of the Lea and Stewart families, the family home of which was Strathgartney, founded by Robert Bruce Stewart, an emigre from Scotland in 1846. Both her father and her husband served the province as Minister of Agriculture, and her father served as Premier under the Liberal banner. What a surprising turn that Mrs. Stewart served as Housemother to a fraternity at Georgia Tech ! 103 pp. View More...
Red leather decorated in gilt. Bookplate removed. Laid in are a list of Stevenson titles and a news clipping (glued in) re Treasure Island. The author attempts to visit locations which Stevenson described in his writings.auckland to Tonga. Vavau to Samoa. Vailima and the Shrine, Fiji to Sydney. 20 plates. Another news clipping pasted to second rear free endpaper. 106 pp. View More...
Subjects are Brigadier James Sutherland Brown, Bishop William White, James Houston, Herbert Norman, Emily Carr, and Scott Symons. Previous owner's name. 254 pp. View More...
Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on boards. DJ chipped and missing edges. SEE PHOTO. Stated first edition in very good condition. Previous owner's name and one minor flower pressing stain its only faults, OW sound and clean. 752 pp. with index. View More...
Original light blue cloth over boards with dark blue lettering. Unclipped dustjacket is edgeworn, and has 1 1/2" tears at both top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name. Endpapers are in St. Therese's handwriting from the original French manuscript. St. Therese was a French Catholic Carmelite nun also known as "The Little Flower". She died at age 24 of tuberculosis. 320 pp. including Notes. View More...
Maroon cloth on boards. No writing or damage, but foxing freckles show on front edges. Stanton was a Methodist from Ohio. He served as Attorney-General under President Buchanan and Secretary of War under Lincoln and Johnson. Asthmatic since the age of ten, Stanton was temperamental and hot-headed at times, even when dealing with his boss. 643 pp. plus index. View More...
Brown cloth on boards. Canada Council stamp the only mark. Photos and drawings by various artists and photographers. Deacon was certainly one of the most influential characters of the Canadian literary scene. Although not widely known outside, he conducted correspondence with all the Canadian literary greats. He put 40 years into Saturday Night, The Mail and Empire, and The Globe and Mail. 356 pp. with index. Heavy book will need more than default postage. View More...
Original paperback booklet of 36 pp. advertising ten of Thomas' books by printing excerpts of each, with a 2-page bio. of the author. Copyright 1936 and printed 11-36. Photo portrait front. With Lawrence in Arabia, Lauterbach of the China Sea, Rolling Stone, Born to Raise Hell, Count Luckner the Sea Devil, First World Flight, Men of Danger, The Conquest of the Rub'al Khali, Kabluk of the Eskimo, and Court-Martial of Dan Edwards. Enough to make anyone a Lowell Thomas fan, and these titles are only a third of his output at the time ! View More...
Original black cloth on boards. The only writing in this book is that of the author, Carlos Thompson, whose written remarks, including a genial inscription, cover more than half of the dedication page. It appears that Thompson has sent this book, as well as a German edition, to a local woman. He has also laid in a photocopy, which is inscribed to the same woman, and signed, "C Th." The latter is a review by Robert Blake which appeared 11 May, 1969, in the Sunday Times. Basis of the book is the desire by the author to clear the reputation of Winston Churchill after it was suggested by others... View More...
Softcover with flaps. No writing or damage. An impressive first book, featuring the life of a farmer's daughter who became Nova Scotia's first woman senator. 414 pp. View More...
Original dark blue trade paperback lettered and decorated in white. Signed by the author. A loving tribute to the author's uncle who was accidentally blinded early in life, yet became an inspiration to others through his musical skills and searching personality. Includes a family tree. 44 pp. View More...
Original red cloth on boards. Previous owner's initials, fading to cover, dents to front edges, and a few random pencil marks, not affecting readability. Biography in story form, with a substantial list of other sources (bibliography). 341 pp. View More...
Original beige cloth on boards. DJ has thumb-size piece missing at foot, and is price-clipped. This book describes and interprets the "middle period" of Disciples history, following Alexander Campbell. 278 pp. with index. View More...
Original blue cloth over boards with black lettering. Exceptionally clean with no writing or damage. The author tells the story of hers (and her ancestors') lives. I read with horror the description of her father attempting to lift her by her ears! Her older sister wasn't very nice either! Scarce. 284 pp. View More...
Blue cloth on boards. Library evidence. DJ protected by plastic wrapper. Life story and poetry of a girl from Brantford, Ontario, who became the sweetheart of England. 278 pp. View More...
Dark brown cloth decorated and lettered in gilt on beveled boards. Gift note, Christmas, 1882, with no other writing. All edges gilt. 160 poetic tributes to the slain President. Very small stamp, Mary Mellish, Archibald Memorial, suggests it may have been donated to a library after the first owner was through with it. Further research places this library at Mount Allison University. 168 pp. View More...
Original black cloth with gilt cover lettering on boards. No DJ. Minor mildew haze on cover only. Tributes and testimonials to Burroughs by 14 fellow U.S. congressmen supply a surprising amount of biographical information, in addition to the expected congratulatory messages. Hon. Sherman E. Burroughs represented the first district of New Hampshire in the House for six years, commencing in 1917, when he filled the vacancy left by the death of Hon. Cyrus A. Sulloway. Mr. Burroughs had made a reputation as an astute lawyer much earlier, and in the interim served in the state legislature. 58 pp... View More...
Original black cloth with gilt lettering cover and spine, no DJ. Considerable underlining and marginalia have reduced it to good, but still quite readable and useful. A substantial book. Many illustrations are interspersed through text, with the last several pages reserved for Da Vinci's own works. 728 pp. TEXT IN GERMAN. View More...
Original dark blue cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ has small tears head of spine and corner wear. Interior clean and unmarked. Heavy book will need extra ;postage. 822 pp. View More...
