Original decorative cloth, no DJ, bent corners, some underlining. P.O.N. is H.A. Cody, signed over initials D.H.L. as last-previous owner. Cody, an Anglican minister in Saint John for many years, was widely known in Canada for his novels, which are still highly-collectible. This little volume is a slim, necessarily brief biography of Carlyle. People's Books. 93 pp. View More...
Original white paper boards backed in grey. Red remainder mark on foot edges. Otherwise, Fine. No writing or damage. Subtitle, "Predicting the Past, Remembering the Future." Fahrenheit 451 was probably his best-known title. 384 pp. with index. View More...
Original green cloth with bright gilt lettering. Very rare biography of outstanding Baptist preacher in U.S. and Canada. No marks or deliberate damage. One pair of leaves edge-torn by careless separation(uncut). Active at Perth, Ontario; Milwaukee, WI; Toronto; and Woodstock, Ontario, but known primarily for his founding of, and long connection with, Canadian Literary Institute. 466 pp. View More...
Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering on boards. Previous owner's bookplate the only fault. An investigation which follows on questions raised by Peter Wright in his book, Spycatcher, as to the presence of a Communist sympathizer/spy in MI5 during World War II. 230 pp. View More...
Original pictorial blue cover trade paperback. The author's 25-year fight with the PEI justice system over a bank's putting him out of business. 249 pp. View More...
Original white photo cover trade paperback. Inscription signed by Shirley Whitebone, wife of the author. Very interesting reading, well-written and fast-moving life story of this gregarious entertainer. Lots of history of Saint John as well. 118 pp. plus Contents page. View More...
Original black cloth on boards. Previous owner's bookplate. The subject's chief talent seems to be that of being in the right place at the right time. His position among the social and political elite led to many incidents reported here. Volume I has 568 pp. Volume II has 602 pp. Please allow for extra postage on these heavy books. View More...
Brown calf on boards. Introductory Essay and Original Poem by James Montgomery. Mrs. Huntington carried on correspondence with several persons. Pp. 157-158 has dark foxing spots, and Pp. 351-360 were not trimmed at the foot. 360 pp. The previous owner has filled the page between the frontispiece and the title with a tribute to his late sister. View More...
Original blue cloth decorated with portrait and flags on boards. Splendid Lives Series. General cover wear, but no writing or damage except gutter strain at pp. 96-97. One of Illinois' most prominent women, she founded the Women's Christian Temperance Union in the 1880s. 143 pp. View More...
Blue leather on flexible board. No. 16 in the Chronicles of Canada Series. Top edges gilt. Minor wear to head of spine. Mohawks. Senecas. 147 pp. with index. View More...
Original black cloth backed in brown leather on boards. Three hundred small portraits of historic personages, with a paragraph describing each in small print. Previous owner's name. top edges gilt. Spine joint and corner tip wear, but firmly bound. Approx. 150 pp. View More...
Original black cloth on boards. Wanley was a highly-respected man about books. As a librarian and paleontologist he served to decipher ancient scripts successfully. This two-volume set is unmarked and undamaged. Total 518 pp. in two volumes. Extra postage needed. View More...
Original dark blue cloth on boards. Pictorial DJ. A Renaissance man skilled in medicine, mathematics, and palmistry, but who could not deal successfully with either his children or his enemies. 187 pp. View More...
