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Stanton; The Life and Times of Lincoln's Secretary of War

By: Thomas, Benjamin P./ Hyman, Harold M.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1962

Seller ID: 011691

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

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.
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William Arthur Deacon; A Canadian Literary Life

By: Thomas, Clara and Lennox, John

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1982

Seller ID: 009746

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

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.
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Thrilling Moments in Thrilling Lives

By: Thomas, Lowell

Price: $22.00 USD

Publisher: Sun Oil Company: 1936

Seller ID: 000221

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good Plus

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 !
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The Assassination of Winston Churchill (Signed)

By: Thompson, Carlos

Price: $125.00 USD

Publisher: Gerrards Cross, England, Colin Smythe: 1969

Seller ID: 006582

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

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 b...
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The Prize of Learning Love; The Life of Margaret Fawcett Norrie, Nova Scotia's First Woman Senator

By: Thompson, Catherine

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Trinity Publishing: 2006

Seller ID: 012062

ISBN: 1-897306-42-3

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

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.
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Vernor Had Vision

By: Thomson, Winnifred Conrad

Price: $28.00 USD

Publisher: Sussex, N.B., Maritime Publishing Lt.: 1976

Seller ID: 005809

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

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.
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Gringo Rebel; Mexico, 1913-1914

By: Thord-Gray, I.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Coral Gables, FL, University of Miami Press: 1961

Seller ID: 008537

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon cloth on boards. This book is limited to two years in the life of an exceptional soldier who served under more than a dozen different flags in his long career. Also, he translated a dictionary into a local dialect. In his spare time he attained a Ph.D. First-hand account of the Mexican Revolution. 487 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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Hitler 1889-1945

By: Toland, John

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Editions Robert Laffont: 1983

Seller ID: 012831

ISBN: 2221011392

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Softcover text in French. 971 pp. with index. No marks or damage.
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The Trail of Black Hawk (Great Indian Chiefs Series)

By: Tomlinson, Paul G.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., D. Appleton and Company: 1924

Seller ID: 007442

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

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.
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If I Could Turn and Meet Myself; The Life of Alden Nowlan

By: Toner, Patrick

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., Goose Lane Editions: 2000

Seller ID: 012957

ISBN: 0864922655

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

A plump and pleasing biography. 339 pp. with index.
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Laurence Kavanagh; His Life and Times 1764-1830

By: Traboulsee, Anthony

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Cape Breton Island, N.S., Fourth Degree Assembly, KOC: 1962

Seller ID: 011244

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Beige stapled softcover of 61 pp. Also contains a short history of the Knights of Columbus and a bio of Father William B. MacLeod.
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An Autobiography and Other Essays

By: Trevelyan, G.M.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green and Co.: 1949

Seller ID: 003945

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth on boards. DJ chipped, with small parts missing. Previous owner's name. A little less than a fifth of this book is autobiography, the balance being devoted to essays on a number of subjects. 237 pp.
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An Autobiography; Illustrated

By: Trudeau, Edward Livingston (M.D.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday Page & Company: 1916

Seller ID: 002777

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original black cloth with gilt lettering on boards. Dr. Trudeau contracted TB while caring for his brother, who had the disease. The doctor recovered, and founded a sanatorium at Saranac Lake, N.Y., to treat others. Although Trudeau died in 1915 the institution continued until 1954, when it was closed due to lessened demand. Previous owner's name. Backstrip head repaired. 322 pp.
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J.H. Garrison and Disciples of Christ

By: Tucker, William E.

Price: $22.00 USD

Publisher: St. Louis, MO, The Bethany Press: 1964

Seller ID: 003886

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

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.
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The Younger Sister

By: Tufts, Lucy Harris

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: West Palm Beach, FL, Self Published: 1929

Seller ID: 013457

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Plus

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.
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Pauline Johnson; Her Life and Work

By: Van Steen, Marcus

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Hodder & Stoughton/ Musson: 1973

Seller ID: 010963

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

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.
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Black Majesty; The Life of Christophe King of Haiti

By: Vandercook, John W.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Harper & Brothers: 1928

Seller ID: 006688

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original gold cloth decorated in red and black on boards. Christophe was a slave in his early life in Saint Domingue, but obtained his freedom before the slave uprising of 1791. After working at a variety of jobs he enterd the military under Toussaint Louverture, and by 1802 was a general. Eventually he became King of the northern region, but was considered something of a despot. Ill and unhappy, he shot himself at age 53. 207 pp. plus bio. DJ shows handsoil and is taped inside.
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The Poets' Tributes to Garfield; A Collection of Many Memorial Poems

By: Various Poets

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass., Moses King: 1882

Seller ID: 009671

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

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.
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Sherman E. Burroughs; Memorial Addresses (To)

By: Various U.S. Congressmen

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Sixty-seventh Congress (GPO): 1924

Seller ID: 001433

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

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...
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A Little Nut-Brown Man; My Three Years with Lord Beaverbrook

By: Vines, C.M.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Leslie Frewin Publishers, Ltd.: 1968

Seller ID: 012915

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Bright blue paper boards. DJ price-clipped. No other damage and no writing. A rather light-hearted look at the wealthy businessman who near the end of his career hired a young male secretary.
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