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The Splendid Life of Albert Smith and the Women He Left Behind

By: Belliveau, John Edward

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Windsor, N.S., Lancelot Press: 1976

Seller ID: 012961

ISBN: 0889990530

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Smith first comes to notice about 1851 with plans to build the European and North American Railway with its terminus in his home town, Shediac. He opposed Confederation at first, but eventually became a strong supporter. He is credited with giving New Brunswick responsible government and the secret ballot. He died at 61, leaving at attractive widow 25 years younger. The rest of the book deals with her travels, her writing, and her mental instability. This softcover book is in good condition, with only brief historical notes in ink on the last free endpaper. 123 pp.
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True (Blue) Grit: A Frank McKenna Review (Signed)

By: Beutel, Josh

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Lanceman Productions: 1996

Seller ID: 003890

ISBN: 0-9691592-2-6

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original colour pictorial soft cover. Cartoons by Beutel and essays by friends and foes. McKenna has served at Premier of New Brunswick and Ambassador to the United States. He is now employed by Toronto Dominion Bank. 205 pp.
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Nova Scotia's Two Remarkable Giants

By: Blakeley, Phyllis R.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Hantsport, N.S., Lancelot Press: 1970

Seller ID: 008321

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Original cream softcover. Book is in good condition, but has several ink notes in margins. 48 pp.
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Madame Proust

By: Bloch-Dano, Evelyne

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 2007

Seller ID: 008521

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

Original bright red cloth on boards. Purchased new from university bookstore. " Throughout, Bloch-Dano offers sensitive readings of Proust's work, drawing out the countless interconnections among his mother, his life, and his magnum opus." - DJ flap. 310 pp.
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The Collected Letters Of Charles G.D. Roberts

By: Boone, Laurel (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., Goose Lane Editions: 1989

Seller ID: 010104

ISBN: 0-86492-094-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Black cloth on boards. Book and DJ unmarked and undamaged. Heavy book will need extra postage. 664 pp,
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Trudeau Albums

By: Borins, Sara (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Otherwise Inc. Editions: 2000

Seller ID: 011198

ISBN: 0-670-89293-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Box

Black laminated boards. A biographical photo album of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, with essays by leading literary figures. 160 pp.
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; Vol. I & 2 of 3

By: Boswell, James

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, J.M. Dent and Sons, Ltd.: 1925

Seller ID: 010187

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue-green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on boards. Volumes I and II only, out of 3. No marks or damage to this partial set. 458 and 464 pp, respectively, in the two volumes. Heavy books will need extra postage.
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The Life of General Gordon

By: Boulger, Demetrius C.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons: 1896

Seller ID: 008283

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original blue cloth on boards. Probably published in the 40's.Cover very bright. Previous owner's name. Small margin tear head of title. Hinge cracked at last page (glued). 479 pp.
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My Theatre Life

By: Bournonville, August

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press: 1979

Seller ID: 005611

ISBN: 0-8195-5035-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original bright red cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ. Translated from the Danish by Patricia N. McAndrew. This large, heavy book will need extra postage. Primarily a choreographer, Bournonville supported and encouraged boys as well as girls to dance. He served the Danish Royal Ballet for nearly 50 years. 709 pp. including index.
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Never Lose Steerage Way

By: Braidwood, Jack W.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Picton, Ontario, The Picton Gazette: 1976

Seller ID: 005433

ISBN: 0920028020

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. The frontispiece map of Prinyer's Cove, Prince Edward County, Ontario, led me to jump to the conclusion that this was a folksy memory trip by one of the many local sailors who populate an area where I lived for more than 20 years. Not so. Instead, this author takes the reader from St. Petersburg, where he was born, to his compulsory service in the British Army, and eventually to Canada, still a young man. Only a few years of carefree yachting and the Great Depression pass before he's in uniform again - this time on special service with t...
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Dames and Daughters of the French Court

By: Brooks, Geraldine

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Thomas Y. Crowell & Company: 1904

Seller ID: 003763

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original bright red cloth lavishly decorated and lettered in gold on boards. Believed to be a first edition. Minor abrasion to extreme corner tips only. No names or other writing. Top edges gilt. Untrimmed front and foot. Biographical sketches of some of the French female upper crust - "the natural, the attractive, the lovable ones" from the 17th to early 19th Centuries. 290 pp.
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A Quiet, Bashful Man: Remembering Malcolm

By: Brunner, Astrid

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Lakeville Corner, N.B., AB Collector Publishing: 2006

Seller ID: 012009

ISBN: 1-895466-18-0

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

A thought- provoking biography of "a quiet, bashful man" who helped many get published before he ran into production/financial pitfalls leading to his death at 55. 182 pp.
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Men and Deeds

By: Buchan, John

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Peter Davies: 1935

Seller ID: 004593

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original dark green cloth on boards. Essays on The Causal and the Casual in History, Julius Caesar, The Massacre of Glencoe, Gordon at Khartoum, Montrose and Leadership, Lord Rosebery, and The Kirk in Scotland. 352 pp. including index. Previous owner's name and bookplate.
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Sir Walter Scott 1771-1832

By: Buchan, John

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co.: 1935

Seller ID: 011737

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth on boards. DJ missing two-inch piece bottom of spine. Book is sparkling bright. No writing or damage to book. A biography of Scott on the centenary of his death. If anyone could make Scott come alive perhaps Buchan is the one ! 382 pp. with index.
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Barbara Bodichon, 1827-1891

By: Burton, Hester

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1949

Seller ID: 003885

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original dark blue cloth on boards. Barbara Leigh Smith, an early British feminist and abolitionist, born into high Victorian society. Founder of Girton College, Cambridge. 220 pp. with index.
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The Golden Door: The Life of Katharine Drexel

By: Burton, Katherine

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., P.J. Kenedy & Sons: 1957

Seller ID: 005950

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original yellow cloth on boards. Homemade plastic wrapper over DJ. Tape stains inside covers. Previous owner's name. A high society woman enters a convent to train for service to natives and Afro-Americans. 329 pp.
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Joseph Roberts Smallwood; Journalist, Premier, Newfoundland Patriot

By: Callahan, William R.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Black Tower Productions/Flanker Press, Ltd.: 2003

Seller ID: 008542

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

Original grey cloth on boards. Bought new from university bookstore. Introduction, The Work of Building a Province, A Time for Tributes, A Confederation Chronology, The Terms of Union, The Smallwood Electoral Record, Epilogue. Large, heavy book - will require extra postage. 282 pp.
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La Vie De Joseph-Francois Perrault; Surnomme Le Pere De L'Education Du Peuple Canadien

By: Casgrain, P. B.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Quebec City, C. Darveau: 1898

Seller ID: 004814

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original red cloth printed in gold on boards. Bookplate and spine label, and ink stamp of Natural History Society Library of New Brunswick. Frontispiece and cover tissue separated 2 inches at foot. 173 pp. plus appendices.
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Henry James

By: Caws, Mary Ann

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Overlook Duckworth: 2006

Seller ID: 008523

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

Original dark blue cloth on boards. Bought new from university bookstore. Points up James's love for the visual. Illustrations by many artists. 104 pp.
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St. Augustine

By: Chabannes, Jacques

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday & Co., Inc.: 1962

Seller ID: 008793

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original dark green cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Translated by Julie Kernan. Begins almost as a novel: "Patricius Herculus rode his mule sidesaddle with a dignified air." - p. 9. It worked for me, for I found myself at the end of Chapter Three before awaking to the realization that my task is to list books on the internet, not to read them ! Nevertheless, I recommend reading this book. 239 pp.
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Category: Biography