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The Wild North Land

By: Butler, Captain W.F.

Price: $250.00 USD

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle: 1873

Seller ID: 013065

Binding: 3/4 Leather on Marbled Board

Condition: Very Good Minus

Quality binding with raised bands and gilt embossing on spine. Black leather label with author's name "Butler" is only half there. Marbled endpapers match the somewhat rubbed marbled boards. Minor wear to the leather at corners and edges. Bookplate of Sir George Stephen Bart, who was President of the Bank of Montreal at the time he founded the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and served as its first President. Fold-out map has 3" vertical tear at the top along one of the fold lines. Captain William Francis Butler wrote this book after crossing Northwest Canada in winter by dog-...
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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. 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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A Gentleman of the Press; The Story of Colonel John Bayne Maclean

By: Chalmers, Floyd S.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Doubleday Canada: 1969

Seller ID: 000750

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original decorated blue cloth on boards, DJ. All very good, though ex-library. Biography of Maclean and his publishing empire. Preacher's son makes good. Minor library stamps. No card pocket, but large portion torn out of rear endpaper caused by its removal. Laminated DJ. 368 pp.
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Stonewall Jackson; (Two-vol. Set)

By: Chambers, Lenoir

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co.: 1959

Seller ID: 011695

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Red cloth on boards. No writing. Faint cup rings on Vol. I. Internet reviews credit Chambers with a substantial version of Jackson's brief life, told in these 1133 pages. Some readers will grumble that the ample notes are placed at the end of Vol. II.
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My Autobiography

By: Chaplin, Charles

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Simon and Schuster: 1964

Seller ID: 006488

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. DJ chipped along head, taped inside. From a difficult childhood to the top of the Hollywood heap, Charlie Chaplin was to me the funniest man who ever lived. His dancing potatoes skit in Gold Rush is funnier every time I see it. Heavy book might need extra postage. 512 pp.
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River Boy at War (Signed)

By: Chapman, J.K.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., Goose Lane Editions Ltd.: 1985

Seller ID: 003301

ISBN: 0-86492-068-07

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Original red trade paperback with airplane cover. Signed by author, who has shared with us here his experience as navigator on a torpedo bomber in WWII, his third "River Boy" title. He is now retired from teaching history at University of New Brunswick. Inscription to previous owner, but no damage or other writing. 103 pp.
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G.K.C. As M.C.; Being a Collection of Thirty-seven Introductions

By: Chesterton, G.K.

Price: $125.00 USD

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd.: 1929

Seller ID: 006068

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair to Good

Original grey cloth on boards. Edited by J.P. de Fonseka. A reading copy. First free endpaper missing. Front hinge cracked and glued. Drawing of Chesterton (?) in photo corners inside cover. Backstrip split at joint. Ink blots to bottom edges to p. 29. Impressions of the persons and works of several major writers, including Boswell, Holmes, Johnson, Austen, and Gilbert and Sullivan. 272 pp. plus bibliographical note.
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Thomas Carlyle

By: Chesterton, G.K. And Williams, J.E. Hodder

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Copp Clark Company:

Seller ID: 009215

Binding: Faux Leather

Condition: Very Good

Original black faux leather on boards. Previous owner's bookplate. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. A slender volume of limited text, but bolstered by many portraits and photographs related to Carlyle and his home. 40 pp.
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(Bookman Biographies) Charles Dickens

By: Chesterton, G.K./Kitton, F.G.

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: New York, James Pott and Company:

Seller ID: 012332

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Gift note dated 1908. Green cloth decorated in gilt on boards. A selection of portraits and other scenes related to the author, with ample descriptions of all. Biographical text by F.G. Kitton. 44 pp.
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Beaverbrook; A Life

By: Chisholm, Anne/ Davie, Michael

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hutchinson/Random House: 1992

Seller ID: 011081

ISBN: 0-09-173549-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Black cloth on boards. No writing or damage. A hefty volume commensurate with the scope of the accomplishments of the subject. On this day after the British vote to abandon the EU, we could surely use him ! 589 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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The Speeches and Public Letters of Joseph Howe; New and Complete Edition in Two Volumes

By: Chisholm, Joseph Andrew (Ed.)

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Halifax, N.S., The Chronicle Publishing Company, Limited: 1909

Seller ID: 004611

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original black cloth with blindstamped border and gold shield on boards. Minor corner and edge wear. Previous owner's bookplate. Based upon Mr. Annand's edition of 1858. Joseph Howe was the son of the Queen's Printer. He succeeded as a newspaperman before going into politics. He opposed Confederation, and claimed that he had brought democracy to Nova Scotia. Vol. I has 668 pp., and Vol. II has 672 pp.
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The Speeches and Public Letters of Joseph Howe (Based Upon Mr. Annand's Edition of 1858)

By: Chisholm, Joseph Andrew (Ed.)

Price: $125.00 USD

Publisher: Halifax, Chronicle Publishing Company, Limited: 1909

Seller ID: 006523

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Original full red leather with shield in gold containing three thistles and a salmon. Two volume set. All edges gilt. New and Complete Edition limited to 500 copies of which this is Number 500. Previous owners' small bookplate and gift note in ink. The finest set we've seen. Volume I covers 1804-1848. Volume II covers 1849-1873. 668 and 680 pp., respectively. Please allow for extra postage.
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My Years as Prime Minister

By: Chretien, Jean

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Alfred A. Knopf Canada: 2007

Seller ID: 010493

ISBN: 978-0-676-97900

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth backed in white cloth on boards. Bold gift note. First elected to Parliament in 1963, Chretien served ten years at Prime Minister (1993-2003). He always impresses me as a real person. 435 pp.
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Jesus Christ; His Life and Teaching

By: Clark, Dennis E.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Elgin, Il., Dove Publications: 1977

Seller ID: 012935

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Purple cloth on boards. The Birth and Early Years of Jesus Christ. John the Baptist Points to Jesus Christ. Jesus Commences His Work in Galilee. Jesus Chooses Twelve Companions. Jesus Teaches in Parables. Jesus Travels North. Jesus Visits Jerusalem. The Growing Hostility. The Last Five Days of Jesus' Life. The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus. The Conquest of Death. Implications of the Resurrection of Jesus. 324 pp.
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Rand and the Micmacs

By: Clark, Jeremiah S.

Price: $70.00 USD

Publisher: Charlottetown, P.E.I., The Examiner: 1899

Seller ID: 012364

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Subject of this biography was a Baptist clergyman who sometimes worked as a bricklayer. He is most widely known for his 40 years of mission work with the Micmacs of Nova Scotia. Micmac Mission. Micmac Mythology. Poetry. Hardcover. 81 pp.
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John Palmer (of Bath); Mail Coach Pioneer

By: Clear, Charles R.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blandford Press, Ltd./ Postal History Society: 1955

Seller ID: 012539

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Although mail was being distributed in some cases by stagecoach, the service was slow, drivers were immature and undependable, and robberies were frequent. John Palmer proposed quicker delivery accompanied by guards, at a slightly higher cost. After a week's trial the new plan was accepted. Palmer's troubles weren't over, but he and his system survived. 109 pp.
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The Night Of the Knives

By: Coates, Robert C. (M.P.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N. B., Brunswick Press: 1969

Seller ID: 012006

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Diefenbaker's appointment to Minister of National Defence strikes out against Dalton Camp and others. Previous owner's name stamp. 210 pp.
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