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Letters to Isabel; A New Edition with Seventeen More Letters and Some Postcripts

By: Craigmyle, Lord

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, Ltd.: 1936

Seller ID: 007039

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original blue cloth on boards. Edgeworn and faded. Previous owner's name. This copy was in the library of Peninsular and Oriental ship, Maloja, evidenced by both bookplate and bookmark. Maloja was launched in 1923, and requisitioned into military service in 1939. In 1940 the ship encountered a German craft near Iceland. After rescuring the crew it sank the German ship, the La Coruna of the Hamburg South American Line. Maloja returned to passenger service in 1947, and was sold for scrap in 1954. This book consists of letters from Lord Craigmyle to his daughter, Isabel. 422 pp.
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John A. MacDonald, The Old Chieftain

By: Creighton, Donald

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1955

Seller ID: 012636

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth on boards. No writing or underlininig. DJ missing piece at top. Maclean's Magazine says "Creighton's book is ...the best Macdonald biography." - DJ. 603 pp.
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The Embattled Philosopher; A Biography of Denis Diderot

By: Crocker, Lester G.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: East Lansing, MI, Michigan StateCollege Press: 1954

Seller ID: 010972

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Red cloth on boards. Library stamp and card pocket. An account of the reciprocating influences upon the life of a young Frenchman. He stalled his sweetheart when she wanted to marry. His differences with his father led to his being confined in a monastery. Eventually he became known for his philosophy, as expressed primarily in publication of the Encyclopedie. 442 pp. with index.
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The Scholten Story

By: Curtis, Herb

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Oromocto, N.B., Scholten Foundation: 1996

Seller ID: 011998

ISBN: 0-9681421-0-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Both DJ flaps are taped to first two pages. " In just a generation, the Scholtens evolve from a culture-shocked clan of strangers in a very strange land to a formidable family of successful entrepreneurs." - DJ flap taped inside. Herb Curtis's first biography. 215 pp.
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The Secret Life of Henry Ford

By: Dahlinger, John Cote

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.: 1978

Seller ID: 011681

ISBN: 0-672-52377-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Grey cloth backed in black cloth on boards. As told to Frances Spatz Leighton. Dahlinger reveals the fact that he is the son of Henry Ford. 243 pp.
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The Life of Sir Arthur Pearson

By: Dark, Sidney

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.:

Seller ID: 002549

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original brown cloth with gilt coat-of-arms on boards. Shaken backing glued. Photo frontispiece. Pearson was proprietor of the Daily Express and founder of St. Dunstan's Hostel for Sailors and Soldiers Blinded in the Great War 1914-1918. Previous owner's name. 228 pp. Author was a former employee of Pearson's.
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Paul, the Law, and the Covenant

By: Das, A. Andrew

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Peabody, MA, Hendrickson Publishers: 2001

Seller ID: 006240

ISBN: 1-56563-463-2

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original maroon trade paperback. Colour cover of Rembrandt painting of Paul. The author holds the Niebuhr Distinguished Chair in the Department of Theology and Religion at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinlois. 342 pp.
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A Dictionary of Biography, Comprising the Most Eminent Characters of All Ages, Nations, and Professions

By: Davenport, R.A.

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Otis, Broaders, and Company: 1846

Seller ID: 005147

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original black blindstamped cloth on boards. Very light wrinkling and waterstains throughout, but easily readable and well-bound. Pencilled note on rear endpaper. Small print. 527 pp.
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William Lyon Mackenzie King; A Political Biography (Volume I 1874-1923)

By: Dawson, R. MacGregor

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1958

Seller ID: 012617

Binding: Hard Cover.

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Volume I only. As of the time of his retirement in 1948 King had served as Prime Minister longer than any other. Heavy book might need extra postage. 521 pp.
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The Imperial Shah; An Informal Biography

By: De Villiers, Gerard with Touchais, Bernard and De Villiers, Annick

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Atlantic-Little, Brown: 1976

Seller ID: 012828

ISBN: 0316181528

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

When Iran's democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh tried to audit a British oil company in 1953, the CIA instigated local riots which resulted in his overthrow and the concentration of power in the Imperial Shah, Mohammed Riza Pahlevi, the subject of this book. He lasted until 1979, when Khomeini appeared. 305 pp.
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The Four Jameses

By: Deacon, William Arthur

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson: 1953

Seller ID: 001624

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth on boards. No DJ. Large, scrawly inscription and slightly musty, OW very good. The Four Jameses are Gay, McIntyre, Gillis, and MacRae - all Canadian writers, nicknamed Monarchs of the Quill. 210 pp
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Dyslexia; A Biography

By: Dearborn, Dorothy

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Self-published (?): 1992

Seller ID: 013370

ISBN: 0-9696698-0-1

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black softcover booklet. The story of how a prominent urologist of Saint John, Dr. Arthur Chesley, has dealt with his communication problems, a form of dyslexia, while at the same time advancing the treatment of prostate cancer by his discoveries and inventions. A brief look at several broad, important issues. 75 pp.
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Cyprus; Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples

By: Di Cesnola, General Louis Palma

Price: $70.00 USD

Publisher: Nicosia, Star Graphics, Ltd.: 1991

Seller ID: 009090

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth on boards.Unclipped DJ. Reprint of an 1877 edition. 448 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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A Pinch of Pound Notes; An Autobiograph

By: Dingle, John

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davis: 1954

Seller ID: 011865

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Maroon cloth on boards. DJprotected by plastic jacket. John Dingle dreams of becoming a chef, and does so. 240 pp.
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Catherine the Great

By: Dixon, Simon

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins Publishers: 2009

Seller ID: 011895

ISBN: 978-0-06-078627

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

White paper boards backed in blue. No writing or damage except black remainder mark on foot. The story of the advantageous marriage of a German princess into the even more prestigious Russian hierarchy, who, by hook and by crook, ruled from 1762 to her death in 1796. 432 pp. with index.
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A Lady of the Last Century (Mary Wortley Montagu)

By: Doran, John

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Francis A Niccolls & Co.:

Seller ID: 013280

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original tweedy dark blue cloth on boards. Small spine title label. Previous owner's neat bookplate, ow very good. Limited Edition. Court, Salon, and Green Room Series. Front. photogravure. This book grew out of interest in Lady Montagu's letters. 256 pp.
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Closer to the Sun

By: Drabinsky, Garth with Marq De Villiers

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: 1995

Seller ID: 009595

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Maroon paper boards. No writing or damage. An introduction to one of the most important cultural figures of Canada, co-founder of Ciineplex and Cineplex-Odeon. DJ reveals high praise from Alex Colville and Christopher Plummer, among others. Heavy book will need extra postage. 520 pp.
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Marguerite Long; A Life in French Music , 1874-1966

By: Dunoyer, Cecilia

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Bloomington,Indiana, Indiana University Press: 1993

Seller ID: 010515

ISBN: 0-253-31839-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Brown cloth on boards. Clear plastic wrapper over DJ. Foxing freckles on t op edges only. 240 pp.
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The Children's Book of Famous Lives

By: Duthie, Eric (Ed.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Odhams: 1960

Seller ID: 000869

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Good

Original light blue cloth on boards, no DJ. Very rare; only one other copy seen on internet. Ex-school library with evidence of card pocket and corner off FFEP. Inked initials on edge, OW good. 416 pp.
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She Loved a Wicked City; the Story of Mary Ball, Missionary

By: Earl, Lawrence (Larry Wiezel)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, Limited: 1962

Seller ID: 006388

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original bright red-orange cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Saint John native, Larry Wiezel, has written a fast-moving biography that reads like a novel, the story of the daughter of an Anglican missionary to Orange Free State who longs to become a missionary herself - to China. In Tatung, a city of many prostitutes, she first learns of opium and its terrible effects. Once established in a local hospital, she becomes too important to be allowed to leave. Her last assignment is to South Africa, the country of her birth, where she died in 1952. 240 pp.
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Category: Biography