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The Fighting Governor; A Chronicle of Frontenac

By: Colby, Charles W.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1915

Seller ID: 010140

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Very Good

Blue leather on flexible board. No. 7 of Chronicles of Canada. Handy large pocket size in a more attractive binding. The 3-man team of intendant,, bishop, and governor explained. Colby supplies a compelling and lucid narrative. 167 pp. with index.
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The Founder of New France; A Chronicle of Champlain

By: Colby, Charles W.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1915

Seller ID: 010157

Binding: Full Leather on Flexible Board

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Blue leather on flexible board. No. 3 in the Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume devoted almost entirely to Champlain, from his first voyage in 1603 to his death in 1635. Emphasis is placed on his activities as soldier and sailor, whether as captive of the Iroquois or bold peacemaker between Algonquins and Hurons. Light wear to head of spine. No writing. Top edges gilt. 158 pp. with index.
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The Life of John Ruskin

By: Collinigwood, W. G.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co., Ltd.: 1911

Seller ID: 010505

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Blue cloth on boards. Spine faded. A few gutters glued. The author is a longtime student and friend of Ruskin's. This book is weighted toward biography, since his works are available elsewhere. 314 pp. with index.
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John Keats; His Life and Poetry, His Friends, Critics and After-Fame

By: Colvin, Sidney

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited: 1920

Seller ID: 004924

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original dark blue cloth with spine titles in gold on boards. Laid in is a two-page clipping treating of the death of Keats. This heavy book wll need extra postage, so please inquire before ordering. Previous owner's name. 600 pp.
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Cochrane; The Real Master and Commander

By: Cordingly, David

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Bloomsbury USA: 2007

Seller ID: 013148

ISBN: 1582345341

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Black cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Kirkus Review warns "Landlubbers may find this a lengthy voyage, but devotees of yarns about brave British tars will be delighted to be aboard." 420 pp. with index.
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Will Carleton; A Biographical Study

By: Corning, A. Elwood

Price: $22.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., The Lanmere Publishing Co.: 1917

Seller ID: 003657

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original green cloth lettered in gilt on boards. Previous owner's name, with reference to Blooming Grove Study Club, Mr. Corning - Leader. Interesting account of Carleton's meeting Walt Whitman. This copy has one gutter strain between pp. 48-49, and a few cover spots. No extraneous writing and no other damage. The last line encapsulates Carleton's literary contribution, "To popularize rural domestic life." 98 pp.
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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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An Account of the Life of William Davidson Otherwise John Godsman of Banffshire and Aberdeenshire in Scotland and Miramichi in British North America

By: Davidson, W.H.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., New Brunswick Museum: 1947

Seller ID: 008610

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original brown trade paperback. Historical Studies No. 6. John Godsman came from a respected family in Banffshire, where he learned the fishing business by leasing waters from the Duke of Gordon. At the age of 24 he relocated to Nova Scotia to start his own fishery. He and his business partner were granted "any two Stations or Rivers not already granted." Since the Acadians had been driven out the Miramichi area was sparsely populated. Davidson received a grant of 100,000 acres - 2/3 to himself and 1/3 to Cort, his partner. Thus began the Davidson "empire" on the Miramich...
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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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Captains of Fortune; Profiles of Six Italian Condottier

By: Deiss, Joseph Jay

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Co.: 1967

Seller ID: 011536

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Rose cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Tiny dent to foot of cover. The condottieri were independent military contractors who served the highest bidder, and were sometimes capable of switching sides if it suited their purpose. These six operated in the 13th to 16th Centuries. 304 pp. with index.
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