Blue leather on flexible boards. No. 26 in the Chronicles of Canada Series. Tells the story of Howe, a prominent newspaper publisher. Touches on his conflict with Tupper over Confederation. Responsible government. Top edges gilt. 163 pp. with index. View More...
Former library book shows normal wear, fading and library stamps. Dr. Hunter was widely known for his work on animals as well as humans, and he kept a small zoo in captivity at his home. 219 pp. View More...
Colour portrait cover paperback. First paperback edition. No marks or damage. Personal stories by a 50-year veteran of radio, most of which were at CFRA, Ottawa. Known especially for covering the Springhill mine disaster. 254 pp. View More...
Blue cloth on boards.Both hinges cracked. Basic theme is the deep friendship and commitment between the two men. They began their friendship as children, and continued their comradeship for 40 years. Bentinck served the king as diplomat and fellow soldier. 433 pp. View More...
Original green cloth blindstamped recto and verso on boards. Possibly 1896 publication date. Small piece missing from head of backstrip, otherwise clean and undamaged inside except for one pressed flower stain. Covers hand-soiled. Gerald Griffin was a Catholic novelist, journalist, and poet who joined a religious order shortly before he died in 1840 at the age of 37 years. 406 pp. View More...
Original yellow-brown tweedy cloth on boards. No writing or damage to book. DJ has a few short tears along head. A cousin to the late and better-known Tyrone Power tells his life story in the theatre. 320 pp. View More...
Original maroon cloth on boards. A story of Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota, where he lived as a rancher near the town of Medora for four years. Crayon scribble to the rear inside cover. Light stains to covers. 491 pp. View More...
Original blindstamped grey cloth on boards. Two of Hamilton's three most popular books, each complete in itself. Vanished Pomps deals largely with life as a diplomat in Petrograd. Days Before Yesterday was written in response to the popularity of Vanished Pomps, and contains more daily events, one of the most terrifying of which (to a six-year-old) is the ordeal of the nightly walk down the "Passage of Many Terrors" in his Irish home. Previous owner's last name in pencil in each. Both DJs are lightly chipped head and foot. 319 and 320 pp., respectively. View More...
Original black cloth with gold spine lettering on boards. Selections from the letters and speeches of Joseph Howe, a newspaperman who served Nova Scotia broadly and brilliantly for many years, finally being appointed Lieutenant-Governor in 1873, shortly before his death. 197 pp. View More...
Original light grey-green cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Without reading this book, one can only wonder what "new light" this author wishes to shed. Apparently, Macaulay was either loved or hated by anyone he met. A child prodigy privileged to attend the best schools, he developed into a tireless public servant and widely-read historian. Few have served so broadly and deeply in such a relatively short life. He died at 59. 76 pp. View More...
Original brown cloth lettered in black on boards. List of titles on cover includes All in It, which came out after the first appearance of this title, as a continuance of it. An understated autobiography of life in the trenches of WWI. Lots of humour in the midst of it all. Previous owner's name. Short tear head of front joint. 342 pp. View More...
Original beige cloth with large gilt "LS" on boards. Pictorial DJ with author's portrait on verso. Patterned endpapers. Lucy Stone was a contemporary of, and fellow suffragete with, Susan B. Anthony. Due to a split in the movement, Lucy has been virtually unknown. Ink spill on page 111, but still readable. No other marks. 339 pp. with index. View More...
Original black cloth on boards. DJ complete but short tears head and foot. A.A. Heaps (1888-1949) won a scholarship which he could not use because the family relied on him to work. At 13 he began to learn the upholstering trade, and 25 years later, as an MP, he recovered Laurier's office chair for Prime Minister MacKenzie King. In 1910 he moved to Winnipeg, where he took part in the General Strike of 1919. The author is the son of A.A. Heaps. No writing, but traces of dry mildew at head. No odour. 168 pp. View More...
Beige paper boards backed in purple cloth. No writing or damage. Farragut's foster father signed him up as a seagoing midshipman at the age of nine. He became the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the U.S. Navy, serving almost sixty years. 382 pp. View More...
Original red cloth on boards. No date. Foreword by Ian Hay. Previous owner's name in pencil. DJ torn, taped, and missing pieces top and bottom of spine. "One of the most unspoilt and popular of all stage stars" - DJ. Simpson's Lending Library plate in back the only evidence. 180 pp. View More...
Original colour photo trade paperback. Elsie's public life began as City Councillor in 1977, and extended through positions as Mayor for four terms, MP from 1993 to 1997, and Interim Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1998. Photos show her with a number of well-known others. Signed by Elsie Wayne and Linda Hersey. First edition. 211 pp. ISBN 1-896270-15-8 View More...
Blue cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. No writing or damage. Biography of a politician who could do no wrong (in the eyes of some) by a renowned children's author. 220 pp. View More...
Original brown cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ chipped with small pieces missing and internal repairs. Volume One; Memoir and Poems, 271 pp. Volume Two; Prose Works, 290 pp. Frontispiece portraits at age 30 in civilian clothes, and two years later as a sergeant in uniform (Two months before he was killed in action). Previous owners' names. View More...
