Dark grey cloth backed in black on boards. A closeup view of 25 years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Heavy book might need extra postage. 600 pp. View More...
Original maroon cloth on boards. Morley's explanation of the reasons for his resignation from Asquith's Cabinet at the beginning of WWI. Morley's friend, John Burns, had already resigned in opposition to going to war. The primary cause of their leaving seems to be Asquith's dealings with the French, which were kept secret from the Cabinet. 39 pp. Previous owner's name in pencil. No damage. View More...
Original scarlet cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. No writing or damage. Historian Desmond Morton needs no introduction to Canadian readers. Here he tackles the impossible attempt by Canadian policy makers to appoint a British colonel to command the Canadian militia. Finally, after 30 years and attempts by eight British officers, Canada changed the Militia Act to allow a Canadian commander. 257 pp. View More...
Original black cloth on boards. Photo DJ. All as new. A history in photos from various parts of the empire, on war, sports, industry, people, stage and screen, with supporting text. From Queen Victoria to Princess Diana, and nearly everyone of note in the interim. 304 large pp. Please email for postal quote. View More...
Original blue softcover booklet of 48 pp.with map cover. No writing or damage. Clans of Ireland, Register of Irish emigrants, and many more articles. Qualifies as letter mail for reduced postage. View More...
Original illustrated paper boards, backed in green cloth. Engrossing historical background illustrated by many photos and drawings, some in colour. ISBN 0-88780-648-1. How many Haligonians know the story ? 96 pp. View More...
Original green cloth with bright gold lettering on boards. Interviews with 27 men and women whose eyes were "turned to the future" even in the midst of the Depression. Encouragement for the young to forge ahead, to "create something that is useful or beautiful or ennobling - or all three."- DJ. Previous owner's name. DJ chipped and hand-soiled. Text age-toned and edges dirty, but all readable. 216 pp. View More...
Original red cloth on boards. First published in 1832, a "half-true, half-fictitious story." We are not told which is which, but anyone who is nuts on horses, riding, hunting, drinking and/or gambling won't care. Previous owner's name. 384 pp. View More...
Photo cover hardback of 167 pp. First-person account of growing up in foster care. As a former Protection Caseworker for Children's Aid Society I can vouch that such things as are described here really happen in Canada. I commend the author ! View More...
Green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name stamp blacked out. DJ has tiny tears head and foot of spine. No underlining or other writing. First nonfiction work by a popular novelist. .144 pp. View More...
Original blank book containing handwritten records of the formation and Bylaws of The Montreal Boundary Creek Mining Company. Senator Alexander Walker Ogilvie, of Montreal, served as chairman. Others from Montreal were James George Ross (Chartered Accountant), William Barclay Stephens (Manager of the Western Loan and Trust Co.), and William Lovett Hogg ( Manager of the Investment Co.). From Saint John were Frank A. Baird (Mining Broker), and Edward P. Raymond. Capital stock was $2,000,000 divided into two million shares at $1.00 each. Additional handwritten entries are by L.J. Tweedie, Pro... View More...
Orange softcover with photo of two young ladies. This is the third volume of Trinidad history by this author, intended to cover the period 1838-1850. Map of Trinidad bound in, and map of Port of Spain attached inside back cover. Widely distributed in 1975, but scarce today. 121 pp. View More...
Original red cloth on boards. Canada Series. The story of wealthy Scotsman, William Paterson, and his founding of the Darien project, written for younger readers. First free endpaper and frontispiece have sustained a mid-page cut of 1-2 inches. Previous owner's name. The protagonist, Donalblane, was a nephew to a friend of Paterson's. 128 pp. View More...
Original illustrated cover trade paperback. ISBN 0-07-077872-8. I found the drawings which show the steps in building a ship especially interesting. One of the classics of Maritime history. 199 pp. View More...
Original green cloth on beveled boards. No writing or damage except minor abrasion to beveled edges of cover. Begins with an 8-page historical summary of the Bank of England, and then 12 colour plates with short descriptions of each on facing page, separated by two blank pp. in each case. Heavy book will need extra postage. View More...
Original blue cloth, 323 pp. A look back to the 1880's , when "food was cheap, children's demands were modest", and "no monthly payments..., since installment buying had not yet been contrived." By the sixth child of a "Big Family." P.O.N. roughly erased. 3 ink stamps. View More...
Original maroon cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Inscribed and signed by Freeman Patterson. Map, Introduction, The face of Namaqualand, Spring comes to Namaqualand, Plants and other natural things, Photographing the land in bloom, A day in the Kamiesberg. 128 pp. View More...
Original tan illustrated softcover. Meet Manley and Experience, a loving couple of gulls whose favourite place in Barrington is the Old Woolen Mill. Fly with them as they observe humans in all their manifestations. Empathize with Manley as he visits the library in search of a bird book, only to be shocked by what humans are reading ! Experience consoles him, "Us birds is lucky, we'm don't hav'ta hobnob with humans." 79 pp. MULTIPLE COPIES AVAILABLE. View More...
Original trade paperback with cross-stitch motif. Portraits and biographies of several women of Barrington who have played important roles in the struggle for emancipation and equality. Some of the names are Atwood, Rodgerson, Doane, Hogg, Wagner, and many more. 93 pp. with index of names. Booksellers inquire for multiple copies at special rates. View More...
Original beige illustrated softcover. Title and facing pages note 10 main points of Barrington from a century ago - from. Josiah Coffin to J. Homer. By turning to the index in the back I located "J. Fernandez Coffin" on p. 93, where it refers to a list he made in the Yarmouth Light. Such was the care with which Hattie Perry put her books together. Interesting, folksy narrative with several photos make this an entertaining as well as useful history of the Barrington area. 119 pp. MULTIPLE COPIES AVAILABLE. View More...
