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Bluenose Magic; Popular Beliefs and Superstitions in Nova Scotia

By: Creighton, Helen (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Halifax, Nimbus Publishing, Limited: 2004

Seller ID: 011175

ISBN: 1-55109-487-8

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Colour cover paperback. No writing. Faint tea stains on front edges and one index page. 312 pp. with index.
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The Romance and Rise of the American Tropics

By: Crowther, Samuel

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran: 1929

Seller ID: 000233

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Good

Original orange cloth over boards, torn DJ repaired inside with invisible tape. Front hinge shows strain, but still strongly attached. Treats of West Indies as well as Central America. Credits Yankee ingenuity in building up economies of these areas. 175 illustrations. 390 pp. with index.
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The King's Royal Regiment of New York/ Index, Appendices, and a Master Muster Roll

By: Cruikshank, Brig. Gen. Ernest A./ Watt, Gavin K. (Ed.)

Price: $110.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario Historical Society: 1984

Seller ID: 006566

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Previous owner's bookplate and endpaper notes. A book about Canada and Canadians, especially Ontarians, in the years between 1775 and 1783. As well as the two main features of the book, a number of related clippings, brochures, and photographs are laid in. 295 pp., including index.
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Debrett's Family Historian; A Guide to Tracing Your Ancestry

By: Currer-Briggs, Noel and Gambier, Royston

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Don Mills, ON, Collins Publishers: 1981

Seller ID: 010665

ISBN: 0-00-216858-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Maroon cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. No writing or damage. 205 pp.
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The Voice of Dafoe; A Selection of Editorials on Collective Security, 1931-1944

By: Dafoe, John W. (Ed. By W.L. Morton)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited: 1945

Seller ID: 003397

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original bright red cloth on boards. DJ chipped head and foot, repaired inside with invisible tape. Dafoe was Editor-in-Chief of the Winnipeg Free Press from 1903 to 1944. Gift inscription. 293 pp. with index.
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Growing Up African

By: David, Jay and Harrington, Helise

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., William Morrow and Company: 1971

Seller ID: 001439

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

Original beige boards on brown half-cloth. Pictorial DJ. Both as new. Black Africans recount their childhoods in Africa. 287 pp. with historical highlights and bibliography.
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The Real Paradise; Memories of Africa 1950-1963

By: Davidson, Ann M.

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Durham, Pentland Press, Ltd.: 1993

Seller ID: 012516

ISBN: 1-85821-044-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Recently at home in St. Andrews, N.B., the author lived for 13 years in Nyasaland, which became Malawi. An inspired correspondent. Large foldout map. Laid in is an ad from Scottish World. 548 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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Ruffles and Rapiers

By: Davies, Blodwen

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press: 1930

Seller ID: 011229

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Orange cloth on boards. DJ nearly complete, but with scattered nicks and small tears. Previous owner's name. 124 pp.
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The First Sex

By: Davis, Elizabeth Gould

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1971

Seller ID: 010362

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Black cloth on boards. DJ mildly crimped head and foot. No writing. Mild edge soil. Related clippings laid in. DJ quote, "The book that proves that woman's contribution to civilization has been greater than man's." 382 pp. with index. Heavy book might need extra postage.
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Constitutional Issues in Canada 1900-1931

By: Dawson, Robert MacGregor

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1933

Seller ID: 007624

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Origiinal black cloth on boards. Inscribed: "Walter W.V. Foster, Dec. 25, 33, In memory of the legal rights of the Maritimes. W.E.F." The donor was Walter Edward Foster, 17th Premier of New Brunswick. The recipient was his son. Deals with a broad range of related issues including the resignation of the King government, elections frauds, and the reform of the Senate. Front hinge cracked at ttle page. 482 pp. including index.
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From Humble Beginnings; The Story of Agriculture in New Brunswick

By: DeMerchant, E. B.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., N.B. Ag and Rural Dev./ N.B. Fed. Of Ag.: 1983

Seller ID: 007354

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original colour photo cover paperback. Previous owner's name. It all began with a garden planted on St. Croix Island in 1604 by followers of Sieur De Monts, who was accompanied by Samuel de Champlain, a geographer and historian. Forced to move to Port Royal the following year, the little French colony struggled on until overrun by the British in 1613, after which it was batted back and forth between English and French until the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. 94 pp.
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Britain in Arms (L'Effort Britannique)

By: Destree, Jules

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, John Lane: 1917

Seller ID: 007436

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth on boards. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May. Destree was a lawyer and journalist who was very active in the social and political world of Belgium. He was so concerned with the lack of unity in the country in this critical time that he had written to the king in to the effect that there were no Belgians, but rather only citizens of either Flanders or Wallonia. Since he had earlier suggested an autonomous Wallonia, his home region, his motivatioin is open to question. When Germany invaded in 1914, he fled to France, where he continued to promote the Belgian cau...
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Origine Des Familles

By: Dionne, N.-E.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company: 1969

Seller ID: 009397

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon cloth on boards. Withdrawn from university library. Text in French. 611 pp.
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For King, Constitution, & Country; The English Loyalists and the French Revolution

By: Dozier, Robert R.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky: 1983

Seller ID: 012249

ISBN: 0-8131-1490-X

Binding: Hard Cover.

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth on boards. Unmarked and undamaged book and DJ. Thomas Paine, recently arrived in America from England, took a strong stand in support of the Revolution, notably promoted by his pamphlets. Living in France in the 1790's he was imprisoned for his views on revolution there, but was freed by James Monroe. 213 pp.
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What is the Indian ' Problem' ?; Tutelage and Resistance in Canadian Indian Administration

By: Dyck, Noel

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Institute of Social and Economic Research: 1996

Seller ID: 000577

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Third printing. Pictorial soft cover with flaps. 209 pp. including notes, bibliograpy, index, and ads. Minor pencil marginalia, not underlined.
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Ignorant Armies; Sliding Into War in Iraq (Signed)

By: Dyer, Gwynne

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Ltd.: 2003

Seller ID: 007386

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original photo cover trade paperback. Inscribed and signed by author. No other writing and no damage. "Startling in its conclusions, Ignorant Armies is the first book to make sense of an unnecessary war." - back cover. 188 pp. ISBN 0-7710-2977-2 and 9 780771 029776
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Indian Boyhood

By: Eastman, Charles A. / Obiyesa

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: New York, McLure, Phillips & Co.: 1902

Seller ID: 009620

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Red cloth on boards with inset of Indian boy. "The North American Indian was the highest type of pagan and uncivilized man." - Foreword. The author shares his life experiences for the benefit of his young son. Previous owner's name on torn endpaper. Hinges cracked and glued.
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Diplomacy and Its Discontents

By: Eayrs, James

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1971

Seller ID: 012098

ISBN: 0-8020-1807-6

Binding: Hard Cover.

Condition: Very Good

Grey cloth on boards. Beginning with Quebec's October Crisis of 1970, the author mounts a vital attack against the diplomatic profession. Sobering. 198 pp.
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Legends of Greece Ancient and Modern

By: Economides, Irene

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Athens, 1970

Seller ID: 007826

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original small, white booklet with illustrated cover. 68 pp. Signed.
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House & Garden's Complete Guide to Interior Decoration

By: Editors of House and Garden

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Simon and Schuster: 1953

Seller ID: 005519

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black paper boards. DJ corner-clipped and taped to boards. Clear plastic jacket. Valuable reference for movie or live theatre sets featuring interiors in the 50's, whether traditional or modern. Library bookplate, discard stamp, card envelope, etc. Very informative description/illustration of various styles and periods. 319 pp. This heavy book will need extra postage.
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Category: Social History