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The Newly Born Woman

By: Cixous, Helene and Clement, Catherine

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press: 1987

Seller ID: 010625

ISBN: 0-8166-1466-0

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Violet paperback. Theory and History of Literature, Vol. 24 . Translated from the French by Betsy Wing. Small amount of underlining and highlighting. Gift note. Introduction; The Guilty One; Sorceress and Hysteric; Seduction and Guilt; Sorties; Out and Out; Attacks/ Ways Out/ Forays; Exchange; A Woman Mistress; the Untenable; glossary. 160 pp. plus glossary.
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A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills; First Series

By: Clare, Rev. Wallace (Ed.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1972

Seller ID: 005166

ISBN: 0806305150

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's partial bookplate. No writing or damage. Originally published in 1930, with promise of a second edition to be released in 1931. This first edition lists authors of wills by surname alphabetically, with the year of probate and source of reference, for wills dated 1664-1834 for the most part. A list of 26 reference sources is given. 111 pp., plus a list of Subscribers.
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John Palmer (of Bath); Mail Coach Pioneer

By: Clear, Charles R.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blandford Press, Ltd./ Postal History Society: 1955

Seller ID: 012539

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Although mail was being distributed in some cases by stagecoach, the service was slow, drivers were immature and undependable, and robberies were frequent. John Palmer proposed quicker delivery accompanied by guards, at a slightly higher cost. After a week's trial the new plan was accepted. Palmer's troubles weren't over, but he and his system survived. 109 pp.
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Treaties and Promises; Salteaux Indians

By: Coatsworth, Emerson S.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Scarborough, Ont., Ginn and Company: 1971

Seller ID: 012491

Binding: Soft Cover, Stapled

Condition: Very Good

Softcover booklet of 24 pp. gives skeletal background of treaty negotiations with Salteaux tribe at Northwest Angle. From the tribe's point-of-view the words of David Courchene on p. 22 are worth considering.
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Changing Seasons; Letters from Armenia (Signed)

By: Coe, Barbara A. (Ph.D.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Victoria, B.C., Trafford Publishing: 2005

Seller ID: 004407

ISBN: 141207022-8

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Original colour photo cover trade paperback. Signed by author. Coe served as a visiting professor in this ancient, formerly communist, country for 2 1/2 years. Sponsored by the Civic Education Project, her aim was to counteract the widespread reality in Armenia that people felt unable to change their leaders, their country, or their communities. These letters convey the challenges and the joys of dealing with bright students and ignorant officials, gourmet meals and backfiring beans, and the structural conflict between credit from the West and military security from Russia. Surely a caref...
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Sounding the Alarm; Poverty in Canada

By: Cohen, The Hon. Erminie Joy / Petten, Angela

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Private Press: 1997

Seller ID: 004613

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original white card soft cover backed in black. A no-nonsense essay on the failure of governments to provide for the poor. English and French texts. 46 pp. in English. 48 pp. in French.
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Jeanne, La Bonne Lorraine

By: Coissac, Jean-Baptiste

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Llibraire Larousse: 1914

Seller ID: 003358

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original red faux leather lettered in gilt with pictorial pastedown on boards. Text in French. Four colour plates and 12 smaller b/w/ line drawings. The story of Joan of Arc and her martyrdom in 1431. Photo shows abrasion to cover. Light edge foxing. Previous owner's initials only. 141 pp. plus Table des Matieres.
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Lord Mount Stephen (First President of Canadian Pacific Railway) ; An Address Given at the National Newcomen Luncheon

By: Coleman, D.C.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., 1945

Seller ID: 003870

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus

An address delivered July 11, 1945, by D.C. Coleman, Chairman and President, Canadian Pacific Railway, in honour of its first president, George Stephen. Interesting accounts of quarrels with William Van Horne and James J. Hill as to routes of the new railway, and disappointment over Sir John Macdonald's failure to give Canadian Pacific joint and equal rights over the Government-owned route from Saint John to Halifax. 15 pp.
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They Planted Well; New England Planters in Maritime Canada

By: Conrad, Margaret

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., Acadiensis Press: 1988

Seller ID: 005691

ISBN: 0-919-107-20-6

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original pictorial soft cover after a drawing by William Morrison, ca. 1830. This book is comprised of proceedings of the Planter Studies Conference sponsored by the Planters Studies Committee , held in Wolfville, N.S., in October, 1987. MISSING pp. 2-11 of the Introduction and pp. 14-15, which are the first two pages of the article by R.S. Longley, entitled The Coming of the New England Planters to the Annapolis Valley. A careful look revealed no additional missing pages. Many photos of houses, interiors, furnishings, artifacts, clothing, portraits, and tombstones. No writing or damage e...
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Not By Choice; The True Story of the French English Struggle

By: Cougle, R.J.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B, Self-published: 1989

Seller ID: 008279

Binding: Soft Cover

Original blue-and-white soft cover. Head of title page excised. Small tear foot of spine. Absorbing account of how our long-standing troubles over language came to be. 141 pp. plus References.
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The History of the Salvation Army (Vol. Six, 1914-1946)

By: Coutts, Frederick

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Salvation Army: 1979

Seller ID: 011983

ISBN: 0-89216-035-7

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked softcover copy of Vol. 6 of a 6-volume edition. SA spine sticker and bookplate.
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The Marvellous Country; Or, Three Years in Arizona and New Mexico, the Apaches' Home

By: Cozzens, Samuel Woodworth

Price: $200.00 USD

Publisher: Amherst, N.S., Rogers & Black: 1874

Seller ID: 012432

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Green cloth on boards, lettered in gilt on cover and spine. Spine worn head and foot. Hinges cracked and glued. 532 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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Bluenose Ghosts

By: Creighton, Helen

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McGraw- Hill Ryerson, Ltd.: 1957

Seller ID: 012226

ISBN: 0-7700-0022-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Blue cloth on boards. A few white specks and cup ring on cover. 280 pp. "You will have discovered too that the supernatural in Nova Scotia is not a subject talked about for the sole purpose of entertainment..." - P. 280. Previous owner's name.
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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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