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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 Withdrawn from university library.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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Dorothy Thompson's English Journey; The Record of an Anglo-American Friendship

By: Drawbell, James Wedgwood

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Collins: 1942

Seller ID: 002590

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original brght red cloth on boards. Shaken, with some strained gutters. Another chapter in the life of Dorothy Thompson, New York Herald Tribune columnist, radio broadcaster, and onetime wife of Sinclair Lewis, centred on her trip to Great Britain in the interval between the fall of France and the Battle of Britain. Thompson was the first American correspondent to be expelled from Germany by Hitler (1934). Several photos. 256 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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Tales of the Observer

By: Edwards, Richard H. (Jr.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, MA, Jordan Marsh Company: 1950

Seller ID: 012962

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

An insider's version of the first hundred years of one of Boston's premier businesses. 116 pp.
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Imperial Reckoning; The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya

By: Elkins, Caroline

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt & Co.: 2005

Seller ID: 010698

ISBN: 0-8050-7653-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

White paper boards backed in green cloth. No writing or damage. Appears to be a comprehensive and well-founded study of British domination of native tribes in Kenya, especially the Kikuyu. While immigrants from Britain were given large tracts to farm, native farmers were restricted and taxed, often being forced to work for the large landholders. Natives were forced to carry identification and live in camps where corporal punishment was the rule, often ending in death. This book made me understand and appreciate how and why the Mau Mau began. 475 pp.
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A Social History of Scottish Dance; Ane Celestial Recreatioun

By: Emmerson, George S.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, McGill-Queens University Press: 1972

Seller ID: 007642

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original dark blue cloth on boards. No writing or damage. DJ has a few tiny tears head and foot. Jigs, reels, hornpipes, and a whole lot of history ! This meaty volume will be of much interest to the student or teacher of dance as well as the historian. ISBN 0-7735-0087-1. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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Mennonites in Canada, 1920-1940; A People's Struggle for Survival

By: Epp, Frank H.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1982

Seller ID: 009187

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original bright blue cloth on boards. Just reading the author's bio is enough to make me want to read this book. That should ameliorate my ignorance when asked, "What's the difference between the Mennonites and the Amish ?" Heavy book will need extra postage. 640 pp.
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Der Volkerbund; Der Veg Zum Weltfrieden

By: Erzberger, M.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Berlin, Reimar Hobbing: 1918

Seller ID: 001058

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original grey soft cover with black lettering. No DJ. Text in German. 196 pp.
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The Sanusi of Cyrenaica

By: Evans-Pritchard, E.E.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1968

Seller ID: 005725

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original dark blue cloth on boards. DJ chipped at foot of spine, with price tag removal stain. Previous owner's name in ink with no other writing or damage. A Muslim order in Libya and Sudan, founded in Mecca in 1837. This book describes the nature of an Islamic order and how this particular order was founded and spread, with special reference to its relations with Italy. Origin and expansion of the Sanusiya, Bedouin of Cyrenaica, Sanusiya and the tribes, Turkish administration, First Italo-Sanusi war, Period of the accords, Second Italo-Sanusi war, Italian rule and colonization, Appendices...
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Rum Road to Spokane; A Story of Prohibition

By: Fahey, Edmund

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Missoula, Montana, University of Montana: 1972

Seller ID: 010053

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Grey tweed cloth on boards. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Otherwise, very clean. The Wickersham Report. Honour among thieves. Liars can figure ! The tricks of the trade. 127 pp.
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Excerpta Cypria for Today; A Source Book on the Cyprus Problem

By: Faulds, Andrew (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Lefkosha, Cyprus, Friends of the North Cyprus Parliamentary Group: 1988

Seller ID: 009092

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original white trade paperback. Edited by a British Member of Parliament, this book is an excellent case study for anyone interested in human relations. This island has a history of victimization by outside interests. Recently it has been a standoff between Greeks in the South and Turks in the North, stirred up by Britain and chastised by the United Nations. Although 95% of voters in 1949 favoured "enosis" (union with Greece) it still hasn't happened. 224 pp.
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The Feminist Case Against Bureaucracy

By: Ferguson, Kathy E.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, Temple University Press: 1984

Seller ID: 010589

ISBN: 0-87722-357-2

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Dark blue paperback. From the Series, Women in the Political Economy, by Ronnie J. Steinberg. This book has light-medium underlining and highlighting. Disagreement of ISBN - back cover lists it as 0-87722-400-5. "Ferguson maps new terrain for radical feminism, reduces liberal feminism to a heap of false promises, forces Leftists toward feminism to a degree unapproached by the 'Marxist-Feminist' literature, and, of course, makes a case against bureaucracy." - back cover. 286 pp.
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Category: Social History