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Eye-Witness; An Anthology of British Reporting

By: Fisher, John (Ed.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Cassell: 1960

Seller ID: 007752

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ shows water stain. One chilling account from 1958 records the execution of a couple for murder - the man by decapitation and the woman by stoning - in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 284 pp.
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Chicago and A Century of Progress

By: Flader, Louis (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Edward J. Wonn: 1933

Seller ID: 008373

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Original gold paper boards with small pastedown. A thorough photographic excursion through Chicago of the 30's, showing dozens of public buildings. An optimistic look at the future, so soon after the stock market crash ! How many of these imposing and expensive structures are still in use after nearly 80 years ? Unpaginated. Approx. 94 pp.
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Waiting for the Wave; AThe Reform Party and Preston Manning

By: Flanagan, Tom

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Stoddart Publishing Co., Ltd.: 1995

Seller ID: 010480

ISBN: 0-7737-2862-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Black paper on boards. Unclipped DJ. No writing. Minor foxing to edges only. 235 pp.
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Jivaro; Among the Head-Shrinkers of the Amazon

By: Flornoy, Bertrand

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London / Toronto, ELEK / Ryerson: 1953

Seller ID: 012675

Binding: Hard Cover.

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ. Appears to be an authentic expedition into the Upper Amazon,the realm of the Jivaros. 224 pp. with index.
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Island in Revolt (Signed)

By: Foley, Charles

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: London, Longmans: 1962

Seller ID: 009099

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth on boards. Charles Foley's account of life in Nicosia as the editor of a newly-founded newspaper. Moves along quickly. Brits sem to be regarded as not-so-necessary evils as the struggle for "enosis" (union with Greece) heats up. EOKA and General Grivas will give him something to write about ! Designated to be given to Jane Armstrong, signed "With love, Charles" on title page, and a longer inscription to Jane, "who has the bug, too". Jane was the wife of and fellow -correspondent with her husband, Lawrence Earl, formerly Larry Wiezel, of Saint Jo...
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The Happy Time

By: Fontaine, Robert

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Venture Press, Simon and Schuster: 1945

Seller ID: 000542

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original dark blue cloth with red and yellow pastedown label on boards, good DJ with some internal taped repairs to DJ only. The story of the goings-on in a two-family house in Ottawa in the 20's. Chapter titles begin with God Hit a Home Run, and end with Little Green Apples. As good for improving family life now as when it was first published. 269 pp.
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With Enthusiasm and Faith; History of the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1930-1972 (Signed)

By: Forbes, Elizabeth (Bess)

Price: $22.00 USD

Publisher: Victoria, B.C., Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs: 1974

Seller ID: 003391

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original yellow trade paperback lettered in green. Signed by the author. 170 pp.
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PQ Rene Levesque & the Parti Quebecois in Power

By: Fraser, Graham

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1984

Seller ID: 007920

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original red paper boards backed in maroon cloth. Winning, The Politics of Pride, The Referendum, The Politics of Humiliation. A rather personal view by a man who grew up in Quebec.and spent a good portion of his reporting life trying to understand and explain it. If the PQ has been a mystery to you, this book might help to clarify it. ISBN 0-7715-9793-2. 434 pp.
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The Show Must Not Go On

By: Frith, Senator Royce and Kuchar, Len

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Outremont, QC, Robert Davies Publishing: 1993

Seller ID: 009331

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original illustrated cover trade paperback. Add this to your collection of Mulroney-bashing books ! Even though it's 20 years old it can probably get your juices flowing again ! 182 pp.
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The Tingley Family Revised; Volume II, Being a Record of the Descendants of Samuel Tingley of Malden, Mass.

By: Frye, Marian McCauley

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Self-published: 1972

Seller ID: 009275

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original dark blue cloth on boards. No writing except related notes on endpapers. Volume I listed separately. 599 pp.
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King's Men; The Soldier Founders of Ontario

By: Fryer, Mary Beacock

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn Press, Limited: 1980

Seller ID: 006568

ISBN: 0919670512

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original black paper boards. Previous owner's name, notes, and bookplate on endpapers. Background and Perspective; The Provincial Corps, Northern Department; and Afterwards. Another book by a respected author on the subject of the Loyalists. Fifteen maps, colored photos, and a few clippings laid in make this another valuable resource. 392 pp. Heavy book might need extra postage.
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The Convention Speeches of Roe Fulkerson

By: Fullard, Harold

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Kiwanis Magazine: 1946

Seller ID: 006495

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original reddish-brown cloth on boards. Cover title rubbed. No writing except "1946, Christmas Greetings, Bill Kotchapaw "(signed). I twigged to the name Kotchapaw because I lived in Prince Edward County, Ontario, for many years and had heard it there. Roe Parham Fulkerson was the first editor of Kiwanis Magazine, and was known as a popular speaker and writer. Among his credits is the first appearance in print of the words, "He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother," which was later chosen as title of the popular song as well as the motto of Boystown. William Gorsline Kotchapaw was...
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The British Liberal Party; An Historical Sketch

By: Fyfe, Hamilton

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, George Allen and Unwin, Ltd.: 1928

Seller ID: 005559

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original black cloth on boards. Library bookplate and return label. Small nick head of spine. The author (1869-1951) was a prolific writer who had served as a war correspondent in World War I. 272 pp. including index.
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Some Traditional Scottish Dances

By: G. Douglas Taylor

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing: 1955

Seller ID: 006195

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original green cloth on boards. Front. photo of author, and forty drawings of dance steps by Eileen Mayo. Solo dances, Reels for 4 or 8, country dances. Foxing shadows on endpapers. No writing. 82 pp.
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The Paston Letters

By: Gairdner, James

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Gloucester, Alan Sutton: 1986

Seller ID: 005041

ISBN: 0862993067

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original orange pictorial soft cover. Family correspondence of one of the most influential families of East Anglia in the late Middle Ages. Six volumes in one book, individually paginated. This large book will need extra postage, so please inquire before ordering.
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Abandoned in Hard Times; A True Story

By: Gault, George-Alex

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Dartmouth, NS, Marshland Press: 2002

Seller ID: 001379

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: As New

Original photo cover trade paperback, as new and unread. 165 pp. By the author of "All About Angels."
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Prehistoric Lithic Types of New England (Signed)

By: Georgiady, Jeff and Brockmann, Mark

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: Farmington, ME, Franklin Printing: 2002

Seller ID: 008131

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original white illustrated softcover. Library "withdrawn" stamps. No damage. The purpose of this book is to "document known lithic resources."- Introduction. Not only are sources of various materials located in New England, but they are linked to other areas as far as Labrador and the Ohio Valley. A little-known fact is that stones good for making tools and weapons were traded, sometimes to places hundreds of miles away from their sources. An impressive book with Glossary and References. 136 pp. plus inside covers and back cover.
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The Lure Of the City

By: Gill, Thomas M. (Sabattis)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: 1930

Seller ID: 000226

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original mottled green soft board covers with matching EPs. Substantial scattered foxing throughout, but too good to be graded Good. B/W photos of scenes throughout Nova Scotia. Protagonists include Mark Ashton of New York City and Andrew Macpherson, local farmer. 144 pp.
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The Heart of Lunenburg

By: Gill, Thomas M. (Sabattis)

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: 1930

Seller ID: 000227

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Original tan soft board covers, lightly soiled. Inscribed and signed "To Mrs. Culley and her family with the author's best regards. Fr. Thomas M. Gill(Sabattis), Sackville, N.B., 1931." B/W photos throughout provided by Canadian National Railways. I have also his The Lure of the City, listed separately.
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Tinkers and Travellers

By: Gmelch, Sharon/ Langan, Pat

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, McGill-Queens University Press: 1976

Seller ID: 012435

ISBN: 0773502718

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Bright red cloth on boards. Examines the lives of itinerant people and families of Ireland through the ages. 144 pp.
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Category: Social History