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The Furtive War; The United States in Vietnam and Laos

By: Burchett, Wilfred G.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, International Publishers: 1963

Seller ID: 011233

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Green cloth on boards. No writing. Tiny stain bottom of Preface. The author had a long career in war correspondence. An Australian said to have been a member of the Communist Party, he was often opposed by British or American parties. 224 pp. with index.
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Bishop (Gilbert) Burnet's History of His Own Time; 2 Vol. Set

By: Burnet, Thomas (Ed.)

Price: $650.00 USD

Publisher: London, Thomas Ward: 1724

Seller ID: 010260

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good

Brown calf on heavy boards. Vol. I From the Restoration of King Charles II to the Settlement of King William and Queen Mary at the Revolution: to which is prefixed A Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in Church and State from King James I to the Restoration in the Year 1660. Vol. II From the Revolution to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht in the Reign of Queen Anne, to which is added The Author's Life, by the Editor. Text blocks are clean and sound. Both covers of Vol. I are nearly separated. Both covers of Vol. II are sound and well-attached. 836 and 765 pp., respectively ...
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Pathfinders of the Great Plains; Vol. 19, Chronicles of Canada, Edited By George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton

By: Burpee, Lawrence J.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 010020

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Maroon cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Part VI, Pioneers of the North and West, continued. 116 pp.
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Vanishing Canada

By: Butler, Rick

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Clarke, Irwin, & Company, Limited: 1980

Seller ID: 009865

ISBN: 0-7720-1302-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Previous owner's name, OW clean and undamaged. Scenes from across Canada, including a dozen or so by Isaac Erb of Saint John. No studio shots are included. Previous owner's name. 210 pp.
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British Power and Thought: A Historical Inquiry

By: Canning, Hon. Albert S.G.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Smith, Elder, and Co.: 1901

Seller ID: 004434

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original brown cloth on boards. The author seems to be a generalist, with several related volumes to his credit in religion, political history, and language. This book was covered with MacTac, partly removed. Hinges weak but holding. Fabric bookmark. 308 pp. plus catalog of author's other works.
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The Mayflower Pilgrims

By: Carpenter, Edmund Janes

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, The Abingdon Press: 1920

Seller ID: 008835

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Original grey cloth with pastedown on boards. No writing. Small top tear p. 14. The story of the Dutch and English passengers who landed on Long Point, Cape Cod, in 1620. 255 pp. with index.
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The Great Intendant; Vol. 6 , Chronicles of Canada, Edited By George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton

By: Chapais, Thomas

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 010008

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Maroon cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Part II, continued. Iroquois subdued, Talon and the clergy, Signeurial system, Talon returns to France. 139 pp.
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The Great Intendant; A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672

By: Chapais, Thomas

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1914

Seller ID: 010141

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good to Very Good

Blue leather on flexible board. Chronicles of Canada No. 6. No writing. A more luxurious binding than the red cloth ones (listed separately). After 10 years as intendant for the Province of Hainault, Talon was elected to serve in that capacity for the struggling Province of New France, beginning in 1665. He looked after workers and soldiers in connection with five or more new forts, rode herd on the West India Company, and planned a new settlement in the vicinity of Quebec. 139 pp. with index.
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Indian Unrest: A Reprint, Revised and Enlarged, from "The Times"

By: Chirol, Valentine

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited: 1910

Seller ID: 005689

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original maroon cloth on boards. Centers on "The enterprise of ruling and civilizing a great Asiatic population." - p. VIII. Library stamps and envelope. Front hinge cracked. 371 pp.
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The Canadian Album; Men of Canada; or Success By Example (Maritimes, Manitoba, and Northwest) Vol. III

By: Cochrane, Rev. Wm. (Ed.)

Price: $135.00 USD

Publisher: Brantford, Ont., Bradley, Garretson, and Co.: 1894

Seller ID: 002385

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original gold cloth lavishly decorated in dark brown and gilt on bevelled boards. NOTE: "This is a Maritime Province volume, as well as of Manitoba and the North-West, reaching as far west as British Columbia." - Introduction. Portraits and backgrounds of 483 men, one to a page. 488 pp. plus index.
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The Founder of New France, A Chronicle of Champlain; Vol. 3, Chronicles of Canada, Edited By George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton

By: Colby, Charles W.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 010006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Maroon cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Acadia. Quebec. Death of Champlain. 158 pp. Part II, The Rise of New France, concluded in Vol. 7, listed separately.
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The Fighting Governor; Vol. 7 of Chronicles of Canada, Edited By George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton

By: Colby, Charles W.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 010009

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Maroon cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Pp. 23-26 re-attached. Part II concluded. Francois Hertel. Massacre at Lachine. Death of Frontenac. 161 pp.
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History of Greece

By: Collier, William Francis

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson & Sons: 1870

Seller ID: 013291

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Maroon cloth on boards. Nelson's School Series. Previous owner's name. Three tiny bookworm holes along spine edge of front cover. Small spots on covers. 134 pp. including Index.
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The Fathers of Confederation; A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion

By: Colquhoun, A. H. U.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1916

Seller ID: 010148

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good Plus

Blue leather on flexible boards. No. 28 in the Chronicles of Canada Series. Top edges gilt. Some cracked gutters glued. Meetings at Charlottetown and Quebec. George Brown. John A. Macdonald. Charles Tupper. Samuel Leonard Tilley. The questionable value of the Senate. 200 pp. with index.
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The Fathers of Confederation; Vol. 28, Chronicles of Canada, Edited By George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton

By: Colquhoun, A.H.U.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 010025

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Maroon cloth on boards. Part VIII, The Growth of Nationality. Frontispiece re-attached. Previous owner's name. Macdonald. Tupper. Tache. 200 pp.
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New Brunswick Blue Book and Encyclopedia/Nova Scotia Blue Book and Encyclopedia

By: Conwell, James/Russell, Hon. Benjamin

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Historical Publishers Association: 1932

Seller ID: 007098

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original black blindstamped cloth on boards, heavily embellished in gold. Just 31 pp. are given to the history of New Brunswick. Only 12 pp. deal generally with Prince Edward Island, while 127 pp. are given to the history of Nova Scotia. The section on Biographies includes information on businesses large and small as well as a few individuals of prominence, and totals 63 pp. Large book might need extra postage.
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Col. Henry Bouquet and His Campaigns of 1763 and 1764 / Memorial of Enoch Brown and Eleven Scholars

By: Cort, Rev. Cyrus

Price: $125.00 USD

Publisher: Lancaster, Pa., Steinman and Hensel: 1883

Seller ID: 001665

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original brown cloth on boards. No DJ. Two titles in one volume. The first is centred on a young Swiss, Bouquet, who fought first for the Dutch and then for Sardinia before being commissioned by the British to fight the French. The second is a memorial to twelve persons massacred in Antrim Township, Pa., during the Pontiac War of 1764. Apparently it was Bouquet's loyalty to King George III that obscured him from American history books. Memorial of Enoch Brown is dated 1886. Contains also The Bouquet Celebration on Bushy Run Battlefield of 1883. Roughly 250 pp. in all. Patterned endpap...
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The Background to Current Affairs

By: Crowley, D.W.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1970

Seller ID: 000852

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original orange cloth on boards, no DJ. British point of view of current developments in 1970. Minor underlining, P.O.N., pencil notes on EPs, OW very good. 392 pp.
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The Patriot's History of Ireland

By: Cusack, M.F.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Ireland, National Publication Office: 1869

Seller ID: 007123

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Disbound

Boards missing, but text block intact (in one piece). Laid in is a 6-page catalog from Benziger Bros. Author's date on Dedication page is May 6th, 1869. Previous owners' names. All readable. 320 pp. plus ads.
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Brampton Centennial Souvenir 1853-1953

By: Davidson, Miss True

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Brampton, ON, Brampton Centennial Committee: 1953

Seller ID: 008221

Binding: Ribbon-tied Card Covers

Condition: Very Good

Original red card cover perfect and cord bound, lettered in gold. Her Majesty, Elizabeth II, introduces by her colour portrait this interesting, comprehensive review of Brampton history and activity. Many photos and local ads make this a memorable record for any citizen, past or present. Organized by topics, the reader gets a quick overall view of each subject while not distracted by others. 112 pp.
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