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THE ACCIDENTAL AIRLINE:  SPILSBURY'S QCA.

THE ACCIDENTAL AIRLINE: SPILSBURY'S QCA.

by White, Howard and Spilsbury, Jim.

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Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1988. 248 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map endpapers, b&w photographs. The "incredible story of how an itinerant radio repairman accidentally started Queen Charlotte Airlines, Canada's largest bush flying outfit." Minor toning to the edges of the text block. Dust jaket has minor browning at the top inside edge.. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by A.J. Spilsbury, dust jacket art..
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ACROSS FAR DISTANT HORIZONS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CANADIAN MASTER MARINER.

ACROSS FAR DISTANT HORIZONS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CANADIAN MASTER MARINER.

by Heal, S.C.

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Vancouver: Cordillera Publishing, 1995. 311 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, drawings. "This book is based on the unpublished and private memoirs of Captain Trevor Whitla Bridges, late of the Canadian and British Merchant navies, and also of the British Royal Navy Reserve and the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve, in which he held the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. The narrative proper is always in the first person singular, as this closely follows the original text, but in my periodic comments in sidebars on aspects of his career or circumstance of which he was a part, I have invariably chosen to give him his appropriate navy or merchant navy rank at the time." From the Introduction. Contents: Introduction; An Anglo-Canadian Childhood; Training Ship Worcester; The Barque Invermay of Aberdeen; Bound for Vancouver; The Nitrate Coast; British India; Goodbye B.I.; Working for a Master's Ticket; Return to the Royal Line; 1914: "The Northern Patrol", Monitors and… Read More
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AN ACT OF FAITH:  THE EARLY YEARS OF REGINA COLLEGE.

AN ACT OF FAITH: THE EARLY YEARS OF REGINA COLLEGE.

by Pitsula, James M.

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Canadian Plains Research Center/University of Regina, 1988. 169 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Frontispiece by Arthur Lismer, b&w photographs. "Regina College, opened by the Methodist church in 1911 to offer academic, music and business training to the young people of Saskatchewan, played a vital role in the educational and cultural life of the province during its formative years. The church placed its stamp on the college and on the students who passed through it. Regina College stood for academic excellence, well-rounded character development, and the ideal of social service. James M. Pitsula studies the history of the college from its founding, through its golden years under the leadership of E.W. Stapleford, and its vicissitudes in the 1930s, when the church finally agreed to the takeover of the college by the University of Saskatchewan. (Looks) at the experiences of the students, faculty and others whose lives were touched by the college during a period of great social change."… Read More
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AFRICA'S CHILDREN: A HISTORY OF BLACKS IN YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA.

AFRICA'S CHILDREN: A HISTORY OF BLACKS IN YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA.

by Robart-Johnson, Sharon.

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Toronto: Natural Heritage, 2009. 236 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "Chronicling the history of Black families of the Yarmouth area of Nova Scotia, (this book) is a mirror image of the hopes and despairs and the achievements and injustices that mark the early stories of many African-Canadians. This extensively researched history traces the lives of those people, still enslaved at the time, who arrived with the influx of Black Loyalists and landed in Shelburne in 1783, as well as those who had come with their masters as early as 1767. Their migration to a new home did little to improve their overall living conditions, a situation that would persist for many years throughout Yarmouth County. By drawing on a comprehensive range of sources that include census and cemetery records, church and school histories, libraries, museums, oral histories, newspapers, wills, 'The Black Loyalist Directory', and many others, this is a history that has been overlooked for far too… Read More
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AFTERSHOCK:  THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION AND THE PERSECUTION OF PILOT FRANCIS MACKEY.

AFTERSHOCK: THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION AND THE PERSECUTION OF PILOT FRANCIS MACKEY.

by Maybee, Janet. Foreword by Peter MacArthur.

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Halifax, NS: Nimbus, 2015. 130 pp, 9" H. B&w and colour photographs, reproductions, maps. "On December 6, 1917, harbour pilot Francis Mackey was guiding 'Mont Blanc', a French munitions ship, into Bedford Basin to join a convoy across the Atlantic when it was rammed by Belgian Relief vessel 'Imo'. The resulting massive explosion destroyed Halifax's north end and left at least two thousand people dead, including pilot William Hayes aboard 'Imo'. Who was to blame? A century later, this question is still unanswered. And yet, following the explosion, federal government and naval officials found in Pilot Mackey a convenient target for public anger. Charged with manslaughter, he was imprisoned, villainized in the press, and denied his pilot's license even after the charges were dropped. He is still unfairly linked to the tragedy today. (This book) shares informatiion never before revealed, from evidence of federal coverups to Mackey's family lore. Examining… Read More
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AIKINS OF THE U OF T MEDICAL FACULTY.

AIKINS OF THE U OF T MEDICAL FACULTY.

by Godfrey, Charles. Inscribed.

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Madoc, Ontario: Codam, 1998. 341 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w plates. Inscribed by author on title page. "(E)xplores the many factors which led to the establishment of the Medical Faculty, University of Toronto in which William Thomas Aikins played a leading role. Through the maelstrom of medical politics in the second half of the nineteenth century in Canada, W.T. Aikins emerges as the calm, steadfast leader who eventually triumphed over all obstacles and brought the University of Toronto Medical Faculty into being. To accomplish this, it was necessary to organize Ontario physicians, raise the competence and standing of medical practitioners and guide medical teaching through a crisis of faith, a revolution of physiology and a plethora of epistemologies of healing. His success set the stage for the initial wave of medical excellence in the province, which lead to the magnificent accomplishments of the first quarter of the twentieth century." Interior - soft bump at bottom edge of pages… Read More
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ALBERTA HISTORY.  VOLUME 25, NUMBERS 2-4 (SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1977), VOLUME 26, NUMBERS 1-4...

ALBERTA HISTORY. VOLUME 25, NUMBERS 2-4 (SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1977), VOLUME 26, NUMBERS 1-4 (WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1978), VOLUME 27, NUMBERS 1 & 2 (WINTER/SPRING 1979), VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1 (WINTER 1980). 10 NUMBERS IN TOTAL.

by Dempsey, Hugh A., Editor. Donald B. Smith, J.W. Chalmers, L.J. Wilson, D.J. Hall, C.E.D. Wood, john Liss, W.T. Williamson, Elise A. Corbet, Tom M. Henson, Terry L. Chapman, Rolf, T. Lund, Colin A. Thomson, Eric, J. Holmgren, Anne B. Woywitka, et al.

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Calgary, Alberta: Historical Society of Alberta 10 numbers of Alberta History, running from Spring 1977 to Spring 1979 plus Winter 1980, 10" H, each 40 pp. Colour pictorial covers, b&w photographs, drawings, maps, political cartoons. Articles cover: Half-Breed Commission; 1919 Royal Visit; Treaty No. 6; Road to Banff, 1890; Tom Kerr; Ku Klux Klan; Early Eugenics Movement; Skiing in Banff; Black Immigration; High Level Bridge; Women in Labour Movement; Railway to Athabasca; Bobtail Land Surrender; Edmonton Theatres; Arthur Evans; Stocking the Canadian Range; Elliott Galt Letters; Chivaree; Alberta Field Force; George Chipman; Buffalo Bone Industry; Ella Hartt, Photographer; Labouring on the Railroad; Killing a Wetigo; Calgary Land Reservation; To the Red Deer River; etc. Interior - Spring 1979 has a small stain at bottom edge of twp pages otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - six books with light fading and/or light browning on spine/rearhinge area - two… Read More
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ALL IN THE SAME BOAT:  FAMILY CRUISING AROUND THE ATLANTIC & STILL IN THE SAME BOAT.  2...

ALL IN THE SAME BOAT: FAMILY CRUISING AROUND THE ATLANTIC & STILL IN THE SAME BOAT. 2 VOLUME SET.

by McCall, Fiona and Howard, Paul.

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988. 248 pp, 339 pp, 9 1/4" H - 2 volumes, both first editions. Map endpapers, b&w and colour photographs. "Every sailor's dream cruise: how a Canadian family (including Peter, 4, and Penny, 6) built a boat in their backyard and sailed it to Africa, South America and Panama on their way around the world." "Still in the Same Boat" published 1990 (ISBN 0771054408) continues the adventure "From Panama across the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and home to Canada." "All in the Same Boat" has three tiny corner bumps, light wrinkling at top of front hinge and at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. "Still in the Same Boat" has light wrinkling at bottom of spine and one tiny corner bump. Dust jackat has minor edge wrinkling - mainly at bottom of spine, minor rubbing.. First Editions. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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ANDRE BIELER: AN ARTIST'S LIFE AND TIMES.

ANDRE BIELER: AN ARTIST'S LIFE AND TIMES.

by Smith, Frances K. Introduction by Michael Bell. (Andre Bieler.)

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Toronto: Merritt, 1980. 176 pp, 4to (11 3/4" H). Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w reproductions, b&w photographs. "This study of the life and work of Andre Bieler, one of Canada's most important living artists, spans eighty-three years of his life and art in Europe, the United States and Canada. It studies him against the flowering of twentieth-century Canadian art, a fascinating history in itself. (S)tarts with (his) birth in Switzerland in 1896, tracing his European family roots, his World War I experiences and his traditional artist's apprenticeship in Europe, his arrival in Canada as a young artist and subsequent exploration of the rural 'habitant' way of life in Quebec's L'ile d'Orleans and on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Most important, the author shows us the extraordinary creative energy of Andre Bieler, his exuberance and intense love of people and life that, even in his eighties, keep him experimenting in art,… Read More
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ANDRE BIELER: AN ARTIST'S LIFE AND TIMES.

ANDRE BIELER: AN ARTIST'S LIFE AND TIMES.

by Smith, Frances K. Introduction by David Karel. Epilogue by Ted Bieler. Edited By Philippe Baylaucq.

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Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books, 2006. 355 pp, 11 1/16" H, DVD "Les couleurs du sang / The Art of Time (53 minutes), in unopened plastic pouch at rear. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w throughout with reproductions & photographs. "This comprehensive study of the life and work of Andre Bieler, one of Canada's most important artists, covers 93 years of his life and art, spanning Europe, the United States and Canada. Beginning with his birth in Switzerland, Smith chronicles (his) European family roots, World War I experiences and traditional artist's apprenticeship. She goes on to describe his arrival in Canada as a young artist and his subsequent exploration of the rural habitant culture in Quebec's Ile d'Orleans and on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, examining his life and work against the flowering of 20th century Canadian art." Several small very light soiling marks on bottom of text block. Dust jacket has a small tear (archivally… Read More
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THE ANNE MURRAY BOOK.  (ANNIE.)  A SPECIAL ISSUE OF MUSIC CANADA QUARTERLY MAGAZINE.  VOL. 3, NO.5.
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THE ANNE MURRAY BOOK. (ANNIE.) A SPECIAL ISSUE OF MUSIC CANADA QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. VOL. 3, NO.5.

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Malton, Ontario: Joseph Paul Publications Unpaginated (48 pp), 11 3/4" H. B&w and colour photographs. A look at the life of Canadian singer, Anne Murray circa mid-1970s. Interior - light toning to the pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, light wear on the spine/hinges, old price sticker on the front cover, small crease at the bottom corner of the rear cover, a few minor soft wrinkles on the covers.. Not Signed. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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ARCHIE NEIL:  FROM THE LIFE AND STORIES OF ARCHIE NEIL CHISHOLM OF MARGAREE FORKS, CAPE BRETON....

ARCHIE NEIL: FROM THE LIFE AND STORIES OF ARCHIE NEIL CHISHOLM OF MARGAREE FORKS, CAPE BRETON. BIOGRAPHY - ORAL HISTORY - ANTHOLOGY.

by Ducharme, Mary Anne. Edited by Ronald Caplan. (Archie Neil Chisholm.)

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Breton Books, Wreck Cove, Cape Breton Island, 1992. 222 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. B&w photos. "The triumph of a life and a triumph of a book! 'Archie Neil' is a beautifully written collaboration that will keep alive forever the life and stories of Archie Neil Chisholm. Saddled with polio, pride, and a lack of discipline - Archie Neil lived out the contradictory life of a terrific teacher floundering in alcoholism. His growth, plunge, and rise as an extraordinarily valuable person in the Cape Breton community is good, lasting reading. From outrageous good humour to excellent storytelling, this book is a remarkable achievement..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - a few small soft creases on covers, minor edge wear, minor rubbing, spine flat with one light crease. VG.
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AROUND THE SOUND:  A HISTORY OF HOWE SOUND-WHISTLER.

AROUND THE SOUND: A HISTORY OF HOWE SOUND-WHISTLER.

by Armitage, Doreen.

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Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 1997. 240 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps. "From Horseshoe Bay to Whistler and the islands and communities of Howe Sound, (this book) traces the area's rich and exciting history. Told in the voices of the people who call the area home, this anecdote-filled book tells of the first peoples, the early European explorers, the bustling gold rush trade, and the newcomers who settled to farm the fertile valley bottoms, log the fir and cedar forests, harvest the ocean's bounty, mine the region's deep veins of copper, and transform the area into the year-round outdoor recreation mecca it is today." Review copy stamp at the bottom of the half-title page, light wrinkling at the bottom of the spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at the bottom of the spine.. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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ARTIST AT WAR.

ARTIST AT WAR.

by Comfort, Charles Fraser. Introduction by Eric Harrison. Afterword by Charles Fraser C. Jackson.

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Pender Island, British Coumbia: Remembrance Books, 1995. 197 pp + 4 pp of colour maps, 9" H. Colour plates, b&w portraits. "In 1943, Charles Comfort was sent into battle to make a painter's record of the Canadian army's fight against the Germans on the Italian peninsula. (This) is his account of that fight. Enduring the shellfire, the mud, and the fatigue of battle, Comfort watches war being waged amidst the treasures of centuries of Italian art and culture. From the horrors of Ortona to the jubliant liberation of Rome, (this book) gives us a view of the war unlike any other - the vivid and penetrating view of a soldier armed not just with a rifle but with a paintbrush - and a pen. Originally published in 1956, this new edition features a revised text and 33 colour reproductions of Comfort's wartime paintings, many of which have never before been displayed in public." Interior - light browning to pages 189 to end of book, otherwise clean and tight with no previous… Read More
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ARTIST AT WAR.

ARTIST AT WAR.

by Comfort, Charles Fraser. Introduction by Eric Harrison. Afterword by Charles Fraser C. Jackson.

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Pender Island, British Coumbia: Remembrance Books, 1995. 197 pp + 4 pp of colour maps, 9" H. Colour plates, b&w portraits. "In 1943, Charles Comfort was sent into battle to make a painter's record of the Canadian army's fight against the Germans on the Italian peninsula. (This) is his account of that fight. Enduring the shellfire, the mud, and the fatigue of battle, Comfort watches war being waged amidst the treasures of centuries of Italian art and culture. From the horrors of Ortona to the jubliant liberation of Rome, (this book) gives us a view of the war unlike any other - the vivid and penetrating view of a soldier armed not just with a rifle but with a paintbrush - and a pen. Originally published in 1956, this new edition features a revised text and 33 colour reproductions of Comfort's wartime paintings, many of which have never before been displayed in public." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright.. Revised… Read More
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BATA:  SHOEMAKER TO THE WORLD.

BATA: SHOEMAKER TO THE WORLD.

by Bata, Thomas J. With Sonja Sinclair.

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Toronto: Stoddart, 1990. 341 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs. "In 1932, when young Tom Bata watched his father's coffin being lowered into his grave, he silently promised to abide by the wishes expressed in his father's 'moral testament': that the Bata Shoe Company was to be treated not as a source of private wealth, but as a public trust, a means of improving the liviing standards within the community and providing customers with good value for their money. At the time, Tom had no idea of the challenges he would face in fulfilling that promise. Not only was he ill-equipped, at age eighteen, to step into the shoes of an acknowledged business genius, creator of the largest shoe manufacturing and retailing organization in the world. Worse than that, fate was about to deal him a series of painful blows. The subjugation of his homeland, Czechoslovakia, by the Nazis was followed by an acrimonious family rift, the expropriation by Communist regimes of all his holdings in… Read More
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BEFORE I FORGET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

BEFORE I FORGET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

by Rackham, Reg. Signed.

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N.P.: Self-published, 1991. 191 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. Signed by author on title page. The reminiscences of a former Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer. Previous owner's place, date and signature on free front endpaper, small tear with crease at bottom of free rear endpaper - archivally taped, light wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has very light edge wear, light edge wrinkling - mainly at top of spine and top/bottom of flap-folds, a few soft creases at bottom of rear panel, a few very small faint liquid marks on front panel, light rubbing - mainly on rear panel. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good.
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BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS:  AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

by Woodcock, George.

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Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1987. 300 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). This, the second volume of George Woodcock's autobiography, "deals with the period between 1949 and 1977. (It) details Woodcock's life in the British Columbia bush, his close and longstanding relationship with the Doukhobors, his battles with US immigration officials. We learn of the founding of the influential 'Canadian Literature' review, and we follow Mr. Woodcock on his extended and beautifully-described tours of India and the South Seas. George Woodcock is not only a revered literary critic. He is also a gifted and witty raconteur. (This book) allows us further insights into the life of this fascinating man." ***Pages 268/9 were not printed/published - they concluded a chapter on a controversy concerning a libel suit brought by Margaret Atwood against "a young writer called Wigle, in which (she) was unflatteringly introduced as a character drawn from real life."***… Read More
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BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS:  AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

by Woodcock, George.

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Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1987. 300 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). This, the second volume of George Woodcock's autobiography, "deals with the period between 1949 and 1977. (It) details Woodcock's life in the British Columbia bush, his close and longstanding relationship with the Doukhobors, his battles with US immigration officials. We learn of the founding of the influential 'Canadian Literature' review, and we follow Mr. Woodcock on his extended and beautifully-described tours of India and the South Seas. George Woodcock is not only a revered literary critic. He is also a gifted and witty raconteur. (This book) allows us further insights into the life of this fascinating man." ***Pages 268/9 were not printed/published - they concluded a chapter on a controversy concerning a libel suit brought by Margaret Atwood against "a young writer called Wigle, in which (she) was unflatteringly introduced as a character drawn from real life."***… Read More
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BILLY BISHOP:  CANADIAN HERO.

BILLY BISHOP: CANADIAN HERO.

by McCaffery, Dan.

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Used - Very Good
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6th Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781550280951
ISBN 10
1550280953
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Toronto: James Lorimer, 1988. 227 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. "Drawing on extensive research in military archives, McCaffery tells an exciting, compelling story that holds the reader's attention page after page. In crisp, powerful prose, he conveys the extraordinary drama of aerial dogfights in the First World War, while also capturing the essence of Billy Bishop himself - the man and the pilot." Light edge wear to boards, light wrinkling to top/bottom of spine, tiny dint to top of textblock, tiny and small dent to top of edge of front board. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top/bottom edges, light rubbing, minor edge wear. . 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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