Search Results: Biography from Homeward Bound Books

Self Published By the Author. Very Good. 2013. Card Covers. 0992085500 . 164 p. 23 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers, with French flaps. Light wear to the corners. Rear cover lightly rubbed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An account of time spent in the British Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II, based on diaries the author kept during her service time. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. Signed by the author. .

Toronto: Pagurian Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0889320349 . 192 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Light wear to the corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a little edge wear and is shelf rubbed. An account of the life and career of Agatha Christie. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

Pickering: Alcalanians of North American. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 09730119204 . 104, 12 p. 21 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light edgewear and rubbing. Author's inscription on title page, otherwise clean and unmarked. The reminiscences of a Filipino-Canadian woman about the town she grew up in, Alcala, Philippines. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Inscribed by the author to previous owner on the title page. .

London: Michael Joseph. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0718124499 . 295 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A scratch along length of upper board. A couple of tiny impression marks on lower board. Top edge of text block has light foxing. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges, including a short tear at one corner, and there is foxing to the inside edges. A little soil to the white panels. A biography of British children's writer, Alison Uttley, best known for Little Grey Rabbit series of books. .

Eganville, Ontario: Silent Praise. Very Good+. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0968774601 . 118 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the corner tips and a little light shelf rubbing. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of General Juan Nepomuceno, a Mexican diplomat and military leader, for whom the town of Almonte, Ontario was named. Almonte never set foot in Canada, and the town may be the only place in this country named for a Mexican. Find out why in this book. .

Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Very Good+. 1997. Reprint. Softcover. 1550412949 . 96 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Small scuff mark on back cover. Very minor wear to corner tips. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A reprint edition of an autobiographical memoir by the beloved author of the Anne of Green Gables series. Originally appeared as a series of magazine articles in 1917. .

Self Published By the Author. Near Fine. 1976. Hardcover. 91 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to corner tips. A couple of light streaks to upper board. Inside pages clean and unmarked. Lightly, if ever, read. A brief book of reminiscences of a Toronto based business man and world traveller. .

Toronto: Oberon Press. Very Good+. 1993. Softcover. 0887509460 . 103 p. 15 x 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to edges and corners. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A collection of reminiscences by ordinary Canadians about their lives in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. .

Toronto: Key Porter Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 1550130277 . 390 p. 23.5 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. A few faint stains and a sprinkle of foxing to the top edge of the text block. Minor rub wear to the edges. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The dust jacker has some light edge wear and is shelf rubbed. Not price clipped. A biography of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. Includes four pages of black and white photographs. .

Toronto: The Musson Book Company Ltd.. Very Good. ©1922. Hardcover. 160 p. 18.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Top edge has light foxing and is a little dusty. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Essays on various topics by John Wilson Bengough, one of Canada's earliest cartoonists. Bengough is best known for his political cartoons in Grip, a satirical magazine he published and edited, which he based on Punch. (from Wikipedia) The book includes small charcoall drawings. .

London, Ont.: Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. 142 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Lightly worn at the spine ends and corners. Faint remains of pencilled price on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket is torn along the front flap fold for 1/2 its length and has been repaired with acid free cello tape. The jacket has edgewear, including some small tears and chips. The spine is faded. The story of the first Bishop of the Diocese of Huron in western Ontario. Cronyn arrived in London, Ontario in 1852 and was appointed Bishop in 1857, after serving as a travelling missionary, Incumbent of the Crown Rectories, Rector of London, and Rural Dean of western Ontario. The Bishop was the great-grandfather of actor Hume Cronyn, Jr. .

Barrie, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. 2013. Softcover. 0986500720 . 244 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to edges and corners. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An account of the life of the author from the years 1923 to 2003, in Ontario and Quebec. .

Ancaster, Ontario: Bramy Books. Very Good. 2008. Third Edition. Softcover. 0978423607 . 312 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Front cover somewhat curled. Some corner crease front and bottom. Lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, barring the author's signature. Lighthearted reminiscences of the author's youth growing up in Stratford, Ontario. Includes black and white photographers of the author and family members. .

Toronto: Oberon Press. Good. 1972. Softcover. 0887500692 . 170 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Spine heavily faded. Wear to the corners and edges. Bottom fore-corner is lightly bumped, affecting the text block and covers. Rubbed with some soft creases. Previous owner's name markered out on the half title page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. An account of a life of crime as told by Billie Miller, booster, pimp, and junkie. Canadian author David Helwig spent a summer with Billie while he was on parole and who took on the task to tell Miller's story. .

Toronto: Oxford University Press. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 245 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Rear inner hinge has a couple of insect holes. Damp stain to top edges of both boards. Light foxing to all text block edges. Top edge dusty. Previous owner's books plate and name on the front endpapers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked with slight toning. Dust jacket has heavy edge and folds wear, including chips, tears, and creases. The spine is faded and has a crease. Both panels show some soil, moreso to the rear. Reverse side shows red staining from cloth of books. The second book by Canadian artist Emily Carr, in which she tells the story of her childhood in Victoria, British Columbia.. .

Fredericton: New Ireland Press. Very Good. 1996. Second Revised Edition. Softcover. 0920483992 . 193 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light crease to rear top fore-corner and a little bending to a few of the last pages at that corner. Minor wear otherwise. Except for the author's inscription, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. An autobiography of a labour union organizer who was from Cape Breton. Laid in is a double sided handwritten letter from the author to a "Brother" to catch him up on the highlights of his political and activist life. It seems he was still fighting for the rights of men into his retirement years. The book is inscribed to the same person and signed by the author on the title page. .

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1550544616 . 160 p. 16 x 20 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Minor wear. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a fade strip on the back panel the spine appears lightly faded. Shows a little light soil to the rear panel. The story of the author's boyhood growing up in Saskatchewan during the Depression. This illustrated edition includes colour realist artwork by Len Gibbs. .

Kentville, Nova Scotia: Kentville Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1969. Softcover. 170 p. 20 cm. A bit of edge and corner wear. Covers lightly scratched. No internal marks. Lightly, if ever, read. A biography of Canadian musician Don Messer, remembered for his 1960's variety show and hoedown. B&W Photographs .

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 080781248X . 261 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Moderate foxing to the top edge of the text block and a little bit along the edges of the title page. Small stamp on the half title page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked, with slight toning. The dust jacket has a bit of crinkling to the spine ends and impression marks on the rear panel. A biography of Sir Richard Weston, Earl of Portland, and Charles I's Lord Treasurer beteen 1628 and 1635. .

Ottawa, Ontario: Crocus House. Very Good. 1979. Softcover. 127 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor edge wear. White covers have tanned slightly. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Statements of support from friends and acquaintances of Colonel John By, who was responsible for the construction of the Rideau Canal, and subsequently brought before a committee of investigation for costs overruns. .