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Montreal: Cie de Tabac Terrebonne, 1938. Staplebound. Good +. Small unpaginated staple bound; considerable age darkening; stamp of Societe Historique de St. Boniface on first page. En francais. A collection of Radio scripts on themes relating to the events of 1837. Includes Terrebonne tobacco advertising as well as other illustrations. A hard-to-find item.
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AMIEL Un patriote ignore de 37: 1837-38 Radio-Roman 1937-38
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Agaguk
by Theriault, Yves
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- First English
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- 9780770060169
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Whitby, ON, Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Limited, 1967. First English. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 229p. Written about a young eskimo who leaves his father's tribe to be with his wife and have children in the northern wilderness. Agaguk clashes with European traders when one is found dead and the trail leads to Agaguk. Warm yet violent in parts, a good read. Edge wear, withdrawn stamp, library pocket on FFEP+note and stain. Slanted spine. DJ preserved with plastic and tape. Very readable. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Age of Longing: A Novel
by Wright, Richard B.
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HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -. 242 p.; VG-/VG-; nice, unmarked copy in unclipped DJ; marred by water stain on back cover. Some bleeding from cover to top edge of back few pages. Does not interfere with readabillity. "Recreating in rich detail the flavour of life in small-town Ontario in the 1930s and 1940s, RIchard B. Wright shows how the past can illuminate the present and captures the complexities of love and longing inside this seemingly ordinary man", Howard Wheeler, a "repressed but sensitive book editor in his late 50s." 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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All Gone Widdun : Annamarie Beckel
by Beckel, Annamarie L.
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- 9781550811476
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Saint John's, NF, Canada: Breakwater Books, Limited, 1999. First. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Breakwater Books pb; 1999; 386 p. VG-; edges rubbed, bumped a bit, glossy cover peeling a bit at edges, some reading wear.. Cover illustration by Gerald Squires. Includes bibliography. A fictionalized account of the life and death of Shawnawdithit, the last Beothuk. Widdun: Beothuk word for sleep, euphemism for death. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Almonte
by Cosentino, Frank
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- 9780968774601
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Eganville, Ontario, Canada: Silent Praise, 2000. Probable First. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 119 p.; VG+; glossy tradepaper, clean, bright, unmarked. How did a small Ontario town come to be named for a Mexican statesman/diplomat? Sports historian Frank Cosentino, who previously wrote about James Naismith and Robert Tait Mackenzie of Almonte (Brothers of the Wind), became fascinated by this question. His research took him from southern Ontario to Texas, and this book covers both the life and career of Juan Nepomuceno Almonte and a brief history of his namesake town. An intriguiing look at a little-known slice of Mexican and Canadian history and an unlikely linkage. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Angelique
by Gale, Lorena
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Toronto ON: Playwrights Canada Press, 2000. First Edfition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 76 p.; softcover; cover painting by Richard Horne. First play by Canadian writer Lorena Gale; winner of du Maurier National Playwriting Competition and nominated Outstanding New Play in Calgary's Betty Mitchell Awards, 1998. Based on the life and death of Marie Joseph Angelique, a slave woman hanged in Montreal in 1734. "A rich, poetic evocation of a graceful yet cruel time - a time when 'civilised' citizens still bought and sold slaves." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Art of Emily Carr
by Shadbolt, Doris
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- 0888944411
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Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 1987. First Paperback. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. First Paperback edition; Douglas & McIntyre, 1987; orig. pub. 1979; VG+; 222 p. incl. bibliography & reference notes; an overview of Emily Carr's life and art, illustrated with many coloour and B&W reproductions of her paintings. A very nice copy, just a touch of shelf wear, clean, tight, square, unmarked. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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An Artist in Nature
by Archbold, Rick
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- 9780670834266
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- 0670834262
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Toronto, ON, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1990. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Bateman, Robert (illustrator). Viking Studio/Madison Press book; 1990; apparent first edition; NF/VG; large HC (11 1/4 in. high x 12 in. wide), dark red cloth over boards, embossed BATEMAN; book is near fine, clean, crisp, no markings; DJ unclipped, clean, bright, but a bit scuffed and somewhat bumped along lower edge and has small closed tear at bottom of spine on back. This is a fine coffee-table type book combining a biography of Robert Bateman with commentaries on his work. Profusely illustrated with both B&W and many colour reproductions of his paintings. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Assault from the Right
by Fawkes, Tom
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British Columbia, Canada: B. C. Federation of Labour; B. C. & Yukon Building Trades Council, 1983. Not Stated. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 148 p.; VG+, has reading crease down front cover, library stamp inside f.c., no other marks, interior clean & bright. Areview of "right to work" legislation and other issues affecting the building trades in British Columbia. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Backhouses of the North
by Newton-White, Muriel E.
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Cobalt ON: Highway Book Shop, 1972. Probable First. Saddle Stitched. Very Good -/No Jacket. Newton-White, Muriel E.. 38 p.; VG-, has gift inscription inside front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. A humourous look at the history and lore of the humble outhouse, illustrated by the author's B & W sketches. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Bagne, Or, Criteria for Heaven
by McLennan, Rob
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- 9781896647326
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- 1896647324
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: Broken Jaw Press, 2000. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 120 p.; VG; top corner a bit bumped. Signed and inscribed by author on title page, "To Borealis, the best bookstore in Winnipeg, thanks. Rob Mclennan, Nov. 1 '00". 93 interconnected poems by prolific and multi-talented writer/artist Mclennan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Barbara Frum : A Daughter's Memoir
by Frum, Linda
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- 9780394223421
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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Apparent first edition/first printing; NF/VG+; appears new and unread, in unclipped DJ with very slight edge bumping. A loving and personal memoir of one of Canada's best-known and highly-respected journalists. 287 p. incl. index; illustrated with & B & W photos. A very nice copy, suitable as gift. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Bay of Chaleur at War : From Vimy Ridge to Vietnam
by McCarthy, A. J.
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Halifax, NS, Canada: Nimbus Publishing, Limited, 1998. First. Pictorial Cover. NEW/No Jacket. Apparent first edition; paperback; 101 p.; New condition with only a trace of shelfwear. The author has published a community newspaper in Bathurst NB since 1913 and compiled this history of the war experiences of the North Shore from newspaper and other contemporary documents. Illustrated with many B & W photos and reproductions of wartime advertisements, posters, and other materials. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Becky Swan's Book
by Musgrave, Susan
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Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 1977. Limited. Original Wraps. Good+/No Jacket. Unpaginated; small oblong book, dark green card covers, cover illustration by Lydia Morgan Brown. Overall in good condition with some rubbing of the edges and bumping of the corners. A collection of short poems, set in Cloister Old English. Only 1000 copies were printed. HTF. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Best of Gregory Clark
by Clark, Gregory
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Toronto ON: Ryerson Press, 1959. Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Fair. 174 p.; VG-/Fair; HC in green boards, has po name onffep, gift inscription on half-title page, marks on half-title page as if something had been taped there; DJ unclipped but badly worn, has been reinforced with archival tape. A collection of short articles from Weekend Magazine. Other Greg Clark books available. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Bethune
by Stewart, Roderick
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Toronto ON: New Press, 1973. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. 210 p. incl. index, bibliography, notes, appendices. VG/VG-. Nice clean condition, PO name on ffep, pencilled price, otherwise unmarked. DJ unclipped, rubbed along folds, some chipping & small closed tears. A thoroughly researched biography of Norman Bethune, the Canadian surgeon who served in both the Spanish Civil War and China, becoming a hero of the Chinese Revolution after his death in 1939. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Bettina
by Childs, Thomas J.
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Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Nuage Editions, 1998. Not Stated. Pictorial Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Not stated; may be first edition. Small PB, 110 p, French wraps. Cover has dark red rose with tire tracks across it. G+; nice, tight, clean copy, pencilled notation on ffep, last 20 p. or so are wrinkled at upper corner, last few quite noticeably. Does not affect readability. Someone must have been reading in the bath. "Bettina's end seems near. And as she feels her days draw to a close, her mind travels back to her first love, a young French scholar who introduced her to Guillaume de Lorris' 13th-century masterpiece on courtly love . . ." In her declining years Bettina unites star-crossed lovers Spencer and Phoebe . . . a romance with wheels (really - Bettina is a bus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Biggest Modern Woman of the World
by Swan, Susan
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- 0886190436
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Toronto ON: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1983. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade paperback; novel based on the life of Nova Scotia giantess Anna Swan; some reading wear. Signed and dated by author, with personal inscription. Author notes in foreword that she does not know for certain if she is related to Anna Swan but thinks they might have a distant common ancestor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Birds of the Islands
by Adams, Dawn
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- ISBN 13
- 9780888650276
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- 0888650272
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Vancouver, BC, Canada: Pacific Educational Press, 1984. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Markowsky, Jeannie (illustrator). Large Hardcover; white boards w. cover illustration of sandhill cranes; 24 p., NF condition, very small dent at fore-edge of front cover. Part of a series of readers developed for the Queen Charlotte Islands School District by WEDGE/University of British Columbia. A very lovely book, with detailed colour illustrations of common Island birds. Short text on each species is at an easy reading level for children 6 - 13. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Bit of Yesterday
by Blythe, Aleata
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- Second Printing
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- 9780919143289
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- 0919143288
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Pemmican Publications, Incorporated, 1982. Second Printing. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pawlyk, John J.. 82 p.; second printing December 1985; VG; corner bumped, edges a bit rubbed, interior clean and unmarked, solid in binding. A collection of short fiction, many based on Aleata Blythe's experience living in northern Manitoba during the Depression. Illustrated with B & W pencil drawings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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