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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited BOOK: Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: a saga of Canadian inspiration. CONTENTS: Introduction; 1: The Frontiersmen (Heroes who broke barriers) 2: The Flyers (Heroes of the high skies) 3: The Tycoons (The hero as a winner) 4: The Entertainers (Heroes of stage and screen) 5: The Dedicated (The hero with a conscience) 6: The Writers (Heroes of the fourth estate); Index; Picture Credits, Acknowledgements. SYNOPSIS: In every struggle, in answer to every challenge, individuals will rise to tower above their contemporaries, who with their deeds of daring will shape and reshape the destiny of their nation, and sometimes the world. They are The Heroes. The names of the great international heroes spring easily to mind . . . Churchill, Schwietzer, Napoleon . . . but Canada, too, has had more than its share of… Leer más

Harmondsworth Middlesex: a Pelican Original Penguin Books Ltd, 1977. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: List of Plates; Preface; Maps; 1. The Origins of the Celts: The Archaeological Evidence by J. X. W. P. Corcoran 2. The Celts in Europe 3. The Origins of the Celtic Kingdoms in Britain and Ireland 4. The Development of the Celtic Kingdoms of the West 5. Institutions and Way of Life 6. Religion and Mythology 7. Christianity 8. Celtic Art 9. Celtic Literature; Index. SYNOPSIS: Nora Chadwick, a Celtic scholar of international repute, describes in this Pelican the rise and spread of the Celts and their arrival in the British Isles in about the eighth century B.C. Her study of their history, religion, art and literature reveals those individualistic and imaginative qualities which have contributed so much to the world we live in today. Nora Chadwick was… Leer más

Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1888. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Edges Heavily Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. EXCERPT: PREFACE This book has been written on the same plan as the Junior History of England in this series, but is more advanced both in thought and language. It is intended for the upper Standards of those Elementary Schools for which a complete History is better adapted than one in periods. The aim of the book is to present the leading facts of English History in a clear and interesting and readable manner. Details which are suitable only for a text-book have been omitted or curtailed. It is provided with notes and maps where these are necessary to elucidate the text. The two series of Historical Readers are as follows: I. Book of Stories from English History - Standard III ENGLISH HISTORY IN PERIODS II. England to 1399 - Standard IV; III. England from 1399 to… Leer más

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. Repaired; Light Creasing on Spine, Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. BOOK NUMBER: CHAC 9. CONTENTS: The Old and the New; I. Industrialism under Way; II. The Shock of Change; III. Organize or Perish; IV. The Individual in an Impersonal Society; V. The Impact of Urban Life; VI. Protest from the South and West; VII. The Politics of Adjustment; VIII. The Rise to World Power; IX. The Response to Industrialism; Important Dates; Suggested Reading; Index. SYNOPSIS: The years between 1885 and 1914 were the age of the first impact of industrialism on American society. The people of that day first began to realize the profound implications of an industrial era. Out of this nation-wide upheaval rose the institutions of our modern life. Samuel P. Hays vividly presents these changes and the ways in which various segments of American society interpreted them, adjusted to them, and… Leer más

London: Phoenix - Orion Books Ltd, 1996. Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped. ALSO KNOWN AS: This abridged edition, published in 1996 by Phoenix, contains an abridgement of Chapter 3, The Tories Versus Churchill During the "Finest Hour", from Eminent Churchillians. Notes to this chapter appear in both the hardback and paperback editions of the book. SYNOPSIS: Andrew Roberts' controversial examination of the Age of Churchill has necessitated the revision of some of our most familiar recent history. Adopting the technique pioneered by Lytton Strachey in Eminent Victorians, Roberts has reconsidered the mythology of the recent past and scrutinised institutions such as Winston Churchill and the Tory Party. His incisive, daring scholarship has uncovered a plethora of uncomfortable truths and offers an original, often disturbing analysis of the way politicians attempted to stymie Churchill's leadership during the finest hour.. Abridged Edition. Paperback. Fine. 24mo - over… Leer más

Boston/Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1966. BOOK: Repaired; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: The Struggle for Survival 1940-1965. CONTENTS: Preface; BOOK ONE THIS STAR OF ENGLAND; Part One The Riddle of the War; Part Two The President Digs In; Part Three Under the Shadow of Stalin; BOOK TWO THE WITHERED GARLAND; Part Four Fall from Power; Part Five The Prime Minister Falters; Part Six Never Give In; Part Seven Winston and Anthony; Part Eight A Long Farewell; Appendices; Index. SYNOPSIS: In the spring of 1940, in the first minutes of Britain's finest hour, certain members of the Cabinet, realizing how essential the new Prime Minister had become, called in Sir Charles Wilson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, soon to become Lord Moran, to take charge of Winston Churchill's health. Sir… Leer más

Montreal: The Royal Bank of Canada, 1967. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. Centennial Year 1967. A survey of our land, its economy, its culture, its people. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Centenary of Confederation; Our Native People; To be a citizen; Prospectus for Youth; Our Atlantic Provinces; The Province of Quebec; Ontario; From the Lakes to the Mountains; The Pacific Coast; North of 60 Degrees; Canada: Part of the World; The Canadian Family Enters 1967; Things to Remember; Seeing Canada Whole; Map of Canada (Back cover). PUBLISHER: Published by The Royal Bank of Canada, to mark the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada 1867-1967. SYNOPSIS: A collection of Monthly Letters. EXCERPT: Introduction: Amid all the great and big things that are being done to celebrate the Centenary of the Confederation of Canada, we thought that this little… Leer más

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers, 1890. Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Supplemented by full and precise translations of the text of the various constitutions and constitutional laws in operation at different times, from 1789 to 1889. Illustrated with 32 Portraits and a Map of Paris. CONTENTS: I. The Revolution and the First Republic; II. The Consulate and the First Empire; III. The Restoration of Monarchy; IV. The Orleanist Monarchy; V. The Second Republic; VI. The Second Empire; VII. The Third Republic; VIII. Conclusion; APPENDICES: I. Constitution of 1791; II. Constitution of 1793; III. Constitution of 1795; IV. Constitution of 1799; V. Constitutional Charter of 1814; VI. Additional Act of 1815; VII. Constitutional Charter of 1830; VIII. Constitution of 1848; IX. Constitution of 1852; X. Constitutional Laws of 1875.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket (As Issued). 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más

London: Jupiter Books (London) Ltd, 1979. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Missing. CONTENTS: Author's Note; A Note on the Illustrations; Heyday of Highwaymen; The Gallows and the Gibbet; Crooked Cavaliers; Claude Duval; Gentlemen of the Road; Jonathan Wild; Jack Sheppard; The Real Dick Turpin; Sixteen-String Jack; The Bushrangers of Australia; The Road Agents of America; Select Bibliography. EXCERPT: Author's Note - In relating the stories of celebrated highwaymen I have concentrated first on the English variety, followed by their cousins-in-crime, the "bushrangers" of Australia and the "road agents" and railway bandits of America's Wild West, a cavalcade of highway robbery starting in the mid-seventeenth century and ending in the early years of the twentieth century. In writing this volume I have consulted many books and journals and hereby… Leer más

Curtis Books - The Curtis Publishing Company Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. TRANSLATOR: C. J. Richards. CONTENTS: From Corsica: The Eagle Flies; A Happy Marriage; Italy: First Victories; An Army in Rags; The Austrian Defeat; The Lure of The Near East; The Grenadiers: Guardians of the Consulate; The First and Only Consul; Marengo: The Eve of The Empire; A Mushrooming of Republics; The First Conspiracies; Coronation at Notre Dame; Death and Victory of Nelson; The Bright Sun of Austerlitz; Life During The Empire; Revolution Without End; The Spanish Debacle; Empty Victories; Repudiation of the Beautiful Josephine; The New Family; Russian Snows Bury The Grande Armee; Still the People Trust in Him; The Boys of the Saxon Campaign; France Invaded!; Farewell to The Imperial Eagles!; The Lightning Return from Elba; Waterloo: The Desperate Battle; Exile to St. Helena; After Death: Again The Great Emperor.. Hard Cover. Good/No… Leer más

Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, 1970. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; Heavy Fading Due to Sun Exposure. "Door of the seas . . . key of the universe". CONTENTS: 1 The Noble Undertaking 2 The Rising Sun 3 The Door of the Seas 4 The Key of the Universe 5 A Nation's Humour 6 God's Wonderful Mercy 7 As Bitter as Gall; Appendices; Acknowledgements; Sources and Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: For the Scots, stunned by the Massacre of Glencoe and prickled by English arrogance, the Darien scheme brought a touch of dignity. William Peterson's seductive vision of a New Caledonia linking Pacific and Atlantic beckoned them away from a past of martyred warriors towards a bright commercial future. Darien would be the "door of the seas, and the key of the universe". English… Leer más

Toronto: Seal Books - McClelland-Bantam, Inc. Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; "10" Stamped on Lower Edge. Canada's Most Beloved Storyteller, Farley Mowat. A Brave People Battle for Survival in the Arctic. ALSO KNOWN AS: The author is grateful to Maclean's for permission to include material previously published in that magazine under the title The Two Ordeals of Kikik. CONTENTS: Foreword; Foreword to the New Edition 1 People of the Deer 2 Of Many Graves 3 A Spring to Remember 4 The Drums of Hope 5 Two Visitations 6 The Empires of the North 7 Journey into Fear 8 The Rusting Rifles 9 People of the Dole 10 Madness and Denial 11 A Dawn Extinguished 12 The Promised Land 13 The Ordeals of Kikik 14 For Us to Say; Epilogue; Appendix - The Ihalmiut from 1946 to 1958. SYNOPSIS: THEY COULD SURVIVE ANYTHING IN THE ARCTIC WILDERNESS - EXCEPT THE WHITE MAN. They were rich, the caribou were abundant. Their dogs were many and strong. The children in… Leer más

Toronto: Seal Books - McClelland-Bantam, Inc. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Canada's Greatest Storyteller, Farley Mowat, the author of Never Cry Wolf. The Classic Tale of Courage and Survival. ALSO KNOWN AS: The author wishes to thank the Atlantic Monthly for permission to use here some material that first appeared in its pages. CONTENTS: Foreword; Foreword to the New Edition; I The Why and Wherefore; II Into the Barrenlands; III The Intruders; IV The Children; V The Lifeblood of the Land; VI Under the Little Hills; VII Feast and Famine; VIII Of Houses and Tongues; IX Eskimo Spring; X These Are Their Days; XI The Boy and the Black One; XII The Shape of the Law; XIII Kakumee; XIV The Breaker of the Law; XV Stone Men and Dead Men; XVI From the Inland Sea; XVII Ghosts, Devils and Spirits; XVIII Ohoto; XIX Days of His Father; XX Last Days of the People; XXI The Days to Come. SYNOPSIS: THEY WERE IN HARMONY… Leer más

New York: s.p.i. Books - Shapolsky Publishers, Inc. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. A young boy grasps for survival in a country aflame with the fires of change. SUB-TITLE: A Saga of Pre-War Russia. SYNOPSIS: The turbulent era of the Russian Revolution comes magnificently alive, sweeping aside a family's life like A Dry Leaf in the Wind. They lived, they laughed, and they died, trapped in the violent passions that flashed across the blood-stained panorama of a country at war with itself. Separated from their loved ones and encased by the brutality of civil war, they fled their homeland in a frantic search for freedom.. First Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1964. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; Moderate Fading Due to Sun Exposure. DUST JACKET: Missing.. First Edition 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1969. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Canada's Prime Ministers from Macdonald to Trudeau. SYNOPSIS: Canadian history dull? Not the way Gordon Donaldson tells it. In this series of bright and lively character sketches of Canada's Prime Ministers, he sheds new light on the lives of these unusual and often unpredictable men. "This book is not an attempt to set up graven images but to survey the adventures of the fifteen lively men who built a nation in defiance of history, geography and climate." And the attempt succeeds, by dealing with the embarrassments as well as the glories, with the private lives as well as the public images. As a result of his extensive research, Donaldson is able to portray with great accuracy the character of each of these… Leer más

Toronto: The Ryerson Press Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Moderate Moisture Damage; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: Canada, 1882-1932. CONTENTS: Introduction - by Lawrence J. Burpee, Hon. Secretary; I. The Intellectual Life of Canada as Reflected in its Royal Society - by Sir Robert Falconer; II. La Litterature au Canada Francais - by Chanoine Emile Chartier (in French); III. Cinquante Ans d'Histoire au Canada Francais - by Aegidius Fauteux (in French); IV. Retrospective d'Economie Sociale au Canada Francais - by Gustave Lanctot (in French); V. English Canadian Literature - by Lorne Pierce; VI. Fifty Years of Canadian History - by Chester Martin; VII. Fifty Years of Archaeology in Canada - by Diamond Jenness; VIII. Fifty Years of Statistical Progress - by R. H. Coats; IX. Fifty Years of Political and Economic Science in Canada - by O. D. Skelton; X. Presidential Address-Section III, Including an… Leer más

Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, 1983. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; Author's Note; Maps: France, Paris in 1790; Prologue: Court and Country; 1. The Day of the Tennis-Court Oath 20 June 1789; 2. The Day of the Vainqueurs de la Bastille 14 July 1789; 3. The Day of the Market-Women 5-6 October 1789; 4. The Days of the Federes and the Flight to Varennes 14-17 July 1790 and 19-26 June 1791; 5. The Days of the Tuileries 20 June and 10 August 1792; 6. The Days of the September Massacres and the Execution of the King 2-7 September 1792 and 21 January 1793; 7. The Days of the Enrages and the Hebertists 28 May-2 June and 4-5 September 1793; 8. The Days of the Terror October-December 1793 and March-July 1794; 9. The Days of Thermidor 22-28 July 1794; 10. The Days of Germinal, Prairial, and Vendemiaire 1 April, 20 May and… Leer más

Aldergrove: Frontier Publishing Ltd. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. EXCERPT: PREFACE In the short span of three and one half years, Harry Fuller Morren, of the Royal North West Mounted Police, was involved in more dramatic episodes than the average police officer encounters in forty years of service. In some instances he was obviously "in the right place at the right time", but in the majority of experiences the drama was the direct result of good intelligence, keen powers of deduction and a sound knowledge of the resources of his community. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Assistance in presenting the story of Harry Morren has come from a great many sources. Special thanks must go to Mrs. Hildreth Morren, Barrie, for so generously making photos and papers available from her husband's records. Without her thoughtfulness, the story would have lacked much of its detail and interest. Appreciation must also be expressed to the… Leer más

London: Adam and Charles Black Limited, 1949. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled. DUST JACKET: Missing. With Thirty-Five Photographs. SUB-TITLE: A Background to South Africa. CONTENTS: Preface; I. Voyage of Rediscovery; II. "South Africa, I Presume?"; III. Snapshot of a Continent; IV. Barbaric Splendour; V. In Savage Surroundings; VI. The City Built on Gold; VII. The Twilight of the Goddesses; VIII. The Great Indian Invasion; IX. The Fall of the House of Zulu; X. The Animals from Noah's Ark; XI. The New Folds at Home; XII. The Racial Rearguard; Index.. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.