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Very Good First Printing trade softcover. Very scarce out-of-print title, SIGNED by Homer Seguin. Light wear to covers, interiors like new. 6x9, 173 pages, index, photos. This book is primarily about the author's battles on behalf of Ontario miners, mill, smelter and refinery workers, and how the United Steelworkers union improved the lives of those workers in the Sudbury and Elliot Lake regions.

Fifth House Publishers, 1994. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing Softcover. 6" by 9", 336 pages, historical photos. Crisp, clean, solid, unmarked, very nice indeed. The first major biography of Nellie McClung - author, feminist, suffragist, social reformer and politician. This well-researched and finely balanced study includes McClung's time in Grey County, Millford, Manitou and Winnipeg in Manitoba, Alberta, and Victoria.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Edward Thornhill, 1997. Large Softcover. As New. AS-NEW revised edition, 8.5" by 11" softcover,183 pages. No wear to wraps, binding or interiors - brand new condition. The amazing biography of Ed Thornhill, born and raised in Manitou, Manitoba, and who joined the RCAF in 1937.

Ball Media Corp., 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. FINE First Edition Trade Paperback. No creases, no markings, appears unread, nearly perfect covers. 6" x 9", 386 pages including discography, b&w photos.

Don Mills, ON: General Publishing, 1980. 1st Edition . Large Softcover. Very Good. VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing. First and scarcest of the Jones series on 'The Great One', published in his rookie year. 8.5" x 11", 94 pages, b&w and color photos. Crisp, clean, tight, unmarked but for school award bookplate on first page. Wraps have light edge wear, binding is tight, all text and photo pages FINE.

NY: Selmar Hess, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. VERY GOOD++/no DJ as issued, no edition noted. Rich brown cloth boards with gilt titles & decorations. A magnificent unmarked copy of this antique book, with light wear to extremities of boards and crisp & pristine interiors (appears unread but for small nick on tissue guard of frontispiece). Volume one of an 8-volume set includes soldiers and sailors: Alexander the Great, Marc Antony, Attila the Hun, Julius Caesar, Sir Francis Drake, Hannibal, Sir Walter Raleigh, Olaf Tryggveson, William the Conquerer and 29 others. 9.5" x 12", 204 pages, tissue-guarded illustrations in photogravure, wood engravings and typogravures, gilt edges

NY: Selmar Hess, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. VERY GOOD++/no DJ as issued, no edition noted. Rich brown cloth boards with gilt titles & decorations. A magnificent unmarked copy of this antique book, with light rubbing to corners foot of spine - crisp & pristine interiors (appears unread). Volume four of an 8-volume set includes statesmen and sages: John Adams, Prince Von Bismarck, Simon Bolivar, Grover Cleveland, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Disraeli, Benjamin Franklin, William Gladstone, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Isaac Newton, George Washington, Daniel Webster and 19 others. 9.5" x 12", 204 pages, tissue-guarded illustrations in photogravure, wood engravings and typogravures, gilt edges.

Manotick, ON: Penumbra Press, 1991. Soft cover. Fine. FINE 1st revised and enlarged Edition. Scarce title. Only 2000 copies printed. In this revamped and expanded edition of "Grey Owl's Favorite Wilderness (1981)", the author looks at Grey Owl's chosen home town Biscotasing and focuses on a land-use dispute over Bear Island in Lake Temagami, a controversy involving the provincial government, loggers, developers and First Nations people. Chapters I-VII were part of the original 1981 book. Chapters VIII and IX are new.

Parks Canada, 1985. Soft cover. Near Fine. NEAR-FINE spiral-bound softcover. A clean copy with nearly perfect covers and as-new interiors, previous owner's name on 1st page. 8.25" x 11", 46 pages, 26 duotone photographs, text by Grey Owl historian Lovat Dickson.

Fine trade paperback. A crisp and clean copy of this restored edition of an essential Canadian classic, with pristine unmarked interiors and nearly perfect covers, no creases. Approx. 5" x 8", 194 pages.

Fine reprint paperback. A superb copy with as-new pages, no markings, no creases, appears unread. Nearly as-new covers. 4.25" x 6.75", 391 pages, a section of b&w photos, index. This book is the New York Times Bestselling Rock Classic Special Edition. It includes an all-new chapter never before published in the U.S.

Stittsville, ON, Canada: Canada's Wings, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. AS-NEW/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing. A perfect unmarked copy with absolutely no wear to boards, binding, pages or DJ. Clearly never handled or read. 8vo, 6.25" by 9.25", 254 pages, three sections of b&w plates, index. Biography of lawyer and prosecutor Murray Peden, trained at the University of Manitoba and crown attorney for the province in the 40's and 50's.

Innisfail and Red Deer, Alberta: Congregation of Notre Dame - St. Joseph's Convent, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. Fine 1st Edition Hardcover, SIGNED by the author Rev. Henry Becs on the title page. Also includes a laid-in note (also signed) from the Reverend dated January, 1993. Brand new condition, no markings, a special signed HC copy. 6" x 9", 192 pages, maps, 43 photographs.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Prairie Publishing, 1980. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Near-Fine First Edition Trade Paperback. 6" by 9", 123 pages, illustrated with b&w photos. Clean & tight, unmarked, appears unhandled and unread. Biography of war reporter, television broadcaster, and author Stewart MacPherson. He broadcast war coverage for the BBC, and later hosted two British quiz programs, 'Twenty Questions' and 'Ignorance is Bliss.' He also covered the maiden voyage of the QEII, broadcast for CKY in Winnipeg, and tells stories that include Jack Wells and Jack Matheson.

Toronto: Swan Publishing Co., 1965. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD- First Edition (stated) in stapled wraps, 8.25" x 11", 45 pages. Light edge wear to covers, crease and light mark on front cover, interiors FINE. Published as a memorial following his death in 1965, this publication includes more than 80 historic photographs, including 5 Yousuff Karsh portraits.

Prince Albert, SK: Polka Dot Press, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. VG 3rd Printing softcover. Clean, tight, square, no markings. Light cover wear only. 5.5" x 8", 206 pages. More than a history lesson, this controversial book contains a powerful tale that unveils the rich history and traditions of The Hutterite people of southern Manitoba Canada. With references to Dahl's Farm, Rogers' Farm, Plum Coulee, Winkler and Portage la Prairie,this ground-breaking narrative shines a light on intolerance.

FINE 3rd printing trade softcover. Nearly perfect covers, previous owner's name on title page, otherwise as-new interiors. 5.5" x 8", 206 pages, illustrated. This book contains a powerful tale that unveils the rich history and traditions of The Hutterite people of southern Manitoba, Canada. With references to Dahl's Farm, Rogers' Farm, Plum Coulee, Winkler and Portage la Prairie, this ground-breaking narrative shines a light on intolerance.

Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History, Incorporated, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. NEW First Edition softcover, 1st Printing with French flaps. Brand new, unmarked, 6x9, 224 pages, illustrated with dozens of b&w photos.

Near-Fine 1st Edition Trade Paperback. Previous owner's name on title page, small mark on fore-edge, otherwise Fine. 6" x 9", 120 pages, colour photos. Incredible story of a Kleefeld farmer's electrocution, when his grain auger touched a power line.

Bristol, UK: Record Greetings Ltd., 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. FINE/GOOD+ First Edition. Nearly perfect navy cloth boards with silver graphics, as-new binding and interiors, no markings but for short gift inscription on ffep. This exceptional copy comes with a good+ DJ with edge wear, minor shipping, small tape repair. 5.5" x 8.75", 378 pages, index, list of the leaders of the International Staff Band from 1893 to 1985, list of the bandmasters of the ISB from 1891 to 1985, sepia tone photos dating back to 1894 and 1889.