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Protestantism
de Dunstan, J.Leslie (Editor)
New York: George Braziller. 1962. Octavo Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. 255 pages. The spirit of Protestantism: the God-Man encounter as living experience in history, the primacy of freedom and responsibility, and the reflection in Christian belief of the changing human situation - from the 6 volume series of the major religions of the modern world. Robust, professional packaging and...
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EUR 11.12
THE ORDERLY DISORDERLY HOUSE
de Erwin, Carol; with Miller, Floyd
New York: Doubleday. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. HC has light edgewear/corner bumping. There is some spotting and a stain on top edge. Interior pages are tight and have no markings other than a name written on first endpage, but the stain on the top edge affects the top corner edge of quite a few pages and part way down the edge and spine edge of back inside cover. The stain is fairly unobtrusive on the interior pages, but does affect the last couple pages and...
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EUR 15.08
CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS THE INSIDE STORY The Inside Story
de Stewart, Walter (editor)
Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888301871 . Hardover is clean & tight, unmarked other than crossed out name/address on endpage. Jacket has age tanning, light soiling & a few tiny edge tears. Some of Canada's finest journalists examine the daily newspaper industry in Canada. Contributing journalists include: Harold Horwood, Alden Nowlan, Charles King, Tom Ardies, Kevin Doyle, and others.. [544]; 8vo .
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EUR 14.13
The Knight in History by Frances Gies (1984, Hardcover)
de Gies, Frances
USA: Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover. used-good condition, except cover dingy, slight page yellowing/Yes. 5.75x8.5. “The Knight in History” (1984), by Frances Gies. Born out of the chaos of the early Middle Ages, the armored and highly mobile knight revolutionized warfare and quickly became a mythic figure in history. From the Knights Templars and English knighthood to the crusades and chivalry, The Knight in History, by acclaimed medievalist Frances Gies, bestselling coauthor of Life in a Medieval...
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URBAN DOMESTIC SERVANTS IN 19TH-CENTURY CANADA
de Lacelle, Claudette
National Historic Parks & Sites, Environment Canada. Very Good+. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0660123355 . Translated from the French. Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Very light edgewear to cover, slight soiling &and library stamps to outer edge of pages. Pages clean and intact. B/w illustrations. The author studied specific cities and years: Montreal, Quebec City and Halifix between 1871 and 1875 in order to...
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EUR 12.24
CANADA'S HOUSE Rideau Hall and the Invention of a Canadian Home
de Margaret MacMillan; Harris, Marjorie; Desjardins, Anne L
Alfred A. Knopf. Fine with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0676976751 . Hardcover with illustrated boards. Wrap-around half jacket is missing from this copy. Book in excellent condition - clean, tight and unmarked. Profusely illustrated. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; In this remarkable book — thoughtful, intimate and stunningly illustrated with archival and original photos — three of the best writers in their fields join with Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul to...
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ORDINARY HEROES The Journal of a French Pioneer in Alberta
de Durieux, Marcel
University of Alberta Press. Very Good. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 0888640692 . Ex-library book, but still in quite good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual type ex-lib markings. Light edgewear and scuffing to cover, a little soiling outer edge of pages. Interior clean. ; 8vo; "The journal of Marcel Durieux records the joys of harvesting vegetables after a winter of rice and beans, of spiritual awareness and of strong ties among the people, as well as the suffering that came from...
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EUR 6.14
TASMANIAN MUSIC - AN IMPASSE?
de Moyle,Alice, M
Records of the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania. No. 26. Pp.18, +graph & music scores. Wraps (light cvr creases). Text clean, nr fine. History of recording Tasmanian Aboriginal songs with several music scores. Please note: Due to International mail delivery problems, we currently supply items only to Australian or New Zealand addresses.
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EUR 33.98
LAND OF EARTH AND SKY Landscape Painting of Western Canada
de Rees, Ronald
Western Producer Prairie Books. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 0888333455 . Nice, tight copy. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Light edgewear, light soiling. Internal pages clean other than inscription on first page. "At once it is harsh and wild, beautiful & calm. Its immensity is overpowering if not humbling. The prairie, where land and sky meet in endless horizon, is nothing less than magnificent. " 80 full color & 25 b/w...
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EUR 14.65
INDIA The Modern World Series
de Zinkin, Taya
Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1964. First Edition. Softcover. 0198315325 . Cover has light edge & corner wear, crease to rear corner & spine. Internal pages are clean - there are two Dept. Of Education stamps near front and a few pages with corner creasing near rear. There's also a bit of glue residue on one endpage. Pages otherwise very good. A clear account of India's past and present; of the great contrasts between rich and poor and backwardness & modernity. History...
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EUR 8.46
EDMONTON'S URBAN VILLAGES The Community League Movement
de Kuban, Ron
University of Alberta Press. New. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0888644388 . 249 pages. New & unread, no markings, upper front corner has a light crease. B/w illustrations. No other city in North America owes as much to its comunity league movement as Edmonton, Alberta. For close to a century, tens of thousands of volunteers from the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues have shaped municipal development by giving a voice to and acting as a training ground for grassroots civic...
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EUR 17.01
ISLAMIC TILES
de Porter, Venetia
Interlink Publishing Group. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 1566561914 . Ex-library book but still in quite good condition - sturdy laminated cover & usual ex-lib type markings. Cover has light edge & corner wear, light soiling/spotting to outer edge of pages. Interior pages are tight and clean, light age tanning to page edges. Colour & b/w illustrations. Ceramic tiles have been produced for over a thousand years in the heartlands of the Islamic world, used to decorate...
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EUR 13.19
CANADIAN SAYINGS 2
de Casselman, Bill
McArthur & Company Publishing, Ltd.. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 1552782727 . Excellent condition, clean and unmarked. Overall wear is very light. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 200 pages; Folk sayings are passed by word of mouth in communities where life and work are shared, and Bill Casselman has collected 1,000 absolute beauties in this all new edition. [155-osl] .
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Dance: A Very Social History
de Wallace, Carol McD, Don McDonagh, Jean L Druesedow, Laurence Libin and Constance Old
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Rizzoli, New York, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Red Cloth boards; 128 p. 156 illustrations (55 in color). This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 17, 1986 through September 6, 1987. Surveys the history of dance, examines the development of ball gowns and other dancing costumes, and...
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EUR 11.34
RED ON WHITE The Biography of Duke Redbird
de Dunn, Marty
Toronto: New Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0695802313 . Hardcover is clean & tight, minimal wear, small inscription on blank endpage. Jacket has light edgewear and a couple small tears. 121 pages. B/w Illustrations. Duke Redbird was one of the first voice's of Indian protest heard in the sixties. As editor of The Thunderbird, Canada's first national Indian newspaper, he bitterly attacked the white's for their cruel repression of his...
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EUR 16.54
DIASPORA SERBS A Cultural Analysis
de Waugh, Earle & Milan V. Dimic
Univ. of Alberta. Near Fine. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 0921490151 . Excellent condition. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, other than one small spot to an outer edge. Cover has light scuffing and very light edge/corner wear. Contents: Serbs and Identity Issues; Serbian Churches and Folk Culture; Serbian Arts and Literature; New Perspectives in Serbian Identity; Western Policy and Serbian Immigration; Appendix. [420-osl? ]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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EUR 21.27
DON'T MARRY ME TO A PLOWMAN! Women's Everyday Lives in Rural North India
de Jeffery, Patricia & Jeffery, Roger
Westview Press. Very Good. 1996. First Edition; Third Printing. Softcover. 0813326214 . Cover has light edge and corner wear, a little corner curling, light soiling outer edge of pages. Pages clean and intact, with no markings. B/w illus. 294 pages. Popular images of India women range from the submissive bride behind her veil to the powerful, active women of politics. In this lively and unique book, Patricia and Roger Jeffery present a different perspective on women's lives. Focusing on the...
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EUR 14.13
SOFT STATE A Newspaperman's Chronicle of India
de Nossiter, Bernard D
New York: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - near fine/very good. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, bumping to spine ends. Jacket is scuffed, with light edgewear and a few tiny edge tears, age tanning, not price clipped. "A critique of Indian society describing its shortcomings and possible inability to achieve self-sustaining economic growth. The author paints the subject as it really is, not as well-intentioned Westerners would like it...
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EUR 8.46
TOTEM POLES An Illustrated Guide
de Halpin, Marjorie M
University of British Columbia Press. Very Good. 1981. First Edition. Softcover. 0774801387 . 1981 UBC printing. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Interior clean, with all pages intact. Cover has light edgewear and some loosening of laminate along spine, light soiling. History of the totem poles of the Indians of the Northwest Coast, including archival photos which show the poles in their original settings. B/w & colour illustrations. [osl-355]; 4to...
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EUR 6.62
HINDU MYTHS A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit
de Anonymous; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger (translator)
Penguin Classics. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. Penguin 1976 printing. Pages are clean and intact. Cover has light edge/corner wear, light rubbing and a small taped tear/peel on rear. These tales of Hindu gods and demons express in vivid symbols the metaphysical insights of ancient Indian priests and poets.... (177noto) ; Penguin Classics; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 368 pages; .
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TRIBUTES TO THE SCARLET RIDERS An Anthology of Mountie Poems
de Kuhn, Edgar A
Surrey, B. C.: Heritage House. Very Good+. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 1894384709 . Ex-library book, but still in excellent condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Very clean, overall wear is light. This engaging collection of verse captures the history and experiences of the Mounties from the 1800s to the present day. Ranging from humerous to poignant, they reflect the moods and adventures of Arctic survivors, plains horsemen, vulnerable trainees, and witty...
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EUR 12.24
Butter Down the Well Reflections of a Canadian Childhood
de Collins, Robert
Saskatoon, SK: Western Producer Prairie Books. Near Fine. 1986. Third Printing. Softcover. 0888331304 . Very nice condition, pages clean and unmarked, light age tanning. Light scuffing to cover. Minor wrinkling to small area near bottom of first section of pages. " The dirty thirties might have been barren - a veritable physical wasteland - but to a young boy with a large imagination and an alert mind, they were years of joy and delight. It is a compelling story which holds one's interest...
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EUR 10.35
BEYOND TWO SOLITUDES French Quebec and Multiculturalism / National Unity
de Donald Smith
Halifax, NS: Fernwood. Very Good. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 155266001X . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Only light wear overall, pages clean and intact. As the debate between French and English Canada rages on, this book takes another look at the national unity issue. The central theme of Beyond Two Solitudes is one of optimism and harmony. Author Donald Smith gives an insider? S point-of-view, as a French-speaking English...
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EUR 7.09
ON BEING A MUSLIM Finding a Religious Path in the World Today
de Esack, Farid
Oxford: Oneworld. Very Good+. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 1851681469 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Only light wear overall. Light soiling outer edge of pages, interior clean. "Tackling some of the key issues facing Islam today, this is a controversial, challenging, witty, and passionate account of a Muslim's life in the modern world. " (380not ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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EUR 7.09
THATCHER'S REIGN A Bad Case of the Blues
de McFadyean, Melanie & Renn, Margaret
London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 0701128577 . Only light wear overall, a little wear to corners. Internal pages are clean & tight, except for one page with some writing in pen & another page which is a bit wrinkled. Square (approx. 7x7"). 128 pages. B/w photos. "...a thoroughly researched and illustrated record of all things Thatcher. Informative, outrageous, entertaining and disturbing, here's reason enough to 'Rejoice! Rejoice!...
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EUR 5.48
