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SPITFIRE: THE CANADIANS.

By: Bracken, Robert. Foreword by A.V.M. J.E. "Johnnie" Johnson.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Boston Mills Press: 1995

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23885

ISBN: 1550461486

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

160 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs (most copied from the veterans' own albums), color profiles by Rob Lowry, and technical drawings. "The result of nine years of research and over two hundred interviews with former Spitfire pilots and ground crew from across Canada, (this book) is a momentous collection of personal memories and wartime aviation history. The stories are told with complete candour, in the pilots' and crew members' own words. Full of priceless historic photographs and intimate first-hand accounts, 'Spitfire: The Canadians' is perhaps th...
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THE FORKED ROAD: CANADA, 1939-1957.

By: Creighton, Donald.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28339

ISBN: 077102360X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

319 pp, 9 1/4" H. One of 'The Canadian Centenary Series'. B&w plates. "Canada's declaration of war against Germany in 1939 marked the beginning of the most significant eighteen-year period in the history of this nation. By the end of the Liberal regime in 1957 the country had undergone immense growth in human and material resources. The experience of the Second World War had been followed by participation in the Korean War and ten years of the Cold War. The Great Depression had given way to a boom which had continued through the exchange crisis, serious inflation and minor recess...
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THE MACKENZIE KING RECORD. VOLUME 2. 1944-1945. (VOLUME II)

By: Pickersgill, J.W. And Forster, D.F.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1968

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28871

ISBN: 802015255

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

495 pp, 9 1/4" H. *Volume 2 only.* B&w photographs. Contents: Preface; Introduction; A Domestic Interlude; Waiting for Victory; Cabinet Reorganization; The Reinforcement Crisis, 1944, Phase I; The Reinforcement Crisis, 1944, Phase II; The Switch to Conscription; Grey North and the Aftermath of Confederation; Political Preparations; San Francisco and the Election; Election Postmortems and Peace; Appendix; Index. Three tiny edge bumps on boards, one very small corner bump, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light toning to spine, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spi...
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THE LIFE AND WORK OF KATE GREENAWAY.

By: Spielman, M.H. & Layard, G.S.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Bracken: 1986

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 29910

ISBN: 0946495793

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

301 pp, 9" H. Kate Greenaway "studied art at South Kensington and the Slade, where her fellow students were Lady Butler and Helen Allingham. To start with, she worked as an illustrator and drew Valentine and Christmas cards, as well as black and white pictures for various books. Her great breakthrough came in 1877 when she met Edmund Evans and showed him the collection of drawings and poems that she had assembled. These were published by Evans as 'Under the Window', which was a runaway success and was followed by the many childrens books for which she is best known. Among these are 'M...
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Keyword: John Bracken

SPITFIRE: THE CANADIANS.

THE FORKED ROAD: CANADA, 1939-1957.

THE MACKENZIE KING RECORD. VOLUME 2. 1944-1945. (VOLUME II)

THE LIFE AND WORK OF KATE GREENAWAY.