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WHO'S WHO IN TORONTO: A CELEBRATION OF THIS CITY.

By: N/A

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, CHMH Association: 1984

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28475

ISBN: 0969169701

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

598 pp + index and abbreviations, fold-out family tree (not filled in) at rear, 11 1/4" H. Blue imitation leather boards with gold lettering/border on spine, gold lettering/border/illustration on front board - no dust jacket (as issued). B&w photographs. Contents: Introduction; Media; Business; Government; Professionals (Architects / Engineers / Legal Profession / Medical); Sports; Academia; Community; Artists; Name Index (Alphabetical); Abbreviations; Family Tree Chart; Community Homes for the Mentally Handicapped. Minor edge wear.
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ANZIO: EDGE OF DISASTER.

By: Allen, William Lusk.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Elsevier-Dutton, New York, 1978, first edition.:

Seller ID: 24268

181 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0525930035 B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "What really went on at Anzio? What was the Allied plan when, on 22 January 1944, the invading force waded ashore virtually unopposed by the Germans? In clear and compelling detail, this book gives the answers. It recounts the two battles at Anzio - the high-level plans, debates and doubts of the politicians and the generals, and the muddy, bloody struggle of the GIs on the b e a c h ." Slight bumpwith wrinkling at top/bottom of spine - tiny tear at bottom of spine, slight corne...
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BARBED LYRES: CANADIAN VENOMOUS VERSE.

By: Atwood, Margaret, foreword. (Tom Denholm, Glen Stone, Denis Woollings, Brian Davis, Gerry MacIntosh, Pierre Berton, Robertson Davies, Hoard Engel, Tomson Highway, Dennis Lee, Robert Priest, al Purdy, Charles Pachter, Mavor Moore, Don Harron, et al.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30244

ISBN: 1550132520

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

112 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w illustrations by political cartoonist Aislin. "(W)inning entries and special celebrity submissions from a nationwide contest for satircal verse (judged by) author Margaret Atwood, columnist Allan Fotheringham and songwriter Nancy White. Over 100 of the best entries are featured. Also included are poems submitted by invitation from: Pierre Berton, Robertson Davies, Howard Engel, Don Harron, Tomson Highway, Dennis Lee, Mavor Moore, Susan Musgrave, Eric Nichol, Charles Pachter, Robert Priest, Al Purdy, Erika Ritter, Robin Skelton, et al." A 1/2" dia raised area under the ...
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RHODESIA: THE ROAD TO REBELLION.

By: Barber, James.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press / Institute of Race Relations: 1967

Edition: First Edition.

Seller ID: 25436

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

338 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "As a result of the dramatic Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Ian Smith and his Cabinet in November 1965, Rhodesia is now the centre of an international crisis, a focal point in a rapidly changing scene. But the act should not be seen as an isolated incident; it is part of a political and constitutional pattern which has developed gradually, and of which the outstanding feature is the division between Europeans and Africans. In this careful and thorough study Mr. Barber traces the various strands which make up this pattern, analysing the origins of this tragic...
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MARCHING AS TO WAR: CANADA'S TURBULENT YEARS, 1899-1953.

By: Berton, Pierre.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Doubleday Canada: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22478

ISBN: 0385257252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

632 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w maps. "The first war of the century, which took Canadian soldiers to South Africa, and the last, which sent them to Korea, bracket the tumultuous years of the (20th) century's first half like bookends on the shelf of history. They have a good deal in common, these two minor conflicts, whose chronicles pale when compared to the bloodbaths of the two world wars. Canada's wartime days are long past, and for many, the scars of war have healed. Vimy has been manicured clean, its pockmarked slopes softened by a green mantle of Canadian pines. Di...
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IRISHMEN ALL.

By: Birmingham, George A. (pseudonym of James Owen Hannay, 1865-1950.)

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis: 1914

Edition: Reprint.

Seller ID: 23392

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

225 pp + publisher's advertisements, 8vo (8 1/2" H) - dark green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edges of textblock untrimmed. 12 colour plates from oil paintings by Jack B. Yeats, tipped on to gray stock and tissue-covered (collated). Chapter headings: The Higher Official; The Minor Official; The Policeman; The Squireen; The Politician; The Country Gentleman; The Farmer; The Publican; The Exile from Erin; The Parish Priest; The "Minister"; The Young Lady and Gentleman in Business. Previous owner's name/date on front pastedown, faint pencil erasure mar...
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DEADLY APPEARANCES. A JOANNE KILBOURN MYSTERY.

By: Bowen, Gail.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 8099

ISBN: 0888947038

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

222 pp, 9 1/4" H. "It's a hot August day at a political picnic on the Canadian prairies. Andy Boychuk, the newly elected leader of the province's opposition party, is preparing to speak. All of the key people in his life - family, friends, enemies - are waiting expectantly. He walks to the lectern, pours a glass of water, drinks, and collapses. Within seconds, he is dead. Joanne Kilbourn, Andy's speechwriter, is stunned, but she is no stranger to sudden death. In the hours after Andy's murder, she relives the anguish she felt years earlier when her husband was brutally killed by a compl...
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NEWS AND THE SOUTHAMS.

By: Bruce, Charles.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1968

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 18915

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

429 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w illustrations. "Millions of people every day buying newspapers or reading magazines react to the news as published by the Southam Press. How did the Press get its power? How do they use it? Charles Bruce's book, at once a biography of a family and a history of their publishing enterprise, answers the questions and illuminates a long avenue of Canadian history. The story of Southam Press is a bright montage of news and personalities showing more than a century of Canadian development, and in telling it Charles Bruce provides a skilful blend of newsmen and newsmakers, ed...
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DOCUMENTARY PROBLEMS IN CANADIAN HISTORY. VOLUME II: POST CONFEDERATION.

By: Bumsted, J.M., editor. (Paul Stevens, G.N. Emery, Charles W. Humphries, Douglas L. Cole, Donald Arthur Kubesh, C.M. Wallace, J.L. Granatstein, Richard Allen, Patricia Roy, G.E. Panting, Laurier La Pierre, Bruce W. Hodgins.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Georgetown, Ontario, Irwin-Dorsey: 1969

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28709

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

314 pp, 10" H. "The collection includes twelve articles by some of the leading specialists in a number of areas of Canadian history since Confederation. Each specialist concentrates on a certain problem and incorporates some of the documentary evidence he himself would employ in considering the problem." Contents: Laurier and National Unity; The Lord's Day Act of 1906 and the Sabbath Observance Question; Federal-Provincial Tensions within the Ontario Conservative Party, 1878-1900; Imperialism and Nationalism in English-Speaking Canada; Ontario Press Reaction to the Northwest Rebellion of 1...
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HANNIBAL'S LIEUTENANT: A UNIQUE BIOGRAPHY OF HANNIBAL.

By: Capps, Robert S.

Price: $37.50 USD

Publisher: Alexandria, Virginia, Manor House: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 18814

ISBN: 0964066505

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

349 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). Maps. "(A) well-researched biography of the brilliant Hannibal as seen through the eyes of an interesting, yet fictional, officer. It retains a close fidelity to known facts about the life of one of the finest generals the world has ever known, but it reads like an historical novel. This book recreates the amazing life and times of this military genius, charismatic leader, astute manager of resources, efficient public administrator, and great champion of democracy. Most of what we know about Hannibal was written by his enemies over 2,000 years ago. Their writings show...
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ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. MORE THAN 5,000 ENTRIES AND OVER 1,100 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOST FAMOUS MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL TIME.

By: Clark, John, editor.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Chancellor: 1994

Seller ID: 24329

ISBN: 1851527273

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

512 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H). "Vivid documentation will introduce you to pioneers in the world of science and technology such as Hippocrates, Galileo and Albert Einstein. Legendary sports personalities like Jesse Owens, Mickey Mantle and Jack Nicklaus are chronicled as are the magnificent artists Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Georgia O'Keeffe. Varied, yet timeless writers and poets are included, from Sappho and Aesop to Dante, Shakespeare, and William Carlos Williams. The collection of politicians and statesmen run the gamut from Alexander the Great to John F. Kennedy. Great philosophers from Confuci...
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THE REAL FIGARO: THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS.

By: Cox, Cynthia.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann: 1963

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 22029

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

212 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w plates. "(A) biography of a brilliant and impudent man living in eighteenth-century France: Caron de Beaumarchais. It was a life of fantastic adventure. Inventor, secret agent, politician, courtier, publisher and supplier of arms to the American colonies, Beaumarchais also wrote plays. Music lovers enchanted by Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro" and Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville' remember that they are based on the brilliant comedies of Beaumarchais. Born Pierre Caron in 1732, Beaumarchais was the son of a prosperous Parisian clockmaker. As a child, he was appren...
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THE PASSIONATE OBSERVER: SELECTED WRITINGS.

By: Creighton, Donald.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1980

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28665

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

211 pp, 9 1/4" H. "This collection is made up of short essays, some of which were previously published in 'Maclean's' and 'The Globe and Mail', covering a variety of subjects, from controversial political issues - including his famous anti-separatist polemic - to critical portraits of some of his colleagues - including such luminaries as Underhill, Forsey, and Innis. In addition, there is a scathing lament of the state of book reviewing in Canada, as well as several of his own book reviews. Creighton's incisive wit, his magnificent turn of phrase, his clarity of purpose, all pervade his wri...
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CLIVE OF PLASSEY: A BIOGRAPHY.

By: Davies, A. Mervyn. (Robert Clive.)

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1939

Seller ID: 16476

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

522 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), dark blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. B&w frontispiece, maps. Contents: Introduction; The Exile; A Chapter of Genesis; A Tale of Misadventure; Peace But Still War; Arcot; Kaveripak and Trichinopoly; The Downfall of Dupleix; Springtime; England; Dual Capacity; The Bengal Expedition: 1. Calcutta; 2. Chandernagore; The Game; Plassey: 1. The Gambler's Throw; 2. The Action; 3. The Fruits of Victory; A Problem of Political Management; Triple Threat; An Immovable Body: Lawrence Sulivan; The Legacy of Conquest; Member for Shrewsbury; The Battle of India House; ...
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THE SHARP END: A CANADIAN SOLDIER'S STORY.

By: Davis, James R.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre: 1997

Seller ID: 23903

ISBN: 1550545884

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

270 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, maps. "Through James Davis's eyes, we see the real face of Canada's army: efficient, technologically advanced - sometimes brutal. The uncompromising opinions Davis has about the strengths and weaknesses of our present-day military are backed up by his own first-hand experience at 'the sharp end' as a frontline soldier. The bungling and politically motivated actions of the Forces' senior ranks and their government masters, he states, chronically compromise the effectiveness of our fighting forces. Davis was at the defence of Sarajevo as centuries-...
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JOHN PRINCE: A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS.

By: Douglas, R. Alan, edited and with introduction by. Foreword by William G. Davis.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, The Champlain Society: 1980

Edition: Limited Edition

Seller ID: 28121

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

229 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H) - red cloth with gilt lettering/crest on spine. No. 844 of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Copies of this Volume prnted for the Champlain Society. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "John Prince was undoubtedly one of the most colourful individuals to reside in Upper Canada during the half century that preceded Confederation. (The mythology that had grown up around his memory in southwestern Ontario identified him as the product of an illegal marriage between George IV and Maria Anne Fitzherbert.) His eventful career as an attorney, politician, soldier, entreprene...
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WINGS FOR VICTORY: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN IN CANADA.

By: Dunmore, Spencer.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 21568

ISBN: 0771029276

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

399 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. "Full of personal anecdotes, (this) is the story of the BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Plan) and of the politicians who negotiated it into existence, of the officers and airmen of the RCAF and the RAF, and of the many civilians who made it work day by day. Above all, it is the story of the young men who entered the scheme as clerks and farmers, students and salesmen, and graduated as pilots, navigators, air gunners, air bombers, and flight engineers." Light cigarette odour, very light browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has very ...
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WINGS FOR VICTORY: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN IN CANADA.

By: Dunmore, Spencer.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30136

ISBN: 0771029276

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

399 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. "Full of personal anecdotes, (this) is the story of the BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Plan) and of the politicians who negotiated it into existence, of the officers and airmen of the RCAF and the RAF, and of the many civilians who made it work day by day. Above all, it is the story of the young men who entered the scheme as clerks and farmers, students and salesmen, and graduated as pilots, navigators, air gunners, air bombers, and flight engineers." Light wrinkling at bottom of spine, tiny wrinkle at top of hinges. Dust jacket has mi...
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ENGLISH COURT LIFE, FROM HENRY VII TO GEORGE II.

By: Dutton, Ralph.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford: 1963

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30352

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

232 pp, 9" H. B&w illustrations. "The atmosphere of a Court is enclosed and artificial. The monarch has in the past enjoyed a wide degree of power without a corresponding sense of obligation or responsibility; and for the courtiers, whose position depended on their agreeableness, flattery has always been at a premium just as frankness has been inhibited. How do men and women react in circumstances where normal standards of behaviour are inapplicable? This is the question which, by implication, Ralph Dutton answers in this book. Since his survey covers the three centuries from Henry VII to Ge...
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IGNORANT ARMIES: SLIDING INTO WAR IN IRAQ.

By: Dyer, Gwynne.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 2003

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 24842

ISBN: 0771029772

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

189 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). "Around the world thoughtful people are asking one vital question: How could an unspeakable terrorist act carried out by a small group of Islamist zealots, most of them Saudi Arabian, result in war being declared on Iraq, a country with a brutal but firmly secular government that had no known connection with 9/11? Is it a grotesque mistake, a sinister plot, or just the strategic equivalent of a highway pileup? Far too many politicians and journalists who should know better have swallowed the story that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the West, that his weapons of mass de...
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Keyword: Politicians