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The Essential T. E. Lawrence

Garnett, David (selected with a Preface by) · 1951 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$19.26 (€12.25 | $13.50 | £10.22 | ¥2,155)

New York City E. P. Dutton & Co First American edition pp. 328. Small 8vo. Near fine, in sl. chipped, spine-browned, else vg dj, An excellent introduction to Lawrence through selections from his correspondence and writings. O'Brien A240. photo frontispiece

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY ...As We Remember Him

MEYERS, Joan (editor) · 1965 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$69.12 (€43.95 | $48.44 | £36.66 | ¥7,735)

New York City Atheneum 1st edition pp. ix, 241.,large 4to,,, A large quarto-sized book in nf cond., together with two nf LP records, all in a sl scuffed, but vg, red white & blue slipcase. black-and-white photographs

ROBERT TERRILL RUNDLE

WILSON, Keith · 1986 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Winnipeg, MB University of Manitoba 1st printing pp. 55.,8vo,,Larger format soft cover - covers a bit rubbed, else very good,Rundle (1811-1896) was a Cornish Wesleyan Methodist missionary from Cornwall, Englandwhose most notable activities related to his missionary work in Wes...

WILLIAM CYPRIAN PINKHAM

WILSON, Keith · 1986 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Winnipeg, MB University of Manitoba 1st printing pp. 55.,8vo,,Larger format soft cover - covers a bit rubbed, else very good,Pinkham (1844-1928) was a Protestant minister who settled in Red River in 1868, and was Superintendant of Education for Protestant Schools in Manitoba f...

THOMAS CLARKSON SCOBLE

WILSON, Keith · 1993 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Winnipeg, MB University of Manitoba 1st printing pp. 52.,8vo,,Larger format soft cover - covers a bit rubbed, else very good,Scoble (1840-1900) was a soldier and engineer who settled in Winnipeg, becoming the editor of the Nor'Wester in 1894. We have many other individual titl...

FIRING THE HEATHER

HALLETT, Mary & Davis, Marilyn · 1993 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,365)

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Fifth House Publishers 1st edition pp. xv, 336.,8vo,,Near fine condition, in nf dj, The life and times of Nellie McClung, a Canadian suffragette and bestselling author. black-and-white photographs

THE OLD MAN'S SON Sir Hugh John Macdonald

GUEST, Henry James · 1973 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$10.16 (€6.46 | $7.12 | £5.39 | ¥1,137)

Winnipeg, MB ,8vo,,A stapled offprint in card covers. Light shelf wear, vg cond, Unpaginated. Probably reprinted from Manitoba History (the publication of the Manitoba Historical Society).

La Peintre Lorrain CLAUDE JACQUARD suivi de Un Protecteur des Arts Le Prince Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine

JACQUOT, Albert · 1896 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$39.59 (€25.17 | $27.74 | £21.00 | ¥4,430)

Paris J. Rouam & Cie 1st printing pp. 93.,8vo,,In publisher's original printed wrappers and inscribed by author,Inscribed on front free endpaper to the author Fernand Dugniolle and signed by Jacquot, 'Nancy 16 Janvier 1897'. Front cover creased and detached. Contents unmarked ...

A MOSAIC OF LIFE Memoirs of a Russian Childhood

KATAYEV, Valentin · 1976 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Chicago, IL J. Philip O'Hara, Inc. 1st English ed pp. 447.,8vo,Bottom edge of frt bd rubbed; else vg in sl. soiled, o/w vg dj, The first printing of the English language edition of this memoir of life in pre-Revolution Russia.

The Life and Times of Viscount Palmerston

Ritchie, J. Ewing · 1860 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$81.21 (€51.63 | $56.91 | £43.07 | ¥9,087)

London London Printing and Publish pp. 840, 840. Heavy 4to. Two volume set, uniformly bound in black 3/4 leather. Hinges of vol. I cracking but still intact. Boards bumped, with wear to extremities. Contents clean & tight; overall, very good condition. Henry John Temple (1784-...

THOMAS HARDY

Child, Harold · 1916 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$14.23 (€9.05 | $9.97 | £7.55 | ¥1,592)

London Nisbet & Co 1st edition 128 pp.,12mo,,Bumped, dj chipped, edge worn, about g+ in fair to good dj, From the series 'Writers of the Day'. A short biography and bibliography of Hardy. Frontispiece

L'INSTITUTEUR DES INSTITUTEURS SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE

Laudet, Fernand · 1928 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$39.59 (€25.17 | $27.74 | £21.00 | ¥4,430)

Tours Maison Alfred Mame et Fils Ed. not stated 274 pp.,4to,,Some soiling to covers, else vg+ (contents very nice), Colour decorations on cover, small dark mark on dedication page. The life of one of France's great educators; in French. B&w engraving-style illust.

GBS AND THE LUNATIC

LANGNER, Lawrence · 1964 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

London Hutchinson 1st edition pp. xi, 303,8vo,,Sl. soiling to bottom edge of bds., else vg/vg+ in good dj, Reminiscences of the friendship between Bernard Shaw and the author. A first US edition vg/vg also available. B&W frontispiece

WILFRED GRENFELL THE MASTER MARINER: A LIFE OF ADVENTURE ON SEA AND ICE

Matthews, Basil · 1924 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,365)

London S.W. Partridge & Co Ed. not stated 189 pp.,8vo,Bumped, wear to covers, spine dry, ink insc. on feps, good, B&w illust.

MARGARET WILLIAMS An Interwar Feminist

KINNEAR, Mary · 1991 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$16.26 (€10.34 | $11.39 | £8.62 | ¥1,820)

Montreal McGill-Queen's Univ. Press 1st edition pp. 210.,Royal 8vo,,Signed on title page. Near fine condition in like dust jacket, ISBN 0773508570. black-and-white photographs

THE PAPERS OF HOWARD W. WINKLER

KROEKER, Irvin J. (ed.) · 1999 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,365)

Winnipeg, MB Oper Door Communications 1st edition pp. 173.,8vo,,Larger format pb - near fine condition,Laid-in loose is the folded program for the launching of this book, Jan. 25, 2000. Signature of Chris Anderson on title page. The life of the former MP for Lisgar Constituenc...

STEEL ENGRAVING OF HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

[LONGFELLOW] · 1880 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$19.26 (€12.25 | $13.50 | £10.22 | ¥2,155)

Boston, MA Houghton, Mifflin and Co Unmounted and unmatted. Tissue-guarded, measures 30 x 23 cms. Very finely done. Engraved from a photograph by the famous New York artist and engraver William E. Marshall. Facsimile signature of Longfellow appears underneath image. This engra...

Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvizdala

Havel, Vaclav; Paul Wilson (Trans. and Intro.) · 1990 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,365)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First American edition pp. xvii, 228. 8vo. Near fine in very good dustjacket.

Something of Myself

Kipling, Rudyard · 1981 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.30 (€7.82 | $8.62 | £6.52 | ¥1,376)

Middlesex Penguin Books pp. 175. 8vo. General shelfwear and considerable creasing; good-.

The Letters of John F. Kennedy

Sandler, Martin W. · 2013 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$19.47 (€12.38 | $13.64 | £10.33 | ¥2,179)

New York Bloomsbury Press pp. xi, 372. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Lightest shelfwear; very good+ in very good, lightly rubbed dustjacket, sticker to rear panel.