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The Art of Living

Maurois, Andre; James Whitall (Trans.) · 1959 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.95 (€27.17 | £22.67 | ¥4,783)

New York Harper & Brothers, Publishers pp. 234. Small 8vo. Charming illustrated cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Short, neat, ink insription to the ffep, else contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. Unc...

Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age

Carlson, W. Bernard · 2013 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press pp. xiii, 500. Thick 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, bronze lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white photograhs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws: bright, clean, and unmarked...

A Leaf In The Bitter Wind: A Memoir

Ye, Ting-Xing · 1997 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$34.95 (€31.71 | £26.45 | ¥5,581)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Doubleday First Edition pp. 381. Small 8vo. Publisher's black boards, silver lettering to the spine. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine and housed in fine original, unclipped, ...

Literary Impostors: Canadian Autofiction of the Early Twentieth

Heidenreich, Rosmarin · 2018 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Montréal & Kingston McGill-Queen's University Press pp. xiii, 338. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. "In the first half of the twentieth century, a number of Canadian authors were revealed to have faked the identities that...

Canadian Political Cartoons: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1977

Bovey, Patricia E. (Curator), et al. · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

Winnipeg, Manitoba The Winnipeg Art Gallery First Edition, First Printing pp. 55. Oblong 8vo., measuring 11" x 9". Pictorial covers. Rich with many black-and-white drawings, and illustrations. Light abrasion to the upper-right margin of the front cover, contents entirely witho...

Joe from Winnipeg

Ross, Ian · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Winnipeg, Manitoba J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing pp. 119. Slim 8vo. Pictorial covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new.

Vie et Souvenirs

Dacquay, Marcel (1914-) · 1980 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,623)

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 141. 8vo., measuring 5.25" x 8.25". Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new. Uncommon in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #184851296. N...

Ma Chere Petite Soeur: Lettres A Bernadette, 1943-1970

Roy, Gabrielle; Francois Ricard; Dominque Fortier; Jane Everett · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NP Boréal First Edition pp. 256, [1]. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

Father Joe: A Manitoban Missionary ; A Biographical Account of th Life of Father Ladislaus Joseph Kre ciszewski

Hubicz, Edward M.; J.E. Cahill (Preface) · 1958 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

London Veritas Foundation Publication Centre First Edition, First Printing pp. 95, six unnumbered leaves]. Slim 8vo., measuring 22 cm tall. Black-and-white tipped-in photographic frontispiece of the subject. Six additional plates of maps, illustrations. Light edgewear to the c...

They Got Me Covered

Hope, Bob; Bing Crosby (Intro.) · 1941 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Hollywood, California Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 95. Slim 8vo., measuring 5.25" x 7.75". Illusrated card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, in-text drawings and illustrations, portraits, etc. Net ink name to the verso of ...

I Remember: Riverside & The Regions Beyond

Loewen, C. B. (Biography of Cornie B. Loewen.) · 1995 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Morris, Manitoba Privately Printed First printing pp. 379. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Many black and white photographs, maps, illustrations. Appears unread; fine.

Footprints in Brazil: A Mission in Action

Sabourin, Lucille; Grey Nuns of Manitoba, et al. · 1998 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$119.00 (€107.97 | £90.07 | ¥19,003)

St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Grey Nuns of Manitoba First Edition, First Printing pp. 192. 4to., measuring 9" x 11". Illustrated covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Many black-and-white full page, and in-text drawings, and illustrations (presumably by the author). ...

The View From My Veranda: The Story of Place of Rescue Orphanage

Ens, Marie; Darren Tosh (Foreword) · 2006 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

[Calgary, Alberta, Canada] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 154. Small 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.25". Pictorial card covers. Richly illustrated with many colour photographs, portraits, etc. An account of the author's work as a Christian missionary in a Cambod...

The Red Lake Gold Rush

Parrott, D.F. · 1964 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

Red Lake, Manitoba Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 144. Small 8vo., measuring 24 cm tall. Publisher's original leatherette covers held with metal spiral binding, gilt letterig and map to the front cover. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, maps, ill...

The Brontës: An Illustrated Biography

Wilks, Brian · 1986 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

New York Peter Bedrick Books pp. 144. Slim 4to. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

Solzhenitsyn: A Pictorial Autobiography

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich · 1974 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

New York The Noonday Press | Farrar, Straus And Giroux Noonday, 484 pp. 88, [6]. Square 8vo. Illustrated covers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, etc. Light curl to front cover, else, near fine.

A Burn-Out Case

Greene, Graham (1904-1991) · 1961 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London, Melbourne & Toronto Heinemann | Printed by the Windmill Press Ltd. (London) First Edition, First Printing pp. 256. Small 8vo., measuring 5.25" x 8". Publisher's original black cloth over boards, silver lettering to the spine. Remarkably well-preserved extremities, show...

Lesia Ukraïnka: 1871-1971; Essays on Poetess' Works

Ukraïnka, Lesia, et al. · 1980 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

Philadelphia First Edition, First Printing pp. 399. 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Publisher's original textured, olive-green, leatherette over boards with gilt lettering to the front board, and spine. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the subject, accompanied with many add...

Henri Letourneau Raconte

Letourneau, Henri (1907-2002) · 1992 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Editions G.F.L. First Edition, First Printing pp. 113. Slim, pictorial covers bearing an image of the author in black-and-white. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. "Born at Ste. Delphine, Saskatchewan on 13 September 1907, his love of histo...

With Stalin: Memoirs

Hoxha, Enver · 1980 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Norman Bethune Institute pp. 223. 12mo., measuring 13 x 19.5 cm. Pictorial covers bearing a black-and-white image of the author with Stalin. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of Stalin accompanied with additional black-and-white photographs and p...