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Rise And Shine: 45 Years in the Land of the Rising Sun ; [Mennonite Missionary Memoirs]

Derksen, Mary Klassen (1928 -); Peter Derksen (1928-2014) · 2018 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Abbotsford, British Columbia Privately Printed by the Author First Edition, First Printing pp. x, 338. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding;...

The Search for St. Thérèse: A Study of the Life, Legend, The Mystery of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Rohrbach, Peter-Thomas · 1961 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Garden City, New York Hanover House pp. 237. 8vo. Black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Black-and-white photographs and portraits. Lightest edgewear to the cloth extremities, neat ink inkscription to the ffep, else, contents remain bright, clean...

Death of a Guru: A Hindu Comes to Christ

Maharaj, Rabindranat; Dave Hunt · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Burlington, Ontario, Canada Welch Publishing Company Inc. pp. 224. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new.

Pages from My Life: An Autobiography

Chaliapine, Feodor Ivanovitch [ ] (1873-1938); H.M. Buck (Trans.); Katharine Wright (Revised and Ed.) · 1927 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers First Edition, First Printing pp. 345. Royal 8vo. Teal cloth over boards with gilt rules, and lettering to the spine and front board. Black-and-white frontispiece of Chaliapine accompanied with many additional black-and-white, a...

Recollections of an Icelandic Statesman ; Being a Chapter From the Autobiography of the Late Sveinn Björnsson, First President of Iceland

Björnsson, Sveinn (1881-1952); Snæbjön Jónsson (Trans.) · 1960 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Reykjavik, Iceland Ísafoldarprentsmiðja Ltd. First Edition, First Printing pp. 67. Slim 8vo., measuring 21 x 14 cm. Limp navy-blue leatherette covers, gilt lettering to the centre of the front cover. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Björnsson accompanied with sever...

Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

King Jr., Martin Luther; Desmond Tutu (Intro.) · 2007 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boulder, Colorado Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. First Edition, First Printing pp. 95. Square 12mo. 1/4 black velvet over pictorial boards, white lettering to the spine. Beautifully illustrated throughout with drawings, photographs, portraits, illustrations, etc. Bright, clean, and ...

Room of One's Own: Joan Givner Special Issue

Gheroghe, Cristina (Ed.) · 1992 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Vancouver, B.C. Privately Printed Volume 15, Numbers 3 & 4 pp. 252. 12mo., measuring 5" x 8". Illustrated card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Scarce in commerce. "This collage of letters, interviews, reviews, stories, and miscellaneous writing contains the raw...

Enchantment and Sorrow: The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy

Roy, Gabrielle; Patricia Claxton (Trans.) · 1987 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Toronto Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers First Edition, First Printing pp. ix, 414. Thick 8vo. Publisher's brown boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Light edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly shel...

In Search of My Father: The Sometimes Tender, Sometimes Turbulent Chronicles of a Young Boy's Journey

Toews, Clint · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba] Horizon Books Publishers First Edition, First Printing p. 195. 12mo. Illustrated covers. Appears unread; as new.

Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Second Series

Cowley, Malcom (Ed.); Van Wyck Brooks (Intro.) · 1967 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York The Viking Press, Publishers Seventh Printing pp. 309. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, gilt-and-blue lettering to the spine and front board. Lovely illustrations, and head and tail pieces throughout. Extremities, and contents entirely without blemish with br...

Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s; Ernest Tate, A Memoir [SIGNED] ; Volume 1, Canada 1955-1965

Tate, Ernest; Michel Lambeth (Illust.); Derek O'Keefe (Preface) · 2014 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Resistance Books pp. xvi, 274. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits. Appears unread; as new. SIGNED, and inscribed by the author to the title page." Ernest Tate's memoir is an important contribution to the history of the left in Britain and Ca...

Francis of Assisi: A New Biography

Thompson, Augustine · 2012 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Ithaca and London Cornell University Press pp. x, 299. 8vo. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new and housed in fine dustjacket. "Among the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition, Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226) is popularly remembered for his dedication ...

Men, Women, and Books ; A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs From His Uncollected Prose Writings

Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859) · 1909 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Smith, Elder, & Co. New Edition pp. xii, 402 + 2 pages of publisher's advertisements. Bound in original dark green cloth over boards, gilt rules and lettering to the spine. Light rubbing, edgewear to the boards, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, so...

Cha-Ske at the Ball; Including...A Bag of Memories

Cook, Robert Harold (Kilty) · 1963 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

[Girswold, Manitoba] Privately Printed by the Author First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated [pp.71]. 8vo. Publisher's original black cloth over boards. Light rubbing to the boards, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Poem, Cha-...

Life Reflections [SIGNED]

Doyle, F. Patrick · 2011 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 267. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Black-and-white, and colour photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. Signed, and inscribed by the author to the title pag...

Maurice Baudoux, 1902-1988 ; Une Grande Figure de L'église et de la Société dans l'Ouest Canadien

Robillard, Denise · 2009 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

Québec Presses de l'Université Laval First Edition, First Printing pp. xii, 502. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Maurice Baudoux incarne bien le lien étroit qu...

Consider Me a Friend; Exceprts from "Around the Home" [SIGNED]

Peterkin, Audrey; Nelson Dewey (Illust.) · 1982 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Victoria, British Columbia Braemar Books Ltd. pp. [4], 111. 12mo., measuring 4.25" x 7". Illustrated stiff card covers bearing an image of the author to the centre of the front cover. Black-and-white illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Audrey Peterkin was bo...

The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

Vogler, Christopher; Michelle Montez (Illust.) · 2007 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.99 (€23.58 | £19.67 | ¥4,150)

Studio City, California Michael Wiese Productions Third Edition pp. 407. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Appears unread; as new. The udated and revised third edition provides new insights and observations from Vogler's ongoing work on mythology's influence on stories, movies, and man...

Life of Olaudah Equiano ; The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African. Written by Himself

Equiano, Olaudah; Brooks, Joanna (Ed.) · 2004 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

N.P. The Lakeside Press | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company pp. liii, 406. 12mo. Lovely dark green cloth over boards with gilt rules, lettering and crest to the spine and front board; illustrated endpapers, gilt top edge. Richly illustrated with black-and-white, and colour maps, i...

Rites of Passage [SIGNED]

Lindell, Lucy · 2000 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Eriksdale, Manitoba Christian Press First Edition, First Printing pp. 390. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Rich with many additional black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations etc. Very light edgewear, else, bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding...