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Lifting the Veil: Mennonite Life in Russia Before the Revolution

Janzen, Jacob H.; Leonare Friesen (Ed. & Intro.); Walter Klaassen (Trans.) · 1998 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Pandora Press | Herald Press pp. 127. Slim 8vo. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations. Neat ink name to corner of title page otherwise the contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked. Overall, very good.

Call Me Woman

Kuzwayo, Ellen; Nadine Gordimer (Preface); Bessie Head (Foreword) · 1985 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

San Francisco Spinsters Ink pp. xv, 266. Small 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Black-and-white photographs, potraits, illustrations. Neat ink name to the corner of the title page otherwise contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+.

The Paris Reivew, Number 59

Plimpton, George (Editor); Gore Vidal; William Wegman; Maxine Chernoff; Erica Jong; Greg Kuzman; Ed Baynard; William Pene du Bois; · 1974 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Flushing, New York Sadruddin Aga Khan / The Paris Review, Inc. pp. 170. 8vo. Light rubbing to covers, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Includes an interview with Gore Vidal, Art and Poetry by William Wegman, Maxine Chernoff, Erica Jong, Greg K...

Kim Il Sung: The Sun of The Nation

Hussain, Ross Masood · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

[Beirut, Lebanon] Da Al-Talia First edition pp. 216. 8vo. Teal paper boards with gilt lettering embossed to front board and spine. Black and white frontispiece of the subject protected with original tissue-guard. Boards slightly bowed else no flaws, contents clean and unmarked...

The Papers of Dorothy Livesay: A Research Tool

Livesay, Dorothy; David Arnason (Intro.) [Compiled by the staff of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, University of Manitoba Libraries] · 1986 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Winnipeg, Manitoba University Of Manitoba Libraries First edition pp. 419. Pictorial stiff card covers. Light general shelfwear, ink stamp to title page else contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good.

Creative Moments in the Culture of the Maritime Provinces; Address presented to the Humanities Research Council of Canada Maritime Regional Conference, Halifax, June 9-10, 1949

Bailey, Alfred G. (1905-1997) · 1949 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada The Dalhousie Review Reprinted from the Dalhousie Review, October, 1949 pp. 231-244. Tall 8vo. Mustard yellow stapled card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

From Buggies -- to Jets

Thornhill, Edward [CD] · 1997 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. iv, 183. 4to. Illustrated stiff card covers. Replete with black-and-white maps, photographs, illustrations, portraits, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as ne...

William Boyd: Silver Tongue and Golden Pen

Carr, Ian; T.P. Morley (Ed.) · 1993 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Markham, Ontario, Canada Fitzhenry And Whiteside | Associated Medical Services | First Edition pp. 190. 8vo. Cream boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked...

Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life

Girard, Philippe · 2016 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York Basic Books First Edition, First Printing pp. 340. 8vo. Black-and-white maps, photographs, illustrations. Appears unread; as new.

The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington in Two Volumes (Two Volumes)

Madden, R.R.; Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1798-1849) · 1855 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,155)

New York Harper & Borthers, Publishers First Edition, First Printing pp. viii, 547; vi, 599. Small 8vo's., measuring 8" x 5.5". Original, lovely blind-stamped cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spines, blind-stamped floral devices and borders. Engraved frontispiece o...

It Happened at the Cathedral: Letters of Bishop R.F. Shepherd, 1948-2012

Shepherd, R.F.; Mary Shepherd (Ed. & Illust) · 2015 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Montreal, Quebec Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 242. 8v.,, measuring 23 cm. Pictorial boards. Replete with black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Rare in co...

The Crown of Wild Olive & Cestus of Aglaia

Ruskin, John · 1923 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. xvi, 217. 12mo. Burgundy stiff leather covers. Gilt lettering and ornaments to spine and front board, illustrated endpapers. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked; near fine and housed in good+ slightly shelfworn dustjacket showing v...

The Life and Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier; Illustrated with Photographs (Two Volumes)

Skelton, Oscar Douglas · 1922 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London Humphrey Milford | Oxford University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. 485; pp. 576. Royal 8vo. Uniformly bound in lovely light green cloth over boards with gilt rules, and lettering to the spines. Untrimmed page edges. Black and white photographic frontispieces, ...

St. Augustine: Aspects of His Life and Thought

Montgomery, William (1871-1930) · 1914 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London Hodder and Stoughton pp. xi, 255. 8vo. Bound in full marron cloth boards with gilt rules and lettering to spine. Light bumping to spine ends, slight spine slant, untrimmed bottom page edges. Contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Scarce.

Galileo: Decisive Innovator

Sharratt, Michael · 1994 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Cambridge Cambridge University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xiii, 247. 8vo. Black cloth over boards with silver lettering to the spine. Black and white illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Corner of ffep neatly excised otherwise the contents remain bright, clean, and unm...

The Legendary Charlie: The Life, Thoughts and Poetry of Utho Steidle, A Manitoba Legend

Steidle, Utho [1929-2012]; Doreen Steidle (Foreword & Ed.); · 2013 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated. Thick heavy 8vo. Navy-blue buckram over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Replete with black and white and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaw...

From Brittany to the Canadian North | Kajualuk; Pierre Henry: Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, Apostle of the Inuit, 1904-1979

Choque, Charles, O.M.I. · 1985 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Churchill, Manitoba Charles Choque First Edition, First Printing pp. 282. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black and white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Fine

On Trail and Rapid By Dog-Sled & Canoe

Cody, H.A. (Hiram Alfred) · 1923 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Seeley, Service & Co. 5th Edition pp. xii, 202. 8vo. [9] leaves of plates: ill. (1 col.), music; 20 cm. Cover title: On Cover and Rapid by Dog-sled & Canoe: The Life of Bishop Bompas. Coloured frontispiece. Missionary library for boys & girls, no. 4. Front free endpaper...

O-De-Jit-Wa-Win-Ning or Contes du Temps Passe, The Memoirs of Elizabeth T. Baird

Baird, Elizabeth T.; [Dennis Frederick] · 1998 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Green Bay, Wisconsin Heritage Hill Foundation Second Printing pp. 134. Slim 8vo. Appears unread; fine. Fine

Persons and Places: The Background of My Life

Santayana, George · 1944 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition, First Printing pp. 262. Slim 8vo. Lovely green cloth over boards with gilt rules, and lettering to the spine and front board. Lightest rubbing, and bumping to the spine ends, otherwise the contents remain bright, clean, and unmar...