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3538 SUCCESS : CANADIAN LEADERS PREPARE FOR THE NEXT CENTURY. Toronto, ON, Canada Key Porter Books, 1996 Collection of lectures delivered as the Annual James Gillies Alumni Lecture at York University's Schulich School of Business. Includes lectures given by Conrad Black, Joe Clark, Ted Rogers, Maurice Strong, Israel Asper, Matthew W Barrett, Laurent Beaudoin, Marshall A Cohen, Isaiah A Litvak, Peter Munk, Michael Pitfield, Kenneth D Taylor. First Edition, fine in a fine dustjacket. 1-55013-811-1
25.00

2625 TWO SOLITUDES: CONVERSATIONS MARGARET ATWOOD - VOCTOR-LEVY BEAULIEU. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, 1998 First published as Deux Sollicitudes by Editions Trois-Pistoles in 1996. First English language edition, translation by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott. A fine trade paperback. 0-7710-0836-8
20.00

3486 Ackland, Valentine. FOR SYLVIA : AN HONEST ACCOUNT. New York W. W. Norton & Company Inc, 1986 First American Edition, a fine copy in a fine price-clipped dustjacket. 0-393-02297-8
14.00

1336 Acland, Eric and Bartlett, Ernest H. LONG LIVE THE KING: GEORGE V - KING AND EMPEROR; PRINCE AND SOVEREIGN - EDWARD VIII. Toronto The John C. Winston Company, Ltd., 1936 Fine red cloth binding, decorated in black and gold. No dustjacket as issued. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First Edition
28.00

1178 Alliluyeva, Svetlana. TWENTY LETTERS TO A FRIEND. New York Harper & Row Publishers, 1967 First American Edition. Translated by Priscilla Johnson MacMillan. By the daughter of Joseph Stalin. A fine copy in a very good dustjacket.
14.00

1379 Andersen, Christopher. JAGGER UNAUTHORIZED. New York Delacorte Press, 1993 Illustrated with black & white photos. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. First Edition. 0385308256
17.50

4346 Anderson, Chester G. (editor). GROWING UP IN MINNESOTA : TEN WRITERS REMEMBER THEIR CHILDHOODS. Minneapolis, MN University of Minnesota Press, 1976 A very good trade paperback, pages clean and tight, light wear to cover. Includes memoirs of Harrison Salisbury, Meridel Le Sueur, Robert Bly, Gerald Vizenor, Toyse Kyle, Keith Gunderson, Shirley Schoonover, Edward and Howard Hong and Mary Hong Loe . 0816607656
11.50

2870 Anderson, Doris. REBEL DAUGHTER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Toronto Key Porter Books, 1996 First Paperback Edition. A fine copy in wraps. 1-55013-767-0
10.00

3192 Andrews, M. O, LITTLE FILEY! A COLLECTION OF MEMORIES PAST AND PRESENT. Nottingham R Milward and sons Ltd., 1948 Third edition. By the author of the Story of Filey, A Cornish Pastry, Jack o' Winnats, Earl Waltheof's Man. Near fine with blue card covers, illustrated front panel, 52 pages, black and white illustrations and photos.
25.00

3065 Anthony, Carolyn (editor). FAMILY PORTRAITS: REMEMBRANCES BY TWENTY DISTINGUISHED WRITERS. New York Doubleday, 1989 Stories of those who influenced the lives of these writers, includes stories by Margaret Atwood; Luois Auchincloss; Daniel J Boorstin; David Bradley; Mary Higgins Clark; Clyde Edgerton; Gail Godwin; Alfred Kazin; Susan Kenney; Joyce Carol Oates; Sara Peretsky; Walker Percy; Mary Sarton; Isaac Bashevis Singer; Elizabeth Spencer; Wallace Stegner; Gloria Steinem; Morley Torgov; Susan Allen Toth; Jonathan Yardley. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-385-26415-1
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2921 Auchincloss, Louis. LIFE LAW & LETTERS: ESSAYS AND SKETCHES. Boston Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979 First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dustjacket, lightly rubbed at bottom of spine. 0-395-28151-2
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1587 Bainbridge, Beryl. ENGLISH JOURNEY: BEING A RAMBLING BUT TRUTHFUL ACCOUNT OF WHAT ONE PERSON SAW & HEARD & FELT DURING A JOURNEY THROUGH ENGLAND. London Duckworth/ BBC Broadcasting Company, 1984 Bainbridge's diary of a trip through England during the making of a documentary on villages, commissioned by the BBC to discover the changes in the fifty years since Priestley's book of the same title was published. First British edition. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0563202998
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2792 Baker, Russell. THE GOOD TIMES. New York William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1989 A memoir by the author of Growing Up. First Edition. A near fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dustjacket. 0-688-06170-2
10.00

005138 Balanchine, George; Mason, Frances. BALANCHINE'S COMPLETE STORIES OF THE GREAT BALLETS. New York Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1977 Revised and enlarged edition. Stories of 404 classic and contemporary ballets with over 100 photographs and drawings. Includes Balanchine's thought son dance, choreography, careers in ballet, ballet for children. Book club edition, a very good hardcover in a good dustjacket, slighlty worn at corners.
25.00

4842 Barber, Lynn. DEMON BARBER : INTERVIEWS BY LYNN BARBER. New York Viking Penguin, 1998 A fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. First printing. 0670853542
14.00

3477 Barkhouse, Joyce. GEORGE DAWSON: THE LITTLE GIANT. Toronto Natural Heritage/Natural History, Incorporated, 1989 First Paperback Edition, a near fine trade paperback, light wear at corners. 0-920474-56-X
12.00

1541 Bateson, Mary Catherine. PERIPHERAL VISIONS: LEARNING ALONG THE WAY. New York Harper Collins, 1994 A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. First Edition. 0060168595
11.00

4431 Bell, Douglas. RUN OVER : A BOY, HIS MOTHER AND AN ACCIDENT. Mississauga, ON, Canada Random House of Canada, Limited, 2001 Autobiography. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 067931024X
17.50

005094 Benson, Harry. HARRY BENSON: FIFTY YEARS IN PICTURES. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Harry N Abrams Inc, 2001 Photography by the famed photojounalist. A near fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket. 223 pages, 191 photos. 0810941716
27.50

4436 Bentley, Eric. BERNARD SHAW. London Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1967 Second Birtish edition. A near fine copy in a very good dustjacket, one chip missing at top of front illustrated panel.
14.00

1171 Beresford, Philip and the Sunday Times of London. THE BOOK OF THE BRITISH RICH: FROM THE QUEEN TO MICK JAGGER, THE 400 WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN BRITAIN. New York St. Martin's Press, 1990 First American edition. Brief financial biographies and photos of the top 400 in 1990. 0312051638
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3784 Berg, James J (editor) and Freeman, Chris (editor). THE ISHERWOOD CENTURY: ESSAYS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD. Foreword by Armistead Maupin. Illustrated with black & white drawings and photographs. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket in original shrinkwrap. 0299167003
22.00

1951 Beurschaper, Peter. ARCTIC JOURNEY: PAINTINGS, SKETCHES AND REMINISCENCES OF A VANISHING WORLD. Toronto Pagurian Press Limited, 1977 The story of wildlife artist Peter Beurschaper's first encounter with the north. He captures the mood of the Arctic through his daily diary, twenty colour paintings, and numerous sketches. Introduction by Terence Michael Shortt. First Edition. A near fine copy in a price-clipped dustjacket, rubbed on back panel and corners. 0-88932-059-4
10.00

2868 Bingham, Sallie. PASSION AND PREJUDICE: A FAMILY MEMOIR. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 The story of the Binghams and the sale of the Louisville Courier-Journal & the Louisville times to the Gannett chain in 1986. 82 black & white photographs. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine, price-clipped dustjacket. 0-394-55851-0
14.00

3946 Bissell, Claude. ERNEST BUCKLER REMEMBERED. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 1989 Biography. Author's inscription on title page. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0802058140
14.00

1958 Blaise, Clark. I HAD A FATHER: A POST-MODERN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1993 First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-201-58128-0
11.00

3655 Bloch, Dr Iwan. MARQUIS DE SADE, HIS LIFE AND WORKS. New York Castle Books, A near fine copy in a near fine dustjacket, wear at corners and light rubbing to edges. Translated from the German by James Bruce.
14.00

005258 Blunt, Wilfrid. THE DREAM KING, LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA. New York, New York, U.S.A. Viking Press, 1970 A fine hardcover in a near fine price-clipped dustjacket, short closed tear at back top corner. 0670284564
24.00

2009 Bolton, Ruthie. GAL: A TRUE LIFE. New York Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994 The autobiography of a young black woman born in 1961 in South Carolina, her childhood, her success and failures. Written under a pseudonym. First edition, sixth printing. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-15-100104-9
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1767 Bondar, Roberta. TOUCHING THE EARTH. Toronto Key Porter Books, 1994 A personal account of the experience of traveling in space by Canada's first woman astronaut who made the voyage on the space shuttle Discovery. First Edition. Signed by the author. 1-55013-575-9
35.00

3305 Bono, Sonny. AND THE BEAT GOES ON. New York Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster, 1991 Illustrated with black and white photos. First Edition, a fine copy in a near fine dustjacket. 0-671-69366-2
14.00

4052 Boyer, Patricia MarY [P.M. B.]. THE MARCH OF DAYS AS VIEWED FROM MUSKOKA. Bracebridge Ontario Muskoka Graphics, 1980 First Edition, a very good trade paperback, inscription from the writer's daughter-in-law on front endpaper. A collection of writings originally published in the Herald-Gazette between 1971 - 1978.
14.00

4691 Bratton, Daniel L. THIRTY-TWO SHORT VIEWS OF MAZO DE LA ROCHE: A BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY. Toronto ECW Press, 1996 As new, in wraps. First Edition. 1-55022-274-0
14.00

3747 Brent, Linda; Child, L. Maria (editor). INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. New York Harvest Books / Harcourt Brace, 1973 A near fine trade paperback, pages clean and tight. Fifth printing. 0156443503
12.50

4420 Brittain, Vera. TESTAMENT OF FRIENDSHIP : THE STORY OF WINIFRED HOLTBY. New York Seaview Books, 1981 Second volume of Brittain's autobiographical account of her life during the first world war. Reprint. A very good hardcover, clean and bright, bottom corners of boards lightly bumped, in a near fine dustjacket. 087223679X
12.50

3885 Broadfoot, Barry. MY OWN YEARS : RECOLLECTIONS OF PEOPLE, PLACES & PEREGRINATIONS. Toronto Doubleday Canada Limited, 1984 First Canadian Edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dustjacket, light wear at top corners. 0-385-14319-2
14.00

3203 Browne, Malcolm W. MUDDY BOOTS AND RED SOCKS: A REPORTER'S LIFE. New York Times Books, 1993 Uncorrected Proof, red card covers, very lightly creased at front corners, pages clean and tight. 0-8129-6352-0
11.00

3201 Bruce, Kitty. THE ALMOST UNPUBLISHED LENNY BRUCE FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF KITTY BRUCE. Philadelphia Running Press, 1984 First Edition, large softcover format, 128 pp, cover slightly darkened, some rubbing at edges. 0-89471-259-4
22.00

2464 Brynner, Rock. YUL, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING: A MEMOIR OF FATHER AND SON. New York Simon and Schuster, 1989 First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Black and white photos. 0-671-69006-X
10.00

1227 Burgess, Anthony. FLAME INTO BEING: THE LIFE AND WORK OF D H LAWRENCE. Toronto Stoddart Publishing Co., Limited, 1985 First Canadian edition. Attractive dustjacket with portrait of Lawrence on the front. A very good copy with a small remainder mark on bottom of book.
14.00

1463 Burnford, Sheila. ONE WOMAN'S ARCTIC. Boston Little Brown and Company, 1973 By the author of The Incredible Journey. Third printing. Fine in a clean dustjacket with one tear along folded front edge. 0316117161
10.00

3441 Burton, William Westbrook (editor). CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BERNSTEIN. New York, NY, U.S.A. Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1995 First Edition, a near fine copy in a fine price-clipped dustjacket. 0-19-507947-7
14.00

1510 Butler, Brett. KNEE DEEP IN PARADISE. New York Hyperion Press Limited, 1996 Autobiography by the comedienne. A very good copy, bottom front corner slightly bumped, in a fine dustjacket. First Edition. 0786861363
10.00

3208 Butler, Mollie. AUGUST AND RAB: A MEMOIR. London Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987 Memoir of the lives of August Courtauld and R A Butler. First Edition, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-297-79147-8
14.00

2073 Cahill, Jack. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAR, SWITCH THE DAMN THING OFF! THE ADVENTURES OF A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. Don Mills, Ontario Musson Book Company/ General Publishing Co. Limited, 1980 The experiences of Toronto Star reporter at the time of the fall of Saigon, the US withdrawal from Vietnam. First Edition. Previous owner's inscription on front facing end page. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped dustjacket. 0-7737-0043-9
10.00

3768 Calabria, Michael D.. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE IN EGYPT AND GREECE : HER DIARY AND "VISIONS". Albany, NY, U.S.A. State University of New York Press, 1996 (SUNY Series in Western Esoteric Traditions) A fine trade paperback. Illustrated throughout. 0791431169
14.00

1819 Callwood, June. JUNE CALLWOOD'S NATIONAL TREASURES. Toronto Stoddart Publishing Co., Limited, 1994 Callwood's interviews from her National Treasures Vision TV series, including Margaret Atwwod, Phil Fontaine, Rosemary Brown, Charles Pachter, Buffy Sainte-Marie, William Hutt, Maureen Forrester, Farley Mowat, Karen Kain. First Canadian paperback edition. A fine copy in wraps. 0-7737-5687-6
10.00

1697 Campbell, Robert. FAT TUESDAY TAILS. London Blond & Briggs Limited, 1972 A near fine copy in a near fine dustjacket, designed by Quentin Blake. First Edition. 856340103
28.00

3802 Caponi, Gena Dagel. PAUL BOWLES : ROMANTIC SAVAGE. Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois University Press, 1994 First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0809319233
18.50

4685 Castle, John. ROYAL OCCASIONS : WATERCOLORS AND DRAWINGS. New York Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1993 Watercolours and Drawings of the behind-the-scenes life of the British Royal family. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. 0517592223
16.00

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