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004966 Derry, Ramsay. THE WORLD OF ROBERT BATEMAN. Toronto Madison Press Books /Viking Canada, 1985 First Canadian edition. Full colour plates, 168 pages plus index and chronology. A near fine hardcover, corners lightly bumped at bottom, in a near fine dustjacket, gloss dulled from shelfwear. 067080679X
32.00

000038 Deverell, William. STREET LEGAL: THE BETRAYAL. Toronto, ON, Canada Seal Books / McClelland-Bantam Inc, 1996 First paperback printing. Very good condition, some creasing on spine, pages clean and tight. 0770427286
4.95

4803 Donato. DONATO'S 1980 POLITICAL CARTOONS. Toronto Ontario Canada The Toronto Sun, 1980 A very good large format softcover, pages are clean and tight, slight yellowing to cover edges. 0919233015
10.00

4711 Dougher, Helen Fitzgerald; McCallion, Jean (Editor). SELECTED POEMS : THE LIGHT BETWEEN 1977-1999. Hamilton, Ontario Mini Mocho Press, 1999 Poetry. A near fine trade paperback, 79 pages. 0921980159
14.00

3947 Doyle, James. ANNIE HOWELLS AND ACHILLE FRECHETTE. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 1979 Biography. First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dustjacket, one spot at bottom of front panel. 0802054501
12.00

005241 Drummond, Michael. MONTREAL AND ITS COUNTRYSIDE. Toronto Oxford University Press, 1979 A near fine hardcover, light shelfwear at bottom edge, in a near fine dustjacket. 0195403088
18.00

3307 Ehring, George and Roberts, Wayne. GIVING AWAY A MIRACLE: LOST DREAMS, BROKEN PROMISES & THE ONTARIO NDP. Oakville Mosaic Press, 1993 First Edition. A near fine trade paperback, 391pp. 0-88962-554-9
12.50

004954 Erhard, Nancie. FIRST IN ITS CLASS: THE STORY OF THE ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA YACHT SQUADRON. Halifax, Nova Scotia Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 1986 First printing. A near fine copy, previous owner's gift inscriptionon front free endpaper, in a near fine dustjacket. 156 pages, black and white photos. 0920852511
20.00

1751 Finlayson, Judith. TRAILBLAZERS: WOMEN TALK ABOUT CHANGING CANADA. Toronto Doubleday Canada Limited, 1999 The stories of thirty-six famous Canadian women whose efforts and successes remade Canadian society. First Edition. Fine in a fine dustjacket. 0-385-25658-2
20.00

4498 Foot, David K; Stoffman, Daniel. BOOM, BUST AND ECHO : HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE COMING DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT. Toronto, ON, Canada Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1997 A near fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dustjacket. 0921912978
12.50

2735 Foster, J A. MUSKETS TO MISSILES: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CANADA'S GROUND FORCES. Toronto Methuen Publications, 1987 Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, illustrated endpapers. First Edition. A very good copy, slight slant to spine and shelfwear at bottom corners, in a near fine dustjacket. 0-458-81220-X
15.00

004938 Galt, George. WHISTLE STOP: A JOURNEY ACROSS CANADA. Agincourt Toronto Canada Methuen Publications, 1987 First printing. A near fine hardcover, slight glue stain on front free endpaper, otherwise clean and bright, in a fine dustjacket. 0458805106
14.00

4402 Geiger, John: Beattie, Owen. DEAD SILENCE : THE GREATEST MYSTERY. Toronto, ON, Canada Viking Canada, 1993 Archaelogical study of the search for the truth of what happened to James Knight, and his men on the ships Albany and Discovery in Hudson's Bay in 1719. First printing, near fine in a very good dustjacket, light wear at edges. 0670843180
27.50

005361 Gibbs, Betty. THE ART OF LEN GIBBS. Toronto Reidmore, 1981 A near fine hardcover in a very good dustjacket, closed tear on front panel, 144 pages, 70 full colour plates, and 30 black & white illustrations. 0919091032
30.00

3640 Gibson, Gordon. THIRTY MILLION MUSKETEERS : ONE CANADA, FOR ALL CANADIANS. Toronto Key Porter Books, 1995 "How Canada is now and the problems that both separatists and nationalists have with government in Canada." First Paperback Edition, a fine trade paperback. 1-55013-706-9
12.00

000165 Goodwin, Clive E. A BIRD-FINDING GUIDE TO ONTARIO. Toronto, ON University of Toronto Press, 1982 First printed in 1982. Reading copy condition trade paperback, heavy shelf wear, creasing on corners and cover. Pages darkened and pen marked. 0802064949
3.95

000036 Gordon, Alison. THE DEAD PULL HITTER. Toronto, ON McClelland & Stewart/Tundra Books, 1989 A Kate Henry Mystery, softcover, first printing. Very good condition, pages clean and tight. 0771034202
4.95

3226 Goudie, Elizabeth. WOMAN OF LABRADOR. Toronto Peter Martin Associates Limited, 1973 The first book written about Labrador women by a native-born Labrador woman. Second printing. A near fine copy in a good price-clipped dustjacket, edgewear and two tears. 0-88778-079-2
16.00

4465 Gournay, Isabelle (editor); Vanlaethem, France (editor). MONTREAL METROPOLIS 1880-1930. Don Mills, ON, Canada Stoddart Publishing, 1998 Large format softcover. A fine copy in original publisher's shrinkwrap. 0773759743
20.00

2806 Grady, Wayne (editor). FROM THE COUNTRY: WRITINGS ABOUT RURAL CANADA. Camden East, Ontario Camden House Publishing, 1991 A Harrowsmith anthology, fiction and non-fiction. First Edition, a fine trade paperback, 303 pp. Authors include: Mary Burns, Matt Cohen, Marion Botsford Fraser, George Galt, Don Gayton, Wayne Grady, Maurice Henrie, Edward Hoagland, Harold Horwood, Edith Iglauer, George Johnston, Norman Levine, Alistair MacLeod, Heather Robertson, Robin Skelton, Edna Staebler, John Steffler, Wallace Stegner, and Rudy Wiebe. 0-921820-21-6
20.00

2984 Graham, Gerald S. A CONCISE HISTORY OF CANADA. New York The Viking Press Inc, 1968 Green cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 181 illustrations, 192pp. A fine copy in a near fine dustjacket.
12.00

2100 Gzowski, Peter. THE MORNINGSIDE YEARS. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, 1997 A collection of the most memorable programs from Gzowski's radio broadcasts, including interviews with Margaret Laurence, Robertson Davies, W.O. Mitchell, Alice Munro, Timothy Findley and Margaret Atwood, Dalton Camp, Stuart McLean. Black & white photographs. Includes CD of highlights. First Edition. 0-7710-3706-6
17.50

1402 Gzowski, Peter. SELECTED COLUMNS FROM CANADIAN LIVING. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, 1993 Illustrated with wood engravings by Gerard Brender a Bradis. A fine copy, softcover. First Paperback Edition. 0771037295
10.00

3896 Hartling, Ernest K.. BLUENOSE MASTER : THE MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ERNEST K. HARTLING AS TOLD TO JO KRANZ. Toronto, ON, Canada Hounslow Press, 1989 First Canadian paperback edition. A fine trade paperback. Illustrated with line drawings by Gerard Williams. 0-88882-114-X
10.00

4214 [Hatheway, Frank] Chapman, J K (editor). HAIR FROM A BLACK STALLION'S TAIL. Fredericton, NB self-published, 1982 A collection of stories by Frank Hatheway published as a series 'Highways and Byways' in the Saint John globe in tthe 1920's. Includes a biography of Hatheway and three maps of the area. A near fine copy in red card covers. 0969117701
16.00

004967 Heller, Ursula. VILLAGE PORTRAITS. Agincourt Toronto Canada Methuen Publications, 1981 Photographs of small towns across North America, black & white photos.. A near fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket. First printing. 0458950009
20.00

1865 Hellyer, Paul. AGENDA: A PLAN FOR ACTION. Scarborough Prentice-Hall of Canada, Ltd., 1971 Argument that any free, open society can be operated with full employment and zero inflation within the private capital system. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket, author's inscription on front facing end page. 0-13-018572-8
17.50

005086 Hill, Beth. SAPPERS: THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Ganges, BC Hosdal & Schubart, 1987 A very good trade paperback, wear at edges of covers, pages clean and tight. 0920663052
14.00

1306 Holmes, Peggy with Spalding, Andrea. NEVER A DULL MOMENT. Don Mills, Ontario Collins Publishers, 1984 The life of the writer and broadcaster in Edmonton in the 1920's and 1930's. With a foreword by Premier Lougheed. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. First Edition 0002172771
11.00

3434 Houston, James. CONFESSIONS OF AN IGLOO DWELLER. Toronto, ON, Canada McClelland & Stewart, 1995 Autobiographical account of Houston meeting the Inuit. 'Subtitled: "The story of the man who brought Inuit art to the outside world". First Canadian Edition, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-7710-4272-8
12.50

005329 Hussey, Ruth and Goulin, Judith. RATTRAY MARSH THEN AND NOW. Ajax, Ontario The Rattray Marsh Protection Association, 1990 Chronicle of the Rattray Marsh Conservation Area in Mississauga, Ontario. A near fine trade paperback. 0969357303
11.00

005158 Johnson, E. Pauline. FLINT AND FEATHER: THE COMPLETE POEMS OF E. PAULINE JOHNSON (TEKAHIONWAKE). Toronto Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1970 A near fine trade paperback. 0340147229
7.95

005191 Johnson, Major E A "Rick" (editor). TRENTON : 50 YEARS OF AIR FORCE. Trenton, Ontario CFB 50th Anniversary Committee 1981, 1981 Special printing. A near fine hardcover in a very good dustjacket, wear at edges.
24.00

4639 Johnston, Basil. CRAZY DAVE. Toronto Key Porter Books, 1999 Biographical story based on Native life on a reservation. First printing. A near fine trade paperback, pages clean and tight. 155263051X
16.00

005230 Johnston, Julie. HERO OF LESSER CAUSES. Toronto Lester Publishing Limited, 1992 A fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. 1895555221
14.00

4665 Jones, Iris Sanderson. COUNTRY ROADS OF ONTARIO. Halifax, Nova Scotia Nimbus Publishing Ltd, Canada, 1994 A near fine trade paperback. Illustrated with drawings by Anne Tatgenhorst. 1551090775
9.95

005293 Jones, John Oliver. WHERE THE BIRDS ARE: A GUIDE TO ALL 50 STATES AND CANADA. Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1990 A very good, oversize softcover, 400 pages, charts, maps of birding locations. 0688051782
18.00

2438 Kapica, Jack (editor). SHOCKED AND APPALLED: A CENTURY OF LETTERS TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL. Toronto Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1985 First Paperback Edition. A near fine copy, rubbed at bottom front corner. 0-88619-179-3
10.00

2904 Kase, Edmund H Jr. JACK GERVAIS RANGER AND FRIEND. Brule Lake self-published, 1972 Second printing with the addition of new photographs. A personal tribute by the author to his friend Patrick John Gervais who spent his working life as an Ontario parks ranger. This is an interesting account of early twentieth century life. A fine copy, very clean, with brown textured paper boards, no dustjacket.
20.00

4786 Keefer, Ralph. GROUNDED IN EIRE : THE STORY OF TWO RAF FLIERS INTERNED IN IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II. Montreal, PQ, Canada McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 A near fine hardcove rin a near fine dustjacket. 0773511423
20.00

4401 Knowles, Valerie. FIRST PERSON : A BIOGRAPHY OF CAIRINE WILSON, CANADA'S FIRST WOMAN SENATOR. Toronto, ON, Canada Dundurn Press, 1988 A near fine softcover., pages are clean and tight. 1550020307
14.00

3831 Ladha, Yasmin. LION'S GRANDDAUGHTER & OTHER STORIES. Edmonton, AB, Canada NeWest Publishers, Limited, 1992 Short stories combining the Indian -Muslim heritage and Canadian immigrant experience of the author. First Edition, a fine trade paperback. 0-920897-25-8
12.50

4435 Lamb, J William. BRIDGING THE YEARS : A HISTORY OF BRIDGE STREET UNITED / METHODIST CHURCH, BELLEVILLE 1815-1990. Winfield, British Columbia Wood Lake Books Inc, 1990 Inscription signed by the author on the front-facing endpage. A fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. 092903225X
20.00

2364 Lambert, R S. EXPLORING THE SUPERNATURAL: THE WEIRD IN CANADIAN FOLKLORE. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, 1955 Hauntings, poltergeists, black magic and other supernatural events: the Fire Spook at Caledonia Mills in Nova Scotia; the extraordinary Shaking Tent of the Indian Medicine Man; witch-craft in Quebec; fire-haunters in Woodstock, monsters in the ocean, lakes and rivers. First Edition. Black & white illustrations. Illustrated dustjacket is chipped and torn, one large piece missing at top of spine, tape residue stains on inside panels. Blue cloth covered boards, faded around edges and showing stains from tape residue, inside front and back facing pages also show stains from tape, pages darkened, otherwise very good.
10.00

4426 Lang, Marjorie. WOMEN WHO MADE THE NEWS : FEMALE JOURNALISTS IN CANADA, 1880-1945. Montreal, PQ, Canada McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999 A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Publishers spec sheet included. 077351838X
24.50

4661 Langdon, John. CLOCK & WATCHMAKERS IN CANADA 1700 TO 1900. Toronto Anson-Cartwright Editions, 1976 First edition. A near fine copy, dark blue card covers. 0919974023
25.00

005339 Lank, David. PAINTINGS FROM THE WILD: THE ART AND LIFE OF GEORGE MCLEAN. Toronto The Brownstone Press Limited, 1981 A near fine hardcover, in a very good dustjacket, wear at edges, & some chipping now in mylar protector. 141 numbered pages, green cloth binding with gilt lettering, 40 colour plates plus black & white illustrations. 0919275044
35.00

4484 LaPierre, Laurier L. SIR WILFRED LAURIER AND THE ROMANCE OF CANADA. Toronto Stoddart Publishing, 1996 A fine trade paperback. 0773759166
12.50

005233 Leasor, James. GREEN BEACH. London William Heinemann Ltd., 1975 First edition. A near fine hardcover, pages slightly darkened with age, some underlining on first pages, in a near fine glossy dustjacket. 0434410241
20.00

4179 Ledoux, Florence B. SKETCHES OF NIAGARA: WHERE YESTERDAY GREETS TODAY. 1955 A very good pamphlet, forty-four pages, illustrated with black & while photos, map tipped in at back cover. Some wear at edges and very tiny marks on cover, otherwise near fine.
15.00

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