Women from Bruce McLeod

Very Good+ 1984 5th printing trade paperback. Very nice wraps, square and solid spine. Tight, clean and unmarked pages. 14cm x 21cm, 275 pages, cameo photos. 32 biographical sketches of pioneering women in western Canada, including Marie-Anne Lagimodiere, Pauline Johnson, Nellie McClung, Emily Carr and many more.

FINE 1st printing of this Nimbus Classic. Crisp & clean, no markings, no creases. 5x8, 200 pages, illustrated. The author's enduring, candid and remarkable story of her pioneering life as a trapper's wife (with 8 children) in Labrador in the early 1900's. Her memoir is about courage and love, recounted with pride and humour.

Near-Fine 1st printing of this edition. 5.5" x 8" softcover with French flaps. Nearly perfect covers with only a hint of wear, as-new unmarked interiors. Drawing on myth, religious beliefs, and a revealing selection of iconography, the psychotherapist and folklorist author presents a comprehensive, cross-cultural panorama of goddess worship through the ages.

Near-Fine trade softcover. 2nd printing of updated and expanded edition of 1993. Nearly perfect covers, as-new unmarked interiors. 6x9, 301 pages, bibliography, index. This book makes a significant contribution to criminal justice literature and is useful in courses in law, criminology, women's studies and sociology. Among the highlighted issues are prostitution, battered women syndrome as a legal defence, Indigenous… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, MN: Clown On Fire Media, 2011. Soft cover. Fine. FINE First Edition oversized 8" x 10" softcover. An outstanding photo essay of more than 150 women with alternative lifestyles, many with tattoos or piercings. Some nudity. They range in age from 18-40 and from size 00 to size 20. The photos reflect how they see themselves. The… Read more about this item

Thistledown Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+/VG First Edition. Very nice, with non-authorial inscription on front endpaper, minor foxing on endpapers and top edge. No bumps, crisp, clean, tight. DJ has minor wear and a few light marks. 7" x 9", 74 pages, illustrated. NOT ex-library. A poetic tribute to the mothers of aboriginal… Read more about this item

Prestel Publications, 2001. Soft cover. Fine. FINE 2nd printing softcover. No markings, fresh, appears unread. 6.5" by 9.5", 118 pages. Generously illustrated with art and photographs, this book reveals much about the life and imagery of these great women artists.

Kingston, Ontario, Canada: Queen's University Alumnae Association, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. NEAR-FINE First Edition, trade paperback size, 6" x 9",169 pages, b&w photos, complete list of Marty Scholarship winners from 1937 to 1987. Foreword by Pauline Jewett. A very nice unmarked copy - crisp, clean, nearly perfect covers.

Saskatoon, SK: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1979. Soft cover. Good. Good 3rd Printing Trade Paperback. Front endpaper missing, former owner's ID on inside front cover. bright & solid interiors. 5.75" x 8.5", 275 pages, photos, portraits. Biographies of 32 women, from all walks of life, who all contributed to improving the quality of life in Western Canada. … Read more about this item

NY: Dutton, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine/Fine First Edition, 1st Printing. One ink stamp on title page otherwise brand new in all respects. Unclipped DJ shows no wear. Gift Quality. 5.25" x 7.25", 242 pages. Actress Meg Tilly's debut novel.

Toronto: Penguin Viking, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FINE/FINE First Printing HCDJ. A great copy, no wear, no markings. Boards, binding and pages like new. 6.25" x 9.25", 221 pages, illustrated, b&w plates, index.

Piscataway, NJ, USA: Rutgers Univ Press, 2001. Soft cover. Fine. FINE Trade Paperback. Excellent covers with no creases, solid, all pages like new, no markings. 6" x 9", 220 pages, index. This book opens discussions about feminism, religion and women's sexuality.

Sumach Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing Trade Paperback. Nearly perfect wraps, as-new interiors. 6" x 9", 245 pages, index.

Belleville, ON, Canada: Epic Press - Essence Publishing, 2004. Soft cover. Fine. FINE Trade Paperback, 2nd Printing, SIGNED and dated by the author on the first page. 5.25" x 8", 176 pages, b&w and color photographs. Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese is a Hamilton based obstetrician-gynaecologist whose work has taken her to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Ecuador, Yemen and Uganda.… Read more about this item

Broadview Press, 2003. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. FINE 1st Edition, 1st Printing Trade Paperback. Crisp, clean, tight, nearly perfect wraps. No markings but for co-author's inscription "Fall 2003, post-election, Best Wishes for Making a Difference in Manitoba, Jane". 6 x 9, 210 pages, index, appendix of Women Legislators and Senators 1916-1969 and 1970-1985.

Vancouver, BC: Whitecap Books, 2000. Trade Paperback. Fine. FINE revised edition. Gift quality: crisp, clean, no markings, square & solid, no creases, pristine interiors. 6" x 9", 226 pages, illustrated.

University of Toronto Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing, 6" x 9" softcover, 301 pages. Nice wraps, one 1/2 inch tear, slight corner wear, interiors crisp and clean, previous owner's name and some notes in margins (mostly in pencil).

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2002. Trade Paperback. Fine. FINE 2nd Printing Softcover. No creases, superb wraps, small bookplate on inside of front cover. 5.5" x 8.5", 239 pages. This book tells the stories of 22 women, their families and friends, and their epic struggle to come to terms with breast cancer. The women are all members of the… Read more about this item

Fifth House Publishers, 1994. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing Softcover. 6" by 9", 336 pages, historical photos. Crisp, clean, solid, unmarked, very nice indeed. The first major biography of Nellie McClung - author, feminist, suffragist, social reformer and politician. This well-researched and finely balanced study includes McClung's time in Grey… Read more about this item

Manitoba Labour Education Centre, 1993. 1st Edition . Large Softcover. Very Good. VG First Edition. A superb copy with nearly perfect wraps, no creases, pristine unmarked interiors, looks and feels unread. 7.25" by 9", 296 pages with index, many b&w photos.