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London: Grafton Books, 1987. (UK) 2nd printing 1987. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the half-title, no other markings, Fine in price-clipped Very Good dust jacket with a chip to the head of spine panel; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover, 224pp, index, 122 colour and 74 B&W photos. This book looks at the luxurious post-war life style of… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1980. (CAD) Presumed First edition. No markings, tiny faint spot to top edge of pages, solid Very Good in unclipped Very Good dust jacketl. Dark blue cloth, 176 pp. No illus. This autobriography tells a story of victory over loneliness and mental anguish. (1.8 JM 0501. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo -… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, to te title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with small crease to top edge of front panel. and a couple of tiny "dimples" (not breaking the paper surface) to the spine edge of the rear panel. Hardcover, xii, 335pp, B&W photos.… Read more about this item

Toronto / Vancouver: Merritt Publishing Company, 1980. (CAD) Presued 1st edition. SIGNED BY ARTIST " Andre Bieler, 1981", no other markings, hint of spine slant, otherwise Very Good in Very Good (-) dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to head of spine of Dj and 1/2" closed tear and small crease to bottom edge of front panel; Dj is… Read more about this item

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995. (USA) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title pages, small remainder dot to bottom edge of pages, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a small crease to corner of the front flap and a pin prick to the rear panel. Hardcover, 205pp. The Chinese American poet writes about his family's… Read more about this item

Toronto: Viking, 1994. (CAD) 3rd printing of first edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page;no other markings, but tiny spot to upper edge of front endpaper, and small spots to front pastedown offsetting to dust jacket flap (possiby a manufacturing fault?) thus Very Good in unclipped Very Good dust jacket. Red boards, xiv, 266pp. … Read more about this item

Toronto: Seal Books, 1987. (CAD) 1st printing. There is a small ownership stamp to the endpeper, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dustjacket with a touch of rubbing to the panel gloss Grey bds, 300pp, index. The autobiography of Jimmy Pattison, written with Paul Grescoe, is a story of a born businessman who heads Canada's… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. (CAD) 1st printing, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 350pp, map; a few B&W photos. From the cover: George Mercer Dawson is a towering figure in Canadian history and science as the man who led the Geological Survey during its exploration of the Canadian West, mostly from horseback or from… Read more about this item

NY: Times Books, 1979. (USA) Preseumed 1st edition. No markings, Near Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Cloth hardcover, 240pp, B&W photos throughout almost all of people in the Theatre world, fashion, writers, art scene, on location, performers, dress designers, ballet, etc. Snowdon, who died in 2017, is best known internationally for his portraits of world… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1993. (UK) First in this abridged, illustrated format. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 264pp, index, lavishly illustrated with colour illus augmented with B&W illus. With Antionia Fraser's abridged biography at its core, this lovely illustrated book chronicles the life and times of Charles II. It paints a picture of a glorious… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Privately Printed, 2014. (CAD) This is a privately printed book produced by Echo Agency in Vancouver, no date but possibly 2014. INSCRIBED BY Hugh Magee: "Best wishes, High", no other markings, Fine, no dust jackdt as published. 11.5 x 8", hardcover, 152pp, colour photos. Seven chapters including chapters on Fibreplast, Great West Steel, the Middle East, Douglas… Read more about this item

Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1993. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, but small white label to the endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 278pp, notrs and sources, index, colour reproductions of paintings, with some B&W drawings and illus. Born in 1906, Bates started painting at an early age; his piece In the Kitchen was painted when… Read more about this item

NY: Barnes & Noble, 1999. (USA) 1s printing No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve with panels of sleeve rubbed. Hardcover, 184pp, index, 250 B&W photos. Tesla's theories spawned radio transmission, neon lights, high-voltage electrical systems, x-rays, satellite transmission, and space defence systems. Material from the Belgrade Museum is incorporated into this biography as well as… Read more about this item

NY: Viking, 2008. (USA) 1st printing of the first edition, No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 496pp, index, a few B&W portraits. From the jacket: Paul Mariani, an award-winning poet himself and author of a number of biographies of literary figures, brilliantly integrates Hopkins?s spiritual life and his literary life to create a rich and compelling portrait… Read more about this item

NY: Crown Publishing Group, 2018. (USA) Stated first edition and with the full number line to the copyright page. No markings, tiny bump to the top edge of the front cover, not breaking the paper, thus Near Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with the Oprah's Book Club printed to the front panel. Boards, 426pp, mostly colour photos.… Read more about this item

Altona MB: Friesen Press, 2021. (CAD) Prtesumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine. Wraps, 426pp, mostly B&W photos augmented with some colour photos. This is the history of Magda and Gertrud Hahn, two unusual and fascinating dance artists. They came to Vancouver in the late 1950s and opened up the first modern dance school in the city. The author was… Read more about this item

Kelowna: Sunhill Book Marketing, 2009. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, rubbing to cover corner tips and small crease to lower edge of front cover, pages clean, Good used copy.Wraps, 199pp. B&W photos. This is a memoir about growing up on MacDonald Street in Vancouver during the 1940s and 1950s. Ross was trained as… Read more about this item

Victoria: Royal BC Museum Publishing , 2012. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition Owner's name to back of cover, no other markings, Very Good. Wraps, 239pp, B&W photos Andrews was British Columbia's surveyor general from 1951 to 1968. He supervised the maping of the province's large construction projects. His developments in aerial photography changed foretry in the 1930s and… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. (UK) First publication. No markings, Very Good; lacking the dust jacket. Hardcover, no page numbers [194]pp; B&W photos throughout of dance personalities and performance stills. Dolin was born in Slinfold in Sussex as Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay (generally known as Patrick or Pat Kay to his friends). He joined Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets… Read more about this item

Canada: Hamish Hamilton, 2019. (CAD) 1st printing of the First edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page of This Does Not Belong to You, no other markigns, Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket with a tiny tear just to the top corner of the front falp fold (about 1/8" long). Dj is in mylar sleeve. This is… Read more about this item