Biografia

Memory Hold-The-Door; An Autobiography

Buchan, John (1875-1940); Yousuf Karsh (Portraits) · 1940 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,155)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Musson Book Company Ltd. First Edition, First Printing pp. 327. Royal 8vo. Publisher's original forest-green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, blind-stamped crest to the centre of the front board. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece...

A Portrait of Thomas More: Scholar, Statesman, Saint

Cecil, Algernon (1879-1953) · 1937 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Limited First Edition pp. xi, 442. Thick 8vo. Publisher's ivory-and-maroon cloth boards, gilt rules and lettering to the spine, maroon topstain. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of More, accompanied with additional black-and-white p...

William Ewart Gladstone: Statesman and Scholar

Williamson, David · 1898 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,155)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada G.M. Rose & Sons pp. xxvii, 422. Thick 8vo. Bound in three-quarters leather over pebbled cloth over boards with gilt, rules, lettering and ornamentation to the spine, and boards; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Four raised bands, five compartment...

McClure: The China Years of Dr. Bob McClure; A Biography

Scott, Munroe · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canec Publishing and Supply House First Edition, First Printing pp. x, 409. Royal 8vo. Speckled paper boards with cream lettering to the spine; map endpapers. Exceptionall well-preserved and without flaws to the extremities, contents equally without bl...

Walter Gretzky: On Family, Hockey and Healing [SIGNED]

Gretzky, Walter; Diane Black (Foreword); Frank Rubini (Foreword) · 2001 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Random House Canada First Edition, First Printing pp. xiii, 242. 8vo. Black paper boards with silver rules and lettering to the spine. Black and white photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new and housed in fine, unclipped, dustja...

Prairie Wings [SIGNED]

Anderson, Cliff · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

[Airdrie, Alberta?] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 89. 12mo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispice, with additional black-and-white portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. See OCLC #56807026.

Howard Lowrie, M.D.: Physician, Humanitarian

Repka, William · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Progress Books Portraits of Canadians in Struggle Series pp.ix, 104, [4]. 12mo. Pictorial card covers. Black-and-white facsimiles. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents without blemish; near fine.

Angela Davis: An Autobiography ; [Association copy belonging to William and Mary Kardash, noted early Canadian Communists]

Davis, Angela Yvonne (1944 - ); Toni Morrison (Ed.) · 1974 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$245.00 (€222.29 | £185.45 | ¥39,123)

New York Random House [Bernard Geis Associates] First Edition, Second Printing pp. x, 400, [1]. 8vo. Publisher's bright red cloth over boards with black lettering to the spine, blindstamped borders, raised lettering of the author's name in italic script to the front board; bla...

"Les Plumes d'Or": Nouveux Horizons: 1976-1977 & 1977-1978 (Souvenir Books, Complete in Two Volumes) ; [The Golden Feathers: New Horizons: 1976-1977 & 1977-1978]

Maguet, Elizabeth (Preface); Lucien Daoust (Preface to Vol. II); Annette Saint-Pierre (Intro.), et al. · 1976 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

[Saint-Boniface, Manitoba] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 95; 125. 4to's, measuring 8.5" x 11". Mimeographed typescript leaves housed in illustrated, thrice-stapled, card covers. No detectable wear, contents equally without blemish with firm, stapled bindi...

Arctic Trader: The Account of Twenty Years with the Hudson's Bay Company, Illustrated

Godsell, Philip H.; Charles Camsell (Intro.) · 1943 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited Sixth Revised Edition pp. xii, 322. 8vo. Original cloth over boards with maroon and navy-blue letterig to the spine. Lacking frontispiece. Eight additional full-page photographic plates capturing the author's rem...

Those Were the Days That I Lived and Loved: A Biography of Gus D'Aoust, A Professional Barrenland Trapper [SIGNED]

D'Aoust, Gus; Alix Harpelle · 2009 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$105.00 (€95.27 | £79.48 | ¥16,767)

Rorketon, Manitoba, Canada Alix Harpelle Fourth Printing pp. 215, [4]. 8vo. Pictorial boards. Replete with many black and white photographs and illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Rare in commerce. SIGNED, and i...

Ukrainian Literature; Studies of the Leading Authors

Manning, Clarence, Augustus; Watson Kirkconnell (Foreword) · 1944 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Jersey City, N.J. Ukranian National Association First Edition pp. [1-6], 7-126. Small 8vo. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine, and front board. Lightest rubbing to the cloth extremities, neat complimentary card of the Cultural Committee of the Ukrainian N...

The Palmers: A Pictorial Life Story; Memoirs of David D. Palmer

David D. Palmer; Ernest G. Napolitano (Intro.) · 197 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Davenport, Iowa Bawden Bros., Inc. First Edition, First Printing pp. 184. Small 4to. Ribbed brown cloth over boards with stylized gilt lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with dozens of black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Exceptionall...

Old Dad Chiro: A Biography of D.D. Palmer, Founder of Chiropractic [SIGNED by Author]

Gielow, Vern; Vickie Palmer Miller (Foreword), et al. · 1981 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Davenport, Iowa Bawden Bros, Inc. First Edition pp. xvi, 142. 8vo. Laminated illustrated card covers. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; near fine. Scarce in commerce. Warmly...

The Last of the Scottsboro Boys: An Autobiography

Norris, Clarence; Sybil D. Washington · 1979 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York G. P. Putnam's Sons First Edition pp. [1-8], 9-281, [1]. 8vo. Publisher's dark-brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws to the extremities, short neat ink inscription to the ...

Monsieur l'Abbe; Louis-Raymond Giroux: Directeur du Collège de Saint-Boniface. - Chapelain du gouvernment provisoire. - Missionnaire. - Curé. : 1841-1911

Prud'Homme, L.A. · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

St-Paul, Quebec Imp. Charrier & Dugal, Ltée. Reprint pp. 95. 12mo. Illustrated card covers. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the subject. Many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

R.L. Stevenson: Poet in Paradise

Mrantz, Maxine · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Honolulu Aloha Graphics | Tongg Publishing Co., Ltd. First Edition pp. 29. 16mo. Textured, twice-stapeld, pictorial card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations. No detectable flaws; fine. Briefly scans the poet's five months ...

Be Not Afraid: A Martyr's Story; An Autobiography of Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky, C.Ss.R.

Velychkovsky, Vasyl; John Sianchuk; Stefan J. Bachtalowsky; George J. Perejda (Trans.) · 2002 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Yorkton, Saskatchewan Redeemer's Voice Press First Edition, First Printing pp. 148. Small 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new. Corresponds to OCLC #263091307. At time of cataloguing not found in Peel, LAC/BAC, UoS. ...

An Instinct for Success: Arnold Spohr and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Crabb, Michael; Miriam Adams (Ed.); Evelyn Hart (Preface); Kathleen Richardson (Foreword), et al. · 2002 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dance Collection Danse Press/es First Edition, First Printing pp. 288. 8vo. Pebbled navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new and housed in as new dust...

Life / Situations: Essays Written and Spoken

Sartre, Jean-Paul; Paul Auster (Trans.); Lydia Davis (Trans.) · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

New York Pantheon Books First American Edition pp. 216. Small 8vo. Publisher's tan cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Lightest rubbing to the cloth extremities, neat ink name to the ffep, contents otherwise without blemish with bright, clean, and u...