Biografia

Grain [Magazine of Literary & Visual Arts] ; Vol. 6, No. 3

Heath, Caroline (Ed.); Don Kerr; Anne Szumigalski; Louis Simmie, et al. · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Regina, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Writers Guild First Edition pp. 64. Small 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Stunning, illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers attributed to David Thauberger. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. I...

Grain [Magazine of Literary & Visual Arts] ; Vol. 6, No. 2

Heath, Caroline (Ed.); Don Kerr; Anne Szumigalski; Louis Simmie, et al. · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Regina, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Writers Guild First Edition pp. 64. Small 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Pictorial card, twice-stapled, covers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc., including those by Joe Fafard, Marg Foley, ...

Grain [Magazine of Literary & Visual Arts] ; Vol. 15, No. 2

Riches, Brenda (Ed.); Bonnie Burnard (Ed.), et al. · 1987 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Regina, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Writers Guild First Edition pp. 78. Small 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Pictorial card covers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents without blemish wit...

Past and Present of the Verbs to Read and to Write Essays on Literacy

Ferreiro, Emilia; Mark Fried (Trans.) · 2003 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

Vancouver, Toronto & Berkeley Groundwood Books | Douglas & McIntyre First Edition, First Printing pp. 80. Slim 12mo. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; as new and housed in fine dustjacket. Appears unread; fine. Every period and every historical circumstance...

The Rhetorical Hero: An Essay on the Aesthetics of André Malraux

Righter, William · 1964 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

London Routledge and Kegan Paul First Edition pp. ix, 92. Publisher's terracotta boards, black lettering to the spine. Extremities remarkably well-preserved showing no detectable flaws, neat ink name to the corner of the ffep, else, text-block without blemish; near fine and ho...

The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky 1921-1929

Deutscher, Isaac · 2003 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,988)

London & New York Verso Books pp. xiv, 444. Square 8vo. Pictorial covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Monseigneur Noël-Joseph Ritchot: Cicaire Gênêral, Protonotaire Apostolique, Curé de la Paroisse de Saint-Norbert, 1825-1905

Prud'homme, L.A. · 1928 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$53.00 (€48.09 | £40.12 | ¥8,463)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Canadian Publishers First Edition pp. viii, 239. 8vo., measuring 24 cm. Textured, tan, card covers, untrimmed pages edges. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the subject, accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, illu...

Approaching the Glory; I Know Whom I Have Believed

Peters, Jake · 2000 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Winnipeg, Manitoba WriteWord Enterprises First Edition, First Printing pp. 161. 8vo. Pictorial covers. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

The First Winter: A Canadian Chronicle

Herklots, H.G.G.; W.J. Phillips, R.C.A · 1935 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. First printing pp. xi, 176. 8vo. Green cloth boards with light teal lettering to spine with floral motif embossed to front board. Lovely black and white wood-cut frontispiece by renowned Manitoba artist Walter J. Phillips. Light edgwear, publisher'...

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Angelou, Maya · 1993 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.95 (€27.17 | £22.67 | ¥4,783)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Random House Of Canada First Edition, First Printing pp. xiii, 141. Small 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8". Publisher's quarter lilac cloth over maroon boards, gilt lettering to the spine, untripped page edges. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound bin...

Pandita Ramabai: A Great Life in Indian Missions

Dyer, Helen; W. Graham Scroggie (Preface) · 1920 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

London Pickering & Inglis First edition pp. 173 + 3 pages of publisher's advertisements. 8vo. Bound in illustrated olive cloth with maroon and green lettering and illustration to spine and front board. Black and white photographic frontispiece of the subject. Replete with many...

The Art of Living

Maurois, Andre; James Whitall (Trans.) · 1959 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.95 (€27.17 | £22.67 | ¥4,783)

New York Harper & Brothers, Publishers pp. 234. Small 8vo. Charming illustrated cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Short, neat, ink insription to the ffep, else contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. Unc...

Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age

Carlson, W. Bernard · 2013 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press pp. xiii, 500. Thick 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, bronze lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white photograhs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws: bright, clean, and unmarked...

A Leaf In The Bitter Wind: A Memoir

Ye, Ting-Xing · 1997 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$34.95 (€31.71 | £26.45 | ¥5,581)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Doubleday First Edition pp. 381. Small 8vo. Publisher's black boards, silver lettering to the spine. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine and housed in fine original, unclipped, ...

Literary Impostors: Canadian Autofiction of the Early Twentieth

Heidenreich, Rosmarin · 2018 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Montréal & Kingston McGill-Queen's University Press pp. xiii, 338. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. "In the first half of the twentieth century, a number of Canadian authors were revealed to have faked the identities that...

Canadian Political Cartoons: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1977

Bovey, Patricia E. (Curator), et al. · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

Winnipeg, Manitoba The Winnipeg Art Gallery First Edition, First Printing pp. 55. Oblong 8vo., measuring 11" x 9". Pictorial covers. Rich with many black-and-white drawings, and illustrations. Light abrasion to the upper-right margin of the front cover, contents entirely witho...

Joe from Winnipeg

Ross, Ian · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Winnipeg, Manitoba J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing pp. 119. Slim 8vo. Pictorial covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new.

Vie et Souvenirs

Dacquay, Marcel (1914-) · 1980 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,623)

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 141. 8vo., measuring 5.25" x 8.25". Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new. Uncommon in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #184851296. N...

Ma Chere Petite Soeur: Lettres A Bernadette, 1943-1970

Roy, Gabrielle; Francois Ricard; Dominque Fortier; Jane Everett · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NP Boréal First Edition pp. 256, [1]. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

Father Joe: A Manitoban Missionary ; A Biographical Account of th Life of Father Ladislaus Joseph Kre ciszewski

Hubicz, Edward M.; J.E. Cahill (Preface) · 1958 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

London Veritas Foundation Publication Centre First Edition, First Printing pp. 95, six unnumbered leaves]. Slim 8vo., measuring 22 cm tall. Black-and-white tipped-in photographic frontispiece of the subject. Six additional plates of maps, illustrations. Light edgewear to the c...