Biografia

My Rocky Road of Life [SIGNED]

Trimpolis, Peter · 2002 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.25 (€26.54 | £22.14 | ¥4,671)

Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada Privately Printed | Derksen Printer (Steinbach, Manitoba) Second Printing pp. 284. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Arafat: Terrorist or Peacemaker?

Hart, Alan · 1984 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd First Edition pp. 480. 8vo. Publisher's black boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws to the extremities, rust residue (presumably from a paperclip) t...

A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael

Elliot, Elisabeth · 1994 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Grand Rapids, Michigan Fleming H. Revell pp. 382. 8vo. Publisher's quarter ivory cloth over navy-blue boards; map endpapers. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and hous...

Everything In Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales

Sacks, Oliver · 2018 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Toronto Alfred A. Knopf First Edition pp. vi, 274. Small 8vo. Publisher's light-blue boards, silver lettering to the spine. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine very lightly rubbed dustjacket. Appears unread. Near Fine From t...

The White Road; A True Story [SIGNED]

Burnham, George H. · 1986 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada] Privately Published | Printed by Interlake Graphics First Edition, First Printing pp. 164. Small 8vo. Illustrated covers. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimles, et al. Lightest rubbing to the covers, ...

A Prairie Odyssey: Alan Beaven and the Tree Planting Car [SIGNED] ; How Tree Planting Transformed the Prairies

Beaven, Dianne · 2011 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. xxi, 178. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Many additional black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Appears un...

Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol

Scherman, Tony; David Dalton · 2009 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York Harper First Edition pp. xv, 509. Thick 8vo. Publisher's green-and-black boards, silver lettering to the spine. Black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and h...

Child of the Plains and Forest: My Personal Legend [SIGNED]

Kerbrat, Dominique J. (O.M.I.); Albert Lafrenière (Trans.) · 2013 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 60. 12mo. Illustrated card covers. Rich with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Appears unread;...

Gem: The Life of Sister Mac-Geraldine MacNamara

Stebner, Eleanor J.; Rosemary Radford Ruether (Foreword) · 2001 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Toronto Novalis Press First Edition, First Printing pp. 111. 12mo. Illustrated covers. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. As New

Anecdotal Memoirs

Fairley, Randolph D. ("Bud") · 2006 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

N.P. [Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 64. Slim 8vo. Publisher's gray cloth over boards, black lettering to the front board. Black-and-white photographs, and portraits. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked wit...

The Paris Reivew, Number 63

Plimpton, George (Editor); · 1975 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Flushing, New York Sadruddin Aga Khan / The Paris Review, Inc. pp. 203. 8vo. Card covers. Many black and white photographs, illustrations and advertisements. Lightest rubbing to covers, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Includes an interview wi...

Rise And Shine: 45 Years in the Land of the Rising Sun ; [Mennonite Missionary Memoirs]

Derksen, Mary Klassen (1928 -); Peter Derksen (1928-2014) · 2018 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Abbotsford, British Columbia Privately Printed by the Author First Edition, First Printing pp. x, 338. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding;...

The Search for St. Thérèse: A Study of the Life, Legend, The Mystery of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Rohrbach, Peter-Thomas · 1961 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Garden City, New York Hanover House pp. 237. 8vo. Black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Black-and-white photographs and portraits. Lightest edgewear to the cloth extremities, neat ink inkscription to the ffep, else, contents remain bright, clean...

Death of a Guru: A Hindu Comes to Christ

Maharaj, Rabindranat; Dave Hunt · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Burlington, Ontario, Canada Welch Publishing Company Inc. pp. 224. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new.

Pages from My Life: An Autobiography

Chaliapine, Feodor Ivanovitch [ ] (1873-1938); H.M. Buck (Trans.); Katharine Wright (Revised and Ed.) · 1927 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers First Edition, First Printing pp. 345. Royal 8vo. Teal cloth over boards with gilt rules, and lettering to the spine and front board. Black-and-white frontispiece of Chaliapine accompanied with many additional black-and-white, a...

Recollections of an Icelandic Statesman ; Being a Chapter From the Autobiography of the Late Sveinn Björnsson, First President of Iceland

Björnsson, Sveinn (1881-1952); Snæbjön Jónsson (Trans.) · 1960 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Reykjavik, Iceland Ísafoldarprentsmiðja Ltd. First Edition, First Printing pp. 67. Slim 8vo., measuring 21 x 14 cm. Limp navy-blue leatherette covers, gilt lettering to the centre of the front cover. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Björnsson accompanied with sever...

Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

King Jr., Martin Luther; Desmond Tutu (Intro.) · 2007 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boulder, Colorado Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. First Edition, First Printing pp. 95. Square 12mo. 1/4 black velvet over pictorial boards, white lettering to the spine. Beautifully illustrated throughout with drawings, photographs, portraits, illustrations, etc. Bright, clean, and ...

Room of One's Own: Joan Givner Special Issue

Gheroghe, Cristina (Ed.) · 1992 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Vancouver, B.C. Privately Printed Volume 15, Numbers 3 & 4 pp. 252. 12mo., measuring 5" x 8". Illustrated card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Scarce in commerce. "This collage of letters, interviews, reviews, stories, and miscellaneous writing contains the raw...

Enchantment and Sorrow: The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy

Roy, Gabrielle; Patricia Claxton (Trans.) · 1987 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Toronto Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers First Edition, First Printing pp. ix, 414. Thick 8vo. Publisher's brown boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Light edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly shel...

In Search of My Father: The Sometimes Tender, Sometimes Turbulent Chronicles of a Young Boy's Journey

Toews, Clint · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba] Horizon Books Publishers First Edition, First Printing p. 195. 12mo. Illustrated covers. Appears unread; as new.