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Memories & Opinions: An Unfinished Autobiography
by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas "Q" & Roberts,S.C.
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- 1st UK Edition
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- 1945
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1945 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. Brief biographical account of his childhood in Cornwall and his education at Oxford. Edited with an introduction by S.C.Roberts. Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a British writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is best remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Selected Journals of L.M.Montgomery Volume I 1889-1910
by Montgomery, Lucy Maud (Ed. Mary Rubio & Elizabeth Waterston)
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- 1st Canadain Edition
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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- 9780195405033
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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1985 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Canadain Edition. "This first volume takes her to 1910, the year before her marriage. It recounts her schooldays, her teaching years, and the publication of 'Anne of Green Gables'. The Montgomery journals are especially interesting because they provide a unique social history and the privilege of viewing closely the life… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Selected Journals of L.M.Montgomery Volume I 1889-1910
by Montgomery, Lucy Maud (Ed. Mary Rubio & Elizabeth Waterston)
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- 1st Canadain Edition
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- 1985
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- 9780195415124
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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1985 Book. Very Good +. Soft cover. 1st Canadain Edition. "This first volume takes her to 1910, the year before her marriage. It recounts her schooldays, her teaching years, and the publication of 'Anne of Green Gables'. The Montgomery journals are especially interesting because they provide a unique social history and the privilege of viewing closely… Read more about this item Item Price
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L.M. Montgomery: The Norval Years, 1926-1935
by Quaile, Deborah
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- 1st Canadian Edition
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- 2006
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- 9780973391114
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Ayton, Ontario: Wordbird Press, 2006 Book. Illus. by Jennifer Osborn. New. Soft cover. 1st Canadian Edition. Deborah Quaile has documented and compiled treasured photographs and information about the life of famed Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery' during the years that she lived in Norval, Ontario (1926 to 1935). Lucy Maud Montgomery, (always called "Maud" by family and friends) and publicly… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Selected Journals of L.M.Montgomery Volume I 1889-1910
by Montgomery, Lucy Maud (Ed. Mary Rubio & Elizabeth Waterston)
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- 1st Canadain Edition
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- 1985
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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1985 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Canadain Edition. "This first volume takes her to 1910, the year before her marriage. It recounts her schooldays, her teaching years, and the publication of 'Anne of Green Gables'. The Montgomery journals are especially interesting because they provide a unique social history and the privilege of viewing closely the life… Read more about this item Item Price
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Women Pioneers of Saskatchewan
by Rider, Celeste D.[ed]
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- 1st Can Ed
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
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- 9781895859294
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Regina, SK: Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 2009 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed. Short biographies of some of the hardy women who settled in Western Canada .Issued in commemoratiion of the 40th. Anniversaty of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 1969--2009. 578p illus. bibliography, index. [Worldcat lists oly 16 copies] . Item Price
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Margaret Macdonald: Imperial Daughter
by Mann, Susan
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- First Edition.
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9780773529991
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Montreal: McGill Queens Univ Press, 2005 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. "During an era of separate spheres for men and women, Margaret Macdonald used her nurse's training to gain access to the military and a life of work, travel, and adventure. In 1906, she was one of the first two nurses to receive a permanent appointment… Read more about this item Item Price
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Norman Douglas
by Tomlinson,H.M.
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- Very Good, Slight Chips
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- 1st.US Edition.
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- 1931
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Edition.. The colophon in this copy states : Hand set in Deepdene type by A.W.Rushmore at the Golden Hind Press in Madison, New Jersey. Printed by The Haddon Craftsmen in Camden,New Jersey. Published by Harper & Brothers, of New York and London 1931." 78p. frontis. DJ now protected in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Monahos: A Memoir
by Ray, Riten [Ritendra Kumar]
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- 1st Can Ed.
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- 2003
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- 9780973115109
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Toronto: Dufferin Press, 2003 Book. As New. French Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 1st Can Ed.. . "In the beautifully written memoir (a lament for the tragic loss of his wife and granddaughter) like a documentarian he records all that underlies grief, loss and loneliness, and their psychological, social and sociological impacts on a bereaved person.. His search for solace to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by Berendt, John
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- 1st US Edition.
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780679429227
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New York: Random House, 1994 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A morose inventor who owns a bottle of poison powerful enough to kill everyone in town. A prominent antiques dealer… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kean: The Imaginary Memoirs of an Actor
by Berstl, Julius
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- Very Good, Slight Chips
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- 1st US Edition.
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- 1962
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New York: Orion Press, 1962 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. A fictional biography of the English actor Edmund Kean ( 1787 - 15 May 1833) was a celebrated British Shakespearean stage actor born in England, who performed in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris among other places. He was well known for his short stature and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Two Lives
by Seth, Vikram
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- 1st Canadian Edition.
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9781552784969
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Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2005 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Canadian Edition.. "Part biography, part memoir, part meditation on our times, this is the true tale of two remarkable lives... the heartrending true story of a friendship, a marriage, and a century. Weaving together the strands of two extraordinary lives - Shanti Behari Seth, an immigrant from India who came… Read more about this item Item Price
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Royal Babylon : The Alarming History of European Royalty
by Shaw, Karl
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- 1st Pbk Edition
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- 1999
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- 9780753503607
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London: Virgin Books, 1999 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 1st Pbk Edition. Lowdown on the low life of various notorious Royals. 268p. bibliography.. Item Price
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Alexander the Great
by Weigall, Arthur
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- 1933
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Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing, 1933 Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. Vintage copy 352p, index.317p.pages uncut,untrimmed Text neat tight and complete.Very good except for shidish scibbles inside fromt paste down and ffep . Item Price
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King of the Barbareens
by Hitchman, Janet
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- First Pbk.Ed..
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- 1966
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- 9780140313659
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London: Puffin/Penguin, 1966 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Pbk.Ed... Moving autobiography of Elsie Burrows (Janet Hitchman) and her life in foster homes and orphanages, including a stay in Dr.Bardardo's Homes.222p.Vintage- paper age-toned. Item Price
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Queen Mary's Photograph Albums
by Warwick, Christopher (Ed)
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- 1st UK Ed..
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780283998539
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989 Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st UK Ed... "With the permission of Her Majesty the Queen and the co-operation of the Curator of the Royal Photographic Collection at Windsor Castle, the author was given the opportunity of writing about the life and times of Queen Mary through the medium of her Late Majesty's personal photograph albums.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Crack in the Teacup: The Life of an Old Woman Steeped in Stories
by Bodger, Joan
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- First Thus
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- 2001
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- 9780771011191
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2001 Book. Good. Trade Paperback. First Thus. Joan Bodger born in 1923, is a self-proclaimed old woman, whose life is so intertwined with story that she cannot write about one without telling about the other. A well-known storyteller and Gestalt therapist, she finds strength in stories - her own, other people's, and the myths and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life and Times of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt : A Study of the Origin of the Roman Empire
by Weigall, Arthur [ Arthur E. P. Brome]
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- Revised Edition
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- 1924
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London: Thornton Butterworth, 1924 Book. Very Good +. Cloth. Revised Edition. "This comprehensive treatment of Cleopatra and the political and social world in which she lived will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Cleopatra or in ancient Egypt. Laying bare the "injustice, the adverse partiality, of the attitude assumed by classical authors," the author offers the reader a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shelley's Jane Williams
by Rees,Joan
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- 1985
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- 9780718305499
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London: William Kimber., 1985 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 226p. plates. appendices ,bibliography .index.. Item Price
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Henry Clay Frick The Man
by Harvey, George [George Brinton McClellan Harvey]
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- First Edition.
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- 1936
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New York: The Frick Collection, 1936 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Privately printed. An authorized biography of one of the great millionaires of 19th C. America [his money funded the great art collection that bears his name] It describes his business concerns and his relationships with Andrew Carnegie, the Mellons and other famous industrial figures of his era.[ This handsomely… Read more about this item Item Price
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