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Canada: Robin Brass Studio. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1896941389 . "Provides a unique view of the day-to-day life of a U-boat officer who, like young men on both sides, did his best to enjoy life while trying to do his duty. An epilogue describes his postwar life as a prisoner-of-war… Read more about this item

USA: The Curtis Publishing Company. Fair. 1942. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: The Jews *Are* Different - second of three articles on the Jew in America - an answer to Judge Jerome Frank's 'Red-White-And-Blue Herring'; B1 and the Beanstalk - horticultural magician George C. Warner gives nature a shot in the arm; Indiana Redhead - all… Read more about this item

USA: Eshel Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0935437185 . Of Jabotinsky, a man he knew intimately, Menachem Begin said "He wrote of Jewish strength before it came into being; of revolt before it took place; of a Jewish Army while its weapons were still a dream; of a Jewish State… Read more about this item

London: James Clarke & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1918. Third Edition. Hardcover. "Isabel 'Ida' Deane Mitchell (1879 – 1917) was an Irish Presbyterian medical missionary in China. She set sail for China in the autumn of 1905 to take up a post as missionary for the Women's Association of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. "Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan (1914-1944) was a British resistance agent in France in World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Under the codename Madeleine she became the first female wireless operator sent from the UK into occupied France to aid… Read more about this item

New York: Oak Publications. Good. 1971. First Edition. Paperback. 0825600669 . "Recognized as one of the greatest living blues artists for nearly thirty years, Brownie McGhee's rich voice and powerful guitar playing have been heard across this country and abroad. With his partner, Sonny Terry, the incredible blues harpist, he has recorded dozens of albums and… Read more about this item

New York: Scopus Publishing Company Inc.. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. "Midway between the fading dawn of Emancipation and the ripe horrors of our day - an epochal figure arose in Israel. Theodor Herzl was the first Jewish statesman since the destruction of Judaea eighteen hundred years ago. He set out… Read more about this item

London: East-West Publications. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0856921149 . "The Comte de Saint Germain is one of history's most mysterious characters. In the middle of the Eighteenth century he appeared suddenly, a man of mature years and unusual learning. An intimate of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour, this… Read more about this item

Canada: Fenety Marketing. Very Good. 2015. First Edition. Paperback. "A collection of stories from across the BC/Yukon Command which is part of our legacy of service and remembrance. These are stories of our nation at war and in peace. But they are also, first and foremost, the stories of individuals. They are the stories… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland And Stewart Limited. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 1014058945 . "As President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Edward Wentworth Beatty (1877-1943) dominated the world's largest privately-owned railway system for the twenty-four years between 1918 and 1942. A man of unbounded energy and drive, he dedicated himself to the C.P.R., taking… Read more about this item

London: "Review of Reviews" Office. Good. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. "Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902) was an English mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which… Read more about this item

USA: Time. Fair. 1948. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. This extraordinary issue prominently features J. Robert Oppenheimer with both a cover portrait and lengthy, photo-illustrated article. "Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was an American theoretical physicist and director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the 'father of the… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Carr's continuing account of his WWI experiences in the Royal Navy. [4]-288 pp. Index. Black and white photographic plates. William Guy Carr (1895-1959) later moved to Canada, wrote about his new life in New Brunswick, and eventually became… Read more about this item

Toronto: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers. Very Good, dust jacket only. 2011. First English Edition. Hardcover. 1552779041 . "Adrien Arcand and his party were a significant part of the political scene through most of the 1930s. He adopted Nazi symbols and eagerly voiced anti-Semitic views. He organized large and successful rallies of his right-wing… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. First British Edition. Hardcover. Third printing of the 1948 first edition. The dramatic autobiography of the man whose work led to the exposure of the atom bomb plot in Canada. "Igor Gouzenko (1919-1982) was a cypher clerk in the Soviet Union's Canadian embassy, and a… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus And Cudahy. 1956. First American Edition. Hardcover. "That it has been possible to get out of Hungary, despite terror and censorship, so detailed, intimate and factual an account of what has been going on is due to the fact that men and women have constantly risked their well-being and indeed their lives to… Read more about this item

Powell River, B.C.: P.R.H.R.A.. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889259585 . "In 1962 Golden Stanley began taping interviews with oldtimers of the Powell River area. Others followed his example from that time until the present, so that we have a large collection of tapes at the local Archives. Most of the stories in this… Read more about this item

Vancouver, B.C.: Talonbooks. Very Good. 2007. Revised Second Edition. Paperback. 0889225540 . "Chronicles British Columbia's rich architectural and social history through its urban landscape. Tells the stories, discovers the hopes and aspirations, and celebrates the successes and accomplishments of the early architects in British Columbia, as it illustrates their lives and careers. Follows the lives… Read more about this item

Calgary, Alberta: Historical Society of Alberta. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888649745 . "The four brothers and one sister of the Destrube family, whose story this is, were 'typical' [Alberta] settlers only in their youth and their determination to build a life for themselves on the frontier. Children of a French banker,… Read more about this item

Canada: Self-Published. Good. 1999. First Edition. Paperback. The memoirs of Dudley Gawen King (1909-1999). Born in Okanagan Landing, B.C., he went on to a long and successful career in the Canadian Navy. 512 pages. Glossary. Black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. Unmarked with moderate wear. A… Read more about this item