ABOU SELIM

Bechir Gemayel

Paris, France: Editions Anthropos, 1984. Paperback. ISBN: 2715710852. French text. A Trade Paperback in Fine condition. A sound binding with bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is Very Good+, glossy with cover edgewear and rubbing. Black & white photo section, maps, chronologie. " Through this book, the whole political evolution of Bechir Gemayel, elected President of the Lebanese Republic on August 23 and assassinated on September 14, 1982, is presented by the Jesuit Father Selim Abou. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 461 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26787

Catalogue: French, Biography, History, Lebanon CIVIL War

Keywords: 2715710852 French > Biographie Lebanon CIVIL War History Presidents Biography History War French Books

ALEXANDER PAUL

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

New York: Viking, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670849510. F/F Hard Cover. Book is hardcover in FINE condition with like DJ. Remainder marked, has price on the inside front flap of the DJ, NOT price clipped. This is the first serious biography written about James Dean, based on many new and documented sources, and featuring never-before-published photographs. Protected with a Brodart Book cover.; Remainder; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 151

Catalogue: Biography, Hollywood

Keywords: 0670849510 Biography Hollywood Dean James Movies Biography Film Actors Arts

ALLEN, CARL B. LAUREN D. LYMAN. FRANCIS TREVELYAN MILLER (ED. )

Wonder Book of the Air, by C.B. Allen... And Lauren D. Lyman... Revised and Edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller... Introduction by Bernt Balchen

The John C. Winston Company, 1941. First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good++ red hardcover with gilt titles to the cover & spine. A gilt plane illustration. The binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked with only a name to the front free end paper. Light spine end and corner bumping with cover scuffing. World maps to the end papers. Fully illustrated with many black & white photographs and illustrations. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340 pages.

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Book number: 20684

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Aeronautics Aviation Juvenile / Young Adult Literature

ANCTIL, PIERRE

Le Devoir, Les Juifs Et L'Immigration

Institut Quebecois De Recherche Sur La Culture, 1988. Paperback. ISBN: 2892241138. A New Paperback containing a letter written and signed by the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pages. New .

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Book number: 27036

Catalogue: Fench Book, Biography, Jews, Quebec, Immigration

Keywords: 2892241138 Canada > Quebec Bourassa > Biography Jews Immigaraton Biography Canada Judaism / Jewish Immigration

ANNAU CATHERINE, J. L. GRANASTEIN, ALISON GORDON, MORDECAI RICHLER

Trudeau Albums

An Otherwise Inc. / Penguin Studio, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670892939. Black hardcover with white titles pannelled in red to the cover. In Fine condition, tightly bound and unmarked. Encased in a pictorial box which is in Very Good+ condition with moderate scuffing and edgewear. No tears to the corners. Chronologically organized into six sections: The Contrarian 1919-1949, Into Power 1949-1698, Watch Me 1968-1974, Domectic Malaise 1974-1980, I'm Back 1974-1980, The Sphinx 1984-2000. ; 10.10 X 9.40 X 0.40 inches; 160 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 17872

Catalogue: Biography, Tribute, Prime Ministers

Keywords: 0670892939 Biography Politics Canada Prime Ministers

ASSOULINE, PIERRE

Albert Londres: Vie Et Mort D'Un Grand Reporter (1884-1932)

GALLIMARD, 1990. Paperback. ISBN: 2070382265. A Very Good++ Paperback. Bright & unmarked pages with a sound binding. Lightly creased spine. "Parti de Vichy pour Lyon puis Paris, Albert Londres voulait être poète. Il le restera toute sa vie, à sa manière. Chroniqueur au Palais-Bourbon, il est aux Dardanelles en 1915 et ne cessera dès lors de parcourir et le monde, et les «mondes» : ceux des bagnes, des asiles, des cyclistes «forçats de la route». Dès 1924, ce grand reporter devient aussi redresseur de torts, quand il commence de dénoncer ce qui le scandalise, de «porter le fer dans la plaie et de juger la chose jugée"; Folio; Vol. 2143; 6.6 X 4.3 X 1.3 inches; 638 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26295

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 2070382265

ASTON MAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE

His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn a Life and Intimate Study

London, England: George G. Harrap & Company, 1929. Cloth/ Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Some rubbing on the cover and spine, spine ends and corners show some wear, but book is overall in good condition. Some pages are deckled on the fore text block as a result of being seperated. The interior is clean & bright. A frontispiece of the Duke, with 32 black & white plates throughout the book. Written with the assistance of Evelyn Graham. "The Duke was the last surviving son of Queen Victoria and often represented his brother, Edward VII and nephew, George V. He was married to a Prussian Princess." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 363 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 4615

Catalogue: Biography, Royalty

Keywords: Connaught Duke of Biography Royalty Europe

AUGUSTIN, MARION

Confessions

POINTS, 1982. Paperback. ISBN: 2020063182. French, a Fine+ Paperback with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages and an uncreased spine. ; 109 X 20 X 180 millimeters. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26466

Catalogue: Biography, Saints, Religion, Faith

Keywords: 2020063182 Biography > Saints Religion Faith Biography Religion

AYED, NAHLAH

A Thousand Farewells a Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring

Viking, 2012. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670069094. Tan hardcovers / brown titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with a crease to page 255. Tightly bound with a bright, clean, text. The DJ is unclipped with a small tear to the back cover top spine hinge. "In 1976, Nahlah Ayed s family gave up their comfortable life in Winnipeg for the squalor of a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. The transition was jarring, but it was from this uncomfortable situation that Ayed first observed the people whose heritage she shared. The family returned to Canada when she was thirteen, and Ayed ignored the Middle East for many years. But the First Gulf War and the events of 9/11 reignited her interest. Soon she was reporting from the region full-time, trying to make sense of the wars and upheavals that have affected its people and sent so many of them seeking a better life elsewhere." ; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.40 inches; 368 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18629

Catalogue: Biography, Journalists

Keywords: 0670069094 Middle East Biography Journalism

BARBEAU VICTOR

Présence de Victor Barbeau: 4 Cahiers in a Slipcase

1963. . French text. Four booklets in a folder, all in Near fine condition. The slip cover is in Very Poor condition. A compte, Montréal, 1963. Volume tiré à 500 exemplaires hors commerce ici le no 127 compilé et réalisé par Lucie Robitaille. "Contents: cahier no 1. Lionel Groulx : Un grand serviteur --Franc¸ois-Albert Angers : Le professeur --Claude-Henri Grignon : Dandy et pamphle´taire --Cahier no 2. Marie-Claire Daveluy : L'acade´micien --Robert Choquette : Mon cher pre´sident --Marie Le Franc : L'ami --Jacques Plasse-Lecaisne : Souvenirs --Germaine Gue`vremont : Jamais je ne l'oublierai ... --Berthe Louard : Le coope´rateur --Yvonne Le Mai^tre : Initiation a` l'humain --Cahier no 3. Alain Grandbois : L'e´crivain --Esdras Minville : Ennemi du me´diocre --Jean Bruche´si : Vivant te´moignage --Le´on Ge´rin : Mesure de notre taille --Louis Francoeur : Malheur a` vous ... --Le´on Lorrain : Point de repe`re --Victor Barbeau : Fragments --Cahier no 4. Jugements --Bio-bibliographie." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 110 pages. Near Fine in Poor dust jacket .

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Book number: 25077

Catalogue: Biography, Literature

Keywords: Biography Literature French Books

BATES SCOTT

Guillaume Apollinaire Twaynes World Authors Series: A Survey of the World's Literature # 14

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Red Hardcovers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is Very Good with cover edgewear and rubbing, a small tear to the front cover bottom edge.. "Since the death of Apollinaire in 1918, the extent of his influence on modern poetry and art has become increasingly evident. The steady growth of his reputation may be traced in works of poets and painters throughout the world. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26480

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary Criticism

Keywords: Authors > Biograpahy Literary Critcism Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Authors

BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN

Carnets Intimes. Testament D'Heiligenstadt

Buchet / Chastel, 1986. Paperback. A Very Good+ Paperback, a tight binding, bright, unmarked pages. A sticker scar to the back cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 117 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26897

Catalogue: Biography, Music

Keywords: Biography Music

BERG SCOTT A.

Lindberg

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0399144498. Navy blue hard covers with dark blue cloth spine covering. Silver lettering pannelled on spine and impression of author's initials, in silver, on cover. DJ unclipped and protected with a clear plastic covering. "A biography of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, who on May 31, 1927, landed in Paris from New York after completing the first solo transatlantic flight. Upon returning to the U. S, Lindbergh became a national hero. The media's incessant pursuit of Lindbergh was something of a watershed episode in America's obsession with celebrity, an obsession which has permeated the culture throughout the 20th century. Anne Morrow Lindbergh provided Berg with access to both her and her husband's private papers. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. "; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 628 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 2360

Catalogue: Biography, Flying

Keywords: 0399144498 Biography History Aviation Transportation United States

BERNIER, MARC-FRANçOIS

Jean-Pierre Ferland Un Peu Plus Haut, Un Peu Plus Loin

Les Éditions De L'Homme, 2012. Paperback. ISBN: 2761930665. A Fine+ Trade Paperback. Tightly bound, bright, unmarekd pages. Light corner bumping with an uncreased spine. A colorful photo section. "Jean-Pierre Ferland, à travers des textes empreints de chaleur, de naïveté et de profondeur, a chanté les hauts et les bas de la vie, les amours d'un jour et ceux d'une éternité. Tour à tour personnage exubérant, poète séducteur, artiste fécond et rêveur introspectif, il a toujours respiré l'air du temps." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 456 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27138

Catalogue: French, Biography, Composers, Music, Quebec

Keywords: 2761930665 French > Music Composers Quebec > Biography Biography Music Canada French Books

BISHOP, WILLIAM ARTHUR

The Courage of the Early Morning, a Man's Biography of His Famous Father.

McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Turquoise Hardcovers, black titles to the spine & a black illustrated plane to the front cover. In Very Good+ condition, tightly bound, clean pages, light spine end bumping. The DJ is in Good+ with a tear to the front cover top edge. Spine end chipping and discoloration along the cover edges. "This remarkably objective biography, written by Bishop's son, is a warm-hearted, entertaining, and often surprisingly outspoken account of the escapades and heroics of a man of great courage. Eddie Rickenbacker one said, "Richthofen usually waited for enemies to fly into his territory; Bishop was the raider, always seeking the enemy wherever he could be found...I think he's the only man I ever met who was incapable of fear." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27954

Catalogue: Biography, Fighter Pilots, Military, War 1914-1918

Keywords: Biography > Fighter Pilots Military Great Britain World War , 1914 - 1918 Biography Military War England / British Literature