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	The Atlantic Monthly Magazine, March 1965 WINSTON CHURCHILL - THE GREATEST ENGLISHMAN USA, The Atlantic Monthly. 1965, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 198 pages. Winston Churchill, as known by: Lord Swinton, Lewis W. Douglas, Sir Ian Jacob, Vannevar Bush, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Diana Cooper, Ernst H. Gombrich, Hugh Massingham, John H. Peck, David Low, plus a full regular issue. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Fair. CAD 79.95 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 75.63 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6675] Book number: 822c5695 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Black and White May 28, 1910 In Memoriam: The Royal Funeral of King Edward VII London, The Black & White Publishing Company Ltd. 1910, First Edition. Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, Cover: In colour (mourning purple) Black & White In Memoriam: The Royal Funeral - Described & Illustrated By Pen, Pencil and Camera. Black/white illustrations and photos including: Final rites in St. George's Chapel (ill.); entering St. George's Chapel (photo); Funeral Procession to Westminster (many photos and ill.); The Bereaved Royal Family (photos); King Edward's Mourners: The Lying-In-State (photos); Distinguished Mourners in the Procession (photos); and The funeral Procession in Piccadilly. Feature Articles include: Manchester: The Industrial Capital of the Empire (A Bird's Eye View of Manchester illustration with important buildings sited); Gardening Notes: Water Plants in Tubs; The Charms of New Hungary; The Automobile World: The R.A.C. and the King's Death; and In the City: Notes on Finance and Investment. Pages numbered 776 - 822. Average wear. Some spots at spine due to rusty staples. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Good. CAD 299.95 [Appr.: EURO 189.5 US$ 283.75 \| £UK 170.75 \| JP¥ 25044] Book number: 739c6320 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Diana Krall H.S. Yearbook Nanaimo, BC, Canada, 1980. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A treasure from the formative years of jazz diva Diana Krall. In 1980 Diana graduated from Woodlands Junior Secondary School in Nanaimo, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, Canada. Her photo first appears on page 19 where she is recognized on the 1978-79 Arts Honour Roll. On page 121 in the Band section appears a gorgeous head-shot of a young Diana playing the saxophone, beneath which appears the caption 'Diana!'. Michelle Krall, Diana's younger sister, appears on page 106. Finally, Diana's graduation photo and write-up appear on page 58. Beside her photo we read "Diana Piano resembles her Dad. In her spare time she eats and sleeps. Her life ambition is to replace Oscar Peterson. 'Way to go, Diana!'". Diana's current global superstardom is clearly no accident! The book itself is clean, tight and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this truly wonderful and inspiring item. Fine. CAD 1688.74 [Appr.: EURO 1065.75 US$ 1597.55 \| £UK 960.25 \| JP¥ 141000] Book number: 15104706 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	The Field - The Country Newspaper June 11, 1953 Coronation Souvenir London, The Harmsworth Press Ltd. 1953, First Edition. Soft Cover Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, Cover: Queen Elizabeth II Special Feature: Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953. Includes: Article "Your Undoubted Queen"; The Ceremony in Pictures; Article-The Great March Past; The Royal Progress (photos); At the Palace and on the Route (photos); Article - Singing in the Rain; Article - Men in Full Dress; The Royal Family's Day (photos); Article - The Royal Family at Home and Article - The Royal Family's Fishing. Other features: Top-Gear Hawking; A Townsman in the Country: Reverie on Four Coronations; Sculptor of Animals - Herbert Haseltine; Country birds come to town; and Pattern for Ascot. Pages numbered 1053 - 1100. Average wear. Writing in ink pg. 1053. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 \| £UK 85.5 \| JP¥ 12520] Book number: 739c6322 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Haakon 7: Utgitt Til 75-Arsdagen 3 August 1947 Av Den Norske Regjering Oslo, Norway, Den Norske Forleggerforening. 1947, First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 400 pages. Index of people. Black and white photographic plates. Presents the biography of Haakon VII, King of NorwayAll text in Norwegian. Laid in are two large folded tables indicating lineage/family trees. Writing atop half-title page else clean and unmarked with very light wear. A large and handsome volume in pleasing condition. Very Good. CAD 299.95 [Appr.: EURO 189.5 US$ 283.75 \| £UK 170.75 \| JP¥ 25044] Book number: 465c5799 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	The Illustrated London News - January 25, 1936 Special Double Number The Death of King George V London, The Illustrated London News. 1936, First Edition. Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, Cover: King George V against the royal coat of arms on mourning purple. Black and white photos and illustrations including : Scenes in and around Sandringham House and Church; King George's Doctors; Memorial Service at St. Paul's Cathedral; Lying-in-State in Sandringham Church; King George as a boy, family portraits, accession to the throne and his life as a world leader. Key Features: King George V: "A Patriotic Ruler and a Public Servant."; King George the Fifth. Other Features include: The World of Science; Books of the Day; The Dramatic Air Rescue in the Antarctic: The Missing U.S. Flyers Found, After Seven Weeks, By a British Ship (article and two pages of photos); Two Famous Shrines in Danger (Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem and Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem); The Empire Poet Who, When Dying. Was in the King's Thoughts - Rudyard Kipling; The World of the Cinema ("I Give My Heart" and "Koenigsmark"); A Page for Collectors: Aeronautica; Finance and Investment and The Art of the Postage Stamp. Pages numbered 113 - 152 (Supplement marked in Roman Numerals (I to XXIV). Average wear. Small openings front cover fore-edge. Pages V to XX loose but present. Some spots at spine due to rusty staples. Handwitten mailing address with postage stamp on back cover. A worthy copy. Good. CAD 199.95 [Appr.: EURO 126.25 US$ 189.15 \| £UK 113.75 \| JP¥ 16695] Book number: 739c6318 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	The Illustrated London News - May 15, 1937 Special Double Number The Coronation Ceremony of King George VI London, The Illustrated London News. 1937, First Edition. Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, Ten full colour plates including portrait of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Crowning of King and Queen and scenes from the processional. "Together with many drawings and photographs illustrating the whole of the Coronation ceremony in detail and the various stages of the processional drives from Buckingham Palace tot he Abbey and thence, through the great London thoroughfares, back to the palace; and with numerous pictures of the acclamation of the King and Queen by the People of the Empire on the great occasion of their crowning." - from contents pg VI. Key Feature: Our Note Book - The Church's Crowning of the King: Its meaning for the Empire. Pages numbered 851 - 922 (Supplement marked in Roman Numerals (I to XXIV). Average wear. Tiny white spatter on front cover. Small openings front/back cover fore-edge. Pages XIX to XXIV stuck together at top of page. A worthy copy. Fair. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 \| £UK 85.5 \| JP¥ 12520] Book number: 739c6319 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Picture Post February 23, 1952 Death of King George VI London, Hulton Press, Ltd. 1952, First Edition. Soft Cover Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, 58 pages. Cover: Colour illustration of "St. Edward's Crown, made after the old pattern for Charles II in 1662, and is the 'official' crown of England." - from pg 5. Full of black/white photos and illustrations. Features include: The Queen Proclaimed (Queen Elizabeth II); Road to the Throne; The Crown of Happiness; Day of Sorrow (Death of King George VI); Days of Mourning; The Pageant of England's Queens; A Boy Prince Grows Up (Prince Philip); The World Hails the Queen It Knew as Princess; From the Commonwealth, A Special Welcome; The Budget of a Queen; Tradition in the Queen's Household and Two Other Elizabeths. Average wear. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 \| £UK 85.5 \| JP¥ 12520] Book number: 739c6323 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Who's Who 1950: An Annual Biographical Dictionary with Which is Incorporated "Men and Women of the Time" - One Hundred and Second Year of Issue London, Adam and Charles Black. 1950. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3111 pages. Average wear. Boards and spine sunned. Binding intact. Hinges starting. A quality working copy. Fair. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 \| £UK 85.5 \| JP¥ 12520] Book number: 422a2423 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Who Was Who - Volume VI, 1961-1970 - A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died During the Decade 1961-1970 London, Adam & Charles Black. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713612029) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, 1243 pages. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding open at title page, othwerwise a sound copy of this detailed reference. Reading Copy/Fair. CAD 129.95 [Appr.: EURO 82 US$ 122.93 \| £UK 74 \| JP¥ 10850] Book number: 151a4537 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ABAGNALE, FRANK W. Catch Me If You Can New York, NY, U.S.A. Grosset & Dunlap. 1980, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0448165384) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 253 pages. The true story of Frank Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, alias Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo - for five years the world's most hunted forger, fraudulent check writer, imposter, and con man extraordinaire. This story was recently made into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else book clean, and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Near Fine/Very Good. CAD 171.18 [Appr.: EURO 108.25 US$ 161.94 \| £UK 97.5 \| JP¥ 14292] Book number: 15104697 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ABBATT, JOHN D. Five Capital Cities - A Temporal Journey: Volume IV Canada, Self-Published. (ISBN: 0969591632) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 308 pages. Undated. Circa 1980s or 1990s. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Begins with the family about to emigrate to Canada from Far Sawrey.. In Ottawa he is forty-two and a Medical Radiobiologist-Epidemiologist with appreciable practical and academic experience in the field of human radiation effects." - from preface. Light wear externally. Contents clean, crisp and unmarked. Nice tight square copy. Near Fine. CAD 128.38 [Appr.: EURO 81.25 US$ 121.45 \| £UK 73 \| JP¥ 10719] Book number: 15104550 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ACKINCLOSE, MURIEL JARVIS Between Tzouhalem and Prevost: Memories of Duncan in the 1920s and '30s Canada, M.J. Ackinclose. 2000. (ISBN: 096876360x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, Approximately 110 pages. Black and white illustrations. ".. Because these words were born of the visual images and impressions of a child and teenager, I beg you indulge the juvenile slant of these vignettes, excuse the fragmented and often chronologically disjointed record, and perhaps join me in returning to these simpler, kinder and happier days." - from back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Fair. CAD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.25 \| £UK 28.5 \| JP¥ 4171] Book number: 326a2613 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ADAMS, BRYAN Bryan Adams Firefly Books/Opus. 1995. (ISBN: 1895565839) Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Catlin, Andrew. 108 pages. "This book contains a selection of pictures from our various expeditions (and a few more for good measure). You won't get the whole story, but you'll get a few clues." - from Introduction. Excellent photography throughout. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Very Good. CAD 44.95 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.52 \| £UK 25.75 \| JP¥ 3753] Book number: 147a6796 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	AKENSON, DON The Orangeman: The Life and Times of Ogle Gowan Canada, James Lorimer & Company. 1986, First Printing. (ISBN: 088862963x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 330 pages. Index. "Ogle Gowan.. built the powerful Protestant machine that shaped Canadian history for more than 100 years." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Very Good+/Very Good+. CAD 56.40 [Appr.: EURO 35.75 US$ 53.35 \| £UK 32.25 \| JP¥ 4709] Book number: 111a8187 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ALBERTS, ROBERT C. Good Provider: H.J. Heinz and His 57 Varieties Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin. 1973, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0395171261) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 297 pages including index and many interesting archival black and white photographic plates. This first full-scale biography of H.J. Heinz is a product of sound scholarship and an important contribution to American social history. It is based upon a mass of family diaries, letters, documents, scrapbooks, and other papers made available for this work. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which bears a one inch tear to bottom edge of back panel. Nice copy of this interesting and nostalgic work. Very Good/Good. CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2869] Book number: 46501111 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ALBRECHT, HERBERT R.: MATTISON, DAVID - TRANSLATOR Growing Roots - Biography (German Title: Der Dollar Un Die Seele) Germany, R.G. Fischer Verlag. 2003. (ISBN: 3830104197) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Author was born in Kassel, Germany in 1919. He served in the German army in World War II and emigrated to Canada where his adventures took him from Halifax to Port Alberni on Vancouver Island." - from back cover. Prior owner's small ink stamp atop half-title page else clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Very Good. CAD 69.95 [Appr.: EURO 44.25 US$ 66.17 \| £UK 40 \| JP¥ 5840] Book number: 815a2035 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	AMAN Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl London, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 1994. (ISBN: 0747520224) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 349 pages. "A lyrical first-hand account of a complex and charismatic modern-day African heroine." - Kirkus Reviews. Index. Average wear. Unmarked. Fair. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 \| £UK 17.25 \| JP¥ 2501] Book number: 151a5325 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANDERSON, ALLAN Remembering Leacock - An Oral History Canada, Deneau. 1983, First Printing. (ISBN: 0888790937) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library, 229 pages. Vivid, personal recollections of Canada's most beloved humourist. Stephen Leacock comes alive in reminiscences by people who knew him in one of his many roles as professor, writer, gentleman farmer and all-round eccentric. Illustrated in black and white. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Average wear. Good working copy. Good/Good. CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2869] Book number: 86302147 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANDERSON, DIX (POEMS BY JACK THOMPSON) Trails I Have Travelled SIGNED BY AUTHOR Canada, Self-Published. 1991, First Printing. (ISBN: 1550561200) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 105 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Black and white illustrations. First section covers author's early days in the Cariboo and on the homestead of his grandparents. Second section highlights his years as Guide and outfitter in the Kootenays. Includes poems by Jack Thompson and a few campfire songs. Few small coffee drops to several interior pages. Good. SIGNED. CAD 79.95 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 75.63 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6675] Book number: 123a4258 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANDRE, JOHN William Berczy: Co-Founder of Toronto SIGNED BY AUTHOR Canada, Self-Published. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 168 pages. Notes. Index. Numerous black and white plates. Author's signature upon front free endpaper. "..Deals with a forgotten chapter of the early history of Toronto.. Berczy created the first roads and buildings within the town itself.. he also build Yonge St. founded Markham Township, designed the first architecturally notable houses and the Don River bridge. From his earnings as a portrait painter, this forgotten hero actually paid for a substantial part of Toronto's first local improvements." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Very nice copy. Very Good+/Very Good+. Signed. CAD 128.38 [Appr.: EURO 81.25 US$ 121.45 \| £UK 73 \| JP¥ 10719] Book number: 124a7495 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANDRUFF, NICK Now What? SIGNED BY AUTHOR Canada, Nico. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0973539402) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 403 pages. Signed by "Nick and Zoya" upon title page. "Takes us through the harrowing life of author's forefathers who survived two World Wars, the Russian Revolution, and the Great Depression, finally establishing their family homestead in the harsh Canadian north country of Alberta. From there, he leads us along his own path of searching and discovery, ultimately coming to understand the power of God in his life." - from back cover. Newspaper review affixed inside front cover. Average wear. Spine leaning. Good. Signed. CAD 59.95 [Appr.: EURO 38 US$ 56.71 \| £UK 34.25 \| JP¥ 5005] Book number: 815a1208 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANONYMOUS Confessions of a Business Man's Wife - Who Mad Her Husband a Success New York, Sears Publishing Company. 1931. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 165 pages. An anonymous biography of a woman who made her husbad a success. "Until you have read this you cannot guess the number and variety of things that a woman can do, often without expense, to promote her husband's business." - from dust jacket. Bright, happy, constructive, suggestive reading for any wife, young or old, new to the game or experienced in it. Light wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Average wear and soiling to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Very Good+/Good. CAD 428.02 [Appr.: EURO 270.25 US$ 404.91 \| £UK 243.5 \| JP¥ 35737] Book number: 55402849 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANTHONY, IAN A. Radio Wizard : Edward Samuel Rogers and the Revolution of Communications Canada, Gage Learning Corporation/Rogers. 2000. (ISBN: 0771580509) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 130 pages including list of sources and index. "Rogers combined his interest in radio with an innate marketing ability. Rogers Radios became the leading manufacturer of radios in Canada and the United States. He started a companion radio station, CFRB in Toronto, the first all-electric radio station in the world, powered by Rogers AC tubes. An exciting tale from the Roaring Twenties and its effects can be felt to this day. His is a Canadian success story and his achievements stand as an inspiration to anyone who has had a desire to follow a dream." - from dust jacket. Lightest signs of handling. Clean, bright and unmarked. Gift quality. Fine+/Fine+. CAD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.25 \| £UK 28.5 \| JP¥ 4171] Book number: 15103835 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ARNOLD, GLADYS One Woman's War: A Canadian Reporter with the Free French Canada, Lorimer (James) & Co Ltd, Canada. 1987, First Printing. (ISBN: 0888628757) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 222 pages including black and white photographic plates. Author's vivid, eyewitness account of the fall of France and the growth of the Free French resistance. She was sent to Paris by Canadian Press in October 1939, and was the only Canadian reporter to experience the sudden, traumatic invasion of France by the Germans in the spring of 1940. Clean, bright and unmarked. Cigarette smoke odour. Negligible wear. Splendid copy. Fine/Fine. CAD 57.30 [Appr.: EURO 36.25 US$ 54.21 \| £UK 32.75 \| JP¥ 4784] Book number: 42202407 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.

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	The Atlantic Monthly Magazine, March 1965 WINSTON CHURCHILL - THE GREATEST ENGLISHMAN USA, The Atlantic Monthly. 1965, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 198 pages. Winston Churchill, as known by: Lord Swinton, Lewis W. Douglas, Sir Ian Jacob, Vannevar Bush, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Diana Cooper, Ernst H. Gombrich, Hugh Massingham, John H. Peck, David Low, plus a full regular issue. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Fair. CAD 79.95 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 75.63 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6675] Book number: 822c5695 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Black and White May 28, 1910 In Memoriam: The Royal Funeral of King Edward VII London, The Black & White Publishing Company Ltd. 1910, First Edition. Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, Cover: In colour (mourning purple) Black & White In Memoriam: The Royal Funeral - Described & Illustrated By Pen, Pencil and Camera. Black/white illustrations and photos including: Final rites in St. George's Chapel (ill.); entering St. George's Chapel (photo); Funeral Procession to Westminster (many photos and ill.); The Bereaved Royal Family (photos); King Edward's Mourners: The Lying-In-State (photos); Distinguished Mourners in the Procession (photos); and The funeral Procession in Piccadilly. Feature Articles include: Manchester: The Industrial Capital of the Empire (A Bird's Eye View of Manchester illustration with important buildings sited); Gardening Notes: Water Plants in Tubs; The Charms of New Hungary; The Automobile World: The R.A.C. and the King's Death; and In the City: Notes on Finance and Investment. Pages numbered 776 - 822. Average wear. Some spots at spine due to rusty staples. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Good. CAD 299.95 [Appr.: EURO 189.5 US$ 283.75 \| £UK 170.75 \| JP¥ 25044] Book number: 739c6320 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Diana Krall H.S. Yearbook Nanaimo, BC, Canada, 1980. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A treasure from the formative years of jazz diva Diana Krall. In 1980 Diana graduated from Woodlands Junior Secondary School in Nanaimo, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, Canada. Her photo first appears on page 19 where she is recognized on the 1978-79 Arts Honour Roll. On page 121 in the Band section appears a gorgeous head-shot of a young Diana playing the saxophone, beneath which appears the caption 'Diana!'. Michelle Krall, Diana's younger sister, appears on page 106. Finally, Diana's graduation photo and write-up appear on page 58. Beside her photo we read "Diana Piano resembles her Dad. In her spare time she eats and sleeps. Her life ambition is to replace Oscar Peterson. 'Way to go, Diana!'". Diana's current global superstardom is clearly no accident! The book itself is clean, tight and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this truly wonderful and inspiring item. Fine. CAD 1688.74 [Appr.: EURO 1065.75 US$ 1597.55 \| £UK 960.25 \| JP¥ 141000] Book number: 15104706 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	The Field - The Country Newspaper June 11, 1953 Coronation Souvenir London, The Harmsworth Press Ltd. 1953, First Edition. Soft Cover Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, Cover: Queen Elizabeth II Special Feature: Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953. Includes: Article "Your Undoubted Queen"; The Ceremony in Pictures; Article-The Great March Past; The Royal Progress (photos); At the Palace and on the Route (photos); Article - Singing in the Rain; Article - Men in Full Dress; The Royal Family's Day (photos); Article - The Royal Family at Home and Article - The Royal Family's Fishing. Other features: Top-Gear Hawking; A Townsman in the Country: Reverie on Four Coronations; Sculptor of Animals - Herbert Haseltine; Country birds come to town; and Pattern for Ascot. Pages numbered 1053 - 1100. Average wear. Writing in ink pg. 1053. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 \| £UK 85.5 \| JP¥ 12520] Book number: 739c6322 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Haakon 7: Utgitt Til 75-Arsdagen 3 August 1947 Av Den Norske Regjering Oslo, Norway, Den Norske Forleggerforening. 1947, First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 400 pages. Index of people. Black and white photographic plates. Presents the biography of Haakon VII, King of NorwayAll text in Norwegian. Laid in are two large folded tables indicating lineage/family trees. Writing atop half-title page else clean and unmarked with very light wear. A large and handsome volume in pleasing condition. Very Good. CAD 299.95 [Appr.: EURO 189.5 US$ 283.75 \| £UK 170.75 \| JP¥ 25044] Book number: 465c5799 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	The Illustrated London News - January 25, 1936 Special Double Number The Death of King George V London, The Illustrated London News. 1936, First Edition. Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, Cover: King George V against the royal coat of arms on mourning purple. Black and white photos and illustrations including : Scenes in and around Sandringham House and Church; King George's Doctors; Memorial Service at St. Paul's Cathedral; Lying-in-State in Sandringham Church; King George as a boy, family portraits, accession to the throne and his life as a world leader. Key Features: King George V: "A Patriotic Ruler and a Public Servant."; King George the Fifth. Other Features include: The World of Science; Books of the Day; The Dramatic Air Rescue in the Antarctic: The Missing U.S. Flyers Found, After Seven Weeks, By a British Ship (article and two pages of photos); Two Famous Shrines in Danger (Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem and Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem); The Empire Poet Who, When Dying. Was in the King's Thoughts - Rudyard Kipling; The World of the Cinema ("I Give My Heart" and "Koenigsmark"); A Page for Collectors: Aeronautica; Finance and Investment and The Art of the Postage Stamp. Pages numbered 113 - 152 (Supplement marked in Roman Numerals (I to XXIV). Average wear. Small openings front cover fore-edge. Pages V to XX loose but present. Some spots at spine due to rusty staples. Handwitten mailing address with postage stamp on back cover. A worthy copy. Good. CAD 199.95 [Appr.: EURO 126.25 US$ 189.15 \| £UK 113.75 \| JP¥ 16695] Book number: 739c6318 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	The Illustrated London News - May 15, 1937 Special Double Number The Coronation Ceremony of King George VI London, The Illustrated London News. 1937, First Edition. Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, Ten full colour plates including portrait of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Crowning of King and Queen and scenes from the processional. "Together with many drawings and photographs illustrating the whole of the Coronation ceremony in detail and the various stages of the processional drives from Buckingham Palace tot he Abbey and thence, through the great London thoroughfares, back to the palace; and with numerous pictures of the acclamation of the King and Queen by the People of the Empire on the great occasion of their crowning." - from contents pg VI. Key Feature: Our Note Book - The Church's Crowning of the King: Its meaning for the Empire. Pages numbered 851 - 922 (Supplement marked in Roman Numerals (I to XXIV). Average wear. Tiny white spatter on front cover. Small openings front/back cover fore-edge. Pages XIX to XXIV stuck together at top of page. A worthy copy. Fair. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 \| £UK 85.5 \| JP¥ 12520] Book number: 739c6319 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Picture Post February 23, 1952 Death of King George VI London, Hulton Press, Ltd. 1952, First Edition. Soft Cover Stapled, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine, 58 pages. Cover: Colour illustration of "St. Edward's Crown, made after the old pattern for Charles II in 1662, and is the 'official' crown of England." - from pg 5. Full of black/white photos and illustrations. Features include: The Queen Proclaimed (Queen Elizabeth II); Road to the Throne; The Crown of Happiness; Day of Sorrow (Death of King George VI); Days of Mourning; The Pageant of England's Queens; A Boy Prince Grows Up (Prince Philip); The World Hails the Queen It Knew as Princess; From the Commonwealth, A Special Welcome; The Budget of a Queen; Tradition in the Queen's Household and Two Other Elizabeths. Average wear. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 \| £UK 85.5 \| JP¥ 12520] Book number: 739c6323 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Who's Who 1950: An Annual Biographical Dictionary with Which is Incorporated "Men and Women of the Time" - One Hundred and Second Year of Issue London, Adam and Charles Black. 1950. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3111 pages. Average wear. Boards and spine sunned. Binding intact. Hinges starting. A quality working copy. Fair. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 \| £UK 85.5 \| JP¥ 12520] Book number: 422a2423 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	Who Was Who - Volume VI, 1961-1970 - A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died During the Decade 1961-1970 London, Adam & Charles Black. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713612029) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, 1243 pages. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding open at title page, othwerwise a sound copy of this detailed reference. Reading Copy/Fair. CAD 129.95 [Appr.: EURO 82 US$ 122.93 \| £UK 74 \| JP¥ 10850] Book number: 151a4537 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ABAGNALE, FRANK W. Catch Me If You Can New York, NY, U.S.A. Grosset & Dunlap. 1980, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0448165384) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 253 pages. The true story of Frank Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, alias Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo - for five years the world's most hunted forger, fraudulent check writer, imposter, and con man extraordinaire. This story was recently made into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else book clean, and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Near Fine/Very Good. CAD 171.18 [Appr.: EURO 108.25 US$ 161.94 \| £UK 97.5 \| JP¥ 14292] Book number: 15104697 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ABBATT, JOHN D. Five Capital Cities - A Temporal Journey: Volume IV Canada, Self-Published. (ISBN: 0969591632) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 308 pages. Undated. Circa 1980s or 1990s. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Begins with the family about to emigrate to Canada from Far Sawrey.. In Ottawa he is forty-two and a Medical Radiobiologist-Epidemiologist with appreciable practical and academic experience in the field of human radiation effects." - from preface. Light wear externally. Contents clean, crisp and unmarked. Nice tight square copy. Near Fine. CAD 128.38 [Appr.: EURO 81.25 US$ 121.45 \| £UK 73 \| JP¥ 10719] Book number: 15104550 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ACKINCLOSE, MURIEL JARVIS Between Tzouhalem and Prevost: Memories of Duncan in the 1920s and '30s Canada, M.J. Ackinclose. 2000. (ISBN: 096876360x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, Approximately 110 pages. Black and white illustrations. ".. Because these words were born of the visual images and impressions of a child and teenager, I beg you indulge the juvenile slant of these vignettes, excuse the fragmented and often chronologically disjointed record, and perhaps join me in returning to these simpler, kinder and happier days." - from back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Fair. CAD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.25 \| £UK 28.5 \| JP¥ 4171] Book number: 326a2613 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ADAMS, BRYAN Bryan Adams Firefly Books/Opus. 1995. (ISBN: 1895565839) Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Catlin, Andrew. 108 pages. "This book contains a selection of pictures from our various expeditions (and a few more for good measure). You won't get the whole story, but you'll get a few clues." - from Introduction. Excellent photography throughout. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Very Good. CAD 44.95 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.52 \| £UK 25.75 \| JP¥ 3753] Book number: 147a6796 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	AKENSON, DON The Orangeman: The Life and Times of Ogle Gowan Canada, James Lorimer & Company. 1986, First Printing. (ISBN: 088862963x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 330 pages. Index. "Ogle Gowan.. built the powerful Protestant machine that shaped Canadian history for more than 100 years." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Very Good+/Very Good+. CAD 56.40 [Appr.: EURO 35.75 US$ 53.35 \| £UK 32.25 \| JP¥ 4709] Book number: 111a8187 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ALBERTS, ROBERT C. Good Provider: H.J. Heinz and His 57 Varieties Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin. 1973, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0395171261) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 297 pages including index and many interesting archival black and white photographic plates. This first full-scale biography of H.J. Heinz is a product of sound scholarship and an important contribution to American social history. It is based upon a mass of family diaries, letters, documents, scrapbooks, and other papers made available for this work. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which bears a one inch tear to bottom edge of back panel. Nice copy of this interesting and nostalgic work. Very Good/Good. CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2869] Book number: 46501111 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ALBRECHT, HERBERT R.: MATTISON, DAVID - TRANSLATOR Growing Roots - Biography (German Title: Der Dollar Un Die Seele) Germany, R.G. Fischer Verlag. 2003. (ISBN: 3830104197) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Author was born in Kassel, Germany in 1919. He served in the German army in World War II and emigrated to Canada where his adventures took him from Halifax to Port Alberni on Vancouver Island." - from back cover. Prior owner's small ink stamp atop half-title page else clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Very Good. CAD 69.95 [Appr.: EURO 44.25 US$ 66.17 \| £UK 40 \| JP¥ 5840] Book number: 815a2035 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	AMAN Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl London, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 1994. (ISBN: 0747520224) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 349 pages. "A lyrical first-hand account of a complex and charismatic modern-day African heroine." - Kirkus Reviews. Index. Average wear. Unmarked. Fair. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 \| £UK 17.25 \| JP¥ 2501] Book number: 151a5325 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANDERSON, ALLAN Remembering Leacock - An Oral History Canada, Deneau. 1983, First Printing. (ISBN: 0888790937) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library, 229 pages. Vivid, personal recollections of Canada's most beloved humourist. Stephen Leacock comes alive in reminiscences by people who knew him in one of his many roles as professor, writer, gentleman farmer and all-round eccentric. Illustrated in black and white. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Average wear. Good working copy. Good/Good. CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2869] Book number: 86302147 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANDERSON, DIX (POEMS BY JACK THOMPSON) Trails I Have Travelled SIGNED BY AUTHOR Canada, Self-Published. 1991, First Printing. (ISBN: 1550561200) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 105 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Black and white illustrations. First section covers author's early days in the Cariboo and on the homestead of his grandparents. Second section highlights his years as Guide and outfitter in the Kootenays. Includes poems by Jack Thompson and a few campfire songs. Few small coffee drops to several interior pages. Good. SIGNED. CAD 79.95 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 75.63 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6675] Book number: 123a4258 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANDRE, JOHN William Berczy: Co-Founder of Toronto SIGNED BY AUTHOR Canada, Self-Published. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 168 pages. Notes. Index. Numerous black and white plates. Author's signature upon front free endpaper. "..Deals with a forgotten chapter of the early history of Toronto.. Berczy created the first roads and buildings within the town itself.. he also build Yonge St. founded Markham Township, designed the first architecturally notable houses and the Don River bridge. From his earnings as a portrait painter, this forgotten hero actually paid for a substantial part of Toronto's first local improvements." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Very nice copy. Very Good+/Very Good+. Signed. CAD 128.38 [Appr.: EURO 81.25 US$ 121.45 \| £UK 73 \| JP¥ 10719] Book number: 124a7495 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANDRUFF, NICK Now What? SIGNED BY AUTHOR Canada, Nico. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0973539402) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 403 pages. Signed by "Nick and Zoya" upon title page. "Takes us through the harrowing life of author's forefathers who survived two World Wars, the Russian Revolution, and the Great Depression, finally establishing their family homestead in the harsh Canadian north country of Alberta. From there, he leads us along his own path of searching and discovery, ultimately coming to understand the power of God in his life." - from back cover. Newspaper review affixed inside front cover. Average wear. Spine leaning. Good. Signed. CAD 59.95 [Appr.: EURO 38 US$ 56.71 \| £UK 34.25 \| JP¥ 5005] Book number: 815a1208 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANONYMOUS Confessions of a Business Man's Wife - Who Mad Her Husband a Success New York, Sears Publishing Company. 1931. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 165 pages. An anonymous biography of a woman who made her husbad a success. "Until you have read this you cannot guess the number and variety of things that a woman can do, often without expense, to promote her husband's business." - from dust jacket. Bright, happy, constructive, suggestive reading for any wife, young or old, new to the game or experienced in it. Light wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Average wear and soiling to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Very Good+/Good. CAD 428.02 [Appr.: EURO 270.25 US$ 404.91 \| £UK 243.5 \| JP¥ 35737] Book number: 55402849 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ANTHONY, IAN A. Radio Wizard : Edward Samuel Rogers and the Revolution of Communications Canada, Gage Learning Corporation/Rogers. 2000. (ISBN: 0771580509) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 130 pages including list of sources and index. "Rogers combined his interest in radio with an innate marketing ability. Rogers Radios became the leading manufacturer of radios in Canada and the United States. He started a companion radio station, CFRB in Toronto, the first all-electric radio station in the world, powered by Rogers AC tubes. An exciting tale from the Roaring Twenties and its effects can be felt to this day. His is a Canadian success story and his achievements stand as an inspiration to anyone who has had a desire to follow a dream." - from dust jacket. Lightest signs of handling. Clean, bright and unmarked. Gift quality. Fine+/Fine+. CAD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.25 \| £UK 28.5 \| JP¥ 4171] Book number: 15103835 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.
	ARNOLD, GLADYS One Woman's War: A Canadian Reporter with the Free French Canada, Lorimer (James) & Co Ltd, Canada. 1987, First Printing. (ISBN: 0888628757) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 222 pages including black and white photographic plates. Author's vivid, eyewitness account of the fall of France and the growth of the Free French resistance. She was sent to Paris by Canadian Press in October 1939, and was the only Canadian reporter to experience the sudden, traumatic invasion of France by the Germans in the spring of 1940. Clean, bright and unmarked. Cigarette smoke odour. Negligible wear. Splendid copy. Fine/Fine. CAD 57.30 [Appr.: EURO 36.25 US$ 54.21 \| £UK 32.75 \| JP¥ 4784] Book number: 42202407 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com.