BARNHART, MICHAEL A.

Japan and the World Since 1868

London: Hodder Arnold Publication, 1995. Second Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0340528583. Light corner curl , bottom corner lightly bumped ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; International Relations and the Great Powers; 0.7 x 9.1 x 6 Inches; 208 pages; Japan's position as a major power in international affairs is recent, but the changes it has gone through during even so short a time have been immense. How to account for its progress from prudence, through folly, to present success is the enquiry at the core of Michael Barnhart's study. He provides a masterly account of the domestic pressures that often helped shape foreign policy, as well as an evaluation of the changing world order itself.. Very Good .

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Book number: 12911

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: 0340528583 Japan History ASIA

BARNHOLDEN, MICHAEL

Circumstances Alter Photographs Captain James Peters' Reports from the War of 1885

Vancouver BC: Talonbooks, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0889226210. DJ shows very light shelf wear along top edge. Remainder mark on top and bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 10.1 X 8.4 X 0.8 inches; 144 pages; "On Friday, April 24, 1885, Captain James Peters took the world’s first battlefield photographs under fire at the battle of Fish Creek in the Canadian Northwest Territory of Saskatchewan. As Captain of the Royal Canadian Artillery’s “A” Battery—part of the North West Field Force—he subsequently managed to expose over seventy glass plates for the duration of the battles at Duck Lake and Batoche as well, many of them again during combat with the enemy, both on the ground and on horseback. In addition to his photographic documentation of the “Northwest Rebellion” he was also a war correspondent for the Quebec Morning Chronicle. His regular dispatches, together with his images, serve as a pioneering addition to the history of war correspondents and are presented here for the first time in their entirety. This watershed in the documentation of history was created by photographic technology, advanced to the point where “naturalist” or “detective” cameras, which came on the market in 1883, could be carried slung over the shoulder. Their faster shutter speed now allowed for hand-held photography. These cameras used coated plates that did not require preparation and could be stored for later development. Suddenly, the only restriction on any photographer was access to the action. Neglected for over 120 years, these images literally shine new light on the War of 1885—particularly the second part of the campaign against the Indians under Big Bear, Poundmaker and Miserable Man. They are frankly astonishing in both their eerily haunting visual impact and as much by the mere fact that they even still exist.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19773

Catalogue: Militaria::Canada::Northwest Rebellion

Keywords: 0889226210 Northwest rebellion Fish Creek Louis Riel Metis History::Canada PHOTOGRAPHY Militaria

BARON, SID

The Way It Was Growing Up in Wartime Holland

Bellingham, WA: Exxel Publishing Co, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0978558200. Signed by Author; Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, signed by the author on the half-title page.; B&W Photographs; 8.8 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 168 pages; "On May 10, 1940, Hitler's war machine blitzkrieged its way through the peaceful farm country of the Netherlands. In one small village, a boy's life would be forever changed by the events of the next 5 years. Readers will discover what it was like when you knew you were about to die in a hail of bullets. Still there is plenty of fun and mischief too with friends and siblings. The Way it Was is mostly about events during the Second World War. Those events not only affected the author's life; it largely molded the lives of all those who lived during the twentieth century. The Way it Was is intended to assure that the memories of that great conflict and the sacrifices made, will not soon be forgotten.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19646

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII

Keywords: 0978558200 netherlands Signed WWII

BARR, NIALL.

Pendulum of War Three Battles at El Alamein

London: Overlook, 2004, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 022406195X. Remainder mark bottom page edges; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.3 X 5.9 X 2.0 inches; 531 pages; "In late June 1942, the dispirited and defeated British Eighth Army was pouring back towards the tiny railway halt of El Alamein in the western desert of Egypt. Tobruk had fallen and Eighth Army had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika. Yet just five months later, the famous bombardment opened the Eighth Army's own offensive which destroyed the Axis threat to Egypt. Explanations for the remarkable change of fortune have generally been sought in the abrasive personality of the new army commander Lieutenant-General Bernard Law Montgomery. But the long running controversies surrounding the commanders of Eighth Army - Generals Auchinleck and Montgomery - and that of their legendary opponent, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, have often been allowed to obscure the true nature of the Alamein campaign. Pendulum of War provides a vivid and fresh perspective on the fighting at El Alamein from the early desperate days of July to the final costly victory in November.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20694

Catalogue: Militaria::Great Britain::WW II

Keywords: 022406195X Rommel Montgomery el alamein tobruk panzer Militaria

BARRATT, GLYNN

Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810

Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0774801654. Illustrated by B&W Plates. Some scuffing of glossy dust jacket, edge wear to top edge. Previous owner's attractive bookplate of front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Pacific Maritime Studies Series; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 196 pages; Russia threw her shadow on the Northwest Coast before the British came to what is now known as British Columbia. Spanish fears of a ?Muscovite? advance on her possessions from Alaskan outposts were well known in eighteenth-century Europe. This book focuses on the development of British and Canadian perceptions of Russian naval strength in the Pacific during the nineteenth century and weighs the consequences -- psychological, political, and military -- of the reluctance of both countries to assume coastal defence responsibilities.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15247

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0774801654 British Columbia RUSSIA MARITIME Spanish MARITIME

BARRETT, HARRY & CLARENCE F. COONS

Alligators of the North the Story of the West & Peachey Steam Warping Tugs

Toronto: National Heritage Books, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1554887119. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations ; 9.0 X 9.0 X 0.7 inches; 230 pages; "The Alligator was an amphibious machine designed and patented in Canada in the late 1880s. This warping tug was capable of towing a log boom across a lake and then portaging itself to the next body of water. Steam-powered and rugged, it was one of the pioneers in the mechanization of the forest industry and for more than thirty years was ubiquitous in northern Ontario until eclipsed by its worthy successor the Russel tug."This long-overdue book on the Alligator Warping Tug, designed and built by West & Peachey of Simcoe, Ontario, is a welcome addition to the libraries of those intrigued by Canada’s story and particularly lumbering history." — R. John Corby, curator emeritus, Canada Science and Technology Museum "By enabling access to the upper reaches of the Ottawa River and its many tributaries, the Alligator tug extended the social and economic stability provided by the timber industry and supported the populating of this vast region. Alligators of the North is a wonderful touchstone for all who share this heritage.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20568

Catalogue: Forestry::Ontario

Keywords: 1554887119 Forestry tugs Ontario Forestry

BARRIS, TED

Juno Canadians at D

Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, Inc, 2009. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0887624138. Card covers show some shelf wear, corner corl.; A tight, solid book. Some B&W photos. ; Trade PB; 150 X 25 X 226 millimeters; 336 pages; "On June 6, 1944, nearly 15,000 Canadians - at sea, in the air, and on the ground - joined the long-anticipated D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on the Normandy beaches. The piece of ground on which the Canadians fought so hard against heavily armed and embedded German troops was codenamed Juno. On that day, the Candian infantry fought their way farther inland than any other Allied troops. For Canada, and all Canadians, this was a coming of age, an extraordinary moment of courage and sacrifice. On the eve of the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Barris takes us back to those momentous few hours that forever changed the course of our history in the voices of those who were there. In what might be described as Canada's longest day, we follow the course of action hour by hour, minute by minute, as we meet and follow the soldiers who leapt off landing craft into the shallow waters off Normandy, who were strafed by machinegun fire before they could even reach the shore.. Very Good .

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Book number: 21054

Catalogue: Militaria::Canada::WWII

Keywords: 0887624138 normandy juno beach DDAY Militaria

BARRIS, TED

Victory at Vimy Canada Comes of Age, April 9

Toronto: Thomas Allen & Son, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887622534. As new; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs an maps ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.4 inches; 300 pages; "At the height of the First World War, on Easter Monday April 9, 1917, in early morning sleet, sixteen battalions of the Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilometre line of trenches in northern France against the occupying Germans. All four Canadian divisions advanced in a line behind a well-rehearsed creeping barrage of artillery fire. By nightfall, the Germans had suffered a major setback. The Ridge, which other Allied troops had assaulted previously and failed to take, was firmly in Canadian hands. The Canadian Corps had achieved perhaps the greatest lightning strike in Canadian military history. One Paris newspaper called it "Canada's Easter gift to France." Of the 40,000 Canadians who fought at Vimy, nearly 10,000 became casualties. Many of their names are engraved on the famous monument that now stands on the ridge to commemorate the battle. It was the first time Canadians had fought as a distinct national army, and in many ways, it was a coming of age for the nation. The achievement of the Canadians on those April days in 1917 has become one of our lasting myths. Based on first-hand accounts, including archival photographs and maps, it is the voices of the soldiers who experienced the battle that comprise the thrust of the book.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20159

Catalogue: Militaria::Canada::WWI

Keywords: 0887622534 Vimy Ridge WWI Militaria

BARRON, LEO & DON CYGAN

No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne

New York: NAL Caliber, 2012. Third Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0451238133. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos and maps ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 414 pages; "Bastogne has always figured large in any account of the Battle of the Bulge. In 'No Silent Night', Leo Barron and Don Cygan provide new insight into the climatic battle that raged for that small Ardennes market town on Christmas Day 1944. New sources, interviews and thorough documentation grace this book, which will be a boon for those seeking to understand how Americans prevailed in one of their most famous World War II victories." —Danny S. Parker, author of Fatal Crossroads. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21331

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::United States

Keywords: 0451238133 Militaria

BARTH, JOHN

The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor

Boston: Little Brown, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316082511. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, embossed by previous owner on dedication page, small ding on back fore edge ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Stated First edition but number line begins with 2 ; 6.5 X 1.25 X 9.5 inches; 573 pages; "While retracing the legendary voyages of Sindbad the Sailor, journalist Simon William Behler finds himself in Sindbad's household in medieval Baghdad and competes with Sindbad in a storytelling marathon in the hopes of finding a way back to the modern world". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20868

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0316082511 Sinbad FICTION

BARTON, DAVID

The Jefferson Lies Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson

Washington, DC: WND Books, 2016. Revised Edition; Fourth Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1944229027. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 28 X 139 X 208 millimeters; 363 pages; A scholarly book, the author provides plentiful notes which give the sources for his thinking. "This new paperback edition of The Jefferson Lies re-documents Barton's research and conclusions as sound and his premises true. It tackles seven myths about Thomas Jefferson head-on, and answers pressing questions about this incredible statesman including: Did Thomas Jefferson really have a child by his young slave girl, Sally Hemings?, Did he write his own Bible, excluding the parts of Christianity with which he disagreed? Was he a racist who opposed civil rights and equality for black Americans? Did he, in his pursuit of separation of church and state, advocate the secularizing of public life? Through Jefferson's own words and the eyewitness testimony of contemporaries, Barton repaints a portrait of the man from Monticello as a visionary, an innovator, a man who revered Jesus, a classical Renaissance man, and a man whose pioneering stand for liberty and God-given inalienable rights fostered a better world for this nation and its posterity. For America, the time to remember these truths is now.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21141

Catalogue: Americana::Presidents

Keywords: 1944229027 Thomas Jefferson Myths History::USA Biographies & Memoirs

BARUTH-WALSH, MARY E.; WALSH, G. M.

Strike! 99 Days on the Line : The Workers' Own Story of the 1945 Windsor Ford Strike

Penumbra Press, 1995. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0921254695. Only slight wear to card covers; A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 120 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 17209

Catalogue: Canadiana::Labour History

Keywords: 0921254695 windsor Ford motors Labour labor Strike Automotive

BARYAKHTAR, VICTOR & VICTOR BAR'YAKHTAR & VALERIE KUKHAR' & IVAN LOS' & VLADIMIR KHOLOSHA & VYACHESLAV SHESTOPALOV & GEORGE J. VARGO

The Chornobyl Accident a Comprehensive Risk Assessment

Columbus, OH: Battelle Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1574770829. Glossy, paper covered, illustrated boards show slight wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 271 pages; "The authors, all of whom are Ukrainian and Russian scientists involved with Chornobyl nuclear power plant since the April 1986 accident, present a comprehensive review of the accident. In addition, they present a risk assessment of the remains of the destroyed reactor and its surrounding shelter, Chornobyl radioactive waste storage and disposal sites, and environmental contamination in the region. The authors explore such questions as the risks posed by a collapse of the shelter, radionuclide migration from storage and disposal facilities in the exclusion zone, and transfer from soil to vegetation and its potential regional impact. The answers to these questions provide a scientific basis for the development of countermeasures against the Chornobyl accident in particular and the mitigation of environmental radioactive contamination in general. They also provide an important basis for understanding the human health and ecological risks posed by the accident.". Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18416

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 1574770829 chernobyl Nuclear power HISTORY SCIENCE

BASHOW, DAVID

No Prouder Place Canadians and the Bomber Command Experience, 1939

St. Catharines, ON: Vanwell Publishing Ltd, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1551250985. DJ and spine of book have a 1/2" tear. Lengthy gift notation on FFEP. The damage to the spine makes this a reading copy. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 9.20 X 7.40 X 1.90 inches; 544 pages; "The Allied bombing of the Third Reich and its allies was part of Britain’s overall war strategy to take the offensive to the enemy. It created a “second front” that bled off resources from the enemy’s Soviet campaign, involving massive amounts of manpower and material just to address the threat. It also dealt telling blows to Germany’s economic and industrial infrastructure, forcing decentralization of its war industries. Finally, it paved the way, through destruction of the enemy air defenses, oil resources, and transportation networks, for a successful invasion of Germany through Northwest Europe in 1944. No Prouder Place provides a fresh and objective look at the bombing campaign by emphasizing the highly significant role it played in defeating the Axis powers. It is a story of sustained courage in the face of daunting odds as well as a celebration of the Canadian aircrew experience and its place in wartime Bomber Command. The text contains scores of original recollections from the veterans themselves, interwoven with material from primary, archival and secondary sources. It is illustrated with original artwork by Ron Lowry including color side profiles of selected Bomber Command (from RCAF units) and Luftwaffe aircraft.". Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18556

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::Canada

Keywords: 1551250985 bomber command Militaria

BASQUE, GARNET

Canadian West

Langley, BC: Garnet Basque, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As new; A bright, solid book, green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped design and title front and spine. B&W and coloured illustrations ; Deluxe clothbound edition 1993; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages; Basque has included all 4 issues of Canadian West Magazine - The Pioneer Years for 1993 bound into a Deluxe Clothbound limited edition of 200 copies. This is unnummbered and unsigned. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 20302

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Pioneer Canadian History::Canada