The Builders of the Nation a History of the United States

New York City, Stanley-Bradley Publishing, 1892. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 539, index.Thick 4to. Bound in original 3/4 leather over cloth with marbled foredges. With almost 60 full page portraits and over 700 marginal vignette portraits and illustrations. Entries and illustrations compiled from the National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. A scarce title, as WorldCat lists only eight copies in either public, or academic, libraries. The endpapers are marbled to match the foredges. Bookplate of Ella Lynette Somerville on front pastedown. Wear to board edges, and corners a bit rounded. Light soiling to boards. Contents very clean. Hinges and joints tight. In good plus to very good condition. This is a large, very heavy, book. Please consult as to costs, and options, to ship. 'Portraits and biographies of presidents, cabinet officers, statesmen, legislators, jurists, educators, authors and divines'. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900030476

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History;America;Presidents;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

The Noble and Renowned History of Guy Earl of Warwick

Warwick, UK, John Merridew et al. 1829. Hardcover. pp. viii, 148.12mo, Bound in half leather of marbled boards, with marbled foredges,'Containing a full and true account of his many famous and valiant actions, remarkable and brave exploits, and noble and renowned victories.' A 'New Edition, with Engravings'. Front hinge was weak but has been expertly (and unnoticeably) repaired. Board edges quite worn and boards scuffed, although joints tight. Contents clean: a good copy notwithstanding. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900036313

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Pascal Breland

Winnipeg, MB, Government of Manitoba, 1984. Wraps. pp. 12.8vo,,Stapled card covers: in near fine condition, One of a series of a series of historical pamphlets published by the Historic Resources Branch of the Government of Manitoba. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900034646

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Exploration;Fur trade;Red River colony;Metis;Hudson's Bay Co;North-West Company;;; black-&-white illustrations

Abbey, Edward

Desert Solitaire; a Season in the Wilderness

Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith, Inc, 1981. Reissue. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 269. 8vo. Pictorial endpapers. With the author's drawings. Minor edgewear, tiny spot to one page; very good. In spine-sunned, price clipped dustjacket showing a short closed tear to rear panel. .

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Book number: 087516

Catalogue: Biography

Abley, Mark

Conversations with a Dead Man; the Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott

Madeira Park, BC, Douglas & McIntyre, 2013. Hardcover. pp. 251. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear, marker "X" to bottom edge, sticker to ffep; very good- in lightly rubbed, very good- dustjacket. .

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Book number: 074407

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Indigenous Studies;

Adcock, F. E.

Thucydides and His History

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Condition: ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown, stamp to ffep, card to rfep, bookplate to rear pastedown, spine label, no other library markings; overall very good-. .

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Book number: 037148

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Aguirre, Carmen

Something Fierce; Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter

Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 2011. Paperback. 8vo. Very good+. .

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Book number: 043585

Catalogue: Biography

Alexander, Paul

Rough Magic; a Biography of Sylvia Plath

New York, Viking, 1991. Hardcover. pp. 402. 8vo. Black and white photographic plates. Light shelfwear, ink line to bottom edge; very good in very good, rubbed dustjacket. .

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Book number: 061623

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Ali, Muhammad; Richard Durham

The Greatest; My Own Story

Toronto, Random House, 1975. Hardcover. pp. 415. 8vo. Quarterbound in black cloth. General shelfwear, ink inscription to ffep. Priceclipped dustjacket slightly shelfworn and creased; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 088438

Catalogue: Biography

Ali, Ayaan Hirsi

Infidel

New York, Free Press, 2007. Hardcover. pp. 353. 8vo. Light shelfwear, age toning to page edges, owner's gift inscription to ffep; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 076862

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Politician, Netherlands, Muslims, Refugees, The Caged Virgin, Kenya, Theo van Gogh, Memoir, Activism

Allen, Max [Ed.]

Ideas That Matter; the Worlds of Jane Jacobs

Owen Sound, Ontario, The Ginger Press, 1997. Paperback. pp. xii, 213. 8vo. Black & white photographs. Light shelfwear. Prior owner's ink name to half title; very good. .

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Book number: 064901

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Urban Planning; Cities and the Wealth of Nations; The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Althusser, Louis

The Future Lasts Forever

New York, The New Press, 1993. Paperback. pp. 365. 8vo. Pencilling throughout. Light shelfwear, very good. .

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Book number: 076776

Catalogue: Biography

Amburn, Ellis

Subterranean Kerouac; the Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac

New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 1999. Paperback. 8vo. Very good+. .

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Book number: 041660

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Anderson, Katrina

Blessed; Portrait of Asdis Sigrun Anderson

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Anderson, 2007. Paperback. pp. xv, 267. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 042730

Catalogue: Biography

Anderson, Katrina

Blessed; Portrait of Asdis Sigrun Anderson

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Anderson House Publishing, 2007. Paperback. pp. xv, 267. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 042731

Catalogue: Biography