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The Queen's Rangers in the Revolutionary War ( 1st American Regiment )( Now the 25th Armoured Regiment )( John Graves Simcoe Related )

By: Ingles, Colonel C J, with an Introduction, and Edited By Lieutenant-Colonel H M Jackson . Queen's Rangers, 1st American Regiment

Price: $99.33 CAD

Publisher: Canada, No Place ( Canada ): No Publisher ( Queen's Rangers 1st American Regiment / C J Ingles ( Printed By The Industrial Shops for the Deaf, Montreal, Quebec ), 1956, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1956

Seller ID: 142275

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

------------hardcover, about 6 x 9.25 inches, green cloth, a solid Very Good to Very Good+ copy, a bit of foxing, ink gift inscription on blank, 301 pages, b&w illustrations and maps, contents include: Introduction; The Crisis in America; New York; Burgoyne and Howe; Brandywine; Philadelphia; Monmouth; Oyster Bay; The Summer of '79 ( 1779 ); The Middlebrook raid; Staten Island; Charleston; Andre and Arnold ( Benedict ); The Carolinas; Virginia; Spencer's Ordinary; Yprktown; The End of the War; Biographical Sketches of Officers; APPENDICES ( Strength Return, 14th December 1777; Articles of Cap...
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An Illustrated History of Roman Roads in Britain

By: Johnston, David E

Price: $21.23 CAD

Publisher: England, Buckinghamshire, UK: Spur Books / SpurBooks, 1979, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1979

Seller ID: 150777

ISBN: 0904978338

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, in an attractive Very Good price clipped dustjacket with some short closed tears, 158 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, contents include: Roads in the Roman Empire; Fact and Fiction; The Beginning of the Road System; The Development of the Road Network; The Roman Surveyor; Building of the Roads; Major Roads; Visiting the Roads - the South / the North and West; Researching the Roads; Bibliography, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Nuns of the Battlefield -by Ellen Ryan Jolly -a Signed Copy ( Ancient Order of Hibernians / Civil War )

By: Jolly, Ellen Ryan (signed)

Price: $106.43 CAD

Publisher: USA, No Place: Self Published / Ellen Ryan Jolly ( Printed By The Providence Visitor Press, Providence, Rhode Island ), 1927, 1st edition, First Printings: 1927

Seller ID: 161941

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 6w x 9h inches, a solid Very Good example, a bit of light edge wear and rubbing, a bit of age toning to endpapers, no dustjacket as issued or so I assume, lengthy authorial insciption on front blank endpaper " Hibernian Greetings and A Wish, May the gentle, the valiant Nuns of the Battlefield pray for their ever devoted Mrs. Ann Kenny at the feet of our dear Lord where ?????? is of infinite value Ellen Ryan Jolly New London Convention 1927", 336 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED///
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Image for The Habsburg Empire: A New History -by Pieter M Judson / The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press ( Monarchy / Austrian Empire / Austria - Hungary )

The Habsburg Empire: A New History -by Pieter M Judson / The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press ( Monarchy / Austrian Empire / Austria - Hungary )

By: Judson, Pieter M ( PM Judson ) / The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

Price: $28.33 CAD

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachussetts, Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 2016

Seller ID: 163500

ISBN: 0674047761

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, barely noticeable two-inch cut on the front panel of the jacket, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, overall this looks new, 567 pages, b&w photos, ---"In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans. Across divides of language, religion, region, and history, ordinary women and men felt a common attachment to “their empire,” while bureaucrats, soldiers, politicians, and academics devised inventive soluti...
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Image for In the Shadow of the Gantries: Reflections on a Lost Era in East Belfast -by Noel Kirkpatrick ( Northern Ireland Memoir (inc. Tales of the Yard [ Harland & Wolff Shipyard ]; Along the Lagan; The Albertbridge Road Area; The Blitz; Powered Bicycles; etc)

In the Shadow of the Gantries: Reflections on a Lost Era in East Belfast -by Noel Kirkpatrick ( Northern Ireland Memoir (inc. Tales of the Yard [ Harland & Wolff Shipyard ]; Along the Lagan; The Albertbridge Road Area; The Blitz; Powered Bicycles; etc)

By: Kirkpatrick, Noel

Price: $25.49 CAD

Publisher: United Kingdom, Comber, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK: Alkon Press, 1992, 1962, First edition, 1st Printing: 1992

Seller ID: 165439

ISBN: 0952019000

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------softcover, a Very Good+ example, light rubbing, 107 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Voodoo Journal: Dispatches from a Haitian Grave -by Don Lajoie ( Journalist ) / Photography / Photographs By Rob Gurdebeke ( Haiti )

By: Lajoie, Don; Photography / Photographs By Rob Gurdebeke

Price: $42.53 CAD

Publisher: Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 2016, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2016

Seller ID: 163779

ISBN: 0887535623

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 6w x 9h inches, a Very Good+ to Near Fine example, a bit of light rubbing, a bit of curling to corners, 155 pages, b&w photos ---"Some stories insist on being told. In his first published book, award winning Post Media journalist Don Lajoie, gives the reader a gripping and un-apologetically honest tale of his experiences as an award-winning journalist in Haiti. With stories accumulated over his many years of work in Haiti, Lajoie leads the reader confidently through the dichotomy of the country: its garbage-lined streets, the devastating earthquake of 2010, the...
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Skellig: Island Outpost of Europe ---by Des Lavelle -a Signed Copy ( County Kerry, Ireland / Little and Great Skellig )

By: Lavelle, Des (signed)

Price: $18.39 CAD

Publisher: Ireland, Dublin, Ireland: O'Brien Press, 1981, 2nd Edition, 2nd Printing: 1981

Seller ID: 155293

ISBN: 0905140036

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, former owner's bookplate on half-title page, , in an attractive Very Good dustjacket with some light wear and age toning, signed and inscribed by Lavelle, 110 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Churches of Liverpool -by David Lewis ( Liverpool, England / Church Architecture / History )

By: Lewis, David

Price: $39.69 CAD

Publisher: England, Liverpool, UK: The Bluecoat Press, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2001

Seller ID: 161349

ISBN: 0872568769

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------softcover, about 10w x 9.75h inches, a near Fine example, this softcover was issued with flaps (much like the flaps on a dustjacket), the front flap on this copy has been price clipped, 175 pages, colour photos throughout, a very nice book, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo.
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio -by Tom Lewis ( Lee De Forest / Edwin Howard Armstrong / David Sarnoff related )

By: Lewis, Tom ( Lee De Forest / Edwin Howard Armstrong / David Sarnoff related )

Price: $14.13 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Edwin Burligame Books / HarperCollins ( Harper Collins ), 1991, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1991

Seller ID: 164274

ISBN: 0060182156

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 421 pages, b&w photos, ---"The story of the invention of radio focuses on scientist Lee de Forest, brilliant recluse Edwin Armstrong, and RCA mogul David Sarnoff, who turned a basement discovery into a worldwide communications revolution"---,, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Vinland Revisited: The Norse World at the Turn of the Millennium / Viking Millenium International Symposium, Sept 15-24, Newfoundland - Labrador ( L'Anse Aux Meadows related)

Vinland Revisited: The Norse World at the Turn of the Millennium / Viking Millenium International Symposium, Sept 15-24, Newfoundland - Labrador ( L'Anse Aux Meadows related)

By: Lewis-Simpson; Shannon (ed.) Viking Millennium International Symposium (Peter Sawyer; R A Hall; Birgit Sawyer; Kristjan Ahronson; Magnus Magnusson; Svend E Albrethsen; Jette Arneborg; Mats G Larsson; George M Shendock; Trond Woxen; et al

Price: $56.73 CAD

Publisher: St John's, Newfoundland / Labrador, St John's, NL.: Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland and Labrador / Viking Millennium International Symposium, 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2000

Seller ID: 155992

ISBN: 091973507X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 7 x 10 inches, a near Fine copy, looks new, no dustjacket as issued, 465 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for Four LIFE MAGAZINES: President John F Kennedy 1917 - 1963 (Nov. 29 1963); Lee Harvey Oswald (Feb 21 1964); A Matter of Reasonable Doubt -FRAME 230 (Nov 25 1966); Kennedy Assassination, 4 Days That Stopped America (Nov 1983 )( JFK )

Four LIFE MAGAZINES: President John F Kennedy 1917 - 1963 (Nov. 29 1963); Lee Harvey Oswald (Feb 21 1964); A Matter of Reasonable Doubt -FRAME 230 (Nov 25 1966); Kennedy Assassination, 4 Days That Stopped America (Nov 1983 )( JFK )

By: Life Magazines / John F Kennedy Issues; Contributors Include: Paul Mandel; Richard Oulahan; Ernest Havemann; Donald Jackson; Shana Alexander; Hugh Sidey; Jane Howard; Bill Wise; Don Moser; Loudon Wainwright; et al

Price: $63.83 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Chicago, IL: Life Magazine / Time Inc., 1963, 1964, 1966, 1983, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1963

Seller ID: 160183

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------4 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE), magazines, 4 issues of LIFE, all are solid Good to Very Good copies, some wear and rubbing, address label on 3 of the mags, each issue is devoted to JFK and the assassination, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for News of the Day - Yesterday -by Donald E Loker -Signed / Number 20 of the Occasional Contributions of the Niagara County Historical Society ( New York )( Articles from 19th Century Niagara Newspapers )(inc. News, Weddings, Births, Menus and Recipes etc)

News of the Day - Yesterday -by Donald E Loker -Signed / Number 20 of the Occasional Contributions of the Niagara County Historical Society ( New York )( Articles from 19th Century Niagara Newspapers )(inc. News, Weddings, Births, Menus and Recipes etc)

By: Loker, Donald E (signed); John and Michael Walsh (signed) / Niagara County Historical Society ( New York )

Price: $35.43 CAD

Publisher: Niagara Falls, New York, Niagara Falls, NY: Niagara County Historical Society ( New York ), 1971, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1971

Seller ID: 157151

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 7 x 10 inches, a Very Good copy, short crease on front cover, 94 pages, signed by Loker, signed as well by the Walsh brothers who contribute a short article titled "A Nineteenth Century Niagara County Editor", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for First Annual Gathering of the Clan MacLean Association of North America, Held in the City of Chicago, June 12 - 16, 1893 ( 1893 Hardcover 1st Edition )( McLean / McClain / Mclain / McLane )( Scottish / Scotland )

First Annual Gathering of the Clan MacLean Association of North America, Held in the City of Chicago, June 12 - 16, 1893 ( 1893 Hardcover 1st Edition )( McLean / McClain / Mclain / McLane )( Scottish / Scotland )

By: Maclean, J P ( John )

Price: $56.73 CAD

Publisher: St John, New Brunswick, St John, NB: Telegraph Book and Job Print, 1893, 1st Edition, 1st Printing: 1893

Seller ID: 165797

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

------------hardcover, a solid Very Good example in blue cloth with gilt lettering, a bit of rubbing at tiops, a tight square example, front hinge is a bit loose but still very much secure, ink note on the b&w portrait of Hugh H Mclean (noting that he is "Now Lajor General & Lieut Governor of New Brunswick ), 91 pages, b&w portraits and coat-of-arms, a nice copy of the original 1st edition, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Historical Atlas of East Central Europe (inc. Poland, Lithuania, Bohemia-Moravia (13th-15th C.); Ottoman Empire; Napoleonic Era; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Canal & Railway Pre-1914; Yugoslavia (20th C.); Balkan Peninsula; etc)

Historical Atlas of East Central Europe (inc. Poland, Lithuania, Bohemia-Moravia (13th-15th C.); Ottoman Empire; Napoleonic Era; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Canal & Railway Pre-1914; Yugoslavia (20th C.); Balkan Peninsula; etc)

By: Magocsi, Paul Robert / University of Toronto Press / Cartographic Design By Geoffrey J Matthews; Foreword By Peter F Sugar and Donald W Treadgold

Price: $70.93 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press ( UTP ), 1993, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 162369

ISBN: 0802006078

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, about 9.25w x 12.25h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, 218 pages, maps throughout, ---"For the first time in any language, here is an atlas that covers all of East Central Europe, from the early fifth century through 1992. The atlas encompasses the countries of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, and Greece. Also included are the eastern part of Germany (historic Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Prussia, Saxony, and Lusatia), Bavaria, Austria, northeaster...
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The Early Birds: A History of Pan Am's Clipper Ships ( Pan American Airways / Pan Am / Seaplanes )

By: Mahoney, Lawrence ( Pan Am / Pan American Airways related)

Price: $16.97 CAD

Publisher: Miami, Florida, Miami, FL.: The Pickering Press, 1987, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1987

Seller ID: 161013

ISBN: 0940495074

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------softcover, about 5.5w x 8.25h inches, a Near Fine example, 112 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Story of Middletown: The Oldest Settlement in New Jersey -by Ernest W Mandeville, an Exact Reprint (of the 1927 Christ Church Edition ), Annotated and Indexed By Thelma K Jelliffe ( N.J. / NJ History )

By: Mandeville, Ernest W; Annotated and Indexed By Thelma K Jelliffe

Price: $35.43 CAD

Publisher: New Jersey, Middletown, NJ: Thelma K Jelliffe / The Academy, 1972 ( Reprints The Middletown, New Jersey, 1927 Christ Church Edition ), 1st Facsimile Edition, First Printing: 1972

Seller ID: 155522

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a near Fine copy with a bit of tip wear and rubbing, small address label on verso of front cover, a bit of light pencil marginalia, 173 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Waterlooville: A Modern Village ---a Signed Copy [ Hampshire England / Local History ]

By: Marshall, Alison (signed), with Peter Jerrome and Jonathan Newdick

Price: $25.49 CAD

Publisher: England, Petworth, West Sussex, UK: The Windows Press, 1983, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1983

Seller ID: 147096

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, about 7 x 9.5 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light rubbing, signed and dated by marshall, 175 pages, b&w photosany image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Uniforms of the Republic of Texas and the Men That Wore Them 1836 - 1846 / A Schiffer Military History Book

By: Marshall, Bruce; Foreword By Thomas S Bishop

Price: $21.23 CAD

Publisher: Pennsylvania, Atglen. PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 164279

ISBN: 0764306820

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, about 8.5w x 11h inches, a Near Fine example, 83 pages, b&w photos, colour illustrations throughout, ---"Only Texas, of all the states, can boast of a heritage that includes the army and navy of an independent nation. Throughout the ten turbulent years of Texas independence its military was engaged in constant warfare against enemies within and without. Its regulars were backed up by a militia described as "the most formidable, for their numbers, in the world." Contrary to the image projected by Hollywood and most historians, even in Texas, they were smartly ...
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Image for The Road to Seneca Falls: The Origins of the Woman's Rights Movement in the United States, 1800 - 1848 -by Catherine Maybrey ( US History / Women's Rights )

The Road to Seneca Falls: The Origins of the Woman's Rights Movement in the United States, 1800 - 1848 -by Catherine Maybrey ( US History / Women's Rights )

By: Maybrey, Catherine

Price: $49.63 CAD

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Catherine Maybrey / McMaster University Master of Arts Program, 1998, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1998

Seller ID: 162226

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-------------hardcover, about 8.25w x 11h inches, a Fine example, Master's thesis, v + 112 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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Image for History of the Burgh of Dumfries with Notices of Nithsdale, Annandale and the Western Border (with a supplementary chapter by Alfred Truckel )( Scotland / Scottish Local History )

History of the Burgh of Dumfries with Notices of Nithsdale, Annandale and the Western Border (with a supplementary chapter by Alfred Truckel )( Scotland / Scottish Local History )

By: McDowall, William (with A E Truckell ); Prefatory Note By Wm W Japp

Price: $35.43 CAD

Publisher: Scotland, Dumfries, UK: T C Farries and Co. Limited in Association with Royal Burgh of Dumfries, Octocentenary Committee of Nithsdale District Council, No Date ( 1986 ), 4th Revised Edition, 1st Printing (with additional notes): 1986

Seller ID: 165157

ISBN: 0948278013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, a few small spots of foxing, ink date (1988) on front blank endpaper, 898 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Category: History