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Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy -by Carlos Eire -a Signed Copy ( Cuba / Child Refugee / Biography / Autobiography )

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: The Free Press, a Division of Simon and Schuster, 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 159550

ISBN: 0743219651

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 6.25w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks newsigned "All the best, Carlos Eire" on a small tipped in plate dated 2003, 387 pages, some b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Saturday's Child: Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister ---by Ellen Fairclough -a Signed Copy ( Hamilton, Ontario related)

By: Fairclough, Ellen Louks (signed), Introduction By Margaret Crawford

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: UTP / University of Toronto Press, 1995, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1995

Seller ID: 156475

ISBN: 0802007368

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket with a bit of sunning to the front panel, looks close to new, signed and inscribed "To Joyce Regards Ellen L Fairclough", 179 pages, b&w photos, ---Ellen Fairclough is perhaps best known as the first woman in Canada to become a federal cabinet minister. Writing with the style and wit for which she was famous as a politician, Ellen Fairclough, now ninety, tells her story. Her reminiscences describe her early life, her efforts More. --to become a business woman, and her experiences as a Progressive Conservative member for the con...
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Saturday's Child: Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister ---by Ellen Fairclough -a Signed Copy ( Hamilton, Ontario related)

By: Fairclough, Ellen Louks (signed), Introduction By Margaret Crawford

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: UTP / University of Toronto Press, 1995, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1995

Seller ID: 161616

ISBN: 0802007368

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks close to new, signed without inscription by Fairclough, 179 pages, b&w photos, ---Ellen Fairclough is perhaps best known as the first woman in Canada to become a federal cabinet minister. Writing with the style and wit for which she was famous as a politician, Ellen Fairclough, now ninety, tells her story. Her reminiscences describe her early life, her efforts More. --to become a business woman, and her experiences as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of Hamilton West (1950-63). Fairclough discusses t...
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Image for Boswell's Children: The Art of the Biographer ---a Signed Copy (inc. Aimee Semple McPherson: Fantasizing the Fantasizer? Telling the Tale of a Tale-Teller, La famille O'Leary de Quebec, l'episcopat catholique romain d'origine irlandaise en Amerique, etc)

Boswell's Children: The Art of the Biographer ---a Signed Copy (inc. Aimee Semple McPherson: Fantasizing the Fantasizer? Telling the Tale of a Tale-Teller, La famille O'Leary de Quebec, l'episcopat catholique romain d'origine irlandaise en Amerique, etc)

By: Fleming, R B ( Rae Bruce ) (signed) (ed.)(Ged Martin; Francess Halpenny; Elspeth Cameron; David A Nock; Ken Mitchell; Janice Dickin McGinnis; Anna Makolkin; George Henri Dagneau; Chris Raible, David Rollor, Jesse Lloyd, Silas Fletcher; Ronald J Stagg etc

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press, 1992, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1992

Seller ID: 156083

ISBN: 155002177x

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by the author, 268 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Foreword: Biography and History by Ged Martin, Part One: Expectations - 1 Expectations of Biography by Francess Halpenny, Part Two: Truth in Biography - Truth in Biography by Elspeth Cameron, Biographical Truth by David A. Nock, Living the Biography, or, the Importance of Being Norman by Ken Mitchell; Part Three: Biographer and Subject: Lisisons Dangereuses - Aimee Semple McPherson: Fantasizing the Fantasizer? Telling the Tale of a Tale-Teller by Janice...
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A Jockey's Life: The Biography of Lester Pigott ---by Dick Francis -a Signed Copy

By: Francis, Dick (signed and inscribed)

Price: $107.93 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Putnam / G P Putnam's, 1986, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing: 1986

Seller ID: 166042

ISBN: 0399131795

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hard cover, a Near Fine example in a close to Near Fine dustjacket but there is somesunning to the spine so a Very Good/Very Good++ dustjacket, 338 pages, b&w photos, signed and inscribed "Sept 1986 Wilf Morris & his fellow security guards at Bldg 'A' Sea Ranch Club. Very best wishes Dick Francis", the Sea Ranch Club was a condo complex in Florida where Dick and Mary Francis would spend part of the year, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Sport of Queens: The Autobiography of Dick Francis / The Armchair Detective Library - Otto Penzler Book

By: Francis, Dick / The Armchair Detective Library - Otto Penzler Books

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: The Armchair Detective Library - Otto Penzler Book, 1993, 1st Edition Thus, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 166041

ISBN: 1562870483

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket with a black mark on the verso of the jacket at the lower spine tip, feels unread, 254 pages, ---The author of more than thirty best-selling mystery and suspense novels describes the exciting story of his journey from champion steeplechase jockey to successful writer, 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 Pavement My Pillow

By: Gillain, Louis E ( Elphage )( Not Spelled Gillian )

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Arco Publications, 1954, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1954

Seller ID: 142269

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, a clean Very Good copy, no dustjacket, small address label and ink number on endpapers, some browning to the covers, Gillain starts out with his birth and how his mother could never have known how big a disappointment he was meant to be, " In his introduction, Gillain explains, "I may be accused of vulgarity and dullness, of being morbid, facetious, egotistical and vain, and of being ignorant. I know I am a careless writer. But this book is the story of my life --- Brought up in the gutters of London, he joined the army by mistake and deserted by design. He then becam...
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The Pavement My Pillow

By: Gillain, Louis E ( Elphage )( Not Spelled Gillian )

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Arco Publications, 1954, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1954

Seller ID: 146116

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, a clean Very Good copy, in an attractive Good dustjacket, some browning and offset to theendpapers, a bit of foxing mainly to the edge of the text block, Gillain starts out with his birth and how his mother could never have known how big a disappointment he was meant to be, from the dustjacket flap --- " In his introduction, Gillain explains, "I may be accused of vulgarity and dullness, of being morbid, facetious, egotistical and vain, and of being ignorant. I know I am a careless writer. But this book is the story of my life ---" Brought up in the gutters of London, ...
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Photographing Greatness: The Story of Karsh -by Lian Goodall -a Signed Copy ( Yousuf )( Biography )

By: Goodall, Lian (signed) ( Yousuf Karsh related)

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Napoleon & Company, 2007, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2007

Seller ID: 164127

ISBN: 1894917340

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 8.5w x 9.75h inches, a Near Fine / Fine example, looks new, no dustjacket as issued, signed and dated by the author, 90 + 8 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, a biography of Karsh designed for young people, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth -by Chris Hadfield - Signed By the Canadian Astronaut ( Commander of the International Space Station )

By: Hadfield, Chris (signed)

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Random House Canada, 2013, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 2013

Seller ID: 164001

ISBN: 0345812700

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 6.25w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, would make a great gift for a Chris Hadfield fan, signed without inscription by the world (and out-of-this-world ) famous astronaut on a tipped-in bookplate designed for this book, 295 pages, colour photos as well as a few b&w, ---"As Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield captivated the world with stunning photos and commentary from space. Now, in his first book, Chris offers readers extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the imposs...
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A Painter's Country: The Autobiography of A Y Jackson ( Group of Seven Related / Canadian Art / Artist / Biography )

By: Jackson, A Y ( Alexander Young ); Foreword By Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey

Price: $47.18 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1963, 2nd Hardcover Edition, 1st New, Re-Set Edition, First Printing: 1963

Seller ID: 165928

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, a bit of light rubbing to edges, in an attractive Good dustjacket with some chips and tears, a bit of sunning to the spine, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, 172 pages, colour illustrations, map endpapers showing AYJ's travels as described in A Painter's Country, , 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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ELVIS: My Best Man -a Memoir: Radio Days, Rock 'n Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley -by George Klein

By: Klein, George with Chuck Crisafulli ( Elvis Presley related)

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Crown Publishers, 2010, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2010

Seller ID: 164316

ISBN: 0307452743

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 6.25w x 9.5h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dsutjacket, looks new, 306 pages, b&w photos, ---"When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldnt have known how important the new kid with the guitar -the boy named Elvis -would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary. During Elviss rise to fame and throughout the wild swirl of his remarkable life, Klein was a steady presence and one of Elviss closest and most loyal friends un...
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Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows -by Harvey Kubernik

By: Kubernik, Harvey ( Leonard Cohen related)

Price: $32.33 CAD

Publisher: Bath, England, Bath, UK: Palazzo Editions, 2014, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2014

Seller ID: 164528

ISBN: 1927840015

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, book is tight and square, in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a bit of rubbing to the edges, 223 pages, colour and b&w photos, ---"No other contemporary songwriter has created a body of work of such consistent quality, and such singular emotional and intellectual brilliance, as Leonard Cohen. His smoke-black vocal style navigates the most sophisticated and arresting of melodies in songs infused with romance, innuendo, and humor. --Arriving at the '60s pop-music party fashionably late, Cohen released his debut album - Songs of Leonard Cohen - in 1967. ...
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Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star -by Betty Lee -a Signed Copy ( Tugboat Annie related)( Biography )

By: Lee, Betty (signed)( Marie Dressler related)

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky ( UPK ), 1997, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1997

Seller ID: 163358

ISBN: 0813120365

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 6.25w x 9.25h inches, a Fine example, in a Fine dustjacket, looks new, signed without inscription by the author, 318 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for The Girl Who Had Everything: The Story of the FIRE and ICE Girl -by Dorian Leigh ( Fashion Model / Supermodel / Revlon )( Autobiography / Biography )

The Girl Who Had Everything: The Story of the FIRE and ICE Girl -by Dorian Leigh ( Fashion Model / Supermodel / Revlon )( Autobiography / Biography )

By: Leigh, Dorian with Laura Hobe ( Foreword By Dorian Leigh Parker )

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Garden City, NY ( New York ), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980, BCE / Book Club Edition ( 1st Thus ): 1980

Seller ID: 157483

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a chipped and torn but generally intact dustjacket, 227 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 Tune of the Hickory Stick: Tales of a Backwoods Teacher -a Signed Copy ( Northern Ontario )

By: Leonard, Wilbur (signed)

Price: $16.13 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, No Place ( Ontario ): No Publisher / Wilbur Leonard ( Printed By Stan Brown Printers, Owen Sound ), 1988, 1st edition, First Printing: 1988

Seller ID: 147944

ISBN: 0969356005

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcovers, about 6 x 9 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light rubbing and a few small marks, 94 pages, b&w photos, signed by Leonard, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Liberace: An Autobiography -by Liberace -a Signed Copy

By: Liberace (signed)(aka Lee )

Price: $53.93 CAD

Publisher: Don Mills ( Toronto ), Ontario, Don Mills, ON ( Toronto, Ontario ): Longman Canada, 1973, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1973

Seller ID: 166140

ISBN: 0399112294

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, a bit of light rubbing to edges and tips, in an attractive Good or better price clipped dustjacket, some light rubbing, short creases, some shallow chips, looks quite nice overall, ---this copy has been signed " Liberace love 1973" so this has been signed in the year of publication, 316 pages, b&w photographs, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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McCann's Shorts: True Tales of an Irish Immigrant -by Dermot McCann -a Signed Copy

By: McCann, Dermot (signed)

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Canada, Canada: Self Published / Dermot McCann, 2013, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing: 2013

Seller ID: 157879

ISBN: 0991784502

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------softcover, about 5.5 x 8.5 inches, a Near Fine copy, former owner's embossed stamp, signed without inscription by the author, 156 + 2 pages, ---"Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1950, McCann emigrated to Canada at the age of three, and made his home in Guelph, Ontario from 1955 to 1993. Since graduating from the University of Guelph in 1970, hes made a living as a teacher, carpenter/contractor, artist and writer ---In the tradition of true Irish storytelling, McCanns Shorts takes you by the hand and leads you on a nostalgic, often hilarious and sometimes tragic journey of one m...
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My Two Worlds: A Memoir of an Aristocratic Polish Childhood, War and Emigration to Canada -by Peter Mielzynski Zychlinski ( Poland )

By: Mielzynski Zychlinski, Peter ; Preface By Suzanne Swan

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Canada, Canada: Peter Mielzynski Zychlinski, 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2012

Seller ID: 163963

ISBN: 1771360127

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, about 6w x 9h inches, a Fine example in a Fine dustjacket, looks new,161 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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My Two Worlds: A Memoir of an Aristocratic Polish Childhood, War and Emigration to Canada -by Peter Mielzynski Zychlinski ( Poland )

By: Mielzynski Zychlinski, Peter ; Preface By Suzanne Swan

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Canada, Canada: Peter Mielzynski Zychlinski, 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2012

Seller ID: 164800

ISBN: 1771360127

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, about 6w x 9h inches, a Fine example in a Fine dustjacket, a very faint hint of sunning to the spine, looks new,161 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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Category: Biographies