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Napoleon's
Litte Red Book


Mr. Bonaparte
of Corsica


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McErlean, John (ed) (Lucien E. Henry, comp) (Napoleon)

NAPOLEON'S LITTLE RED BOOK, Maxims of War Thoughts on society, Politics and the Art of War

Mississuaga, Ontario: Poniard, 1996. First Edition.

12mo., unpaginated, coated (red) card covers, decorated, titled and bordered in gilt.
A fine (as new) copy. Edited from the 1899 original "Napoleon's War Maxims with His Social and Political Thoughts" by L. E. Henry, presented in three sections, each individually indexed.

book no. # 2575 - $8.00

Bangs, John Kendrick (H. W. McVickar, illus)

MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA

Mississuaga, Ontario: Poniard, 1996. First Thus.

12mo., pp. (x), 265, coated (tan) card covers, decorated, titled and bordered in black.
A fine (as new) copy. Facsimile reprint of the 1895 original.

book no. # 972 - $9.00


King James I.

A COUNTER-BLASTE TO TOBACCO.

(Emmaus, PA / London): Rodale Press, (1954), First Thus.

Small 8vo., pp. 36, cloth backed printed boards, dust jacket. First UK (export) edition.
Faint yellowing to endpapers' gutters, otherwise a fine copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has one tiny edge tear to lower edge rear panel, small shadow from price sticker removal, else very good, not price clipped. Originally penned by James I anonymously in 1604, one of the earliest published commentaries on the habit.

book no. # 1763 - $18.50


Urquhart, Jane.

THE UNDERPAINTER.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. First Edition.

8vo., pp. 340, biege cloth, gilt to spine and cover, dust jacket.
Clean and crisp interior, a fine copy housed in a fine, unclipped, dust jacket. Winner of the Govenor General's Award 1997.

book no. # 228 - $13.50


Pratt, E. J.
STILL LIFE AND OTHER VERSES

Pratt, E. J. (Grant Macdonald, illus).
BEHIND THE LOG.

Toronto: Macmillan, 1943. First Edition.

Small 8vo., pp. [8], 40, orange cloth, gilt, dust jacket.
A fine copy housed in dust jacket with general shelf wear to edges, else very good. Watters p.161.

book no. # 1020 - $12.50

Toronto: Macmillan, 1947. First Edition.

8vo., pp. [xvi], 47, [1], 10 b/w illustrations, red cloth, gilt to spine, dust jacket.
Tiny signature to front free endpaper, else a near fine copy housed in dust jacket with small scar from price sticker removal, else very good. Watters p.160.

book no. # 972 - $15.00


Sheard, Virna.

THE MIRACLE AND OTHER POEMS.

Toronto: J.M. Dent, 1913. First Edition.

Small 8vo., pp. viii, 111, frontis portrait, orig. blue cloth with bright gilt decorations, top edge gilt.
A very good, clean and bright copy. Virna Sheard (1865-1943), was born in Cobourg, Ontario, and was of United Empire Loyalist descent. Her grandmother was a first cousin of the famous American abolitionist, Wendell Phillips. Watters p.180.

book no. # 1004 - $15.00


Gorbunov, Andrei and Penelope Minney (eds)

THROUGH EACH OTHERS EYES: Religion and Literature.

Moscow: 1999, c. Rudomino. First Edition.

Trade paperback, pp. 192, blue illustrated card covers.
A fine, unread copy. Culled from the proceedings of the Conference at the Library of Foriegn Literature, January, 1999 'Through Each Others Eyes: religion and literature, Russian and English'. Includes comparative and single-author studies, bibliography.

book no. # 2006 - $9.00


NORTHWARD JOURNAL.
A Quarterly of Northern Arts

Focusing on the arts of the North, this journal was published from February, 1979 (issue # 13) to 1990 (issue # 54) by Penumbra Press of Moonbeam, Toronto & Kapuskasing.

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Northward Journal # 20. - the C. W. Jefferys Issue. 1980.
Flood, John (ed) (C. W. Jefferys) (Robert Stacey).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 82, [6], illustrated, printed card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2105 - $15.00

Northward Journal # 21 / 22. Alaskan Art & Writing. 1981.
Flood, John (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 90, [6], illustrated, printed card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2106 - $15.00

Northward Journal # 24. 1982.
Flood, John (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 81, [3], illustrated, printed card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2108 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 25. 1982.
Flood, John (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 86, [8], illustrated, printed card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2109 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 26. 1982.
Flood, John (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 73, [7], illustrated, printed card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2110 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 27. 1982. Recent Icelandic-Canadian Art and Writing.
Flood, John (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. (78), [6], illustrated, printed card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2111 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 34. 1985.
Flood, John (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 44, [4], illustrated, printed card covers
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2113 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 35. 1985.
Flood, John (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 46, [2], illustrated, printed card covers
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2114 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 44. 1988.
Flood, John and Robert Stacey (eds).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 47, [1], illustrated, printed glossy card covers.
Mild tanning to covers, otherwise a fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2119 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 45. 1988. Art, Stories, Poems and Reviews of Northern Content.
Flood, John and Robert Stacey (eds).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 47, [1], illustrated, printed glossy card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2120 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 46. 1989.
Flood, John and Robert Stacey (eds).

Oblong 8vo., pp. (45), [3], illustrated, printed glossy card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2121 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 50 / 51. 1990.
Stacey, Robert (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 129, [3], illustrated, printed glossy card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2122 - $12.50

Northward Journal # 52 / 53. 1990. Featuring Robert Fones.
Stacey, Robert (ed).

Oblong 8vo., pp. 84, illustrated, printed glossy card covers.
A fine copy, no owner names or marks.

book no. # 2123 - $12.50

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