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Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1980
Softcover. 80 pages. ENG
Softcover. 80 pages. ENG
Condition: GOOD
Several pages have pen marks in margin. Small faint stain to front cover. Otherwise a sound, undamaged copy.
Rocklin, CA: Prima, 1992
Hardcover. 192 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 192 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Map endpapers (of occupied France). Includes b&w photo illustrations, notes, and index.
Story of Raoul Laporterie, a Basque French shopkeeper who rescued hundreds of Jews and resistance members in occupied France during the Second World War.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988
Hardcover. 234 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 234 pages. ENG
Condition: NEAR FINE / NEAR FINE
Scuff to inside rear pastedown. Dust jacket is slightly rubbed.
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1992. First edition
Hardcover. 249 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 249 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / NEAR FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1988
Softcover. 272 pages. ENG
Softcover. 272 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Light edge wear. Spine is not creased. No writing/markings.
Hamilton, ON: Potlatch Publications, 1981
Softcover. 170 pages. ENG
Softcover. 170 pages. ENG
Condition: NEAR FINE
Light edgewear. Binding is tight. Spine is not creased. No writing/markings.
Five years as a WW2 anti-aircraft gunner in the Royal Artillery,
Toronto: Cherry Tree Press, 1982
Softcover. 128 pages. ENG
Softcover. 128 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Sound, attractive copy, with no writing/markings. Covers have a bit of faint uneven fading/darkening.
London: Cassell, 1999
Softcover. 192 pages. ENG
Softcover. 192 pages. ENG
Condition: NEAR FINE
Pages are tanned. Otherwise a clean, unworn copy. Includes appendices, bibliography, index.
Invasion of Okinawa, the last island outpost of Japanese empire. Covers the 81 days of continuous fighting; how the US Task Force gained command of the surrounding seas, full details of the British Pacific Fleet involvement, and the Japanese defence.
New York: Avon, 1943
Mass market paperback. 190 pages. ENG
Mass market paperback. 190 pages. ENG
Condition: GOOD
Pages tanned. Spine is creased, General wear and scuffing, but binding is tight and pages are unmarked. Avon T-226.
Contemporary account of the disastrous Dieppe Raid of August 1942, published the year of the operation. Originally published as Dress Rehearsal.
New York: Tower, 1970
Mass market paperback. 267 pages. ENG
Mass market paperback. 267 pages. ENG
Condition: GOOD
Pages are quite tanned with age. Covers are worn at edges, with upper front corner chipped away. Spine is not creased. No writing or highlighting.
Account of the 1839 Amistad slave ship rebellion, in which 39 African captives mutinied and were brought into American waters, and the subsequent legal battle that reached the US Supreme Court.
Toronto: Longmans, Green, 1960. First edition
Hardcover. 139 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 139 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / GOOD
Pages are faintly tanned. Dust jacket is a little worn, with an inch long tear to top edge of front panel, and another shorter closed tear to bottom edge, wear to tips. Green and white illustrated cloth.
Canadian Pageant Series. Northwest Passage.
London: Cassell, 1972. First UK edition
Hardcover. 163 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 163 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Lengthy inscription by author John Cusack on front free endpaper dated 1973. Dust jacket is price clipped, with light edgewear. Red boards with gilt titles.
Autobiography of a man who enlisted with the Royal Scots Greys in 1908, covering a lifetime with horses and the cavalry.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978. First edition
Hardcover. 160 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 160 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / VERY GOOD
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Photographs by Matthew Barr.
Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario, 1987
Softcover. 185 pages. ENG
Softcover. 185 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
O'Brien Press, 1987
Softcover. 171 pages. ENG
Softcover. 171 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Pages are lightly tanned. Lower corner is slightly bumped. Spine is not creased. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
New York: Ballantine, 1957
Mass market paperback. 237 pages. ENG
Mass market paperback. 237 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Pages are tanned. Lower page corners have a bit of chipping. Spine and covers are bright and uncreased. Binding is sound and tight. No writing or markings.
Account of the Battle of Cassino, the prolonged Allied effort to break through the Gustav Line and advance up the Italian peninsula.
Owen Sound, ON: Ginger Press, 1987. First edition
Softcover. 96 pages. ENG
Softcover. 96 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Old gift inscription on first page. Signed by author on title page.
Stories about the people and places of Owen Sound.
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1972. First edition
Hardcover. 238 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 238 pages. ENG
Condition: NEAR FINE / GOOD
Dust jacket has several short closed tears, light wear to tips, light rubbing.
Includes bibliographical references.
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1983. First edition
Hardcover. 310 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 310 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / VERY GOOD+
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1989. First edition
Hardcover. 282 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 282 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / VERY GOOD
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.