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By: Berger, Carl
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1970
Edition: 1st Thus
Seller ID: 18421
ISBN: 0802016189
Condition: Very Good
Slight wear, previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. This scholarly work is fully footnoted. ; Canadian historical readings #8; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 77 pages; This is a group of four essays plus an Introduction. The Introduction is by Carl Berger followed by; Conscription 1917: A Brief for the Defence by A.M. Willms; Dafoe, Laurier, and the Formation of Union Government by Ramsay Cook; The Methodist Church and World War I by J.M. Bliss; Registration, Conscription, and Independent Labour Politics, 1916-1917 by Martin Robin. View more info
By: Chase, Geraldine & Bill Beswetherick
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Kingston ON, Allan Graphics: 2014
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18847
ISBN: 0973646926
Condition: Very Good+
Very light shelf wear and small crease at bottom front. ; A bright, solid book. Colour map inside front cover. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 296 pages; This started out as a memorial to the soldiers of Gananoque, Ontario, using the letters to preserve their words for historical purposes but as they continued their research they discovered letters from soldiers in other parts of Canada. So, they expanded their focus. Along with the letters, the authors include some background of the action or battle in which the soldier was involved as well as some background about the so... View more info
By: Cook, Tim
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Toronto, Viking Canada: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18663
ISBN: 0670067342
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations and Maps; 9.10 X 7 X 2 inches; 600 pages; "At the Sharp End covers the harrowing early battles of World War One, when tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands, died, before the generals and soldiers found ways to break the terrible stalemate of the front. It provides both an intimate look at the Canadian men in the trenches and an authoritative account of the slow evolution in tactics, weapons, and advancement. Featuring never-before-published photographs, letters, diaries, and maps, this recou... View more info
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19172
ISBN: 0771025459
Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Previous owner's name in ink on map end papers. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.2 inches; 408 pages View more info
By: Gilbert, Martin
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 2006
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 17627
ISBN: 0771035470
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Only slight wear top edge of DJ ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs, Maps; 9.20 X 6 X 1.20 inches; 332 pages; A history of the Battle of the Somme, where 310,000 troops from German, French, British and Canadian armies died during just 138 days of battle. "Every July 1, while Canadians celebrate what they have, Newfoundlanders remember what they have lost: on 1 July 1916, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 733 of 801 men in the 1st Newfoundland Regiment were killed.From their starting position in a British support trench, the Newfoundlanders ... View more info
By: Horwood, Joan
Price: $45.00
Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Avalon Publications: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18909
Condition: Very Good
Card covers show very light shelf wear, soil and corner curl.; A tight solid book, stapled wraps. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 52 pages; This was written in honour of the Newfoundland Regiment who served on Gallipoli and suffered great losses at Beaumont Hamel (Battle of the Somme 1916). View more info
By: Leach, Norman
Price: $16.50
Publisher: Regina, SK, Coteau Books: 2008
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18070
ISBN: 1550503995
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Only slight wear; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar.; B&W and Colour Illustrations, Maps; 48 pages; "During WWI, the battle for the tiny Belgium town Passchendaele was one of the most significant tests of Canadian courage and expertise. British Commander-in-Chief General Douglas Haig had devised one of the most controversial stratagems of the entire war: Allied forces would attack headlong into the heavily fortified German entrenchments, capture the town of Passchendaele and its highlands, and drive toward the coast to destroy German submarine bases.General Arthur Currie's Canadia... View more info
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Toronto, ON, Harpercollins Canada: 2005
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 15891
ISBN: 0002007878
Condition: Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
Light wear to dust jacket, trace of previous owner's stamp on front free end paper, light damage from removal of sticker on FFEP ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 346 pages; "The events of the horrific Halifax explosion are well documented: on December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Belgian relief ship Imo collide in the Halifax harbour. Nearly 2,000 people are killed; over 9,000 more are injured. The story of one of the world’s worst non-natural disasters has been told before, but never like this.In... View more info
Price: $18.50
Publisher: Toronto, ON, Harpercollins Canada: 2005
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 16896
ISBN: 0002007878
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Only slight wear to book and dustjacket ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 346 pages; "The events of the horrific Halifax explosion are well documented: on December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Belgian relief ship Imo collide in the Halifax harbour. Nearly 2,000 people are killed; over 9,000 more are injured. The story of one of the world’s worst non-natural disasters has been told before, but never like this.In a sweeping narrative, Curse of the Narrows tells a tale of ordinary people in an extraord... View more info
By: McClung, Nellie L. and Private Mervin C. Simmons
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Toronto, ON, Thomas Allen/ Houghton Mifflin: 1918
Edition: First Canadian Edition
Seller ID: 18873
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Blue cloth boards show some shelf wear, with some soiling. Missing FFEP.; A tight solid book, hinges intact. B&W frontispiece with tissue guard.; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 247 pages; After a conversation with a returned Canadian soldier during WWI, Nellie McClung determined that she would tell his story. Simmons narrated his experiences and she put it into a format that interested readers could appreciate. View more info
By: McWilliams, James L. & R. James Steel
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Edmonton, AB, Hurtig Publishers: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 19280
ISBN: 0888301529
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Signed by Author; DJ shows some shelf wear with short tears, chipping and creasing, water stain along the DJ fore edge. A place name on front end paper circled in ink ; Signed by James McWilliams on title page. A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.2 inches; 226 pages; "The 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 46th Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 23 October 1915. On 11 August 1916 it disembarked in France, where it fought wit... View more info
Price: $21.50
Publisher: Toronto, The John C. Winston Co.: 1919
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18598
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Blue cloth boards show some shelf wear, light soiling. previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A tight solid book. Insignia giltstamped on front board with titles in gilt on spine. Introduction by General Currie ; Volume 2; B&W Photographs and maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 344 pages; Volume 2 only. This volume starts with Passchendale, the US entry in the war and the Russian Revolution. View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Saanichton, BC, Bellewaerde House Publishing: 2000
Edition: Stated First Edition
Seller ID: 19256
ISBN: 0968769608
Condition: Very Good-
Pictorial card covers show some creasing, store stamp bottom page edges ; A tight solid book. This is the large trade paperback ; B&W Illustrations and Maps; 10.9 X 8.4 X 0.7 inches; 266 pages; "This book is an act of Remembrance to the soldiers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry who served in the Great War. It serves three purposes. The first is a social history of the Regiment's activities in the Flanders area of operations; the second is a battlefield tour guide of Regimental interest and the third is a commemoration of each and every PPCLI soldier who fell and is burie... View more info
Price: $17.50
Publisher: Erin, ON, Boston Mills Press: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17961
ISBN: 0919822479
Condition: Good+
Card covers show shelf wear, with scuff marks and some creasing. Sun-faded on spine. ; A tight solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 59 pages; This is a personal account, written in later years by Ogilvie who signed up at age 17 in 1916. He came from small town Ontario where he had lived a sheltered life but soon found himself in a very different world. Ogilvie saw action at Passchendaele and Amiens before being discharged in 1919. View more info
By: Vance, Jonathan Franklin Willia
Price: $18.50
Publisher: Vancouver BC, UBC Press: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18408
ISBN: 077480601X
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Light creasing of DJ ; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.06 X 6.06 X 1.18 inches; 319 pages; "This text examines the myriad ways in which Canadians remembered and celebrated their participation in the Great War. Collectively these memories offered explanations and consolations to Canadians and instilled in them the hope that a new sense of national identity could be born out of war." View more info
By: Vance, Jonathan Franklin William
Price: $19.50
Publisher: Vancouver BC, University of British Columbia Press: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18860
ISBN: 077480601X
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; 9.06 X 6.06 X 1.18 inches; 319 pages; "This text examines the myriad ways in which Canadians remembered and celebrated their participation in the Great War. Collectively these memories offered explanations and consolations to Canadians and instilled in them the hope that a new sense of national identity could be born out of war." View more info
By: Vanier, Georges & Deborah Cowley (editor)
Price: $22.50
Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn Press: 2000
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 15745
ISBN: 1550023438
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Signed by Editor; Light edgewear to book and dust jacket. ; Inscribed by the editor on the front free end paper. A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; B&W Photographs; 9.28 X 6.28 X 1.07 inches; 240 pages; "Georges Vanier, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1959-1967, was 26 when he became one of the the first men to join the newly established Royal 22nd Regiment - known as the "Van Doos". He was in his second year in the Montreal firm as Dessaules and Garneau, and very much the son of a Montreal upper-class family. His service in the First World War shaped his character, ... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Toronto, MacMillan: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 15316
Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Dust jacket has several tears, light chipping. ; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 186 pages View more info