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Secrets of the Lakes
by Monica Frim
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Corners bumped, crease on front cover
- ISBN
- 9781894073088
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 9.02
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Detailed histories of the communities and the people around Lakes Simcoe & Couchiching in the early days. 173pp. Profusely illustrated with old photographs and maps
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SGD 9.02
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The Book of Ultima Thule
by Archibald MacMechan
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 5.01
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pp 368, small 8vo. Essays concerned mostly with the author's personal responses to Nova Scotia geography and history. Faded blue cloth binding, Spine ends worn and chipped. Good reading copy. Decorations, Titles and Endpapers designed by Thoreau MacDonald.
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SGD 5.01
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Karluk
by McKinlay, William Laird
- Condition
- Used - Excellent
- Jacket Condition
- Excellent
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Grey Boards w gold lettering on the spine, dust jacket is protected by commercial plastic wrapper
- ISBN
- 9780297771647
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 8.02
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170 pp - The harrowing story of an Arctic exploration ship in the Canadian arctic in 1913. The ship was trapped in the ice and gradually drifted for many months westward until it sank near Wrangel island north of Siberia. The author was one of the survivors.Foreword by Magnus Magnusson
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SGD 8.02
The World Is Flat
by Thomas L. Friedman
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 28th printing
- Published
- April 5, 2005
- Binding
- Light gray boards, dark gray spine with Silver lettering. Smudge marks back and front.
- ISBN
- 9780374292881
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 5.01
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very good/near fine
Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize winner New York Times journalist, unravels the global scene of the 21st century, translating complex foreign policy & economic issues. 488 pages. Item Price
SGD 5.01
The Square Mile
by Donald Mackay
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- 1st paperback
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Pictorial covers
- ISBN
- 9780888947093
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 19.04
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very good/none
Tight & clean text block. Slight yellowing on page edges. B & W photos throughout.
The Canadian 'aristocracy' of 19th century Montreal with an emphasis on their homes.
224 pages including index.
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SGD 19.04
Glass
by John A. Brooks
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Golden Highlights Library
- Published
- November 1985
- Binding
- Illustrated boards, shelf wear on bottom edge
- ISBN
- 9780905015118
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 4.01
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good+/good
Profusely illustrated (colour & b/w) book on the history of glassware from the Egyptians to the present. 80 pgs.
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SGD 4.01
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Trudeau Albums
by Sara Borins, Edior
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- fitted box in good conditon
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- October 2000
- Binding
- Black boards with title in a red rectangle
- ISBN
- 9780670892938
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 12.02
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Very condition in original fitted box cover.
Book consist primarily of photographs of and about Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister from 1968-84.160 pgs Item Price
SGD 12.02
Domesticated Animals From Early Times
by Juliet Clutton-Brock
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- good - protected by acetate library covering
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Dark brown coth with white lettering on spine - library cover has been pasted down in spots on interior boards
- ISBN
- 9780292715325
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 5.01
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good+/good ex-lbrary - usual markings, interior pages clean & tight
A comprehensive study of the history of animal domestication. The informative text is accompanied by numerous photographs and line drawings making it useful for scholars and general readers alike. Clutton-Brock presents archeological, historical and zoological evidence to trace the transitions in man's relationship to animals from the end of the last… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 5.01
Shadow
by Bob Woodward
- Condition
- Used - near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- June 15, 1999
- Binding
- Gray paper-covered boards, silver title on the spine
- ISBN
- 9780684852621
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 4.01
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near fine / near fine
Woodward takes us deep into the administrations of Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton to describe how each discovered that Watergate had forever altered the office of the presidency due to new ethics laws and an emboldened Congress and the media. 593 pgs incl. index. Item Price
SGD 4.01
Raven's Cry
by Christie Harris
- Condition
- Used - good
- Jacket Condition
- Good - covered in plastic
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Brown cloth with 3 embossed thunderbirds on front. Title and author in gold on spine.
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 10.02
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Good / good ex library with usual markings
This is a history of European contacts with the Haida indian nation from first contact to modern times told from the perspective of the Haidas themselves. The author retells the oral traditions from the first arrival of Capt George Vancouver in 1775 to modern times. The book is illustrated by the renowned Haida… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 10.02