Search Results: Biography from Bruce McLeod

Near-Fine 1st Edition trade softcover, 6x9, 269 pages. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Crisp & clean, square and solid, no creases. Born in Altona, Manitoba of Canadian Mennonite parents, the author was a teacher and traveler. This autobiography chronicles his life of adventure, but also tells of the struggles to care for his wife Norah who suffered from Alzheimers Disease.

London and Toronto: Heinemann - British Book Service, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FINE/VG- First Edition, 1st Printing. A very special copy in nearly perfect condition: crisp, clean, tight, unmarked, no wear to black boards. Includes an uncomplimentary two page hand-typed review by A.L. Burt of the University of Minnesota (an original document - not a photocopy or carbon copy). Unclipped DJ has light edge wear, several short tears (now expertly closed with archival cloth tape.) 8vo, 6" by 8.75", 356 pages, b&w plates, index.

Edmonton, Canada: Lone Pine Publishing, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Very Good. AS-NEW/VERY GOOD+ First Edition, Stated 1st Printing. This is a very desirable unmarked copy with no wear to boards, binding or pages. The DJ has one expertly repaired 1/2" tear. 176 pages, index, references, selected bibliography, dozens of b&w photos, full page color plates. This book chronicles 75 builders, leaders, scholars, pioneers, and outstanding citizens of the Canadian province of Alberta.

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. VG/VG First Edition. Crisp, clean, no markings, square and solid, as-new interiors. 6.25" x 9.25", 260 pages. An outstanding biography. Charles Haley was one of the most accomplished defensive players in the NFL.

Oberon Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. A few spots on top edge, else Fine. 5.5" x 8.5", 203 pages.

Prestel Publishing, 2004. Soft cover. Fine. FINE 6.5" x 9.5" softcover. No markings, no creases, appears unhandled and unread.

Trenton, Ontario: City Print/Almey Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. AS-NEW/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing stated. An exceptional unmarked copy: crisp & clean, square and solid, binding and interiors as new. Unclipped DJ has no tears, protected in bro-dart jacket cover. 7" by 9.75", 148 pages, photographs, special introduction by Johnny "The Chief" Bucyk. Epilogue by Joseph Romain.

Fine trade paperback. As-new but for a hint of corner wear and a previous owner's stamp on endpaper. 6" x 9", 176 pages, illustrated. The author gives an authentic account of flying an Army Black Hawk helicopter during the Iraq war. The journal entries of his deployment paint a vivid portrait of the day-to-day struggles soldiers endured.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Watson & Dwyer, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FINE/VERY GOOD+ First Edition, 1st Printing. Clean, tight, unmarked, very nice. Unclipped DJ has just a trace of light edge wear. 7" by 10", 294 pages, maps, dozens of photos from the Provincial Archives of Manitoba and the Hudson's Bay Company Archives.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD Second Edition, revised 1967 Edition. Owner's ID on front endpaper, margin markings throughout. A crisp and clean copy with very nice blue and gold boards. Unclipped DJ has just light wear. 5.5" x 8", 173 pages, index, preface by Air Marshal Hugh L. Campbell.

1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VG First Edition softcover, 6" by 9", 135 pages. Only a trace of wear to covers, a few folded page corners with some hand-written date notations. Clean, tight, no spine creases. A photo, biography and short bibliography for each member of 'The League of Canadian Poets', an organization formed in 1966.

Trafford Publishing, 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine. NEAR-FINE 2nd Printing softcover, SIGNED by the author on the title page. This book is as-new but for two tiny corner creases on covers. Autobiography of Douglas Warren Greenfield, whose family homesteaded in Alberta's Peace River Country.

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. NEAR-FINE/VERY GOOD. An exceptionally crisp, clean and tight book in high quality embossed boards. No markings, interiors as-new. Unclipped DJ. 5.25" by 8", 414 pages.

Toronto: Stoddart, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. NEAR-FINE/FINE First Edition, 2nd Printing, SIGNED by Eddie Shack on the half-title page "Ed Shack #23." Crisp & clean (one tiny spot on fore-edge), square & solid, previous owner's name on front endpaper. No wear to boards, binding or pages. Unclipped DJ is nearly perfect with no tears, no chipping. 6.25" by 9.25", 282 pages, index.

Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1989. Trade Paperback. New. BRAND NEW unmarked copy direct from the publisher. Pristine interiors, as-new exteriors. This 6" x 9", 244 pages, 4 maps, 56 b&w photographs, epilogue, index. This brilliant book details a 16 year period of history in Canada's Arctic territories. It's both a history of the Hudson's Bay Company fur trading activities between 1923 and 1939, and a history of the social life, customs and traditions of the Inuit.

Very Good 1st Ed. Light shelfwear, owner's stamp on title page. Crisp & clean interiors. 6x9, 308 pages, illustrated. As a master story-teller, Justice Hamilton's courtroom stories are a must-read for all members, past and present of the judiciary and the Law Society of Manitoba, and particularly for future lawyers who want to see tricks-of-the-trade in action.

McClelland and Stewart, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. VG/Good First Edition, SIGNED by both authors on the half-title page. One top corner bumped, otherwise FINE. Unclipped DJ has chipping, short tears, shelfwear. 5.75" by 8.75", 171 pages, b&w plates, map endpapers. The authors' memoirs of pioneer life in the frontier town of Cranberry Portage, Manitoba - near Flin Flon and the Pas: gamblers, bush pilots, love, survival, courage, miracles, mayhem, tragedy and humour.

Dale Carnegie Publishers - Greenberg, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FINE/NEAR-FINE First Edition, 1st Printing. A spectacular copy in perfectly preserved condition. The gray boards show no wear, the binding is as-new, the text is like new. Gift inscription on front endpaper otherwise unmarked. Unclipped DJ has been protected in Bro-Dart mylar for decades, no tears. 5.5" x 8,25", 233 pages.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: CMBC Publications, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. NEAR-FINE First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Nearly perfect wraps, previous owner's ID on title page and half-title. No creases, all text as-new. 6" x 9", 347. Excellent book by this professor emeritus of the Canadian Mennonite University - an important contribution to Mennonite history in Western Canada. Toews arrived in Gretna Manitoba in 1893, where he would find himself at the forefront of Mennonite church and community life.

London, U.K.: Aurum Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. AS-NEW/NEAR-FINE First Edition, 1st UK Printing. A flawless unmarked HC in a nearly perfect unclipped DJ. 5.5" by 9", 184 pages, illustrations by the author. - The author's warm memoirs of life in the 1960's in a cottage in a remote Cambridgeshire hamlet.