Search Results: Mennonite 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.

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.

Altona, MB, Canada: Friesen & Sons, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FINE/VG- First Edition, 1st printing. An exceptional copy: crisp, clean, unmarked - in perfect geen boards. Unclipped DJ has a few closed edge tears, light shelfwear. 5.75" by 8.75", 151 pages, many photographs, maps. - History of the Mennonite community in Manitoba from 1924 to 1968, all text in German language. Areas included are: Starbuck, Springstein, Oak Bluff, Pigeon lake, Headingley, Elie, Meadows, Marquette, High Bluff, Westbourne, Foxwarren, Birtle, McAuley, Willen, Manson, Fleming, Kirkella, Elkhorn, Virden, Routledge, Oak Lake, Griswold, Alexander, Rivers, Sperling, Graysville, Gleanlea, Morris, Stuartburn, Gardenton, Steinbach, Niverville, Ste. Anne, Lorette, Prairie Rose, Winnipeg, North Kildonan, Brooklands, Kirkfield Park, Stonewall, Petersfield.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Kindred Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good first edition softcover. Front endpaper missing, previous owner's name printed on inside of front cover. All text crisp and clean, appears unhandled. 6" x 9", 119 pages, illustrations by Margaret Quiring. Stories of the pioneer days in small Mennonite villages in southwest Manitoba - Blumenort, Gretna, Gruenthal, Rosenort, Blumenfeld, Litchfield, Altona, Kleefeld, Winkler, Plum Coulee, etc. Topics include violin makers, country baking, contests, church, wedding, haybarn, fall butchering, skunks, egg rolling, Easter, music lessons.

Winnipeg, MB: CMU Press, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. As-New 1st Edition, 1st Printing, inscribed and signed by the author. 425 pages. Volume I of this biographical novel of a Russian born Mennonite woman who emigrates to North America.

Cleveland, Ohio: German Baptist Publication Society, 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. FINE first edition hardcover, no DJ. A superb copy in clean tan cloth, titles stamped in bright gold. Binding and interiors are unmarked and as-new, all the pages are crisp and clean, no foxing. 5.25" x 7.5", 126 pages, many old b&w photographs reproduced. Three decades of research by the author led to this history of German Baptists in the USA and Canada.

Gretna, MB: Mennonite Collegiate Institute, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FINE/FINE First Edition. 8.25" x 9.5", 286 pages, illustrated, index. Very scarce, high quality volume. Unmarked, appears unhandled and unread. 95% in English, with some sections also translated to German. Highly detailed and thoroughly researched, this is a very readable history of the Mennonite Collegiate Institute of Gretna, Manitoba.

Free Press, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VERY GOOD/no DJ. First Edition. Clean & tight, a few minor marks on edge, light rubbing to extremities only, all 294 pages excellent, 6.25" by 9.25", includes section of historic photos, 22 tables & charts. A well-researched pioneering work on the history of the Mennonite people of Manitoba, which received high praise from the Historical and Scientifc Society of MB. Includes photos and information on pioneer settlers, Steinbach's early days, first school in Blumenort, the Rosenort Mill, Winkler, Gretna, Winnipeg, Altona, etc.

1985. Hardcover. Near Fine. NEAR-FINE HC, 2nd Printing of these memoirs. Crisp, clean, solid, nearly perfect brown boards. Once was in generalogical society library (markings on spine, endpaper and title page only). 8.75" x 11.25", 192 pages, hundreds of historical photos. Local history of the Mennonites of Virgil and Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario.

Lombard, Illinois, USA: Mennonite World Conference, 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. NEAR-FINE First Edition in card covers. 6" by 8.5", 384 pages. Clean, tight, unmarked. All text in 4 languages - English, French, German and Spanish. The official report of a week-long conference of Mennonite leaders in Strasbourg in 1984.

Nice ex-school library copy, VG-VG. 6.5" x 9.5", 480 pages, illustrations, maps, tables, bibliographies, index. This highly readable book is widely regarded as the most comprehensive history of Canadian Mennonites without regard to geographical, chronological or denominational limitations.

Winnipeg, MB: Hyperion Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. NEAR FINE First Edition, 1st Printing, warmly inscribed and signed by author Al Reimer on the half-title page. A beautiful copy of this scarce book, with nearly perfect covers, pristine unmarked interiors, no spine creases. 5.75" by 9.25", 123 pages plus epilogue, illustrated with woodcuts. - The second volume of a series, published for the Mennonite Literary Society and the University of Winnipeg, of English translations dealing with the Mennonite experience in the Soviet Union.

Very Good 1st printing trade softcover. Light wear to covers only. Crisp & clean interiors, no markings, slightly tanned. 5.25" x 7.75", 172 pages. A collection of 17 Mennonite and Amish stories. Authors include Sharon Hoover, Merle Good, Kenneth Reed, J.D. Stahl, Melin Lehman, Eleanor Smith, Lois Leatherman, A. Grace Wenger and Lvi Miller. Biographical sketches of the writers included.

Very Good coil bound softcover. 7x9, 366 pages. Light shelfwear to covers only. Interiors unmarked and as-new. A treasure trove of traditional Mennonite recipes from Winnipeg, Manitoba. From the foreword: "This recipe book comes into your hands with love and affection. As a church we have celebrated many family and church events and hosted conferences and other functions. The food served on these occasions and in the homes was always superb. These recipes must not be lost to future generations."

Winnipeg, MB: CMU Press, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. As-New 1st Edition, 1st Printing, inscribed and signed by the author. 502 pages. Volume II of this biographical novel of a Russian born Mennonite woman who emigrates to North America. The conclusion of "Favoured Among Women.

Fort Worth, TX: Miran Publishers, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD First Edition in blue card covers. 6" x 9", 169 pages, illustrated with photos and maps. Covers have some marks, light foxing on edges and inside, occasional handwritten notes in the margins regarding births, deaths and funerals. This book is signed by the author Roy E. Neufeldt (1918-1983) underneath his frontispiece photo. "This book was written primarily to identify the descendants of my Great-Grandfather, Johann Neufeldt, who was born in Neukirch, a village in the Molotschna Colonies of South Russia, in 1824. He married Katharina Penner in 1848 and they came to America in 1876 and settled in Jackson County, Minnesota. This book also includes some information about the Flaming and Olfert families. These are the family names of the wives of Isaac and Peter Neufeldt. The Flamings, Olferts and the Neufeldts came from the same area in Russia and settled in the same area in Minnesota at about the… Read More

Winkler, Manitoba, Canada: Winkler Home Coming Committee, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. BRAND NEW. Perfect condition, no wear, no markings. First Edition, 1st Printing HC. Includes laid in folded map of Winkler. 8.75" x 11.25", 270 pages, hundreds of photographs, endpapers feature street grid map and historic photo of 1933 flood.