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Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada is a book that accompanied the exhibition of the same name which was the first exhibition cohosted by the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the National Gallery, in Ottawa. The exhibition was a collection of drawings from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries by many of the major European artists.
This book is in Good condition. There is a small rip and a crease to one corner of the futon cover, and a small rip on the lower edge of the back cover.

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One of the series of Nelson Library volumes published between 1909 and 1937, this is the novel The War of the Carolinas by Meredith Nicholson (1866-1947), who was particularly well-known for his popular romance and adventures stories. Set in the Carolinas, the story focusses on the families and romantic adventures of the daughters of the governors of North and South Carolina. In addition, there are the intrigues of a group of moonshiners. This volume is in good condition. There is some minor wear and bumping to the corners. There are also what appear to be splatters of paint on the back cover. The publishers cloth is slightly worn on the top and bottom of the spine, the gilded title and ornamentation on the spine is somewhat faded and there is some discolouration. Inside, the endpapers have signatures of previous owners and there is some cracking in one of the first quires. Otherwise, the binding is tight and the text entirely legible. The book has a slight lean, and the dust jacket is not present.

John Newlove (1938-2003) was a Canadian poet whose work reached its height of popularity in the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1972 he won the Governor General's prize for Poetry for this collection, entitled Lies. The anthology contains sixty-seven poems centred on the idea that people are capable of and inclined to self-deception.
This copy is in Very Good condition with a dust jacket also in Very Good condition. It appears to have been an advanced reader copy, and includes some pencil notes from the reviewer. There is an insert from McClelland and Stewart accompanying the book indicating its status as an advanced reader's copy.

A biography of businessman and philanthropist Frederick W. Schumacher. Schumacher was born in what was then part of Denmark, and came to the U.S. with his family where he made his fortune in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to being a patron of the arts in Columbus, Ohio where he came to reside, he also founded the town of Schumacher, Ontario, which was centred on the Hollinger mine. He established many charitable endeavours in Schumacher, which was later incorporated into Timmins.
This staple bound book is in near fine condition, and signed by the author with an inscription reading "Happy Birthday 1982."

A movie tie-in edition for the silent film adaptation starring Mary Pickford of Kathleen Norris' My Best Girl. The novel tells the story of the son of a wealthy department store owner who disguises himself to work as a stockroom boy in one of his father's stores. There he meets and falls in love with one of the stockroom girls, disrupting his father's plans for his marriage to a wealth heiress.
This copy is in fair condition, with a cracked front hinge and significant lean. There is also significant staining to the cloth covering the boards. However, the contents of the text are entirely clean and legible, and all of the images from the film appear to be present. The dust jacket is present but is in poor condition and is at present held together with a plastic wrapper.