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Published by Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, 1982
ISBN 10: 0771598416ISBN 13: 9780771598418
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by MacMillan of Canada/A Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto
ISBN 10: 0771597665ISBN 13: 9780771597664
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
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[0-7715-9766-5] 1982. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 230pp. 12mo. There is a mark, presumably from the removal of a sticker, and a silver Governor General's Literary Award 1982 sticker affixed to the front panel; internally clean and bright.
Published by Macmillan of Canada A Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1983
ISBN 10: 0771597827ISBN 13: 9780771597824
Seller: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front, Rear Fixed Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Front Free Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Pocket, Sticker; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderate Fading of Spine Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Charles Ritchie, Author of The Siren Years, An Appetite for Life, and Diplomatic Passport. SUB-TITLE: More Undiplomatic Diaries, 1962-1971. JACKET PHOTO OF CHARLES RITCHIE AND JOHN F. KENNEDY: Canapress Photo Services. JACKET DESIGN: Michael van Elsen. CONTENTS: Preface; Washington, 1962-1966; London, 1967-1971; Diplomatic Attitudes; Epilogue. SYNOPSIS: "We diarists are peculiar people,." states Charles Ritchie in his Preface. "We write things down, awkward things sometimes, indiscreet things, things better forgotten. We should be banned. No doubt we soon will be." His many admirers will be relieved to see that, before this dire fate befalls all diarists, Charles Ritchie has written Storm Signals, the fourth volume of selections from his delightfully wise and witty diaries. In the first three volumes, The Siren Years, An Appetite for Life, and Diplomatic Passport, we follow him from his youth in Halifax and Oxford to his years as a young diplomat serving with the Canadian Embassy in wartime London, and we watch him climb the rungs of the diplomatic-service ladder through postings in Paris, Ottawa, Bonn, and the United Nations in New York. Now, in Storm Signals, we see Charles Ritchie, the seasoned diplomat (seasoned but never stuffy), in his last two major postings--as Canadian Ambassador to Washington and as Canadian High Commissioner to London. Here is the inimitable Ritchie in the Washington of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, wryly reflecting the stormy family relationship between the American and Canadian governments as he writes of being "shooed" out of President Kennedy's office, or of watching transfixed through a window as President Johnson vents his fury on a mild-mannered Lester B. Person. We see him, too, carrying out the social functions of High Commissioner in London with a certain amiable self-mockery, cutting a ribbon here, touring a dockyard there, and constantly a bit embarrassed by the length of the "hearse" he has been given for transportation. But, as ever, it is the wide variety of people and events in his everyday life that engages Charles Ritchie's lively attentions and dry wit--with results that are often extremely amusing and always vintage Ritchie. "Encounter with a leading name-dropper," he writes of an acquaintance he meets at a party. "He began in top form, firing two governors general, the Leader of the Opposition, a French duchess, and John D. Rockefeller across my bows and all but sinking me." Luckily for his readers, Charles Ritchie is unsinkable. Charles Ritchie has had a brilliant career in Canada's diplomatic service. Since his retirement, he and his wife divide their time between Ottawa, London, and Chester, Nova Scotia, while he works on further selections from his diaries. - and - In Storm Signals Charles Ritchie, in his posts as Canadian Ambassador to J. F. K.'s and L. B. J.'s Washington and as High Commissioner to London, turns his shrewd intelligence and wit once again on the worlds of diplomacy and high society in which he finds himself. The result is vintage Ritchie. It will delight both his many admirers and those who have not read his previous books. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by Macmillan of Canada, a Division of Gage Publishing, Limited, Toronto
ISBN 10: 0771595565ISBN 13: 9780771595561
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
Book First Edition
[0-7715-9556-5] 1981, 1st edition, first printing. (hardcover) Fine in very good dust jacket. 326pp. 8vo. First edition, first printing. The first book of 3 books in what is considered the 'Cornish Trilogy'. The narrative takes place in the same universe as Davies' 'Deptford Trilogy' from which several characters appear or are mentioned. The jacket, unclipped, shows light wear at the upper and lower edges. The book is clean, crisp, and solid. Canadian Author .
Published by Macmillan of Canada A Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1983
ISBN 10: 0771597193ISBN 13: 9780771597190
Seller: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BOOK: Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped (Portion Missing From Upper Edge on Cover Panel); In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. DESIGN: Brant Cowie/Artplus. JACKET PHOTO: Michael Rafelson. JACKET DESIGN: Brant Cowie/Artplus. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; Prologue; ONE Reverence for Life; TWO Doctor to the Shah; THREE The Doctors' Doctor; FOUR The Other Medicine; FIVE Rookie Doctor; SIX Doctors Who Left; SEVEN The Plumber Is a Lady; EIGHT When Doctors Err; NINE The Maverick; TEN The Last Doctor; ELEVEN Deus Ex Machina. SYNOPSIS: "Doctors are the most familiar professionals. They bring us into the world, try their best to keep us here, and at the end they help us fight the last fight, yet they remain shrouded in a potent mystique," writes Martin O'Malley. "In a secular age, doctors are the priests of flesh and blood, prescribing sacraments, saving us." Doctors presents us with under-the-skin portraits of Canadian physicians who talk openly about their careers, the unusual challenges and pressures they face, their rewards--financial and spiritual--the politics of institutionalized medicine, and the high cost of making a mistake. To write this book Martin O'Malley visited doctors' offices and operating rooms, listening in on consultations and witnessing life-saving surgery, talking to patients and their doctors across the country. In his role as the curious layman, O'Malley introduces us to Dr. Harley Smyth, a Toronto neurosurgeon who describes the intricacies of performing microscopic surgery on the human brain for ten hours at a stretch, and agonizes privately over the ethics of modern medicine. Dr. Christina Hill, an Ottawa urologist, dons red rubber boots to puddle about in urine while she operates, likening the "thrill" of her work to her hobby of flying a small plane. Dr. Paul Henteleff of Winnipeg discusses the paradox of being trained to cure but choosing instead to care for the terminally ill--to be their "last doctor". Other chapters concern a Toronto forensic psychiatrist testifying in a brutal murder case, a Saskatchewan family practitioner who has abandoned traditional medicine to treat his patients by unorthodox holistic methods, a Vancouver radiologist who pioneered a technique he used on the Shah of Iran, and an Ontario doctor who treats other doctors for the all-too-prevalent symptoms of professional burnout--alcoholism, drug abuse, marital and personality breakdown. Medicine touches the core of being human, of the meaning of life, its mysteries and wonders, and Doctors is a moving book, worthy of its important subject. It is a book you will never forget. Winnipeg native Martin O'Malley has been a journalist for over twenty years, during which time he was national reporter and feature writer for the Globe and Mail. Since 1977 he has been working freelance, contributing articles to a wide variety of Canada's top magazines. He is the author of The Past and Future Land (an account of the Berger Inquiry, 1976). A baseball fanatic, he lives in Toronto. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, ON, 1972
ISBN 10: 0770509258ISBN 13: 9780770509255
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 130 pages with index. Mild patch of soiling to front endpaper, underlining and marginalia on page 9, one inch stain to bottom edge and sticker patch atop front cover, otherwise clean, tight and square. Presents Canadian attitudes and shows how and why they felt the distinctiveness of their own values and character in the nineteenth century vis-a-vis the United States.
Published by Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1983
ISBN 10: 0771597800ISBN 13: 9780771597800
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 219 pages. Footnotes, Bibliography, Index. Black and white photographic plates. Includes Honour Roll plus Canadian Navy, Air Force, and Army Honours and Awards, Korea. Map endpapers. "Contains first-hand accounts of men who endured torture in Chinese POW camps, of doctors whose experiences in battlefield medicine have the pathos and hilarity of a M*A*S*H episode, and of prominent Canadian journalists such as Blair Fraser, Larry Henderson, and Pierre Berton, who reported on the war from the front lines, as did Rene Levesque." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A quality copy. Edwards 433, McFarland 1377.
Published by Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1984
ISBN 10: 0771597940ISBN 13: 9780771597947
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 241 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "A unique account of the life of Hans Nutt, a young anti-Nazi German whose wartime career ranged from concentration camp prisoner to French Resistance worker to British spy." Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Enser p.77.
Published by Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1986
ISBN 10: 0771592566ISBN 13: 9780771592560
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Maher & Murtagh (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 210 pages. Black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Footnotes. Bibliography. During WWII "25,000 German officers and other ranks were sent to POW camps across Canada to live out the duration of the war behind barbed wire. Their fascinating story makes for exciting and provocative reading." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this little-known Canadian history.
Published by Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1971
ISBN 10: 0333040694ISBN 13: 9780333040690
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 412 pages. Undated reprint, circa 1971. 8.25" x 6.5". "A valuable sourcebook of basic information on the design and workmanship of French Canadian furniture from the seventeenth to the first half of the nineteenth century. Armoires, buffets, chairs, commodes, beds and other common items are described and illustrated in detail, and the scope of the book extends to spinning-wheels, chandeliers, mantelpieces, stoves, fabrics, doors, locks and latches. Included also are suggestions for restoring the original colour to traditional furniture, and for identifying genuine French Canadian period pieces. There are approximately 600 black-and-white photographs." - dust jacket. Includes: List of Master-Woodworkers, Woodworkers and Carvers. List of English and Scottish Woodworkers and Cabinet-Makers. List of Master-Locksmiths and Locksmiths. List of Collectors. Bibliography. Abbreviations List. Lexicon of French-Canadian Terms. Glossary. Index. Minor lean to spine. Unmarked with moderate wear to dark green publisher's cloth. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this valuable reference. Whiteman, Stewart & Funnell 1643.
Published by Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Canada, 1982
ISBN 10: 0771597347ISBN 13: 9780771597343
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. This is a paperback copy. x, 210 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Numerous black and white photographic plates. "25,000 German officers and other ranks were sent to prisoner-of-war camps across Canada to live out the duration of WWII behind barbed wire. Their fascinating story makes for exciting and provocative reading." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this little-known history.
Published by Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1970
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 551 pages. Index. Bibliography. Four fold-out maps. Prior owner's signature upon front free endpaper otherwise very clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy.