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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 6-3/16" x 9-1/4", xliii + 212pp + 16pp photos on acidic coated stock. Printed on alkaline paper and bound in sewn signatures in red cloth boards with title block stamped in silver on front panel and spine. Illustrated end papers. Minor edge wear, shelf wear to jacket. Binding is square and tight. Pages are clean and bright and unmarked.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. A very tight clean book.no marks or inscriptions. Sepia photographic cover of Tim Buck. Reading crease on spine but very little other shelfwear apparent.

Zustand: New.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 414 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with a section of black and white plates in the center of the book. Previous owner's inscription on the half-title page. Page edges are lightly smudged. Bound in white and brown card covers with yellow and white titles. Worn around the edges with smudges and creases. Lightly scuffed and scratched. Darkened and cracked on the spine. VG. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Tim Buck [1891-1973], an imimgrant machinist from England, became the outstanding and beloved spokesman of the Canadian working people - particularly as a trade unionist organizing and inspiring, especially, the immigrant workers and farmers, the builders of Canada's modern industry and agriculture. Inspired by Lenin and the October Revolution of 1917, Tim was a founder of and long time general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada. He was a lifelong friend and supporter of the Soviet Union." - back cover. 414 pages. 32 pages of black and white photographic plates. Bookplate upon first leaf indicates this copy to be number 100 of a Special Advance Edition of 850 copies. Prior owner's details atop first leaf, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Above-average wear. Moderate spine slant. A worthy reading copy of this informative and eventful life story. ; 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 212 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. Map endpapers. "Some forty thousand volunteered to serve in the Republic's International Brigades, the first army of its type in recorded history. Canada's Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, about 1,440 strong, formed part of the 15th International Brigade, itself made up of English-speaking volunteers. Among these young men and women were Canada's first dead in the fight against fascism. The story of the Canadians who fought in Spain in defence of democracy is movingly told by a man who was himself a volunteer." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hyde, William. (illustrator). 1st Edition. [6] + 194 pp + plates ( etching and mezzotint ) as called for. Foxing to eps and prelims, else, near fine hardback in publishers original green cloth with gilt lettering.