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Trade Paperback. Condition: 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.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Reminiscences of Tim Buck '. Timmy Buck was born in England in 1891. A family of ten meant dollars were stretched thin. Tim emigrasted to the USA in 1913, and by 1915 was married and living in Toronto, Canada. Read more about : Communist Party of Canada, German Soviet Pact, John Boychuk, Reverend A.E. Smith, Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Empire Hotel, Herb Lewis, Keir Hardoe, Tomlins Hall, Toscoe Fillmore, class issue, wage demands, beatster, machinists, Frank Stollery, and Bloor Street Businesmen's Associayion. One of the b/w photos from the section at book's center is of Tim addressing a 1935 Dominion Day Rally in Winnipeg. 414 pages - INDEX at back. Cond ; Paper wrapper is white with lettering similar. Portrait of Mr. Buck - circa 1937. on front cover. Tight in binding, No names nor marks. Minimal wear and soil. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 323) : " The RCMP had an ambivalent relationship to us, that is to say, we were quite legal and the RCMP treated us as such but, apparently, the warrants that they held were never cancelled and the illegal statis of ._._._. . " Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. First Thus. Pub by NC Press, 1977, limited edition #254/850, stated Special Advance Edition, SIGNED boldly in ink by authorTim Buck on publisher's paper pastedown, ffep. NOT exLib. VG+ cond. softcover in pict wraps, no spine crease. Very light exterior wear. Illus in b&w. 414pp incl index. Square, straight, tight, clean & unmarked, overall VG+ condition. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. pp. xv, 414. Thick 8vo. Pictorial covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Softcover. Condition: 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. Condition: 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.