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By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Ottawa, National Library of Canada: 1984
Seller ID: 010250
ISBN: 0-662-52997-9
Condition: Very Good
Published as part of a 1984 New Brunswick bicentenary exhibition featuring a representative sample of the province's writers and their work. Text in English and French in parallel columns, covering a variety of forms and genres, from writers as diverse as Alden Nowlan, David Adams Richards, Mary Grannan, Nancy Bauer, Bliss Carman, and many others. Stapled wraps, 72 pages, illustrated. Rubbed/scratched covers, moderate edgewear, Legislative Library date stamp on title page. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Baghdad, Republic of Iraq (External Information Department, Ministry of Culture and Information): 1983
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013333
Condition: Good to Very Good
An Iraqi publication (in English) condeming Iran's "political, military and media aggression on Iraq. This dossier presents a nearly comprehensive coverage of statements made by Iranian officials since the downfall of the Shahinshahi regime and the control of power by Khumeini in February 1974. It shows open threats to Iraq and the Arab Gulf countries, open enmity to the revolutionary system in Iraq, and attacks on Arabs, Arabism, and Arab nationality." 197 pages + maps section at rear. Edgewear, rubbing, crease to top right corner of front cover, general handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Toronto, Paramount/Gulf + Western:
Edition: Canadian edition
Seller ID: 013580
Condition: Good
No date (circa 1979). A catalogue of movies for organizations and film programmers. Divided into numerous categories, including comedies, musicals, sf, war, women in film, blacks in film, foreign films, literary adaptations, and many others. Each film listing details the director, producer, screenwriter and stars, and gives a synopsis of the plot, as well as a photograph of a scene from the movie. 271 pages (including lists of Academy Award Nominations and Winners, and an Alphabetical Index), illustrated. Impressions/scratches, light soil, moderate general wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Vancouver, Workmen's Compensation Board: 1950
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015001
Condition: About Very Good
Contains British Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act (1950) regulations pertaining to the logging industry, listed alphabetically by title, with regulation number. Also contains the logging-engine signals, which were used before radios. 57 pages followed by several unused Notes pages. Tiny soil mark to bottom left corner of front wrap, light edge/handling wear, light tanning. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, R.G. Dun & Co.: 1907
Seller ID: 015561
Condition: Fair to Good
A journal of international trade, featuring numerous articles on a variety of matters related to the subject, and containing probably two hundred advertisements for products of all kinds. 108 pages, illustrated. Edgewear, short edge tears, light chipping, 3" separation at bottom left front cover, 1"+ separation to top left back cover, 1.5" diagonal tear to top edge of back cover, spine paper missing from top and bottom, dampstaining to back cover. Internally tight and clean. An early number of an advertising magazine seldom found in any condition. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Oslo, Norway Travel Association: 1950
Seller ID: 015565
Condition: Very Good
Folded colour map opens to measure approximately 57 cm. x 75 cm. (outer edge to outer edge). Sixteen black-and-white photographs on reverse depict a variety of scenic areas from the listed counties, with accompanying text (in Norwegian). Light general wear. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Oslo, Norway Travel Association: 1950
Seller ID: 015566
Condition: Very Good
Folded colour map opens to measure approximately 75 cm. x 41.5 cm. (outer edge to outer edge). Twelve black-and-white photographs on reverse depict a variety of scenic and urban areas from the listed counties, with accompanying text (in Norwegian). Light general wear. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Oslo, Norway Travel Association: 1956
Seller ID: 015567
Condition: Very Good
Folded colour map opens to measure approximately 54.5 cm. x 93 cm. (outer edge to outer edge). Twenty black-and-white photographs on reverse depict a variety of scenic and urban views of the fjord country, with accompanying text (in Norwegian). Light general wear. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Oslo, Norway Travel Association: 1957
Seller ID: 015568
Condition: Very Good
Folded colour map opens to measure approximately 72 cm. x 55.5 cm. (outer edge to outer edge). Fifteen black-and-white photographs on reverse depict a variety of scenic and urban views of Telemark and the south coast of Norway, with accompanying text (in Norwegian). Light general wear. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1930
Seller ID: 015635
Condition: Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "The Nurse and the Public," "A Layman Looks at Private Duty," "Teaching Students Mental Hygiene," and "An Experiment in Segregating Nursing Orders." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1-122 plus 94 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Crosscracks, ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1934
Seller ID: 015636
Condition: Good to Very Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Cirrhosis of the Liver," "Technic of Taking Blood Pressure," "Extra-curricular Activities," and "Time Study of Head Nurse Activities." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1031-1136 plus 54 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light soil, previous o... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1934
Seller ID: 015637
Condition: Good to Very Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "State Responsibility for Nursing Education," "Early Discovery of Tuberculosis," "Endemic Pellagra, and "Care and Treatment of Burns." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1137-1234 plus 54 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light edgewear, light gener... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1933
Seller ID: 015638
Condition: Very Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Psittacosis," "An Experiment in Hourly Nursing," "Nursing the Pernicious Anemia Patient," and "The Value of Chemistry." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 97-186 plus 66 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight an... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1933
Seller ID: 015639
Condition: About Very Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Oxygen Therapy," "A New Type of Nursing Unit," and "The Patient Goes Home." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 187-302 plus 60 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Small soil mark to front cover, slight sunning to edges. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1933
Seller ID: 015640
Condition: Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Communicable Diseases," "Medical Asepsis," "Nursing--Just Nursing," and "Postgraduate Education--Old and New." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 303-414 plus 64 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Nearly a dozen address forms cut from various ad... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1934
Seller ID: 015641
Condition: Very Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Fever Reducing," "Relief Employment," "Florence Nightingale International Foundation," "Undulant Fever," and "Building a Library." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 741-838 plus 58 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Moderate handling we... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1935
Seller ID: 015642
Condition: Good to Very Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Nursing in Neurosurgery," "Fatigue as it Affects Nursing," "The Eight-Hour Day," "Curriculum Revision." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1-96 plus 48 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Previous owner's name nearly across top edge of front cove... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1935
Seller ID: 015643
Condition: Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "What Every Obstetrical Supervisor Should Know," "Modern Methods in Psychiatry," "Graduate Nurse in Hospital Service," and "Our Clinical Services." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 97-198 plus 58 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Several coupo... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company: 1936
Seller ID: 015644
Condition: Good to Very Good
Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Arthritis," "Occupational Therapy in Arthritis," "Nursing Care or Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients," "Medical Social Service," and "New Entrance Requirements." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 211-318 plus 64 pages of advertisements at rear, illust... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Fredericton, The Saint John River Basin Board: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015718
Condition: Very Good
Report/Summary S5. Deals with a variety of subjects concerning water use in the Saint John River Basin. 46 pages, typescript. Mild edgewear, light cover soil. Quite uncommon. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Fredericton, The Saint John River Basin Board: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015719
Condition: Very Good
Report/Summary S9. Deals with a variety of subjects concerning the use of water for mineral development in the Saint John River Basin. 22 pages, typescript, 2 fold-out maps. Mild edgewear, light cover soil. Quite uncommon. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Fredericton, The Saint John River Basin Board: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015720
Condition: Good to Very Good
Report/Summary S11, based on a report by Peter A. Lewell. Deals with a variety of subjects related to the production of potato starch in the Saint John River Basin. 15 pages, typescript. Abrasions/scrapes/scratches to top left corners, light cover soil. Quite uncommon. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1910
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 016021
Condition: Good to Very Good
An uncommon item from the I.C.S. home study course. 27 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated, fold-out diagram. Moderate general wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1910
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 016022
Condition: Very Good
677. An uncommon item from the I.C.S. home study course, the instructions applying "to freight trains of fifty cars or less, the engine of which has only one pump and moderate main-reservoir capacity and is equipped with the G-6 brake valve or a brake valve antedating this valve." 39 pages + 3 pages of examination questions. Moderate general wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1910
Edition: Revised edition
Seller ID: 016047
Condition: Very Good
676 A and 676 B. A pair of uncommon items from the I.C.S. home study course. Part 1: 24 pages + 2 pages of examination questions. Part 2: 38 pages + 2 pages of examination questions. Part 1 is lightly soiled, w/mild dampstaining. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1916
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016048
Condition: Good
1586. An uncommon-in-first-edition item from the I.C.S. home study course, containing instructions and general information for those who have enrolled in one of the school's programs. 22 pages (including index). Moderate soil, faint diagonal crease, general handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company/International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016049
Condition: Very Good
696. An uncommon item from the I.C.S. home study course. 26 pages + 2 pages of examination questions. Moderate general wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1911
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016051
Condition: Good
#1292. An uncommon item issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 36 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated w/colour and b&w drawings. Key to the Colour Plates page bound in at front. A couple of abrasions to back cover, moderate handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1905
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 016057
Condition: About Very Good
#679. An uncommon item issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 21 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Some dampstaining, moderate handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1912
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016058
Condition: About Very Good
#1294. An uncommon item issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 49 pages + 4 pages of examination questions. Some dampstaining to fore-edges, moderate handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1911
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 016061
Condition: Fair
#698 B. A scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 48 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Edgewear, short edge creases, smudging/soil, some dampstaining near back, covers beginning to pull from staples. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.:
Edition: 2nd editions
Seller ID: 016063
#s 695 A, 695 B, 695 C. Three very scarce booklets issued by the I.C.S. home study course. Part 1: (1910), 59 pages + 3 pages of examination questions, illustrated. VG w/moderate handling wear. Part 2: (1920), 53 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. G w/light smudging, 1.5" x 1.5" piece torn from top edge of front cover, moderate handling wear. Part 3: (1920), 37 pages (continues pagination from Part 2, thus 55 through 91) + 2 pages of examination questions (continues pagination from Part 2, thus 3 & 4), illustrated. VG w/moderate handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.:
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 016067
Condition: Good
# 695 A. A scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. (1910), 59 pages + 3 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Cover soil, uneven 1/2" tear to fore-edge, light internal soil, handling wear. (C/BR) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1911
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016069
Condition: About Very Good
#1291. A very scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 31 pages + 1 page of examination questions, illustrated in colour and b&w. Light dampstaining to top, light edgewear, .25" separations to top and bottom spine, mild general wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.:
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 016070
Condition: About Very Good
#678. A very scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. (1910), 40 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Light dampstaining to bottom, light handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1920
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016071
Condition: Fair
#1293. A very scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. (1912), 65 pages + 3 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Dampstaining, covers partially pulled from staples, spine separations, handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.:
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 016073
Condition: About Very Good
#700 A. A scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course, dealing with the breakdowns of locomotive engines. (1905), 64 pages + 3 pages of examination questions, illustrated. A couple of .75" edge tears to covers, previous owner's complicated mathematical calculation to left edge of front cover, small chip to bottom left corner of front cover, moderate handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Commission of Conservation Canada: 1916
Seller ID: 016379
Condition: About Very Good
"Report of Conference of Civic Improvement League of Canada held in co-operation with the Commission of Conservation in the Railway Committee Room, House of Commons, Ottawa, January 20th, 1916." 73 pages (including list of delegates). Moderate corner wear, light edgewear, some staining to back cover, some tanning. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Department of National Revenue, Succession Duty Branch (Edmond Cloutier, printer): 1941
Seller ID: 016381
Condition: Very Good
Issued "for the guidance of persons concerned with the application of the Act." 95 pages (including index). Just moderate general wear. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: No Place, Canadian National Railway/CNR: 1951
Seller ID: 016672
Condition: Fair
Contains the 1951 rates of pay and rules for the CNR's "STEAM LINES, ATLANTIC AND CENTRAL REGIONS'(Excluding Newfoundland District)/All Lines East of Armstrong and Port Arthur/excluding Lines in New England, United/States & Canada Railroad, Champlain/& St. Lawrence Railroad, and/St. Clair Tunnel Company." Also contains the 1959 and 1961 revised rates of pay and rules, which are attached to the whole with a folding metal clamp at rear. Previous owner's name to top of front cover, cover soil, dampstaining, moderately soiled edges, some rust to metal clamps. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Capcon / Udon: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016681
Condition: Near Fine
The instruction manual (in English, Spanish and French) for the controller for the popular Street Fighter game. (Quite possibly the most intriguting instruction is, "Please do not wrap the cord around any part of anyone's body." David Carradine and Vaughn Bode would have had no interest in the controller.) Flip side contains a comic book. Light general wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Stockholm, Tidens Forlag: 1934
Seller ID: 016756
Condition: About Very Good
Text in Swedish. Red cloth w/gilt lettering/illustration, map end papers, 258 pages + advertisements, colour fold-out of world flags, illustrated. Notes pages unused. Cloth pencil holder attached to rear cover. Minor wear to corners/spine ends, minor dampstaining, previous owner's inscription, minor sunning to covers. (C/BT) View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Brooklyn, Intertype Corporation: 1943
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016803
Condition: Very Good
Contains chapters on the assembling, casting, distributing and magazine frame mechanisms. 473 pages (including index), illustrated. Tanned/lightly soiled edges, previous owner's name on front end paper, light general wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, G.W. Bacon & Co.:
Seller ID: 017030
Condition: Fair
No date (circa late 1920s). Contains 49-page (+ several pages of advertisements) booklet ("Strangers' Guide to London") attached to inside front cover, and a large, full-colour fold-out map. Significant general wear to cloth, booklet intact and clean, tape repair to map by previous owner. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Brooklyn, Intertype Corporation:
Seller ID: 017068
Condition: Good
The first two of four volumes dealing with basic mechanisms of the Intertype casting and composing machine. 40, 226 pages, respectively, including indices, illustrated. Edgewear, smudging, soil. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, John Bartholomew & Co. / Edinburgh Geographical Institute: 1914
Seller ID: 017071
Condition: Good
A full-colour folding map showing European borders at the beginning of World War 1. Map is dissected (eighteen sections) mounted on gauze, and measures 23.5" high x 35.25" wide. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover. Covers w/light scuffing to cloth, bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, half-inch separation to bottom right spine edge, light fraying. Map has moderate general wear, w/light soil to backing, previous owner's eight-line pencil notations to one segment of backing. Uncommon. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: No Place, The Business Educators' Association of Canada:
Seller ID: 017348
Condition: Good
A collection of examination papers for a variety of subjects, including shorthand, typing, penmanship, correspondence, applied English, bookkeeping, arithmetic, spelling and more. Uncommon. Unpaginated. Light soil, turned bottom corners, 1.5" separation to bottom right spine edge, 1" separation to bottom left spine edge, a couple of short edge tears, creased corners, general wear. Internally tight. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Ottawa, No publisher (Printed by Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery): 1969
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 017360
Condition: About Very Good
Course notes for Royal Canadian Navy marine engineering technicians, "checked and reprinted August 1969." In six sections: Introduction and Principles; Construction -- Stationary Parts; Construction -- Moving Parts; Engine Systems; Controls and Transmissions; and Operations and Trials. Typescript, 183 pages, illustrated. Cover scuffing, faint creasing to top left corner of front cover, pencil impressions to top right corner (erasure of previous owner's name), a bit of smudging to covers, occasional underling/notes/marginalia in pencil. Uncommon. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Ottawa, No publisher (Printed by Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery): 1962
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 017361
Condition: Very Good
Course notes for Royal Canadian Navy engineering mechanics. Contains instructions on diesel principles, engine operation, engine parts, the fuel supply and injection systems, fuels and lubricants, cooling systems, and much more. Typescript, 50 pages, illustrated. Light surface scuffing, a bit of cover smudging. Uncommon. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00
Publisher: San Francisco, Smith News Co.:
Seller ID: 017557
Condition: Very Good
No date (circa mid-1930s). A souvenir post card booklet containing a folding set of 18 full-colour photographs of scenes and people in and around San Francisco's Chinatown district. Scenes include the annual dragon parade, the Chinese Telephone Exchange, charming Chinese girls, Chinatown at night, and so on. The booklet is unaddressed, w/a bit of edge and corner wear. Scenes are NF. An uncommon item. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $45.00
Publisher: London, "The Electrician" Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd.: 1891
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017871
Condition: Fair
A title from the publisher's series intended "to briefly describe in simple and correct language the present state of electrical knowledge." Gilt titles, advertising on end papers, 126 pages + advertisers' page + 15-page catalogue of other titles available from the publisher, illustrated. Worn corners, scraped spine, hinges beginning, light internal soil, slits to spine edges, general wear. Uncommon in first edition. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Halifax, Students of Dalhousie University: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017994
Condition: Very Good
The 1930 edition of Dalhousie University's yearbook, containing the usual yearbook stuff. 200 pages, including advertisements. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, light cover wear, moderate general wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1943
Seller ID: 018011
Condition: Very Good
Contains articles on flora introduced to the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the history of plum culture in New Brunswick, Part I of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, the golden-winged woodpecker, lead-zinc-silver ore in Reserve Brook, and more. Red wraps, pages 51-86, illustrated w/2 figures. Light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1944
Seller ID: 018013
Condition: Very Good
Contains articles on the spread of the beech scale (an insect introduced into the Maritimes), a list of flora introduced into the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the birds found on a small area of Fredericton, N.B., the use of Fucus Vesiculosis and Fucus Nodosus as fertilizer, a Japanese beetle outbreak in Halifax, Part III of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, and more. Red wraps, pages 137-194, two in-text maps. Faded wraps, light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1945
Seller ID: 018014
Condition: Very Good
Contains articles on forest insects of Newfoundland, plutonic rocks of the Musquash area, wild plants as a source of carotene, skunk removal, repairing fractured deer bones, Part IV of a four-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, lepidoptera taken in and near Fredericton, the James S. Lord collection of birds' eggs, and more. Red wraps, pages 1-80, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1946
Seller ID: 018015
Condition: About Very Good
Contains articles on the biological reconnaissance of ponds in the P.E.I. national park, green-gilled clams and bivalves on P.E.I., using flight traps in studying aphid movement, the rock vole in New Brunswick, Jefferson's salamander on P.E.I., and more. Contributors include M.W. Smith, C.J. Kerswill, R.P. Gorham, F.C. Hirtle, C.C. Smith, Blythe Hurst, and Herbert Habeeb. Red wraps, pages 81-122, illustrated. Faded wraps (although every copy of this issue I've ever seen has been the same colour, so perhaps it isn't really faded at all), light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Aberdeen, Aberdeen Historical Society (printed by Friesen Printers): 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017451
ISBN: 0-88925-375-7
Condition: Very Good
The history of a small Saskatchewan community, containing information on groups, businesses and people, with 160 pages of family histories, hundreds of photographs, and a number of recipes. Red cloth w/gilt illustration/spine lettering, 307 pages. Some spine slant, light corner wear, light general wear. A nice copy. This item weighs more than the average book, so additional postage may be required. View more info
By: Airhart, Phyllis D., Marilyn J. Legge, Gary L. Redcliffe (editors)
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University Press: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017458
ISBN: 0-88920-410-1
Condition: Near Fine
Contains twelve essays honouring a noted ethicist and educator. The essays include "Roger Hutchinson as Ethicist and Educator in an Age of Religious Pluralism" (C. Douglas Jay), "The Church and Pluralism in Quebec: An Account of a Participant (Gregory Baum), "Karl Barth on Divine Command: A Jewish Response (David Novak), "Not Moral Heroes: The Grace of God and the Church's Public Voice" (Harold Wells), "'O Day of God, Draw Nigh': R.B.Y. Scott, the Church and the Call for Social Reconstruction" (Ian Manson), "Ethical Values and Canadian Foreign Policy... View more info
By: Aiton, Miss Grace, James M. Thomson, Anne Mills, and Mrs. Winnifred Conrad Thomson
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Sussex, Privately Published (printed by Maritime Publishing Ltd.): 1978
Edition: 1st thus
Seller ID: 017475
Condition: Very Good
Section 1, covering the church's history until 1947, was written that year by Aiton, and Section II, updating it to 1977, was written in 1978 by Thomson, Mills and Thomson. 111 pages, illustrated. Light general wear. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed & Dated by Alecson, on front end paper
Seller ID: 016841
ISBN: 0-520-08870-0
Condition: Very Good
The story of Alecson's perfectly formed baby girl, born "with massive irreversible brain damage" from oxygen deprivation while in the womb, and the subsequent moral and legal battle by the parents to let their baby die rather than be kept alive through technological means. Uncommon signed. Pink boards w/cream cloth backstrip, silver spine lettering, 207 pages (including selected bibliography and list of resources for parents). Moderate general wear, light soil, in like dust jacket. View more info
By: Alleyne, Warren
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Bridgetown, Barbados National Trust: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016584
Condition: Very Good
Alleyne offers historical information about the capital city of the Barbados, much of it not generally known prior to this publication. 117 pages, including index, illustrated. Some rubbing, a few impressions, previous owner's name to top of title page. An uncommon title. View more info
By: Andresen, Lembit
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Tallinn, Eesti Raamat: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Author
Seller ID: 016009
ISBN: 5-450-01524-0
Condition: Very Good
Text in Estonian. B.G. (Bengt Gottfried) Forselius was a 17th-century Estonian educator who introduced a number of educational innovations, among them the creation of a spelling system that simplified both the teaching and learning of Estonian. An uncommon title, and if you can read Estonian, you can be the envy of everyone on your block. Navy leatherette w/gold lettering to front cover/spine, 116 pages. This copy inscribed on reverse of first end paper (my Estonian is a bit rusty, and I'm not terribly familiar with the process Forselius created to facilitate learning the language, so plea... View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Waterville, Class of 1930, Colby College: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017992
Condition: Good to Very Good
Your average yearbook, containing the expected information about the usual assortment of people and subjects. 208 pages, including advertisements. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, scuffed/scratched covers, dusty/tanned edges, previous owner's name/society association (one Hope R. Pullen, Chi Omega '31) to front pastedown), light soil, moderate general wear. View more info
By: Anonymous
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, British News Agency:
Seller ID: 010462
Condition: Good
nd (ca. 1921); contains information and illustrations revealing the secrets of performing dozens of magic tricks, including illusions, stage magic, parlor magic, party stunts, sleight of hand, and more; although undated, an article makes reference to Johnny Coulon who "for several months has been interesting the French public with his remarkable demonstrations."; a little Net research unearths the fact that Coulon was in Paris in the autumn of 1920, before showing up in New York in mid-1921 with his act; unpaginated (32); bent corners, handling wear, original price magic-markered out, ... View more info
By: Anonymous (Author of 'The Lathe and Its Uses,' 'The Amateur Mechanic's Workshop,' &c
Price: $75.00
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1888
Edition: American edition
Seller ID: 017926
Condition: Good
A book from Putnam's The Boy with an Idea Series, and as the title suggests, intended for young mechanics, "and many others who wish to become versed in the practical use of tools." Green cloth w/gilt illustration/black decoration/rule to front cover, gilt lettering/designs to spine, 346 pages + 16 pages of listings for other Putnam's titles, illustrated. Bumped/worn/frayed corners/spine ends, edge soil, library markings to spine, library pocket/writing to front pastedown, date due card to front end paper, tanned pages, a bit of soil/wear to covers, general wear. All in all not a ba... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Summerside, Wm. Chas. Archibald:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017040
ISBN: 0-7748-0089-5
Condition: Good
No date (circa 1916). Contains: an address by Archibald (a consulting landscape architect with Earnscliffe Gardens Nurseries in Wolfville, Nova Scotia) delivered to the mayor and councillors of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on January 10, 1916; an excerpt from The Charlottetown Guardian newspaper reporting on the address; and a piece dealing with Summerside and its potential for proper landscaping. 16 pages (including advertisement), illustrated w/two photographs, one of the author's son, killed "somewhere in France, June 6th, 1915," and the other of Birchdale, the Charlottet... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Lawrence, Quarterman Publications: 1976
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 018064
ISBN: 0-88000-088-0
Condition: Very Good
Considered an authoritative philatelic reference. Blue cloth w/silver cover/spine lettering, [xiv], 223 pages (including appendixes [sic], index), illustrated. Previous owner's name/date to front end paper, moderate general wear, in dust jacket w/some chipping, edge tears, rubbing, impressions. This is heavier than the average title, so additional postage will likely be required. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Cambridge, South End Press: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 008436
ISBN: 0-89608-620-8
Condition: Fine
Canadian printing. A collection of essays calling for an end to the sanctions against Iraq. "We think the price is worth it." -- Madeleine Albright, when asked if the deaths of half a million Iraqi children due to the sanctions could be justified. Essayists include Ali Abunimah, Dr. Huda S. Ammash, Anthony Arnove, Naseer Aruri, Barbara Nimri Aziz, David Barsamian, Phyllis Bennis, George Capaccio, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Denis J. Halliday, Kathy Kelly, Rania Masri, Dr. Peter L. Pellett, John Pilger, Sharon Smith, Voices in the Wilderness, and Howard Zinn. Charcoal cloth, 216 page... View more info
By: Aziz, Philippe
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Geneva, Fermi Publishers: 1976
Edition: Firsts Thus
Seller ID: 018172
Condition: Very Good to Fine
Translated from the French by Edouard Bizub and Philip Haentzler, under the guidlance of Linda Marie de Turenne. A four-volume set detailing the many and varied horrors perpetrated upon innocents by numerous Nazi doctors and their sadistic, soulless masters. Each volume red leatherette w/black leatherette back strip, gilt lettering/decoration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. 253, 252, 255 and 255 pages, respectiively, red ribbon bookmarks, illustrated w/photographs. Each volume w/previous owner's name/address sticker to reverse of second end paper of 2, 3, and 4, w/remains of same ... View more info
By: Baird, Frank, general editor
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Fredericton, T. Amos Wilson: 1948
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018072
Condition: Very Good
An official centennial publication for New Brunswick's capital city, covering all aspects of the city's development and history. 265 pages, illustrated. A bit of edgewear, light general wear. A very nice copy. View more info
By: Balch, R.E. (Reginald Ernest)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC Learning Systems: 1971
Edition: 3rd impression
Inscription: Signed by Balch
Seller ID: 013215
ISBN: 0-88794-023-4
Condition: About Very Good
"Contains the texts of five half-hour radio lectures first broadcast on CBC University of the Air during the spring of 1965." The author loaned this book to his local M.P., and after underlining 1965 in the portion quoted above, has written in pencil, "Out of date but of some historical interest. Esp. Ch 1 and up to aerial spraying. Would write differently today ('83). Reg." Further, on page 27 the author has underlined (again in pencil) "resurgence is possible," and in the margin, written '64 (being 1964, the date of the original lecture), and beneath that written, ... View more info
By: Barger, Sonny
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, William Morrow/HarperCollinsPublishers/Harper Collins: 2005
Edition: Uncorrected Proof
Seller ID: 015326
ISBN: 0-06-053256-4
Condition: Near Fine
The well-known Hells Angel/outlaw philosopher/convicted felon/iconoclast offers "a provocative guide to leadership, survival, and success." Uncommon in this edition. 212 pages. An unread copy, internally tight and clean. View more info
By: Barker, Terry
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Dewdney, Synaxis Press: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed and signed by Barker, on title page
Seller ID: 017796
ISBN: 0-919-67246-9
Condition: Very Good to Fine
In a collection of essays Barker "provides not only an insider's commentary on the tradition of People's Poetry in Canadian literature, but in addition a learned discussion of the various philosophies and religious perspectives, esoteric and orthodox, that gave rise to it." Inscription reads: "For Dr. Michael Higgins,/with many thanks for the/encouragement to continue writing/that your favourable personal/review gave me./With very/good luck/Terry Barker/March 1, 2006." Erratum page (122) glued over original error page. 174 pages (including bibliography, index), illustrated.... View more info
By: Barlow, Maude, and Heather-Jane Robertson
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter Books: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by authors, on half-title
Seller ID: 018191
ISBN: 1-55013-559-7
Condition: Near Fine
The authors "take a hard look at the present condition of public education," and "find that most of the charges levelled at Canadian schools are unfounded" (which isn't too surprising when you consider that if the authors have accurately assessed the situation, most of those charges come from big business, which stands to make a fortune if people are kept poorly educated and stupid, and the religious right, which is neither religious nor right). 276 pages (including notes and index). Square, tight and clean, with mild general wear. View more info
By: Baruch, Elaine Hoffman, Amadeo F. D'Adamo, Jr., and Joni Seager (editors)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York & London, The Haworth Press: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013078
ISBN: 0-86656-707-0
Condition: Near Fine
"Rewritten and updated papers presented at two conferences held in New York and Massachusetts in Nov. 1985." Grey cloth w/black rule/lettering, 259 pages. A hint of general wear. A very nice copy. View more info
By: Bell, Andrew
Price: $750.00
Publisher: London, J. Murray, Cadell and Davies, Rivingtons, Hatchard, and Archibald Constable: 1808
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017931
Condition: About Good
Bell, a Scottish educator and ordained Church of England priest, describes and promotes his system of education in which smarter children are taught in the usual fashion, then given the responsibility of teaching throse who are a wee bit slower on the uptake (sort of like an educational pyramid scheme, or Amway for teachers). Library rebind in tan cloth w/leatherette spine/corners, untrimmed edges, replaced pastedowns/end papers, pp. i-xvi (including errata), 1-348. Light smudging to covers, library stamps/numbers on several pages at front, partial split between end paper/title page (beginni... View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Fredericton, South Devon Publishing: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018158
ISBN: 0-9681347-3-4
Condition: Very Good
"A biographical index of those who are buried, or plan to be buried, at Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada." A comprehensive index, arranged alphabetically by surname. Contains a wealth of information of interest to historians and genealogists. 247 pages, including an index of the maiden names of wives and mothers, plus the surnames of other spouses, of the subjects of each entry. Light cover soil, light handling wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Delray Beach, University Circle Press: 1966
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018249
Condition: Very Good to Fine
Paperback original. "A report on the most controversial drugs of our day, with first-hand accounts by those courageous enough to take the trip to the unknown!" 144 pages (including bibliography). Mild edgewear, light general wear, tight, clean. View more info
By: Boone, Weldon
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Parsons, McClain Printing Company: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016084
Condition: Fine
Boone gives "an account of the development of botany in West Virginia, with its beginning years before the State was formed and continuing up to the present." Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 196 pages (including index), illustrated. (C/BT) View more info
By: Brinkley, Dannion, with Paul Perry
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, HarperCollinsPublishers/HarperCollins/Harper Collins: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 016470
ISBN: 0-06-017674-1
Condition: Very Good
Foreword by James Redfield. This copy signed, on dedication page, by Brinkley. Purple boards w/black cloth backstrip, gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 208 pages. Remainder stripe across bottom edge, tanned edges, in rubbed dust jacket w/impressions, light edgewear. View more info
By: Burrell, Barbara
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York & London, Garland Publishing Inc.: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016319
ISBN: 0-8153-2142-2
Condition: Very Good
Volume I in the publisher's Women in American Politics series. Pictorial boards, grey cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 162 pages (including references, index), illustrated w/graphs. Moderate general wear. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Euros Publications: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed & Numbered by Author
Seller ID: 017819
ISBN: 0-9685784-1-1
Condition: Near Fine
A limited edition of 100 copies, of which this is #88. The daughter of Lois Sybil Harrington and Edward Winslow-Spragge presents a collection of their correspondence during the years 1908-1950. Green cloth w/gilt lettering/illustration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, 344 pages (including place index), illustrated with etchings and fold-outs. A very nice copy w/light soil to bottom edge, and a hint of a suggestion of light general wear. View more info
By: Calder, John
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Renfrewshire, The Princess Louise Scottish Hospital (Erskine Hospital): 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 007272
ISBN: 0 9507459 1 X
Condition: Very Good
The story of a hospital which cares for the broken and maimed bodies of war vets, many of whom were never able to resume normal lives. Foreword by Prince Charles. 82 pages, illustrated. Previous owner's name/address on inside front cover, gift inscription on title page, moderate general wear. View more info
By: Cameron, Donald
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada:
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Cameron, on half-title
Seller ID: 013726
Condition: Good
Cameron interviews/chats with ten Canadian writers: Ernest Buckler, Roch Carrier, Robertson Davies, Timothy Findley, Harold Horwood, Robert Kroetsch, Margaret Laurence, Jack Ludwig, Hugh MacLennan, and David Lewis Stein. A brief biography and bibliography follows the interview with each writer. 159 pages, illustrated. General wear, idiot previous owner's underlining/marginalia to parts of Hugh MacLennan interview. View more info
By: Campbell, Brian, w/A.J.B. Johnston
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Sydney, University College of Cape Breton Press: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Campbell & Johnston, on title page
Seller ID: 017599
ISBN: 0-920336-64-7
Condition: Very Good
A publication in honour of the Sydney and Louisburg Railway's one hundredth anniversary in 1995. 110 pages (including sources/bibliography), illustrated. Light edgewear, a bit of sunning, moderate general wear. View more info
By: Capek, Karel
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, MacMillan of Canada / National Museum of Man: 1939
Edition: 1st English-language edition
Seller ID: 015006
Condition: Good
The author "travelled north beyond the Arctic Circle because he wanted to see at last the lands of his boyish dreams, and of his life-long friends, Kierkegaard, Jacobsen, and the others, and also because the silvery and cool birch trees, the aconites, the moss, and the sparkling waters appeal to him strongly." Yellow cloth w/mauve foil spine lettering, 269 pages. Moderate wear to edges/corners, some foxing to edges/end papers, light tanning, in edgeworn dust jacket w/light chipping, edge tears, previous owner’s tape repairs to reverse, some foxing/soil. Jacket in protective mylar ... View more info
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 008015
ISBN: 0-226-09485-5
Condition: Fine
Based on an analysis of interviews and field evidence, Carrington "demonstrates how gay and lesbian couples attempt to strike a balance between work and family obligations, and how they must also struggle against forces undermining their relationships." Gold cloth, 273 pages (including appendices, notes, references, index). Dust jacket w/a hint of wear. An unread copy. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Fredericton, The Associated Alumnae of the University of New Brunswick: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Cattley, on title page
Seller ID: 013230
Condition: Very Good
A collection of Encaenia and Convocation citations given by Cattley at the University of New Brunswick, beginning with the May, 1949 Encaenia, and continuing through to that of May 1968. Inscription reads "In deep affection/Robert E.D. Cattley." 158 pages (including index), frontispiece. Moderate general wear. View more info
By: Charon, Milly
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Dunvegan, Quadrant Editions: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 016593
ISBN: 0-86495-030-6
Condition: Good
A "collection of interviews, profiles, personal testimonies, essays and short stories giving a stark, and yet, evocative picture of immigrants, their lands of origin and their consequent resettlement in Canada." This copy signed by Charon ("Best Wishes--/Milly Charon"), on half-title. Red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 326 pages (including bibliography, editor's note), illustrated. View more info
By: Child, John, David Faulkner, and Robert Pitkethly
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Oxford University Press / OUP: 2001
Edition: 2nd printing
Seller ID: 017180
ISBN: 0-19-829632-0
Condition: Very Good
The authors address "important areas of concern for managers and management researchers" when international aquisitions are made. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 255 pages (including references, index). A couple of gently bumped corners, bump to top edge, light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/scratches/impressions, light edgewear. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Simon Spotlight Entertainment: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Clarke, on title page
Seller ID: 017969
ISBN: 1416934448
Condition: Near Fine
"Contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists" on the films of John Hughes, and the effects those films had on the writers' lives. Writers include Steve Almond, Julianna Baggott, Lisa Borders, Ryan Boudinot, T Cooper, Quinn Dalton, Emily Franklin, Lisa Gabriele, Tod Goldberg, Nina de Gramont, Tara Ison, Allison Lynn, John McNally, Dan Pope, Lewis Robinson, Ben Schrank, Elizabeth Searle, Mary Sullivan, Rebecca Wolff, and Moon Unit Zappa. Foreword by Ally Sheedy. 209 pages, including notes on contributors. Light general wear. View more info
By: Cole, G.D.H.
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Pelican A6: 1937
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 008342
Condition: Good Reading Copy
256 pages. Scraping to edges, light soil, a couple of dog-earred corners, previous owner's name to top edge of title page, tanning. View more info
By: Cooney, Eleanor
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Collins: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Cooney, on title page
Seller ID: 014230
ISBN: 0-06-621396-7
Condition: Fine
1st printing w/complete number sequence. Cooney tells the story of "the slow erosion of her mother's mind, of the powerful bond the two shared, and her own descent into drink and despair." Brown and cream boards w/bronze spine lettering, 251 pages. Small area on front panel where sticker removal took a bit of finish with it. View more info
By: Cooper, Barry, and John Short (co-editors-in-chief)
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick / UNB: 1966
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017653
Condition: Very Good to Fine
Singer Anne Murray graduated from the University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton, in 1966, and this yearbook contains four pictures of her, one slightly blurry on page 88 that shows her singing her little heart out, one on page 150 where she poses with the 26-0 UNB Red Bloomers basketball team (she was manager), a third (her graduation picture) on page 238, and the fourth, on page 272 (a page of advertisements), showing her singing to guitar accompaniment. Red/black faux leather and crest to front cover, the date (1966) in black to spine, 312 pages. A nice copy w/only light general wear. T... View more info
By: Craig, Helen C. (compiler)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Published (printed by Provincial Artisans: 1982
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 017569
ISBN: 0-9691055-0-9
Condition: Near Fine
One of only 100 copies printed as "a tribute to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scout Movement," detailing the list of "publications published in Canada by or about Canadian Boy Scouts, with the exception of such materials as record books and forms." Chapters include Books; French Language materials published by Boy Scouts of Canada; "Chins Up Fund" publications; Articles in magazines; Serial publications including magazines, annual reports, etc.; Non-print materials including films, filmstrips. slides, records and tapes; and Personal name index includi... View more info
By: Craik, Robert
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Montreal, The Gazette Printing Company: 1907
Seller ID: 014996
Condition: Good Reading Copy
A collection of addresses "published to perpetuate the memory of one who, during his whole medical life, was connected with the Medical Faculty of McGill University." Also included is Craik's graduation thesis, as well as "some addresses to nurses, in whose education and welfare he was much interested." Introduction by Francis J. Shepherd. Dark green cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 222 pages. Scuffed cloth, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, front hinge beginning to separate, some dampstaining, short edge tears/creasing to bottom edges of pages 215 through 22... View more info
By: Crawford, J.T.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada: 1945
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 013698
Condition: Very Good
A title from the 'Macmillan's Canadian School Series', covering the material prescribed for entrance to Universities, and authorised for use in New Brunswick schools by the Department of Education. Red cloth w/black lettering, rule and decoration, 435 pages (including Answers to High School Algebra). Mild wear to corners/spine ends, Property of the New Brunswick Government stamp to front pastedown, previous owner's name/grade/school/date/age in pencil on front free end paper, light general wear. A very nice copy of a book usually abused and defaced by students too thick to think of anything el... View more info
By: Creighton, Louise, Pam Daugavietis, Jan Dobson, Leslie Engelland, Lisa Greenberg, and Jane Lewis
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Riyadh, Sandscripts:
Inscription: Signed on title page, by Jane Lewis
Seller ID: 013214
Condition: Good
No date. A collection of vignettes from "Western expatriate women who found comfort and support from each other at a unique time in their lives." 107 pages + My Impressions pages (blank), cover by Mubarak Ali. Rubbing, edgewear, a couple of dog-earred pages, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean. Uncommon signed. View more info
By: Crowley, C.P.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Windsor, Assumption University of Windsor Press: 1960
Seller ID: 013965
Condition: Very Good
"Twenty-six scripts of Radio Talks as Given on CBC" between October 30, 1959 and April 29, 1960, each dealing with one aspect or another of the human condition. 88 pages + Nihil Obstat/Imprimatur page and author biography. Light edgewear, deep scratch to middle of front cover, previous owner's name to inside front cover. Uncommon. View more info
By: Cumming, L.M.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (Roger Duhamel, printer): 1966
Seller ID: 016611
Condition: Very Good
Paper 65-29. 36 pages (including bibliography), illustrated. Missing one (of two) figures called for in rear pocket. Moderate general wear. Uncommon. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Markham, Fitzhenry & Whiteside: 1987
Edition: 2nd (Revised Edition)
Seller ID: 014233
Condition: Very Good
"Fulfills a longstanding need, providing a glossary of architecture that is illustrated in a way that the layman can instantly understand." Brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 192 pages (including Bibliography, Acknowledgements). Remainder stripe across bottom edge, in lightly worn dust jacket. (C/BT) View more info
By: Dalton, Basil
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Pan T41: 1967
Edition: 1st Pan edition
Seller ID: 010587
Condition: Very Good
originally published in 1948 by John Baker Publishers; an omnibus volume containing three books on Patience, by an authority on games and playing cards; contains "Single-Pack Patience," "Double-Pack Patience," and "Patience Problems and Puzzles"; 234 pgs.; mild spine roll, impressions, crosscrack, gift inscription to previous owner, tanned pages; View more info
Price: $9.00
Publisher: London, Stevens & Haynes Law Publishers: 1914
Edition: 6th and 4th editions
Seller ID: 016347
Condition: Good
Prints in one volume two of Darling's earlier writings. Introduction by Edward Clarke. Grey boards w/brown cloth backstrip, black lettering/red rule to front cover/spine, 211 pages. A bit of slant, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, some discolouration to covers, dusty/lightly soiled edges, two previous owner's stamps (front pastedown and faintly to top of front end paper). View more info
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Dolphin C314: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011031
Condition: Good to Very Good
a guidebook intended to "take you to see practically everything worth seeing and show you where you can do practically everything worth doing" in some city or other in some country or other in Europe; 399 pgs., incl. Index, illustrated with maps and photographs; gentle vertical crease to front cover, some sunning to spine, moderate edgewear; View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Signet AE5414: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004643
Condition: Near Fine
the author details the successful composition of letters for business or social purposes, including 275 model messages for anything your little heart might need, and includes sample formats for letters, envelopes, memos, cards, and more; 359 pgs., incl. Index; light general wear; internally tight and clean; View more info
By: Dean, Dicky
Price: $45.00
Publisher: No Place, Privately Published: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016380
Condition: Very Good
Dean provides instructions for the use of magic as teaching aids in a variety of subject areas. 206 pages, illustrated. An uncommon magic book. This copy w/only moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: Dean, Tom
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Kingston, Agnes Etherington Art Centre: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013817
Condition: Good
Published in conjunction with a presentation of Dean's work at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre from June 10 through July 29, 1990. Curator Dorothy Farr contributes a Foreward, while guest curator Gregory Salzman offers an appreciation of the artist's work. Unpaginated. Light edgewear, shallow impressions, thick crease to top left corner of back cover, date stamp (probably a newspaper stamp, indicating date of receipt) to title page, light tanning to cheap paper. Internally tight. View more info
By: Delacourt, Susan
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart / M&S: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & signed by Delacourt, on title page
Seller ID: 015369
ISBN: 0-7710-2605-6
Condition: Very Good
1st printing w/complete number sequence. The inside story "of Paul Martin's long campaign to become prime minister," a position he coveted "since before he first followed his father into politics in 1988." This copy inscribed and signed on title page. Inscription reads: "To Marc./Who knows more/than what's in these/pages./Susan." Black cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 354 pages (including acknowledgements, index), illustrated. View more info
By: Denis, Armand
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Four Square 1913: 1967
Edition: 1st thus
Seller ID: 005399
Condition: Good
A look at sex and morality in a variety of locales, including Algeria, Tahiti, Japan, China, and many others. Vertical crease down centre of front cover, rubbing, some impressions, previous owner's bookplate, moderate general wear. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Montmagny, Privately Published (printed and bound by Lingley Printing): 1982
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed/signed by Desjardins, on first end paper
Seller ID: 017719
ISBN: 2-9800157-0-9
Condition: Very Good
French-language title. 144 pages, illustrated. Some rubbing, previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, moderate general wear. View more info
By: Donner, Jorn
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana University Press: 1964
Edition: 1st Indiana University Press edition
Seller ID: 016415
Condition: Very Good
Originally published in Sweden in 1962, and here translated by Holger Lundbergh. Donner "offers a perceptive evaluation of Bergman's work in films, analyzing his impact upon cinematic art in general and surveying the international critical reception accorded him." Black cloth w/blind-stamped initials/rule to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 276 pages (including biographical notes on Bergman, notes, bibliography, film index), illustrated. Soiled top edge, gently bumped bottom corners, in price-clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, light general wear. View more info
By: Dowbiggin, Ian
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, Macfarlane, Walter & Ross: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Dowbiggin, on title page
Seller ID: 008919
ISBN: 1-55199-035-0
Condition: Near Fine
Allowing for the usual fruitcakes and conspiracy theorists in the lunatic fringe, but believing that people are becoming increasingly paranoid, Dowbiggin "shows how paranoid fantasy moved from the extreme right to the very center of politics and culture in the United States and Canada," and suggests that "delusional thinking has displaced reason and wisdom as the basis of conventional thought." (or maybe that's what they *want* you to think, eh?). Green cloth, 230 pages (including notes on sources, index). Bumped corners, in rubbed/scuffed dust jacket w/a hint of wear to corn... View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Harlequin 213: 1953
Edition: 1st Harlequin edition
Seller ID: nf.00151
Condition: About Very Good
A history of the British monarchy, from Boadicea to Elizabeth II and her Coronation. Wormhole through fore-edges at top (no text affected), a bit of slant, rubbing, reading crease, flaking. View more info
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Ottawa, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys: 1964
Seller ID: 016604
Condition: Very Good
Paper 63-34, containing Report and Map 38-1963. The writer's name is given as P.R. Eakin on the title page, but P.R. Eakins on the cover. 3 pages, map in rear pocket. Moderate general wear. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Fredericton, Omega Publishing Division of Omega Management Services: 1978
Edition: First Printing
Inscription: Signed by Eaton, on title page
Seller ID: 017847
ISBN: 0-9690732-2-4
Condition: Very Good
"Some Interesting Recipes of Old Acadia," including such things as bubble and squeak, kartoffelsuppe, poutines rapees, scouse, fiskefars, medisterpolse, blueberry grunt, galop kringle, krammerhuse, pikelets and a bashamal of lamb's ears, as well as stuff we've actually heard of. 95 pages. Light cover soil, light general wear. View more info
By: Elkhadem, Saad
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Fredericton, York Press: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017113
ISBN: 0-919966-01-2
Condition: Very Good
"A concise dictionary that gives the meaning, explains the origin, and lists the French, German and Spanish equivalents of important literary terms." 154 pages, including indices. Rubbing, moderate edgewear all around, moderate general wear. View more info
By: Elmore, Marsha English (compiler)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Austin, Eakin Press: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 008451
ISBN: 1 57168 190 6
Condition: Near Fine
a history of Camp Waldemar, which has been home to and provided the summer camping experience for more than twenty thousand girls since 1926; "The authors trace the growth of the camp -- in 'kampongs' as well as 'tribes' -- and the development of a legendary camping experience."; the years from 1928 to 1978 are covered by Sue Van Noy Williet (edited by Mary Brooke Oliphint Casad), with 1979 to 1996 covered by Carolyn Carmichael Wheat (edited by Julie Menges); brown leatherette w/gilt lettering, 188 pgs. incl. Campers List and Index, illustrated; lightly bumped corners/spine ends; rubbe... View more info
By: Elton, Julia
Price: $12.50
Publisher: London, Elton Engineering Books: 1989
Seller ID: 014352
Condition: Very Good
Offers one hundred and fifty-four items, many important in the field. An excellent bibliographical and technical reference. 80 pages (including Chronological Index of Bridges, Index of Engineering Firms, Index of Authors), illustrated. Light general wear. View more info
By: Elton, Julia
Price: $12.50
Publisher: London, Elton Engineering Books: 1990
Seller ID: 014353
Condition: Very Good
A superior bibliographical and technical reference offering ninety-eight items, many of them rare and much sought-after. 55 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear. View more info
By: Engel, George S. (editor) (produced by Lyle Kenyon Engel)
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Pocket 95058: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016912
Condition: Very Good
Paperback original. Contains information on Don Garlits, Don White, Lee Roy Yarbrough, Bud Faubel, Bobby Harrop, Dave Strickler, Roger Lindamood, Ramchargers, Cotton Owers, Danny Ongais, Dave Pearson, A.J. Foyt, Sam McQuagg, Art Malone, Dick Landy, and The Smoke Eaters, with "inside stories of such great cars as The Turbo-Honker, The Cotton Picker, Little Red Wagon, Color Me Gone, The Yankee Peddler, The Hustler, The Original Dependable, The Flying Carpet, The Candymatic, The Swamp Rat, The Mangler, The Dragmaster Dart, The Flying Barn Door, and King Goat." Bill France, president of ... View more info
By: England, Robert
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Vancouver, Centre for Continuing Education/University of British Columbia/UBC: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 016293
ISBN: 0-88843-124-4
Condition: Very Good
From the front flap: "These memoirs cover Robert England's three years as a teacher of Slawa Rural School (1920-3) in northern Saskatchewan, his co-operation with the Masonic Memorial Scholarship Scheme for fifty teachers in rural non-English-speaking districts (1921-4); his work as Continental Superintendent, Colonization Department, C.N.R. Europe (1924-9); as Western Manager, Colonization-Agriculture, C.N.R. Western Region (1930-6) and the Community Progress Competitions project; adult education activities continued as first Director of Extension, The University of British Columbia (193... View more info
By: Esslin, Martin
Price: $6.00
Seller ID: 013830
Condition: Very Good
A title from the Celebrity Lecture Series, being a talk given by Esslin for the Stratford Shakespearean Festival at the Festival Theatre on Augst 14, 1983. Unpaginated (20). Moderate general wear. View more info
By: Felman, Shoshana
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Cambridge & London, Harvard University Press: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013900
Condition: Very Good
Felman "elucidates the power and originality of Lacan's work. She brilliantly analyzes Lacan's investigation of psychoanalysis not as dogma, but as an ongoing self-critical process of discovery. By focusing on Lacan's singular way of making Freud's thought new again -- and of thus enabling us to participate in the very moment of intellectual struggle and insight -- Felman shows how this moment of illumination has become crucial to contemporary thinking and has redefined insight as such." Beige cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 169 pages (including Notes). View more info
By: Fensom, K.G.
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Montreal, Canadian Institute of Forestry--Institut Forestier du Canada: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 013603
Condition: Very Good
The title pretty much covers the contents of this one. The author has signed and dated ("Fredericton, N.B.,/August 29/72/Ken Fensom") this copy on title page. Illustrated blue & green on tan cloth, 547 pages (including appendix), illustrated. Light edgewear, titles rubbed on spine, moderate general wear. A nice copy. Uncommon signed. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Perma Hardbound P6: 1948
Edition: 1st Perma edition
Seller ID: ad.00032
Condition: Good
Originally published in hardcover in 1927 by Dodd, Mead. "In this volume [Fielding] analyzes every phase and uncovers the popular fallacies, answering questions on such topics as the sex impulse, marriage and courtship in marriage, frigidity, sex determination, sexual suppression, sex in the child. His scientific comparisons of the male and female are also presented in an understandable manner." Edgewear, 3/8" chipped off top spine, chipping/wear to bottom spine, rubbing, moderately sunned spine. View more info
By: Fiennes, Ranulph
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Signet 74550: 1992
Edition: 7th printing
Seller ID: 018110
ISBN: 0-45-117455-0
Condition: Good
"In the years between 1977 and 1990, a group of hired assassins known as the Clinic tracked down and killed four British soldiers, one at a time. Two of the victims were ex-SAS. All fiour had fought in the Arabian desert./The Feather Men were recruited to hunt the Clinic. Without their intervention more soldiers would have died. At the end of their operation they asked Ranulph Fiennes, one of the world's best-known explorers and himself a former SAS officer, to tell their extraordinary story..." Originally presented by Fiennes as a true story, he later admitted that the book was e... View more info
By: Fiore, Amadeus P. (editor)
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Duquesne University Press: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012367
Condition: Very Good
The tenth volume in the Duquesne Studies, Philological Series. Contributors include Merritt Y. Hughes, William B. Hunter Jr., Maurice Kelly, Edward Le Comte, B. Rajan, John T. Shawcross, Wayne Shumaker, John M. Steadman, Kester Svendsen, Robert West, and B.A. Wright. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 149 pages. Previous owner's name in pencil to bottom edge of front free end paper, light general wear, in dust jacket w/moderate edgewear, 1.5" tear to top edge of rear panel, .5" tear to bottom edge of front panel, small triangular chip from left corner of top edge of front panel. View more info
By: Fischer, Odette Marie B.K.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Agoura Hills, Bourget Publishing of California: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Fischer
Seller ID: 015675
ISBN: 0-9643276-8-6
Condition: Very Good
The story of a woman who suffered a serious accident that affected her brain, and who struggled back from memory loss and a variety of physical disabilities. This copy inscribed and signed ("To Dr. Adam Chrzanowski,/Warmest Wishes. Hope/to see you in L.A. Odette Marie Fischer"). 289 pages + index, illustrated. A few impressions to back cover, light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
Price: $22.50
Publisher: Gerrards Cross, Colin Smythe: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013238
ISBN: 0 900675 764
Condition: Very Good
Fuller, a sometime senior advisor at the United Nations, attempts "to bring home to translators the danger of falling into a dull routine and the need for keeping the mind fresh and alert." Each leaf of text followed by a blank leaf intended for Notes. Red cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 66 pages (not including blank leaves). Previous owner's signature to top edge of front end paper, moderate general wear (notes pages unused). Lacking dust jacket. View more info
By: Gair, Reavley
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Author
Seller ID: 016885
ISBN: 0 521 24360 2
Condition: Good to Very Good
From the front flap: "Between 1553 and 1608 St Paul's Cathedral housed one of the earliest London theatre companies, a commercially successful playhouse whose actors were drawn from the choirboys under the directior of their choir master. These were the Children of Paul's." This copy inscribed and signed by Gair, on title page. Chocolate cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 213 pages (including notes, select bibliography, index), illustrated. A bit of slant, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/a hint of edgewear, impressions/scratches, 1/4" tear to top right corner of ... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press: 1951
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018122
Condition: Very Good
University of California Publications in History, Volume 41. 119 pages (including notes, bibliography, index). Some edgewear, impressions, University of New Brunswick library stamp to front cover, sunned spine/edges. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: Ghafour, Hamida
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Toronto, McArthur & Company: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 016644
ISBN: 139781552786444
Condition: As New
Ghafour "fled Khabul with her parents as a small child in 1981," and returned in 2003 as a journalist for the Daily Telegraph, "reporting for the paper, seeing more of the place that she and her family had once called home." This copy signed by Ghafour, on title page. Black cloth w/silver spine lettering, 336 pages (including acknowledgements, bibliography, index), illustrated w/photographs. An unread copy. View more info
By: Gillespie, W.M.
Price: $60.00
Publisher: New York, A.S. Barnes & Co./Wiley & Putnam; Collins Keese & Co. / Perkins & Marvin / Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. / Cushing & Sons: 1848
Edition: 2nd edition, with additions
Seller ID: 015061
Condition: Good
After stating that the roads of the United States are inferior to those of any other civilized country, Gillespie offers a comprehensive guide to everything the roadbuilder knew in 1848. Brown cloth w/gilt lettering to spine, 340 pages + 4 pages of tables, illustrated. Edgewear, scraping/fraying/wear to corners/spine edges, previous owner's signature to front end paper, considerable foxing throughout, some dampstaining. (C/BT) View more info
By: Gilman, Dorothy (pseudonym of Dorothy Gilman Butters)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Company: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014286
ISBN: 0-385-13628-5
Condition: Very Good
In her first work of non-fiction, the author of the enormously successful Mrs. Pollifax mystery novels relates "the moving story of the renascence she sought and found in a starkly beautiful coastal village in Nova Scotia," emerging with "a new landscape of the soul." Light grey boards w/blue cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 125 pages, dust jacket illustration by Ron Becker. A bit of foxing to top edge, a couple of bumps to top edge of front cover, light edgewear, magic-markered price to top right corner of front end paper, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, t... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina: 1989
Seller ID: 014492
Condition: Near Fine
Contains book reviews and notices, articles, and so on related to Spenser and his work. Pages 25 through 48. Light general wear. View more info
By: Gunn, Cameron
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Perigree / Penguin: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Gunn, on half-title
Seller ID: 017755
ISBN: 0399536078
Condition: Near Fine
An admirer of Benjamin Franklin, Gunn records his "attempt to live by Franklin's thirteen virtues, a list of lofty ideals the Founding Father held dear," but which take "this ordinary man way outside his comfort zone and into a thicket of not-so-modern values." 250 pages (including notes, brief author biography). Internally tight and clean, with only light general wear. View more info
By: Gunn, D.L., and R.C. Rainey (organizers)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: London, The Royal Society: 1979
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013444
ISBN: 0 85403 117 0
Condition: Very Good
"First published in 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London', series B, volume 287 (no. 1022), pages 245-488." Publishes the results of a two-day Discussion Meeting on the subject of controlling by various means a wide variety of insects and other pests, said discussions featuring a number of participants from many countries. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 240 pages (including Postscripts), illustrated (frontispiece, 1 plate, 2 fold-outs, in-text maps and charts). Some scuffing to cloth, mild general wear, in lightly worn dust jacket. View more info
By: Haanel, B.F.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Ottawa, F.A. Acland: 1926
Seller ID: 014217
Condition: Good to Very Good
Mines Branch publication No. 641, the result of an undertaking intended to determine whether peat might be used as "an auxiliary source of fuel supply, especially in the central provinces of Ontario and Quebec, where shortage of domestic supplies of fuel was most keenly felt." 298 pages (including Appendices), illustrated. A bit of spine roll, minor edgewear, some cover soil. (C/BT) View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, The Ronald Press Company: 1964
Edition: 2nd printing
Seller ID: 017842
Condition: Very Good
Grey cloth w/silver lettering to front cover/spine, 230 pages (including bibliography, index). Some slant, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's stamp/notation to front pastedown, name to top edge of first and second end papers, a few minor underlinings. View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Watkins Glen, Watkins Review: 1966
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014252
Condition: Very Good to Fine
The author "describes the emergence and continuity of a great segment of the American lumber industy over more than three score years; and has beautifully told the story of men, who while intensely competitive, managed to maintain a spirit of comradery and deep friendships lasting a life time." A scarce title, especially in condition. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 395 pages, illustrated, map end papers. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, in dust jacket w/a hint of edgewear. A nice copy. View more info
By: Harding, J.W. (prepared under the supervision of)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company: 1924
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016728
Condition: Good to Very Good
#267B in the International Library of Technology. Contains chapters on locomotive valves, the Stephenson valve gear, locomotive management, breakdowns, oil-burning locomotives, the Type D duplex stoker, and locomotive value setting. Green cloth w/red cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, marbled end papers, illustrated, three fold-outs. Circular stains to cloth of front cover (probably the ubiquitous coffee cup), moderate edgewear, one frayed corner, other corners lightly worn, moderate wear to spine ends, 2.5" tear to left spine edge, 1" scrape to join of green/red cloth on back ... View more info
By: Harlig, Jeffrey, and Csaba Pleh (editors)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Berlin & New York, Mouton de Gruyter/Walter de Gruyter & Co.: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015977
ISBN: 3-11-014585-5
Condition: Near Fine
#68 in the publisher's Contributions to the Sociology of Language series, this one being a collection of essays on various aspects of sociolinguistics in the former Socialist bloc. Contributors include the editors, Allen D. Grimshaw, Lydia Dachkova, Louise B. Hammer, Miklos Kontra, Karol Janicki, and Anna Borbely. Review copy w/personal letter laid in. Navy cloth w/white lettering to front cover/spine, 207 pages (including appendix, index). A very nice copy, w/light scuffing to cloth. (C/DMT) View more info
By: Harris, Irene
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Christchurch, University of Canterbury Press: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Author
Seller ID: 016224
ISBN: 0-908812-06-X
Condition: Good
For more than three decades Irene Harris lived with an alcoholic. Daughter, sister, and mother to alcoholics, she sought help from "the Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer Springs, as a non-drinking co-dependent." This is her story. This copy inscribed on front end paper ("To Vanda./Thanks for your/friendship -- keep/loving/Irene"), then signed in full beneath her name on title page. 162 pages. Impressions/thin scratches to covers, light edgewear. Internally tight and clean. Uncommon signed. View more info
By: Haught, Oscar L.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Morgantown, State of West Virginia: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015563
Condition: Very Good
"The second in a series of revised oil and gas reports and maps covering the Counties of Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler." (The first in the series was Bulletin No. 11, which covered the counties of Pleasants, Wood and Ritchie.) 49 pages. VG w light general wear. Map measures approximately 59" x 42" from outer edge to outer edge, and is also VG. Uncommon. (C/BT) View more info
By: Hein, Piet, and Svend Asmussen
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, General Publishing Company: 1971
Edition: First (limited) edition
Seller ID: 012350
ISBN: 0-7736-0018-3
Condition: Very Good
Eighteen of Hein's Grook verses graced with facing music by Asmussen (music on the left page, verse/illustration on the right). A nice copy w/only moderate general wear and no previous owner's marks or notations. (C/BT) View more info
By: Hill, John A.
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Terre Haute, Standard Publishing Company: 1981
Edition: 25th edition
Seller ID: 016595
Condition: About Good
A scarce item that provides questions and answers intended to help the prospective engineer and fireman begin and further his career. Dominion Atlantic Railway stamp to front end paper. 96 pages (including 18 pages at rear, entitled "Diagrams Illustrating Manner of Using Signals According to the Standard Code of Train Rules as Adopted by the American Railway Association" -- some diagrams w/green and/or red colour). About G w/cover soil, edgewear, some internal dampstaining along edges, light internal soil, title page w/two paper pulls/tears at staples, general wear. (C/BT) View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Warner Paperback Library 78-361: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016708
ISBN: 0-446-78361-7
Condition: About Very Good
Paperback original. Cdn. printing. A quite scarce "nonfiction novel" detailing "The brief and brutal history of a young man who wanted only to be a woman." Apparently Hollingsworth (who was born Elaine Sterling, and who acted under the name Sara Shane) was in a Mexican prison where she met a guy named Miguel, who wanted a sex change operation. Or, as the front cover blurb has it, "From the lips of the boy/woman who lived it -- the story of six horrifying months in a Mexican prison." Light rubbing, impressions, tiny edge spots, moderate handling wear. Internally ti... View more info
By: Homer, Ken
Price: $30.00
Publisher: No Place, Privately published:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017984
Condition: Near Fine
A scarce commemorative booklet containing the names and accomplishments of the members of New Brunswick's Carleton County Council from its inception in 1852 until its dissolution in 1966. 66 pages, illustrated. Light general wear. View more info
By: Hughes, David
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davies: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014433
Condition: Very Good
Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 226 pages (including A Select Bibliography, Index), frontispiece. View more info
By: Huxley, Francis
Price: $5.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1976
Edition: 1st US edition
Seller ID: 005187
Condition: About Very Good
"As all readers of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' will know, when Alice sat down (uninvited) at the Mad Tea-party, the Hatter oepend his eyes very wide and asked, 'Why is a raven like a writing-desk?' The riddle is famous because when Alice in turn asked 'What's the answer?' the Hatter replied that he hadn't the faintest idea. It has provoked ingenius possible answers from many Great Minds, but in this utterly engaging 'Enquiry,' Francis Huxley has undertaken the first investigation *in depth*." A charming and interesting look at the old puzzler presented by Lewis Carroll. Brown ... View more info
By: I.C.S. Staff
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Correspondence Schools/International Textbook Company/I.C.S.: 1927
Seller ID: 016012
Condition: Good
Serial 2217. A booklet from the home study course offered by the International Correspondence Schools, this one detailing the mechanics of machine milling. 72 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Some smudging to wraps, small piece from bottom corner, corner wear, previous owner's name/date to front cover. View more info
By: I.C.S. Staff
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Correspondence Schools/International Textbook Company/I.C.S.: 1927
Seller ID: 016018
Condition: Good to Very Good
Serial 2216, Edition 1. A booklet from the I.C.S. home study course. 49 pages + 2 pages of examination questions, illustrated. Light smudging to covers, previous owner's name/date to front cover, small soil mark to first page. View more info
By: I.C.S. Staff
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Scranton, International Correspondence Schools/International Textbook Company/I.C.S.: 1934
Seller ID: 016019
Condition: Good
Serial 2201, Edition 1. An uncommon booklet from the I.C.S. home study course, this one intended "to show the forms of various lathe tools, together with their selection and their uses." 48 pages, illustrated. Previous owner's name/date to front cover, smudging, 1/4" tear to top edge of back cover, pencil underlining/markings throughout, drawing to last blank page, general wear. View more info
By: I.C.S. Staff
Price: $7.50
Publisher: Scranton, International Correspondence Schools/International Textbook Company/I.C.S.: 1926
Seller ID: 016020
Condition: Fair to Good
Serial 2204, Edition 1. A 2-hole-punched booklet from the I.C.S. home study course. 75 pages, illustrated. Previous owner's name/date to front cover, smudging, some dampstaining, general wear. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: New York, BasicBooks / Basic Books: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 007076
ISBN: 0-465-03907-3
Condition: Fine
A collection of essays and short personal narratives by a variety of "lesbian and bisexual women from all ages, races and classes [providing] a comprehensive view of the many rites and phases of lesbian life." Deep orange cloth w/mauve cloth backstrip, 374 pages, including Contributors' Notes. Dust jacket w/a hint of general wear. View more info
By: Jay, Paul
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Ithaca & London, Cornell University Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013877
Condition: Very Good
The author "traces the impact of changing concepts of the self and the literary subject on the formal evolution of autobiographical prose and poetry in the Romantic and modern periods." brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 189 pages (including Index). mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's neat underlining to many paragraphs in Introduction, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Jacket in protective mylar sleeve. View more info
By: Jones, D.G.
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1971
Seller ID: 012277
ISBN: 0-8020-5230-4
Condition: Good
Originally published in 1970. Brown cloth w/black cloth spine w/gilt lettering, 197 pages (including Notes, Index). Mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's name to verso of half-title, previous owner's marginalia (vertical lines here and there throughout), in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/a bit of chipping/short tears to corners/spine ends, general wear. View more info
By: Kaminskis, Viktors, V. Lamsters, H. Ritums, and J. Viduma Tulkojums
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Apgada, Dzintarzeme: 1947
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015728
Condition: Good
English/Latvian-language publication containing information about the country and changes to it throughout the centuries. 193 pages, illustrated w/hundreds of black-and-white and sepia photographs of people, places and culture, with some colour illustrations and a fold-out map. Light cover soil/dampstaining, bottom 3/4" chipped from spine, dampstaining to top edge resulted in some pages being stuck together along top edges, with some minor loss of paper when separated, gift inscription to previous owner. View more info
By: Kane, Alice (edited by Edith Fowke)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart (M&S): 1983
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed and signed by Kane, on half-title
Seller ID: 018182
ISBN: 0-7710-3210-2
Condition: Very Good
The author provides a wealth of folklore, including songs, sayings and verse from her childhood in Northern Ireland. Kane's inscription reads, "To Mary Barker/Greetings!/Alice Kane/7/12/84." A another, non-authorial, gift inscription reads, "for Mary Barker,/in kind appreciation for/including me in the planning/and activities of the visit/of the first Canadian astronaut/ to Fredericton, Nov. 30, 1984/sincerely/Gary Whiteford/UNB" (Whiteford was a geology professor at the University of New Brunswick, and was well-known as a world traveller and huge baseball fan -- he died in 2... View more info
By: Kankewitt, Bill
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Toronto, Methuen: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Donovan
Seller ID: 017133
ISBN: 0-459-80460-6
Condition: About Very Good
The story of a former Boston police officer (currently an actor, editor and publisher) who became "the acknowledged expert with a world-wide reputation for dealing with police stress." This copy inscribed by Donovan, on half-title ("Martha/Fraternally/Ed Donovan"). Navy cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 236 pages, illustrated. Spine slant, bumped corners, tiny soil mark to bottom corner of fore-edge, moderate general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/bumped corners, light edgewear, thin scratches. An uncommon title. View more info
Price: $22.50
Publisher: Privately Published: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 008964
Condition: Very Good to Fine
A collection of essays that originally appeared in the Canadian Medical Association Journal from the mid '60s through the early '70s, and which are collected for this volume by the author's wife and children, intended as a memorial to be distributed amongst a few of the author's intimate friends. This copy presented by the author's wife, Gladys Kelly, to one of those intimates, with a notation dated June 7, 1978. An appreciative foreword by E. Kirk Lyon. Maroon cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 396 pages, frontispiece. Two turned page corners. View more info
By: Kinglake, A.W. (Alexander William)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Norwalk, Easton Press: 1992
Edition: 1st Easton Press edition
Seller ID: 017701
Condition: Near Fine
First published in 1844 by J. Ollivier, Kinglake details his journeys through Syria, Egypt and Palestine. Gilt decorations to maroon leather covers, gilt decorations/lettering to spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, silk end papers, ribbon bookmark, 240 pages, frontispiece, unused Easton Press bookplate laid in. Light scuffing to gilt edges, a hint of edgewear. A very nice copy. View more info
By: Klenke, William W. (edited by Lulu W. Gillum)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Kansas City, Gillum Book Co.: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017490
Condition: Very Good
Since Klenke and Gillum have seen much evidence "of the unusual ability exercised by girls in the handling of wood," they offer this collection of "fifty projects in furniture making any of which the average girl can undertake." 95 pages, illustrated w/line drawings. Top corners bumped, light corner/spine end wear, three small scrapes to spine, slight mustiness. An uncommon item. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Lockeport, Roseway Publishing: 1994
Edition: 2nd edition, 2nd printing
Inscription: Signed by Knockwood, on title page
Seller ID: 016975
ISBN: 0-9694180-6-X
Condition: Very Good
"The Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia." Above her signature Knockwood has written the year (2000), and beneath it, "Keep the healing circle strong." 159 pages, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: Kogan, Pauline
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Montreal, Progressive Books & Periodicals: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012384
Condition: Very Good
With much earnestness the author works herself into a self-righteous froth as she dissects the views of Northrop Frye, and informs us that the "correct way to conduct class struggle in the area of literature, art and criticism is to rely upon the initiative of the masses, to place proper emphasis on investigation and study, and to mobilize public opinion through ideological discussion." 98 pages. Sunned spine, small splashstain to left edge of front cover, slight wear to corners/edges. A nice unmarked copy of an uncommon item, with no previous owner's names or notations, and no library... View more info
By: Kramer, Victor A. (editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Troy, Whitston Publishing Company: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013878
Condition: Very Good
A collection of essays "chosen as an introduction to various area of contemporary criticism and theory." Contributors include Murray Krieger, Nathan A. Scott, Jr., Gerald Graff, Vincent B. Leitch, Joseph Riddell, William V. Spanos, J. Hillis Miller, Norman N. Holland, David Bleich, Michael Steig, Charles Altieri, Steven Mailloux, Hershel Parker, Michael Sprinker, Matei Calinescu, Giles Gunn, and Ihab Hassan. Blue cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 447 pages (including Notes on Contributors). Light general wear. View more info
By: Labriola, Albert C. (editor)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: No Place, Milton Society of America:
Seller ID: 014490
Condition: Very Good
A 6-item lot of program booklets issued by the Milton Society of America for its annual dinner and meeting held on December 28th at various hotels throughout the United States and Canada. The locations for this series of festivities, in chronological order, were The Drake Hotel in Chicago, The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., The King Edward Hotel in Toronto, The Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, The Midland Hotel in Chicago, and Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. Each booklet contains a list of officers, a list of selected publications, announcements, members list, by-law... View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: North Balwyn, Rene Gordon Pty. Ltd.: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011152
Condition: About Very Good
The Langs draw from Moshe's many years as a family therapist to relate interesting and amusing stories covering marriage, parent/child relationships, and the frustrations, pleasures and pressures of family life. Cover painting by Yosl Bergner, foreword by Max Cornwell. Impressions, some gentle creasing, moderate general wear. View more info
By: Larouche, Irma (compiled by)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Ottawa, National Library of Canada: 1979
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017544
ISBN: 0-660-50210-0
Condition: Good
"Brings together in one place, for the first time, a complete and thorough guide to the pre-history, beginnings and expansion" of the National Library of Canada. Foreword by Guy Sylvestre. Printed in English and French. 179 pages (including reference sources and index). Reading crease to spine, moderate handling wear. View more info
By: LeBlanc, Emery, and Dean H.L. Nutter (co-chairs), New Brunswick Task Force on Social Development,
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Fredericton, Queen's Printer: 1971
Edition: First Editions
Seller ID: 016917
Condition: Very Good
A report produced by New Brunswick's Task Force on Social Development, which was "'established to initiate and promote public dialogue on problems in social development and social welfare,' and to 'recommend broad guidelines to the Government to assist in the future development of program priorities and legislation in the field of social development and social welfare.'" Pretty much just another b.s. report in a long line of b.s. reports sponsored by the Government of New Brunswick -- this one during the time of Premier Richard Hatfield. 268 & 220 pages, respectively. Both volumes w... View more info
By: Leeming, Joseph
Price: $5.00
Publisher: New York, Gramercy Publishing Company:
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 010719
Condition: Good to Very Good
covers a variety of magic tricks, puzzles, stunts, and 20 different kinds of solitaire; "(An abridgement of 'Games With Playing Cards' Plus Tricks and Stunts)"; red cloth, 107 pgs., illustrated; splash-staining to cloth, moderate edgewear, internally clean; rubbed dj w/moderate edgewear, small chip from top right corner of front panel; View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Libraries: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010022
ISBN: 0-919932-23-1
Condition: About Very Good
Beginning in 1978, Livesay began to donate her papers to the University of Manitoba Libraries, and this publication details the vast majority of her work available to researchers. Divided into four sections: Manuscripts and Papers, Photograph Collection, Tape Recording Collection, and Books and Imprints Collection. 419 pages (including appendices), illustrated. Edgewear, reading crease, rubbing, impressions, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean. Scarce. View more info
By: Lockwood, T.D.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, The W.J. Johnston Company: 1895
Edition: Early reprint
Seller ID: 017543
Condition: Fair
From a "Historical Sketch of Electricity from 600 B.C. to 1882 A.D." to "Anticipations of Great Discoveries and Inventions," Lockwood presents a collection of articles for those interested in the history, science and applications of telephony. Maroon cloth w/black rule/decoration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, rule deoration in blind to back cover, 192 pages. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, light cover soil, front end papers excised (book begins at title page), previous owner's notation to top of title page, first couple of signatures hanging on by a thread, light... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York & London, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1909
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011420
Condition: Good
(MCMIX). "The main ideas underlying the treatment here found of English orthography were embodied in an article which appeared in the 'Atlantic Monthly' for June, 1907," but much was cut from that article, so the author restored them here, in enlarged form. In other words, the author goes on at some length expounding the virtues of his proposals for simplified spelling, wishing at the same time to bring into conformity the two languages which are English: the one which is written/read, and the one which is spoken. Deep blue boards w/blue cloth backstgrip, gilt lettering and rule, top e... View more info
By: Lynch, James M. (compiled under the supervision and direction of)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Indianapolis, International Typographical Union: 1925
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016989
Condition: Good
The story of a committed, patriotic union that fought for a number of causes. 108 pages. Edgewear, bottom 1" of spine torn, thin partial crease to front cover, light cover soil, deep impressions to back cover and last dozen or so pages (no torn paper). Internally tight. View more info
By: MacDougall, J.L. Nowland, and J.D. Hilchey
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Canada Department of Agriculture and Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015983
Condition: Very Good
Contains information obtained from the soil survey of Annapolis County from 1963-65. Grey wraps, 84 pages, illustrated. Grey board case contains book and four folding maps in rear pocket. Small sticker pull to top right corner of box case, light foxing, light general wear. (C/DMT) View more info
By: MacIntosh, Lane
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Fredericton, Road Builders Association of New Brunswick: 2009
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016958
ISBN: 0986513008
Condition: Fine
"The story of how a group of visionary contractors and businessmen joined together in 1958, and through the creation of the Road Builders Association of New Brunswick, ushered in the province's golden age of road building." Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 122 pages, illustrated. Dust jacket w/light rubbing, shallow impressions. A nice copy. View more info
By: MacLeod, Mary K., James O. St. Clair
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Sydney, University College of Cape Breton Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & signed by authors, on title page
Seller ID: 017553
ISBN: 0-920336-56-6
Condition: Near Fine
MacLeod and St. Clair take a look at 25 historic Cape Breton buildings, one of which was built in the late 1780s, nineteen of which were erected in the 1800s, and the rest constructed in the 1900s. 175 pages, illustrated, cover illustration by Barry Gabriel. Light wear to edges/corners, light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: Madore, Teresa
Price: $50.00
Publisher: No Place, Privately published: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017949
Condition: Good to Very Good
A celebration of the 50 years of the Anderson Road Church in rural New Brunswick. Includes considerable information on the construction of Anderson Road itself, a history of the area, and many genealogical details about the area's parishoners and residents. 248 pages, copiously illustrated. Moderate discolouration/soil to covers, impressions/scratches, creased corners, light edge soil, a few gift inscriptions to first end paper, general wear. A scarce item. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Sackville, Mount Allison University: 1978
Edition: Preliminary edition
Seller ID: 006334
Condition: Near Fine
Maritime Studies Bibliography #2, containing more than 300 categorically-arranged listings for the library's holdings to 1899. Introduction by Carrie MacMillan, foreword by the compiler, Eleanor E. Magee. Photocopied typescript, 25 pages (including indices). A hint of wear. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Kingston, Canadian Defence Academy Press: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017752
ISBN: 0-662-45313-1
Condition: Very Good
Published simultaneously with the hardcover. Sub-titled "The leadership experiences of Lieutenant Agar Adamson during the South African War, 1899-1902," this one tells the story of Adamson pleading "for a commission that would take him to South Africa in the service of Queen and Empire," where "he quickly discovered the difficulties of leading soldiers in battle and of leading them well." 111 pages (including map and image credits, select bibliography, glossary, index, brief author biography), illustrated. Internally tight and clean, with moderate general wear. View more info
By: Marsden-Jones, E.M., and W.B. Turrill
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, The Ray Society: 1954
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014268
Condition: Very Good
Ray Society volume No. 138, issued to members for the year 1952. Contains a general introduction to the subject, and chapters on taxonomic history, vegetative characters, wild populations, genetical experiments, compatibility/incompatability, and much else. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 201 pages (including Glossary, Indexes) + twenty-seven plates (one of which is a colour frontispiece). A hint of wear to corners/spine ends, tanned edges, one turned corner, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/sun-darkened spine. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Auckland, Wilson & Horton: 1940
Seller ID: nf.00198
Condition: Very Good
A volume from the 'Making New Zealand, Pictorial Surveys Of A Century' series, being a pictorial record of New Zealand's first hundred years. This volume deals with New Zealand furniture and furnishings, including construction and use. 31 pages, illustrated w/photographs and drawings. Some edgewear, short tear to top spine, sticker shadow. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster (S&S): 1992
Edition: 15th printing
Inscription: Signed w/ year (2003) by McCullough on title page
Seller ID: 018261
ISBN: 0671792768
Condition: Very Good
McCullough "has collected his favorite pieces -- profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories expres much that is timeless about the human condition." 240 pages, including index. Small soil mark to fore-edge, light general wear. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 1998
Seller ID: 015078
Condition: Very Good
The first issue of a publication which aims to "promote good practice in social care, to exchange national and international information and to act as a fulcrum for such exchange." Contributors to this issue include the editor, Francis Douglas, Mary Horgan, Kevin Lalor, Aine de Roiste, Paul Bailey, and Paul O'Callaghan. 107 pages. Rubbing, thin scratches, publisher's stamp to inside back cover, light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy:
Seller ID: 015079
Condition: Very Good
1999, 2000, 2001. The three issues comprising the second volume of this important journal. Contributors include Eileen O'Neill, Roland Tormey, John S.G. Wells, Shane A. Dunphy, Pat McGarthy and Dermot Duffy (the latter uncredited), Paul Bailey, and Damien Courtney (No. 1); the editor, John S.G. Wells, Anita Crowdle, Michelle Norris & Noreen Kearns, Abbey Hyde, Hilary Jenkinson, Jackie O'Toole, Catherine Forde, Stefan Kunz, Francis Douglas & Mary Horgan, and James G. Deegan (No. 2); the editor, J.S.G. Wells, John McLaughlin, Marina Monteith & Helga Sneddon, Billy McCullough & Trevor Spratt & ... View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2003
Seller ID: 015086
Condition: Very Good
The two issues comprising Volume 4 of this important social studies journal. Contributors include the editor, Carmel Gallagher & Kathleen Kennedy, Nuala Lordan & Ann O'Sullivan & Margaret O'Connor, John Williams, Wendy Cousins & Marina Monteith & Nicola Kerr, Brody D.M. Cameron, Treasa Hayes & Deirdre O'Neill & Annette Weier, Thom Garfat, and Ashling Jackson & Grant Charles (Vol 4:1); Thomas Garfat, Perry Share, Varda Mann-Feder, Brody Cameron, Niall C. McElwee & David Parslow, and Colm O'Doherty. 124 & 64 pages, respectively. Both issues VG w/moderate general wear, publisher's stamp to pag... View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2004
Seller ID: 015089
Condition: Very Good
Contributors to this double number of the important social studies journal include the editor, Ed Rawlinson, Joe O'Riordan, Claire M. Jackson & Catherine M. Hefferman, Kiran Sarma, Kenneth Burns, and Liz Shiel. 96 pages. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2004
Seller ID: 015090
Condition: Very Good
Contributors to this double number of the important social studies journal include the editor, Ed Rawlinson, Joe O'Riordan, Claire M. Jackson & Catherine M. Hefferman, Kiran Sarma, Kenneth Burns, and Liz Shiel. 96 pages. Light scuffing, light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2004
Seller ID: 015091
Condition: Very Good
Contributors to this double number of the important social studies journal include the editor, Ed Rawlinson, Joe O'Riordan, Claire M. Jackson & Catherine M. Hefferman, Kiran Sarma, Kenneth Burns, and Liz Shiel. 96 pages. Moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002
Seller ID: 015080
Condition: Very Good
"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002
Seller ID: 015081
Condition: Very Good
"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Publisher's stamp to inside back cover, light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002
Seller ID: 015082
Condition: Very Good
"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Shallow impressions, light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002
Seller ID: 015083
Condition: Very Good
"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Shallow impressions/scratches, light general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002
Seller ID: 015084
Condition: Very Good
"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. A few minor scuffs and impressions. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McElwee, C. Niall (editor) & Fergus Hogan (guest editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kilkenny, SocSci Consultancy: 2002
Seller ID: 015085
Condition: Very Good
"Special edition/A celebration of foster care." Contributors include the editors, Rosemary Horgan, Valerie O'Brien, Frank Keating, Deborah Browne, Marie Cregan, Jill Kennedy, Mary Payne & Elizabeth Murphy, Thom Garfat, Pol Nacha O'Mairthini, David Ssedyabule, Nicole Breeze & Marge Campbell & Zeena Elton, Tommy Turner, Linda Doherty, Jean Kennedy and Christine Deady. 193 pages. Scuffing, gentle vertical fold horizontally to front cover, publisher's stamp to inside back cover, light handling wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
By: McIntosh, Sandy
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Glasgow, Scottish National Party: 1966
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 006589
Condition: Very Good
Sub-titled "Pungent Exposure of Scotland's Vassalage," this is a no-holds-barred diatribe against England and English politicians, and strongly supporting self-government for Scotland. 75 pages, 1 illustration. Impressions to bottom right corner of front cover (not affecting illustration), bent corners, moderate general wear. Scarce. View more info
By: McKay, Andrew, and Haddon, George
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Adelaide, Rigby: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: nf.00194
ISBN: 0 7270 0035 7
Condition: Very Good
Text by McKay, illustrations by Haddon, concerning Melbourne, Australia's Collins Street. 63 pages. Light spine end/corner wear, in dust jacket w/light edgewear, light soil to rear panel. View more info
By: McKechnie, James, and Murray Macgregor (editors)
Price: $12.50
Publisher: The National Coal Board, Scottish Division: 1956
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 006436
Condition: Good to Very Good
Intended primarily for school use, by senior pupils. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to front cover, 116 pages, including Index, illustrated, colour frontispiece, errata slip tipped-on at bottom of page 116. Moderate corner/spine end wear, tape stains to pastedowns/end papers, sticker shadow to top edge of front pastedown, previous owner's named inked out at top of front free end paper, previous owner's initials in top right corner of front free end paper, light foxing to end papers. Gilt lettering still bright. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto & Oxford, Dundurn Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Author, on half-title
Seller ID: 017128
ISBN: 1-55002-220-2
Condition: Near Fine
"Chronicles the fateful end of the federal Progressive Conservative government in Ottawa." This copy inscribed and signed by McLaughlin, on half-title. Inscription reads, "With best wishes/to Phil Ouellette./David McLaughlin/Dec. 1, 2003/'10 years after!'" On the dedication page, McLaughlin has written "and/Rachel Elizabeth/'Sweeties'" beneath the printed dedication. Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 322 pages (including notes, index), illustrated. Gently bumped corners/spine ends, in rubbed dust jacket w/light edgewear. View more info
By: McNelly, Willis E. (editor)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Shreveport, College English Association: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013923
Condition: Very Good
A chap book originally distributed as a Supplement to the CEA Critic, Vol. XXXVII, No. I, November 1974. A collection of essays from both professional writers and critics, attempting "to aid teachers of English, at whatever level, who might be approaching science fiction for the firt time. In addition to the editor, contributors include Jack Williamson, Mark R. Hillegas, Jane W. Hipolito, Leon E. Stover, A. James Stupple, Gregory Benford, Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison, Harlan Ellison, John Boyd, Philip K. Dick and Thomas D. Clareson. 59 pages. Light general wear. Most copies are in lousy s... View more info
By: McQuaig, Linda
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, Doubleday Canada/Random House of Canada: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by McQuaig, on title page
Seller ID: 016189
ISBN: 0-385-66010-3
Condition: Near Fine
First printing w/complete number sequence. McQuaig takes a look at the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and "explores Washington's desire to gain control over the largest untapped oil reserves on earth and establish a major military presence in the fantastically oil-rich region -- even as dwindling worldwide reserves threaten to turn competition for crude into the major international battleground of the future." Black boards w/gilt spine lettering, 346 pages (including notes, acknowledgements, index). Lightly scuffed boards in dust jacket w/light rubbing, a few impressions, thin 1.5" slit... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Book Coach Press: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by McQuinn, on title page
Seller ID: 017583
ISBN: 0-9735207-0-1
Condition: Very Good
"McQuinn takes readers on an intimate journey, showing how she came through homeopathic medicine to the broader system of Heilkunst (Healing Art) through her son's serious physical and behavioural problems." This copy signed by McQuinn ("Ande Sapere--/Allyson McQuinn") on dedication page. 156 pages (including endnotes). Light edgewear, impressions, moderate general wear. View more info
By: Meadows Women's Auxiliary Community Club (compilers)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Meadows, Meadows W.A. Community Club: 1970
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009907
Condition: Very Good
Published as a Centennial project on the occasion of the Province of Manitoba's 100th anniversary, this contains all the information you'd want to know about the small Manitoba community and its history. 72 pages, illustrated, 2 fold-out diagrams. Moderate general wear. Uncommon View more info
By: Mee, Arthur
Price: $50.00
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 005437
Condition: Very Good
An uncommon title from the "Arthur Mee's Rainbow Books" series. An inspirational look at the future, written for English young people who "will carry telephones in your pockets. You will see anywhere, across the world as easily as across the street. You will have the sense of touch at a distance. You will go where you like in a day. You will fly like a bird. You will switch on power and heat as we switch on light. You will never be troubled much by disease. You will never be afraid of war. You will be a citizen of the United States of Europe, which will be a member of the Parliame... View more info
By: Melville, Herman
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Bantam F1803: 1958
Edition: 1st Bantam edition
Seller ID: 010418
Condition: Very Good
the first book by the author of 'Moby Dick,' (generally considered to be America's greatest novel), detailing the story of his first voyage to the South Seas where he was entranced by the people and the lush island paradises on which they lived; Introduction by Clifton Fadiman; a hint of roll, moderate general wear; View more info
By: Meservey, A.B.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Boston, Thompson, Brown & Co.: 1885
Seller ID: 015059
Condition: About Very Good
The author has compiled "from sources considered reliable, a text-book which he trusts will prove a welcome assistant to teachers, and a held to students." Included are chapters on the wealth of savages, shepherd tribes and agriculturists, the coinage of money, capital, tariff, banks, interest, exchange, treasury notes, and much else. Brown cloth w/black lettering/rule to front cover, gilt lettering/black rule to spine, 143 pages (including Index). Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, a bit of spine slant, light soil, two library blind-stamps (the only evidence of library desecratio... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: St. Meinrad, Abbey Press 2026-2: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013640
ISBN: 0-87029-161-0
Condition: Very Good to Fine
Paperback original. A title from the publisher's 'When' series, this one offering a doctor's "hope and reassurance for parents." In his Preface the good doctor states, "Homosexuality is not an irreversible condition. It can be treated." He then goes on to analyze "in-depth how properly loving families contribute to the development of heterosexual interests; and how other families, without suitable role models, block sexual development, with resulting sexual deviance." He further tells a variety of stories, one of them concluding with this somewhat unusual line: "Eve... View more info
By: Miller, T.G.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, W. & G. Foyle: 1958
Edition: 2nd edition
Seller ID: 013287
Condition: Very Good
A title from the Foyle's Handbooks series. "This volume is an elementary guide for readers who have little or no knowledge of the science of geology, and its intention is to provide a grounding for more detailed exploration." Paper over boards, 112 pages (including bibliography). Moderate general wear. View more info
By: Mitchell, J., H.C. Moss, and J.S. Clayton
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Saskatoon, University of Saskatchewan: 1950
Seller ID: 013578
Condition: Good
"The first purpose of the Soil Survey is to scientifically classify the soils of an area, and to supplement this activity by examining their physical and chemical nature in the laboratory. The results must be organized and placed in maps and reports so that they are usable by anyone interested in the soil." Comes w/box containing four maps. 241 pages (including Appendix), illustrated. General wear. Maps NF, in G box w/worn/torn ends/corners/flaps. Difficult to find book and box of maps sitting at the same table. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Toronto, Random House Canada: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 013933
Condition: As New
1st printing w/complete number sequence. An award-winning journalist turns his attention toward the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), and while tracing the "eventful career of John Farrell, a veteran undercover operative who worked on some of the service's most sensitive cases.uncovers a disturbing pattern of venality, law-breaking and incompetence deep inside the service." In a bold hand Mitrovica has signed ths copy beneath his name on title page. Black boards w/silver spine lettering, 358 pages (including A Note on Sources, Acknowledges, Appendix, Index), illustrated. A... View more info
By: Monk, William J.
Price: $45.00
Publisher: London, Alex. Matthews & Co.:
Seller ID: 013762
Condition: Good to Very Good
A souvenir and tariff booklet detailing rates and prices for a stay at the Cotswold Gateway Inn, with several articles describing areas surrounding it. 72 pages, including 26 pages of advertisements for a variety of nearby businesses and shops. Edgewear, some soil/foxing, impressions/scratches, general wear. Not particularly common. View more info
Price: $85.00
Publisher: Vancouver, UBC Press / University of British Columbia: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Author
Seller ID: 017231
ISBN: 0-7748-0579-X
Condition: Very Good
From the back cover: "Following a historical review, the author discusses population genetic theory and genetic systems of tree species and how these species interacat with environments in the major climatic regions in the world. He then demonstrates how this knowledge is used to guide seed zoning and seed transfer in silviculture, basing much of his discussion on models developed in Scandinavia and North America. In the final chapter, the author addresses the issue of genetic conservation -- a subject of great concern in the face of accelerated forest destruction, industrial pollution,... View more info
By: Mortimer, Roger
Price: $15.00
Publisher: University of South Carolina: 1993
Seller ID: 006919
Condition: Fine
A small catalogue issued by the Thomas Cooper Library, listing the 62 items included in the Spring 1992-Fall 1993 exhibition honouring the work of Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve). Unpaginated (16). Uncommon. View more info
By: Moss, Linda, and Scott Reade
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Bolton, Wolf Song Visions: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Authors
Seller ID: 015578
ISBN: 0-9681548-0-8
Condition: Very Good
From the back cover: "In 1991 Linda Moss and Scott Reade were brought together by a destiny even they could not understand. Their lives were changed forever in that moment, for a crack was made in the wall of time and they were compelled to pass through the opening." This copy warmly inscribed and signed by both authors, on inside front cover. Inscription reads: "Grandad~/Thankyou for reading/the book more times than/anyone! Hope you enjoy the final version./Thankyou For Believing/In Us!/Love always,/Scott & Linda". 309 pages, including bibliography. VG w/price in ink t... View more info
By: Muller-Lhotska, Urs Alfred
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Zurich, Privately Printed: 1996
Seller ID: 016386
Condition: Very Good
A "contribution to the history of the Saint Gotthard Road in the Middle Ages and in modern times." The text is in English, although the English title page and foreword are reproduced in Korean. Photocopied typescript, 50 pages (including bibliography, which is in German), illustrated. Moderate general wear. Uncommon. View more info
By: Murphy, Lynn
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Halifax, International Education Centre/Saint Mary's University: 1983
Seller ID: 013713
Condition: Very Good
A scarce bibliography with a focus on titles dealing with all aspects of housework. Unpaginated (20, including covers). Moderate general wear. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Camden, Down East Books: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed & Dated by Author
Seller ID: 014262
ISBN: 0-89272-137-5
Condition: Very Good
"Published in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt," this is an introductory tribute to Campobello and its people, offered in photographs and text. This copy signed and dated by Muskie, on half-title, in year of publication. Blue cloth w/silver lettering to cover/spine, 131 pages (including chapter notes/bibliography). Mild general wear. View more info
By: Na'Allah, Abdul Rasheed (editor)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Trenton, Africa World Press Inc.: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & signed by Na'Allah and 2 contributors
Seller ID: 017347
ISBN: 0-86543-647-9
Condition: Very Good
"'Ogoni's Agonies' brings together some of the best, and best known, writers and criticis of contemporary African literature: Africans and non-Africans, winners of the Commonwealth and the Noma awards, authors and editors of seasoned books and reputable journals." Contributors include Kwame Anthony Appiah (preface), Biodun Jeyifo (foreword), Adotei Akwei, Desmond Lera Orage, William Boyd, Ato Quayson, Tanure Ojaide, Niyi Osundare, Tayo Olafioye, Jonathan Hart, Felix W. J. Mnthali, Doris Hambuch, Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Jacqueline Onyejiaka, Kofi Mensah, Tayo Olafioye, Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, N... View more info
By: Nadir, Leilah
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter Books: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 016631
ISBN: 139781552639412
Condition: As New
First printing w/complete number sequence. From the front flap: "Through her father's memories, Leilah recounts her family's lost story, from Iraq at the turn of the twentieth century during the British occupation, to the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War. Through her cousins still living in Baghdad, she experiences the thunderous explosions of the present-day conflict." This copy signed by Nadir, on title page. Black cloth w/grey spine lettering, 327 pages (including brief author biography), illustrated w/photographs by Farah Nosh. An unread copy. View more info
By: Nichols, John (Edward L. Hart, editor)
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Harvard University Press: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014453
Condition: Near Fine
"Annotated and with an Introduction on John Nichols and the Antiquarian and Anecdotal Movements of the late Eighteenth Century." Divided into four categories: I--Antiquarians, II--Booksellers and Printers, III--Illustrators and Designers, and IV--Curate, Scholar, Grub, Poet. Blue cloth w/silver spine lettering, 367 pages (including Index), illustrated. A suggestion of wear to corners/spine ends, in moderately sunned dust jacket w/light edgewear, tiny chip from top edge of rear panel. View more info
By: Nordquist, Joan (compiler)
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Santa Cruz, Reference and Research Services: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013884
Condition: Very Good
Intended "to provide access to the essays and books of Jacques Lacan that have been translated into the English language," with critical literature about his work also presented. Divided into four sections, the first contains Lacan's books in English, with a list of reviews and essays specific to the work; the second section contains a list of essays reprinted in English, with sources; the third section lists English books about Lacan and his material; and the fourth section contains "a selection of the general critical literature in English about Lacan's work." Typescript, 53 ... View more info
By: Norman, Eric (pseudonym of Warren Billy Smith)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Award Books A45S: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018220
Condition: Very Good
Warren Billy Smith wrote about 8,000 books (ok, a slight exaggeration) about UFOs, cryptozoological matters, and other pseudoscience topics, under his own name and numerous pseudonyms, and was prolific in the western and romance fields, as well producing the occasional adult novel or two. In this one we are treated to "The startling discovery of a lost world," with "amazing, documented facts about the bizarre inhabitants of the center of the earth!" 155 pages + 5 pages of advertisements for other Award Books titles. Some edgewear, rubbing/scuffing, small numerals (2/5/0) sta... View more info
By: O Corrain, Donnchadh, Michael Richter, Daibhi O Croinin, and Gearoid Mac Niocaill (editors)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Dublin, Medieval Academy of Ireland: 1985
Seller ID: 017727
Condition: Good
An uncommon early number of a journal concerned with all medieval periods of Irish culture, but tending "to concentrate on the earlier middle ages, and" devoting "very considerable space to law, hagiography, palaeography, computistics, institutional history, literary history, and art and archaeology." This volume contains articles by David Frendo ("Sebeos and the Armenian historiographical tradition in the context of Byzantine-Iranian relations"), David N. Dumville ("The West Saxon genealogical regnal list and the chronology of early Wessex"), Jean-Michel Picar... View more info
By: Page, Victor W.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Norman W. Henley Publishing: 1924
Edition: 4th impression
Seller ID: 014496
Condition: Very Good
"A Practical Treatise Covering Every Branch of Up-to-Date Gas Tractor Engineering, Driving and Maintenance in a Non-Technical Manner. Considers Fully All Types of Power Plants and Their Components, Methods of Drive and Speed Changing Mechanisms. Describes Design, Construction, and Operation of Latest Tractors, and Their Parts, Their Installation and Adjustment, as well as Practical Application of Tractors in the Field." Olive cloth w/white lettering/rule to front cover/spine, 590 pages (including Index), 39-page catalogue detailing other books published by Henley, illustrated w/300+ il... View more info
By: Palmer, Amanda
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Grand Central Publishing: 2014
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018217
ISBN: 1455581089
Condition: Very Good to Fine
Dresden Dolls co-founder Palmer here gives us "the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet." Palmer is married to writer Neil Gaiman. Foreword by Brené Brown. White boards w/black spine lettering, 337 pages + brief author biography, illustrated. A bit of bumping to spine ends, bump to fore-edge of both covers, light general wear, in dust jacket w/mild bumping to spine ends, a couple of small smudges to front panel. All in all a nice copy. View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: London, Trade and Technical Press (Power Transmission) Ltd.: 1936
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014304
Condition: Good to Very Good
"Believed to be the first book of its kind in the world," this one covers the entire range of mechanical power transmission. Foreword by E.A. Sandford Fawcett. Red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 658 pages (including Buyers' Guide, Index to Advertisers, Index), illustrated. Edgewear all around, 1/2" tear to bottom spine, tanned/lightly soiled edges, small ink initials to top of title page, general wear. (C/BT) View more info
