Break Dancing
Sydney: Golden Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (royal). Pictorial paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. 60 pp. Photography by Clare Muller. Awesome moves by Colin & Venol. Light rubbing to extremities, else fine. More
Sydney: Golden Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (royal). Pictorial paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. 60 pp. Photography by Clare Muller. Awesome moves by Colin & Venol. Light rubbing to extremities, else fine. More
Twickenham, Middlesex: Hamlyn, 1985. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (royal). Second impression. Pictorial paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. 60 pp. Photography by Clare Muller. Awesome moves by Colin & Venol. Light rubbing to extremities, bruising to lower corners, else fine. More
New York: The Ungar Publishing Company, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). From "A Library of Literary Criticism" Series, edited by Rita Stein. xxxiii, 370 p.p. Orange cloth boards with black spine labels and silver titling. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends, and rubbing to corners. One small spot of wear..... More
Columbus, OH: H. Miller, 1860. Hardcover. 8vo. Ornately blind stamped leather boards, recently professionally rebacked with new black leather spine with new gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and endpapers. xvi, 861 pp. Spine a little cocked. Rubbing and wear to edges, chafing to boards. Typical browning and spotting to..... More
Ibadan: M.A.N.R. Publicity and Information, 1969. Soft cover. Orig. yellow paper wrappers, staple binding. 20 pp. B&W illustrations. Covers are stained, crease to lower corner of front cover and upper corner of rear. More
London: Sells Ltd., 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 495 p.p. Lacking folding map. A huge compilation of facts, photography, statistics, etc., with many sketches of small communities and businesses throughout B.C. Publisher's cloth binding. Gilt title and publisher on spine, gilt ram's head on front cover with blind rule panel..... More
Canada: Board of Information of The United Church of Canada, 1962. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo. Orig. illustrated wrappers. 156 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine and corners creased, spot of wear from tape removal to front joint. More
Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press, 1972. Hardcover. 8.5" x 12.5" No jacket. Title in silver on spine. A complete and unabridged photolithographic facsimile of the first edition [originally published 1872]. ix, xxxvi, 224 p.p. Poems in gaelic, with introduction and notes on the text in english. Light wear and sporadic..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1919. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter green cloth, green paper boards. 157 pp. Spine tilted, wear to corners, rubbing to spine ends, a few spots of staining to boards. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Age toning to edges of interior. 1920s photograph..... More
Toronto: Nestlings Press, 2019. Trier, Walter. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by Clements to ffep. Soft cover. 176 pp. Sixteen pages colour illustrations, B&W illustration in text throughout. About fine. More
Chicago: T.S. Denison Company, 1928. Hardcover. 18mo. Brown paper boards. 219 pp. Offset panel to rear board, chip to spine head. Near fine. More
Auburn, CA: Rip Off Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 92 pp. Numerous illustrations, some in colour. Photography by Scott Rush. Creasing to corners and some indentations to lower corner, else fine. More
Scotland Congregational Church, 1904. Soft cover. 6" x 9.5" Orig. grey card wraps. Bound at head with glue and punched with string. Unpaginated, [58 pp.]. Age toning to extremities. A collection of "one a day" quotes and short poetry passages. Printed in 1904 but not specifically dated to any calendar..... More
London: Spring Books. Hardcover. 8vo (6" x 8"). Made up of 30 pieces of literature. Two ads located at rear free endpaper, one pasted and one loosely inserted. Includes a frontispiece of "The Yellow Dwarf". 372 pp plus [36] pp illustrations. Light rubbing on spine ends and top corners. Heavy..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Hard cover with jacket designed by Shirley Smith. xii, 319 pp. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar, an influential psychiatrist, the first Director of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital, and editor of The American Journal of Psychiatry for 34 years. Small hole..... More
London: Constable and Company, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. tan cloth. xx, 252 pp. Folding colour map frontis. [42] B&W plates. Rebacked, orig. portion of spine laid down as label. New endpapers. Cloth is soiled and stained, some bruising and rubbing to extremities. Interior slightly toned but clean... More
St. Lucia: Voice Press. Soft cover. 12mo. [n.d.] Second Edition, Expanded and Revised. Spiral bound wrappers, 170pp. Illustrated. Damp stains rear inner cover extending to rear board (heavy wear); soiling to rear wrappers but still a good copy. "Comprehensive collection of basic and unusual recipes compiled for use in cold..... More
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Hardcover. 8vo. Centenary edition. English and Chinese. Full tan cloth. xix, 395 pp. Bruising to spine, a few small spots of worming to cloth (at tail edge of front board and fore edge turn in of rear board), some light soiling..... More
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Hardcover. 8vo. Eleventh edition: 1972. Full blue cloth. xix, 395 pp. Spine tilted. Sunning to extremities, corners bruised. Ink inscriptions to interior. Dust jacket is chipped with significant loss, edge worn, price clipped, torn and creased to head of front cover..... More
New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 9" x 8" Second printing. Oblong. Quarter yellow cloth, black paper boards. 239 pp. Fully illustrated in B&W. Light rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Foxing to edges of text block. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket..... More
London: Orbis Publishing, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown cloth. 144 pp. Copiously illustrated, mostly in colour. One spot of glue residue to front board, else a fine, bright copy. This book is a compendium of facts, figures, and anecdotes about the king of cigars, from its earliest days..... More
Elmvale, Ontario: East Georgian Bay Historical Foundation, 1985. Soft cover. 8vo. Reprint of original 1872 edition. Fuchsia card wraps with grey lettering, glued binding. 283 p.p. Minor wear to extremities and joints, creasing to spine, else a nice clean copy. An historical directory for Simcoe County and the Muskoka Lakes..... More
Lethbridge, AB: Historical Society of Alberta, Lethbridge Branch, 1968. Soft cover. 8vo. Second printing with new preface with two pages of new information. Orig. yellow card wraps, staple bound. 22 pp., [8 pp. B&W photos]. A little minor rubbing to covers. Fine overall. More
Vancouver: New Star Books, 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 158 pp. B&W photos in-text. Fine condition. The intersection of Hastings and Main Streets, in Vancouver's oldest neighbourhood, is at the heart of the city's urban core. In this book, twenty residents of the area talk about their..... More
Self Published/Xulon Press, 2012. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). SIGNED with inscription by author to title page. [Place of publication not identified; Maitland, FL, USA]. Soft cover. xvi, 17-330 p.p. Slight curling to front cover, else fine. More