New York: Scholastic Inc., 1990. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Quarter tan cloth over paper boards. 233 pp. Minor bumping to spine ends and one small spot of staining to front joint, else fine. Dust jacket lightly bumped to extremities, near fine. It's a summer of Gordon Korman-style craziness for..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1969. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Quarter green cloth over green paper boards. Blind tennis court device to front board. 184 pp., [8] pp. B&W plates of photos. Some minor sunning to edges, else fine. Dust jacket is price clipped, a few chips to extremities..... More
Halifax: Marion Robertson, and the Nova Scotia Museum, 1979. Scott, Fred. Soft Cover. 8vo. Reprint. Original card wraps, staple bound. 98 pp. Some very light rubbing to edges, small chip at spine head, else fine. More
Wheaton, IL: The Theological Publishing House, 1987. Soft Cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 126 pp. Includes a frontispiece, three diagrams, and 22 colour illustrations. Damp stain to lower corner at rear, else fine. Long before the modern-day interest in clairvoyance, Charles W. Leadbetter used his clairvoyant powers to probe the hidden..... More
Havana: Editorial De Ciencias Sociales, 1975. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo (imperial). Original white leatherette boards, gilt reproduction of Castro's signature to front board, unlettered spine. 196 pp. Copiously illustrated in B&W. Bowing to boards. Wear to spine foot and short crack to foot of front joint. Rubbing to top..... More
Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1977. Hard Cover. 8vo. Translated from the Russian. Original cloth. 128 pp. Fine condition. Dust jacket bumped and rubbed to extremities, VG overall. His Life is Mine is a spiritual testimony - a testimony of the knowledge of God granted to Archimandrite Sophrony granted..... More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1969. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full yellow cloth. 256 pp. Fine condition overall. Do you want something? Friendship? Love? Peace of mind? Long life? Wealth? This book tells you how to achieve, simply and easily, these goals or any others. More
Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2003. Soft Cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 295 pp. Fine condition. Even when writing his bestselling novels, Mordechai Richler nurtured his obsession with sports, writing brilliantly on ice hockey, baseball, bodybuilding, and wrestling for such publications as The New York Times Magazine and GQ. Richler himself selected the..... 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
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Tranlsated from the Spanish. Quarter brown cloth, cream paper boards. 199 pp. Fine condition. Isabel Allende carries with her even today the mark of the politics of her homeland. In My Invented Country, she explores the role of..... More
London: Educational Productions Ltd., 1957. Hard Cover. 12mo. Revised edition. Original aqua cloth. 178 pp. B&W illustrations. Spine tilted, spine ends bumped, staining to cloth. Dust jacket is stained to spine, chipped at corners, rubbed at joints and edges. In this book, all the main swimming strokes are analysed in..... More
Toronto: Reader Mail, Ltd. Soft Cover. 12mo. [N.d., ca. 1937]. Original green card wraps. 32 pp. B&W illustrations. Wraps are soiled, staining to front. Small perforation to rear cover and pp. 23-32. Covers are scuffed and rubbed. Includes sections on reading tea leaves, telling fortunes using cards, fortunes in the..... More
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1952. Soft Cover. 12mo. Contemporary Affairs No. 23. Published under the auspices of the Canadian Institution of International Affairs. Original green card wraps, saddled stitched with staple binding. 63 pp. Soiling to covers and foot of text block. Chip to spine head, stain to rear. More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Limited, 1935. 1st Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Original blue cloth. 384 pp. Spine cocked and sunned. Rubbing to boards and extremities. This beautiful novel, gloriously evoking the countryside and people of Illyria, has been a favourite since its publication in 1935, both as a sensitive..... More
St. Petersburg, FL: Self Published, 1951. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. SIGNED and dated by author with inscription to ffep. Orig. brown textured card wraps. 46 pp. Wraps are bumped and creased to edges, rubbing to extremities and joints, a few stains to covers. Ink gift inscription to ffep. More
Scranton: International Textbook Company, 1926. Hard Cover. 8vo. International Library of Technology #448. Quarter red cloth, green cloth boards. A.E.R. Marbled endpapers. Various pagination. x, 78, 1 leaf, 57, 39, 130, vi, 90 pp. With 103 illustrations, including plates and four fold-out diagrams. Spine sunned, extremities rubbed, small stains to..... More
Medina, Ohio: The A.I. Root Company, 1935. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full black and red textured cloth, gilt inlaid labels and device to spine and front board. [12], 815 pp. B&W illustrations in-text. Some rubbing to extremities, scuffs to boards. Light foxing to edges of text block. Foxing to endpapers. Ink..... More
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1946. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Original brown cloth, dark brown labels to spine and front board. xvi, 381 pp. [13] plates, some in colour, incl. colour frontis. Some bumping to spine ends and corners. Bookplate to ffep. Dust jacket is worn at extremities, long tears..... More
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1955. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Muirhead Library of Philosophy. Full maroon cloth. 405 pp. Slight sunning to spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped at spine ends, sunned to spine and panels to covers, bumping to extremities. Professor Paton's Gifford Lectures, delivered in St..... More
Santa Barbara, California: Pacific Press, 1971. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full white leatherette boards, gold letting to spine and front, gold device to front. 220 pp. Spine cracked at joints and has come off, leatherette is brittle and delicate. Wear to spine ends. Bruising to lower rear corner. Dust jacket is..... More
Toronto: Lancaster House, 1992. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full green cloth. 158 pp. Some bumping to extremities of dust jacket, else a fine copy. Free of jargon, this book contains plain speaking from a straight talker. It is not a book for the shelf. It is a book to..... More
New York: William Morrow, 2007. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. First edition stated. Quarter navy paper and tan paper boards. VIII, 245 pp. [16 pp.] B&W photos. Light bumps to spine ends, else fine. Dust jacket has a few bumps to extremities, fine overall. Only a few dozen T206 Wagners..... More
New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1987. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth over grey paper boards. x, 187 pp. Fine condition. Power of Attorney provides a revealing glimpse into the highly secret world of the nation's giant law firms. More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1927. Hard Cover. 12mo. Original blue cloth. Geometric endpapers. 299 pp. Colour frontis. Some light edge wear, sunning to spine, bruising to lower rear corner. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Pages are age-toned. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped at spine..... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Dragon Door Publications, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 194 pp., [10 pp. ads]. B&W photos. Some very light bumping to corners and rubbing to spine ends, else fine. "The graduate course in instant strength gains." More