New York: The Modern Library, 1942. Hard Cover. 12mo. Full grey cloth. xxvi, 773 pp. Spine sunned, edges rubbed, corners bumped, some light staining. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full blue cloth. xvi, 169 pp., [16] pp. B&W photo plates + B&W maps. Fine in fine jacket. Universally acknowledged as the greatest living mountain climber - the first to reach the top of Mount Everest without the use..... More
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1963. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full red cloth, black title labels to spine and upper front board. xli, 591 pp. [13] B&W plates, B&W illustrations and charts in text. Light rubbing and some bruises to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Some ink underlining..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2008. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Quarter cream cloth, burgundy paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. xx, 299 pp., [8] pp. B&W plates of photos. Very small spots of wear to foot of front board. Else fine in fine jacket. Descartes' Bones is a historical detective story about the..... More
Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1994. Soft Cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 104 pp. A few very slight bumps to corners. Gods and Heroes of the Celts is one of the best surveys of Celtic mythology. The gods of the Celts emerge from this work in a highly distinctive light. They are..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Soft Cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xv, 298 pp. Some light creasing and bumping to corners, else fine. This book introduces students to English literature of the Anglo-Saxon period, from 600 to 1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. More
Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1970. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full navy cloth. Top edge blue. xvi, 715 pp. Crease to spine, light rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is price clipped, has prior price sticker, staining to spine and rear cover, bumping to extremities, some scuffs to rear. A wide-ranging..... More
Tempe, Arizona: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1998. Hard Cover. 8vo. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies Volume 167. With Text, Translation, and Commentary. Full navy cloth. xv, 595 pp. Slight bruise to spine head, else a fine copy. Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance philosopher who wrote..... More
Makati City, Philippines: Bookmark, Inc., 1996. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full navy cloth. 452 pp. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners. A few bumps to extremities of dust jacket. Else fine. Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal, national hero of the Philippines, is the novel with the greatest impact on..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Quarter maroon cloth, black paper boards. 520 pp. Bruise to lower corner of front board. Light bumping to lower corners of pages. Some minor bumping to extremities of dust jacket. Else fine. More
Port Elgin, N.B. Self Published, 1993. Soft Cover. 8vo. SIGNED and dated by author to copyright page. Original blue card wraps, sewn and glued binding. Unlettered spine. 152 pp. B&W photographs throughout. Some very light staining to wraps, else fine. More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1965. Soft Cover. 8vo. Original green card wraps, sewn and glued binding. 111 pp. Slight bumps to corners, light sunning and creasing to spine. This guide aims at making easier the initial steps in the learning of Old English. It is intended for beginners and will, it..... More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. Hard Cover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to ffep. [n.d., ca 1977] Full grey cloth. 167 pp. Slight bumps to upper corners. Ink ownerships inscription to foot of ffep. A few bumps to edges of dust jacket, some rubbing to joints and fore edges. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. Hard Cover. 12mo. Full navy cloth. 272 pp. [16] pp. B&W plates of photos. Spine tilted and slightly bruised to head. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped to spine ends, small stain to rear cover. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961. Hard Cover. 18mo. Full blue cloth. xvi, 487 pp. Bowing to boards, light rubbing to spine ends. A few small dark spots to front cover. Crack to inner hinge at half-title. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Bookseller's ticket of Foyles, London to front pastedown. More
New York: Charles Scribener's Sons, 1986. Hard Cover. 8vo. Quarter cream cloth, tan paper boards. 247 pp. Slight age toning to pages. Dust jacket lightly bumped and sunned to extremities. A story of love and obsession, The Garden of Eden is about a young American writer and his wife on..... More
Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2001. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full tan cloth. 259 pp. B&W photos in text. Fine. Full of love and lore, The Stick is a celebration of our past that's destined to become as treasured as an autographed, game-used, Wayne Gretzky Titan 1002. More
Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1995. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full black cloth. 239 pp. B&W photos in text. Slight bruise to spine foot. Large chip to lower corner of rfep. A few bumps to edges of dust jacket. Stan Fischler, who has been covering hockey longer than anyone on the..... More
Toronto: McCleland and Stewart, 1990. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full black cloth. 224 pp. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Gift inscription to ffep. Fine condition. More
Berlin: Bruno Gmuender Verlag, 2007. Hard Cover. 8.5" x 9" Extended edition. Pictorial hard cover. As new in shrink wrap. Approx 110 pp. Chiefly colour illustrations. More
Berlin: Bruno Gmuender Verlag, 2006. Hard Cover. 8.5" x 9" Pictorial hard cover. As new, still in shrink wrap. Approx [80] pp. More
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full maroon cloth. Map endpapers. 272 pp. Copiously illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Fine. In this book twelve eminent historians discuss the origins and legacy of a landmark conflict. Each chapter offers a fresh perspective on the key themes of..... More
Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books, 2005. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 10" x 10" Glossy pictorial paper boards, in matching dust jacket. 304 pp. Fully illustrated in B&W. Very minor bumping to extremities and one small scuff to spine of dust jacket, else fine. The century 1850-1950 was a time of..... More
Palermo: Ditta AR. CO. Soft Cover. 8vo (imperial). [N.d., ca. 2002?] English edition. Soft cover. 89 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Sunning to spine, some bumping and curling to covers at front and rear. Cracking to upper inner hinge. More