Search Results: Entertainment from Ainsworth Books

New York: Universe. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2010. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0789320258 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Color illustrations throughout; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 960 pages .

London: Barrons Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0764159070 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, genre list of movies has small check marks where previous owner has marked which movies have been viewed. Price-clipped. ; A tight, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and color images from movies throughout ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 960 pages .

Stratford ON: Self Published. Very Good. 1969. Paperback. Light edge wear to fore corners, small sticker pull back card cover ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is a souvenir programme containing information on all the plays and music programs appearing at the 1969 Stratford Festival (the 17th season). It is generously illustrated throughout with photos of all the actors and musicians as well as illustrations from older productions of these works. .

Calgary, AB: Shaw Communications Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Second Printing. Hardcover. Only slight wear to book & dust jacket, light wear to slipcase. ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book. Heavy slipcase present. On transluscent page before title page appears an inscription, (possibly imprinted) ' Annette 10/08 When I was a boy .... future dreams' initialed JR below. On final page initials JR - "PS And that's ... More to come." Heavy blue boards imprinted with silver title and design on spine and front, blindstamped on back. Tartan endpapers and DJ flaps. Laid in is bookmark promoting this book. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 489 pages .

Agincourt, Ont.: Methuen. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0458993905 . DJ shows light edge wear, price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Colour and B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages; A text and photographic retrospective of the most successful pop and rock group in history. Includes some history of their careers after the breakup in 1970. .

UK: Carlton Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. First Printing. Hardcover. 1842226010 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 559 pages; Includes the wartime life and loves of Elsie Tanner .

Delta, BC: Guiness Enterprises. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 10.1 X 8.2 X 1.2 inches; 339 pages; A detailed history of cable television in Western Canada .

Boston: Little Brown & Co. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316708518 . Price-clipped DJ shows light shelf wear, with light chipping. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Foreword by John Fowles, author of the novel 'French Lieutenant's Woman'. Stated 1st ; 6.9 X 4.2 X 0.8 inches; 104 pages; This is the screenplay adaptation Harold Pinter wrote for the movie French Lieutenant's Woman .

Victoria, BC: Provincial Secretary and Govt. Services, Provincial Archives. Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. 0771883498 . Light shelf wear evident on blue card covers.; A tight solid book. ; Sound heritage series #38; B&W Illustrations; 8.43 X 5.87 X 0.75 inches; 92 pages; A history of the early days of radio in British Columbia told through interviews with those involved. .

New York: Metronome Corporation. Good+. 1954. Paperback. Card covers worn, creased and scuffed with short tears, damp stain top front cover. Clear reinforcing tape on spine and along bottom front cover. Some dog-earing of pages ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 98 pages; The articles contained are: History of the Year, Editor's Choice, Picture Gallery, They Speak the Same Language, How HI the FI, The Jazz Avant-Garde, How a Band Records, The Influence of the Classics on Jazz, Music in the Armed Services and Discography of the Year. Many B&W photographs, ads and drawings throughout. .

Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press. Very Good+. 2011. First Edition. Paperback. 1587432536 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 217 pages; "For forty years, singer and songwriter Bruce Cockburn has been writing beautifully evocative music. Bestselling author and respected theologian Brian Walsh has followed Cockburn's work for years and has written and spoken often on his art. In this creative theological and cultural engagement, Walsh reveals the imaginative depth and uncompromising honesty of the artist's Christian spirituality. " .

Vancouver BC: Warfleet Press. Near Fine. 2007. First Edition. Coil Bound. Only light wear ; A bright, solid book.; B&W and colour photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 289 pages; Christopher Best released several books covering this famous band that won a world championship and toured the world. Arthur W. Delamont, who came from a musical family, coached and conducted boys (and girls) for a number of years. Many these boys went on to become famous locally, in entertainment, business, including Dal Richards and Jimmy Pattison. .

New York: Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2014. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0385354045 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Decorative endpapers, color and B&W illustrations throughout ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 410 pages; "A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of one of the world’s most iconic superheroes hides within it a fascinating family story—and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism. Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. Aside from Superman and Batman, no superhero has lasted as long or commanded so vast and wildly passionate a following. Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she has also has a secret history." .

Toronto: Doubleday Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2014. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0385680244 . Light creasing on DJ spine ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 375 pages; "John Cleese’s huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp irreverent eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected with Monty Python, on Fawlty Towers, and beyond now seem written into comedy’s DNA. In this rollicking memoir, So, Anyway…, Cleese takes readers on a Grand Tour of his ascent in the entertainment world, from his humble beginnings in a sleepy English town and his early comedic days at Cambridge University (with future Python partner Graham Chapman), to the founding of the landmark comedy troupe that would propel him to worldwide renown." .

New York: Blue Rider Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2014. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0399172084 . Only slight wear; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Coloured car illustrations by Young throughout; Colour Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.5 inches; 400 pages; " in Special Deluxe, Young has fashioned a second work of extraordinary reminiscences about his Canadian boyhood, his musical influences, his family, the rock ’n’ roll life, and one of his deepest, most ebullient passions: cars. Through the framework of the many vehicles he’s collected and driven, Young explores his love for the well-crafted vintage automobile, and examines his newfound awareness of his hobby’s negative environmental impact. With his ferocious devotion to clean energy, he recounts the saga of Lincvolt, his specially modified electric car, and his efforts to demonstrate to lawmakers and consumers how viable non-gas-guzzling vehicles truly can be. Special Deluxe… Read More