Search Results: LITERATURE from Ainsworth Books

London: James Nisbet. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1905. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 428 pages; Some wear to extremities & spine, some water stain boards reprint. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Red cloth boards still bright with gilt print and stamped design. Pages yellowed. Undated but c. 1905 .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0151050805 . Signed by Author; DJ and board show very light shelf wear. Light soiling to top page edges. ; Stated first edition. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Inscribed by the author on the blank page before the half title. ; 8.2 X 5.3 X 1.1 inches; 223 pages; Bevington's life with her husband during the eventful years of the 1960s, their travels, the renowned people they met etc. .

New York: Clarkson N. Potter. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1970. Second Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Boards show shelf wear, top corners bumped. DJ shows heavy shelf wear with tears, chipping and soiling. Large 5cm X 4cm (approx.) area missing from DJ at top of spine and lower fore corner. Price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 824 pages .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, DJ has tears and light chipping. Gift inscription on front free end paper, price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 608 pages .

Toronto: Doubleday, Doran & Gundy. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket shows edge wear, short tear base of DJ spine. Damp stain to upper back panel and fore edge of front panel of DJ, some transfer to book top back fore corner and upper back spine edge. Top back for corner bumped. ; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. This is the first Canadian edition. ; 1.6 x 8.1 x 5.5 Inches; 349 pages; "The age-old fallacy that Mother Love is always perfect, is gently exploded in this wise and tender romance of Phil and Shelley who almost lost their happiness through the jealous dominance of a sweet and devoted mother" jacket blurb. .

Toronto: Coach House Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0889104840 . DJ shows light shelf wear, crease on front flap.; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 7.80 X 5.20 X 1 inches; 207 pages; "In Better than Life, Daniel Pennac shares the secrets that all book lovers treasure. Delving into his experiences as a parent, a writer and a teacher, he asks, how does the love of reading begin? How is it lost? And how can it be regained? This remarkable book explores simple ways to create a life-long devotion to reading:how reading aloud can ensure that a love of books beginswhy it is important that children develop a private relationship with bookswhat "The Reader's Bill of Rights" can do to guarantee children value readingThis book reads like a novel with gripping anecdotes from literature and fresh insights into creating and nurturing enthusiastic readers." .

Berlin: Rowohlt. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 3871342882 . Signed by Author; Only slight wear to dust jacket; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Text in German ; B&W Illustrations; 0.87 x 8.11 x 5.2 Inches; 206 pages; "Arnim (1781 – 1831) was influenced by the earlier writings of Goethe and Herder, from which he learned to appreciate the beauties of German traditional legends and folk songs. Forming a collection of these, published the result (1806–1808), in collaboration with Clemens Brentano under the title Des Knaben Wunderhorn. He married Brentano's sister Bettina in 1811, who won wide recognition as a writer in her own right, and their daughter Gisela (one of seven children) became a writer as well." .

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, tape glue remnants on FFEP and BFEP. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Stated first edition. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 415 pages; An excellent history of the formative years of one of the major American publishers, who introduced some important authors of American literature to the world. .

Sidney, BC: Gray's Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, with minor short tears and light chipping and rubbing on edges. Remainder mark top page edges ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Bibliography at end of book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 113 pages; A study of the love of Scottish poet Robbie Burns for Jean Armour who became his wife and bore his children. .

Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Some short tears, chipping, creasing. Date stamp on front flap and FFEP. Previous owner's name markered out, notation about date of acquisition ; Tight solid book, hinges intact, dustjacket protected in clear cover ; 8.0 X 6.4 X 0.6 inches; 131 pages; "It is the purpose of the this book to examine some of the prose fiction written about the Canadian West, by native Westerners and others, and to attempt an estimate of the successwith which it recreates the Prairie way of life." Some authors examined are Ralph Connor, Frederick Philip Grove, Nellie McClung, Sinclair Ross, W.O. Mitchell etc. .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 0399136630 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 636 pages; "The largest, most comprehensive and up-to-date single-volume guide to current market values of collectible books in America. Includes 20,000 titles in various categories all arranged alphabetically by author." .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399142797 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 769 pages; "A price handbook to more than twenty thousand titles in various categories--literature, poetry, Americana, detective and spy novels--lists the market value of each volume" - at that period of time. .

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket chipped, short tear top back edge, spine faded ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1 x 9.3 x 6.4 Inches; 233 pages .

New York: Viking Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth boards show light edge wear, small corner bumps and light soiling, sticker shadow on front board. ; A tight solid book. Statement "Published by Viking Press Inc. in March 1949' with no additional printings mentioned. Dated 1949 on title page. The endpapers are comprised of a reproduction of the stage setting of the play by the setting designer for the play, J Mielziner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 139 pages; "Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably vast and dangerously insubstantial. He has given us a figure whose name has become a symbol for a kind of majestic grandiosity—and a play… Read More

Kingston ON: Quarry Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 1550821113 . International Authors Series; 9.60 X 6.20 X 0.90 inches; 216 pages; "A trip to India becomes a journey of discovery for a group of Japanese tourists playing out their "individual dramas of the soul." Isobe searches for his reincarnated wife, while Kiguchi relives the wartime horror that ultimately saved his life. Alienated by middle age, Mitsuko follows Otsu, a failed priest, to the holy city of Varanas, hoping that the murky Ganges holds the secret to the "difference between being alive and truly living." Looking for absolutes, each character confronts instead the moral ambiguity of India's complex culture, in which good and evil are seen as a whole as indifferent to distinction as the Ganges River, which washes the living and transports the dead. This novel is a fascinating study of cultural truths revealed through a rich and varied cast."… Read More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Very Good. 1911. 1st Thus. Hardcover. A couple of short tears in leather head of spine, slight loss top fore corner as well as a couple of slight nicks in the edges, light soil ; Fawn colored suede covers with gilt title imprinted in front cover, decorative end papers pasted directly to suede backs ; 108 pages; This is a collection of quotes from Dickens novels and letters, one for each day of the year .

Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Very Good+. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 0847675564 . Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 344 pages; "This dictionary, consisting of almost 500 short essays on major and minor British and American women writers, is a major contribution to the field of women's literature...Recommended for undergraduate or graduate libraries, especially those serving women's studies programs.," .

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550540319 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 10.2 X 7.1 X 2.1 inches; 893 pages; A collection of Emily Carr's writings including Klee Wyck, The Book of Small, The House of All Sorts, Growing Pains, The Heart of a Peacock, Pause, and Hundreds and Thousands as well as an introduction by Doris Shadbolt. .

London: Bodley Head. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0370104838 . DJ and boards show some shelf wear with tears and chipping, 6 cm tape-repaired tear on spine. Gift inscription to previous owner on FFEP.; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.8 X 5.6 X 1.4 inches; 424 pages .

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0886191017 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, light creasing of DJ. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.8 inches; 415 pages; In the years before her death Gabrielle Roy began her autobiography but unfortunately death took her before she could finish. "This, then, is the story of the first thirty years of Gabrielle Roy's life, her discovery of herself as an individual, and gradually, her vocation as a writer." The original French version was published in 1984 as 'La Détresse et l'enchantment'. .