Search Results: Authors starting with A from Post Horizon Booksellers

Toronto, ON, Canada: Anglican Book Centre. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. iv, 750pp. 852 hymns, words only - no musical notation. Dark blue cloth w blindstamp border and lettering to cover, gold lettering and border to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Octavo: 210 x 138mm. Includes indexes. n.d.

London, England: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 248pp, [8] Publisher's Catalog. Two frontis. Decorative endpapers. Rear hinge cracking. Presentation inscription on ffep, dated 1894. Decorative blue cloth w gilt lettering on cover and spine. Age toning to edges. Heavy soiling to spine, moderate soiling to boards. Bumping to corners, mild wear to bottom edges and tail. Binding rounded, a little loose, but remains sound. n.d. 189-? A.L.O.E. (A Lady of England) was the pseudonym for Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821-1893), an English writer and poet for both children and adults.

Regina, Saskatchewan: The Regina Y.W.C.A Cookbook Committee, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194pp. Ten full-page colour photo plates. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean, showing light handling. Wire coil binding sound; no tears to page perforations. Octavo. Compiled as a fund-raiser to further develop the activities of the Regina Y.M.C.A.

London, England: Hamish Hamilton, 1972. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii, 712pp w index. Erratum slip tipped in at Index. 24 bw photos, including frontis port, in three indexed unpaginated sections. Top edge dyed grey. Dark blue cloth w gilt lettering and pub logo to spine. No edgewear, bumping to bottom corners. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, but is price-clipped, preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo.

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 1997. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 352pp w appendix and index. Illustrated throughout w maps, figures and colour photographs. Navy blue endpapers. Navy blue cloth w crisp gilt lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ is clean, showing light bumping to head, preserved in archival cover. Quarto: 307 x 248mm Using state of the art cartography, the atlas combines many different approaches to understanding the immense ecological, educational, aesthetic and economic significance of the Irish rural landscape as in important element of national heritage

Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. First U.K. Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxvii, 290pp. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Small octavo: 207 x 145mm

Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada, 1983. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 51pp. Card wrap is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Paper 83-19. Reduced shipping may apply.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The MacMillan Comany, 1918. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xvi, 329pp w index. Illustrated w biological and botanical drawings. Occasional penciled scoring. Black cloth w gold lettering to spine. Bumping to top corners, small scuff to bottom corners. Moderate soiling commensurate w age and handling.. Joints and hinges sound. Duodecimo: 194 x 134mm. Fifth printing, stated. Very nice condition for a book of this age. "In this book I have endeavored to present in an elementary way some of the fundamental generalizations that are the product of modern research in biology" - from the Preface

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada: RB Books / Robinson-Blackmore, 1995. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, 76pp. bw photos, ports. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. Second printing, 1995, stated. Accounts of the shipwrecks of the Ella M. Rudolph (1926), Erema H. (1929), and Mollie (1944).

Bruxelles, Belgium: Meddens, 1980. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 31pp, [76pp] plates - bw photos and repros. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear, showing small bumping to top back corner. Binding square and not creased. Near-square quarto: 282 x 249mm

Toronto, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 249pp. Signed by author on title page Tan boards, black cloth quarterwrap spine w gold lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in BroDartl cover. Octavo. First printing. Canadian journalist Allen Abel takes us along on a reporter's journey, with roads leading to such places as Romania, Brazil, Germany, Iran, Kuwait - and to a part of himself that he has never visited before.

Berkely, CA, USA: University of California Press, 1997. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 373pp. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear. Soft crease to back corner. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.

Paisley, England: Alexander Garner, 1916. Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 150pp w glossary. Frontis port w tissue guard paper intact. Gift inscription inked neatly to ffep. Green cloth w gold lettering to cover and spine. Bumping to corners, head and tail; scuff to tail. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Second edition, fourth impression, stated, with a Foreword by Professor Stalker and a Biographical Sketch by Alexander Gammie

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 1986. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 260pp w index. Cartographic endpapers. Green boards w crisp gold lettering on spine. Tiny wear to corners, bumping to tail. Binding square and sound. DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo. While revealing the diversity, eccentricity and individuality of the Canadian prairies, Abley not only informs the narrative with history and literature but illuminates it with a fine feeling for landscape and wildlife

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1979. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxv, 978pp. Illus w indexed plates including frontis., samples from music scores. Prev seller stamp to ffep. Top edge dyed purple. Small stain to top edge w shallow penetration. Blue cloth w gold lettering to spine. Bumping to tail. Binding square and sound. Titled DJ showing light handling, bumping to head, preserved now in BroDart cover. Octavo. 1.85kg. Volume IV from eleven volume set, The New Oxford History of Music, first published in 1968, this is the fourth UK impression, 1979, stated. Volume 4 only.

New York, NY, USA: Jewish Encyclopedic Handbooks / Central Yiddish Culture Organizations (CYCO), 1952. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ix, 419pp w index of Vols I-III. Indexed illustrations including frontis w tissue guard intact. Brick red cloth w gold lettering to cover and spine. Bumping to corners. Light wear to head and tail. Binding square and sound. Volume I and II also available. Quarto - 285 x 220mm.

New York, NY, USA: Jewish Encyclopedic Handbooks / Central Yiddish Culture Organizations (CYCO), 1946. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ix, 430pp. Indexed illustrations. Brick red cloth w gold lettering to cover and spine. Bumping to corners, head and tail. Very light shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding square and sound. Volume II and III also available. Quarto - 285 x 220mm.

New York, NY, USA: Jewish Encyclopedic Handbooks / Central Yiddish Culture Organizations (CYCO), 1948. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ix, 430pp. Indexed illustrations including frontis w tissue guard intact. Brick red cloth w gold lettering to cover and spine. Bumping to head and tail. Light wear to corners. Binding square and sound. Volume I and III also available. Quarto - 285 x 220mm.

London, England: Routledge, 1992. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 214pp. Decorative endpapers. Black cloth w bright silver lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Octavo.

Cambridge University Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 314pp w notes, bibliography and index. Titled boards are clean and without wear. Binding tight. Book appears unread. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications series, No. 59.