Search Results: Authors starting with B from High Park Books

1929. Presumed First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. (While respite: Chapters of the ways). Brown, decorative, embossed boards with decorative endpages. Czechoslovakian (Bohemian) poet, writer, collector of fairy tales and Catholic priest (1869 - 1925). Illustrated inside front page. 299 pages 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minor rubbing to corners. Scarce.

New York: William Morrow, 1999. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Narrative about the nature of creativity in the airplane industry by the best-selling author of Jonathon Livingstone Seagull. Uncorrected Bound Galleys. Glossy wraps. 101pp.

Kitchener, Ontario: Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1976. Stapled Wraps. Very Good+. Catalogue from a 1976 exhibition of the works of the Ontario printmaker, sculptor, painter & educator (1939 - ) at the Kitchener gallery. Intro by Paul Duval. Unpaginated (34 pages filled with B&W illustrations, biography & list of works. Slight wear & corner curling.

Montreal: Eden Press, 1988. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Foreword by Mike Duffy, Text by Charles Gordon, More than 300 of the year's best political cartoons taken from the editorial pages of the nation's newpapers. Work from more than 40 cartonists including Aislin, Donato, Gable and Wicks. Free trade. Turner, Mulroney, immigration, fish wars, Meech Lake, Reagan and the American election are pilloried. 192 pp., Near fine copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1994. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The best B&W political cartoons of the year. Foreword by Mary Walsh. 160pp. Bouchard on cover poking a stick into provincial wasp nests

Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1993. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The best B&W political cartoons of the year. Foreword by Charles Gordon. 160pp. Kim Campbell on cover with pesky helicopters flying around her head. Includes salute to fellow cartoonist Duncan MacPherson (1924-1993).

Toronto: Badian, Marie Beath, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A complex Toront0-based drama, about the police shooting of a Filopino Canadian teenager, by the young oronto playwright, actor, and dramaturge. Nominated for 3 Dora Mavor Moore Awards 80 pages Signed by the author sticker on face.

University of Minnesota Press, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The University of Paris philosophy teacher re-appraises the famed French philosopher's (1925 -1995) writings and proposes significantly different re-interpretations of his views on cinema, literature. painting and philosophy. Translated by Louise Burchill. 143 pages with index and references.

Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2002. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine +/Near Fine. The author is a Ghan-trained physician, Guelph-based author, educator, story-teller and African dance instructor. On a visit from Africa to our cold climate, Grandma has trouble adapting to the cold. to Vibrant collage illustrations by Junaid, a Montreal-born, Newfoundland-raised, Toronto-based artist / illustrator. Unpaginated (32 pages) 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Slight wear at upper spine end to dust jacket.

London: Secker & Warburg / Leo Baeck Institute, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. 1979 edition of the annual collection of essays on the history and activity of Jews in Germany during the past century. 472 pages (heavy, may require extra shipping). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket has some wear and several small (1/4-inch) rips, several minor sticker scuff marks & is price-clipped. Book has a small amount of brown staining on upper edge. Internals clean and tight.

Lethbridge, Alberta: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1991. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. Catalogue from the 1991 exhibition of the work of the Winnipeg-born, Toronto artist/curator at the Lethbridge gallery. Lexier is known for combining the traditions of conceptual art with sculpture. Square 12mo (7" x 7"). 80 pages with colour and B&W illustrations, list of exhibitions, bibliography and list of illustrated works. Near fine condition except for a 5 1/2" back cover crease.

Genova: Sagep Editrice, 1979. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Italian text and many colour and B&W plates. Complete with cardboard slipcase which is still in nice condition except for minor wear on open edge and 2 1/4" tears. Beige cloth with brown lettering on spine and front. A large, heavy and gorgeous art book. Extra Shipping required. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons , 2014. Hardcover. Fine. A textbook aimed at researchers & advanced students in the chemical , petroleum and environmental fields. Glossy illustrated boards. 325 pages with bibliography, glossary & index. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

Quebec City: Chronicle-Telegraph Publishing Co., 1927. Hardcover. Good +. First book (a short volume of poetry) by the Quebec-born, University of New Brunswick professor (1905 - 1997), influential poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator. Bailey founded the Bliss Carman Society and the Fiddlehead literary magazine. Publisher is identified by the small sticker on the front endpaper. Small, purple 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall) boards. Newspaper clipping with photo of author, with announcement of his second collection - TAO (Ryerson chap book)) on inside cover. Signed and dated 1929, Toronto. Includes a poem by Bailey entiltled BEST SELLER clipping pasted on back page which has minor staining/ browning around the clipping. Written in pen is the poem THE PASSION DREAM (not in the author handwriting) with Bailey's name & written Toronto, 1929, transcribed). An important, scarce signed Canadian poetry title. Minor sunning at spine with minor… Read More

Hamilton, Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stories of achievements & first occurrences from Hamilton, Ontario. Blue-toned pictorial staple wrap with extended french flaps. 75 pages with archival photos & index. Minor cover wear at corners / edges. Internals fine.

London / New York: Academy Editions / St. Martins Press,, 1987. Assumed First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Published to coincide with the centenary of Le Corbusier's birth in 1887and an exhibition of his work at the Hayward Gallery, London.136 pages, extensively illustrated. Black hardcover is clean, square & tight but has a black 2-inch marker line on upper pages edge. The white DJ is quite clean & free of tears but has some wear & curling at upper edge & spine.

London, Ontario: London Regional Art Gallery, 1986. First Edition . Pictorial Hardcover. Fine. Catalogue from a major 1986 exhibition of the paintings of the London, Ontario-born painter (1860 - 1892) who died of lung infection in Paris at age 32. The exhibit also traveled to the Royal Ontario Museum, the Concordia Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Peel trained as an artist from a young age with his father, studied in Los Angeles, Pennsylvania and later in Paris. Known for his sentimental nudes and children paintings, Peel was one of the first Canadians to achieve major international recognition in his lifetime. French & English text. 175 pages with some colour plates & many B&W reproductions. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Quezon City, Philippines: Foundation for the Philippine Environment,, 1993. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. B&W photography documenting ecological damage and its effect on the people by the free-lance Manilla photo-journalist. Joint publication with the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement for the benefit of the Save the Sierra Madre Movement. 112 pages with filled with B&W photography. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tiny amount of soiling on bottom pages edge.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951. First Printing . Spiral Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1951 Galley/Proof from the English novelist (1908-1970) who achieved great popularity with novels of men at work and acted as deputy scientific adviser to the British army during WWII. Fragile, light, beige papers wraps. Front cover has glue-down paper with title, author and publishing company on it. Glued down paper on inside front cover includes Tentative Publication Date (September) and Tentative price ($3.00). The plastic, spiral wraps have substantial wear due to its fragile design. The front cover has pulled from several spirals at top, a 2-inch tear in from the spiral and is again pulled away from 9 spirals at the bottom. Name in pen written on pastedown and some staining. The front and back covers have chipping and several tears along edges. A fading 'Uncorrected Proofs' is stamped on front cover. Pages are in much better shape. For a photo or more info, contact… Read More

Toronto: Knopf Canada,, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First printing of the winner of the Saturday Night / CBC Literary Prize. 515pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. black boards with gilt lettering on spine & rough-cut pages..The pictorial desk jacket is in fine condition except for slight puncture at spine ridge.