Search Results: Authors starting with G from Bytown Bookery

Aux Depens De L'Auteur. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. Paperback. Langue française. A Trade Paperback avec une couverture avant vierge. Très bien ++. Une liaison solide avec des pages nettes, non marquées, brillantes. Couvert par un DJ en carton. Le DJ est très bien + avec une décoloration sur les bords de recouvrement, sans déchirement, illustré par des soldats français. Seulement 2500 exemplaires, sur vélin, avaient été imprimés. 12 belles illustrations en couleurs et 14 documents et cartes; Color Illustrations; 10.5"; 252 pages; Box 33 .

Hippocrene Books. As New. 2003. Paperback. 0781809738 . Trade Paperback in Brand New condition. Tight, bright & unmarked. "As the national language of nearly 20 countries in Africa and Asia, and spoken by approximately 190 million people, Arabic is the lingua franca of the Middle East. This title uses a standard Arabic helpful to those travelling all over the region. The emphasis is on commonly heard terms and phrases that are recognizable throughout the Arabic speaking world. Both the dictionary and phrasebook incorporate the Arabic script and its romanized transliteration. The two-way dictionary contains important travel, geographical, and cultural terminology, while the phrasebook focuses on the needs of travelers and covers almost every situation from arrival to departure." ; 7.30 X 3.70 X 0.60 inches; 224 pages .

Berkley. Near Fine. 1996. Paperback. 0425152251 . Mass Market paperback in Near fine condition, tightly bound with a bright, unmarked text, light spine crease. "When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined. "; 7.10 X 4.10 X 1.40 inches; 523 pages .

Brussels: ETUI. Fine with no dust jacket. 1997. Trade Paperback. 2930143258 . Fine / Trade Paperback. 521 pgs. Near fine. Clean, tight copy; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 521 pages .

Doubleday Canada. Very Good. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385256655 . First Edition, First Printing, ( Number Line ) Red/ black Hardcovers, blind imprint on the cover. In Near Fine condition with a sound binding and bright unmarked pages, light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and also in Near Fine condition. "The time is 1771 and the colony of North Carolina teeters on an uneasy edge - an internal conflict between the colonial aristocratic rich planters and the struggling pioneers of the backcountry is threatening to explode. Jamie Fraser is a man of worth - respected by all, born of good family and possessed at last of the land he has longed for. But Jamie has a lot to lose. His wife, Claire, is known notoriously as a wisewoman or a witch. As a traveller from the twentieth century she is all these things and more." ; 9.6 X 6.8 X 2.1 inches; 992 pages .

Scripture Pr Pubns. Very Good+. 1986. Paperback. 0896933628 . Trade Paperback. Very Good condition, a solid binding with clean & unmarked pages." What you can do about humanism and textbooks in Today's Public Schools." ; 8.30 X 5.20 X 0.60 inches; 192 pages .

Fireside. Very Good. 1994. Paperback. 0671795058 . Trade Paperback in Fine condition. Tight, bright & unmarked, very light corner wear. "Offers strategies for tactful conversations and discusses specific situations, such as asking for a raise, stopping sexual harassment, breaking off a relationship, criticizing a spouse, or revealing a secret." ; 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.4 inches; 240 pages .

Argentina: Editorial Sudamericana. Very Good. 1975. Second Edition. A Very Good Trade Paperback with a sound binding. A name written neatly on the front end paper, otherwise a clean & unmarked inerior. A stamp to the fore edge. ; 7.75"; 271 pages .

Bernard Grasset. Good+. 1985. Paperback. 2246376319 . Trade Paperback with a DJ. Tightly bound with some staining to the foredges and covers. French text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 379 pages; Box 43 .

Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0743225228 . White hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. First edition. A Near Fine book with a sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition with light edgewear. "At heart, Faith DiNapoli is a good Catholic girl. She's memorized all the prayers and hymns. She daydreams about her First Communion. She's pretty sure Jesus loves her. But she's angry. Angry with her father for leaving, her mother for never going anywhere, and her dysfunctional siblings -- just because they're around. And though she knows the Bible says the meek are blessed, Faith can't help but covet beautiful things and try to obtain them in any way possible. So Faith lies, cheats, and steals. In fact, she breaks almost every one of the Commandments, mostly by accident." ; 8.7 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches .

Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. This Trade Paperback First Edition is in ver good condition. There is light overall soiling on the covers with rubbing to the hinges and edgewear, but it is tightly bound with a clean interior, pages are browning with age. "Four stages in the life of a young French-Canadian girl named Christine compose a shimmering, haunting, poignant book, whose significance will keep widening in the reader's mind long after they have reached the end." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages .

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Pink cloth covers, darker pink titles to the spine. First Edition. In Very Good++ condition with a tight binding and a bright, unmarked text. Light sunning to the top and bottom cover edges. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good with light edgewear, scuffing and spine tanning, small tear to the bottom back spine hinge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages .

Toronto, Canada: McCelland and Stewart. Very Good+. 1963. Paperback. A Very Good+ Paperback. A sound binding, a name plate on the inside of the front cover with a small name written on the half title page. The balance of the book is clean & unmarked. Moderate cover edgewear. "In Alexandre Chenevert, the Montreal bank teller trapped by his narrow environment and acutely aware of his loneliness, Gabrielle Roy has created a vivid and poignant portrait of an ordinary man and his attempts to transcend his circumstances and his fate." ; New Canadian Library; Vol. 40; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 219 pages .

Picador. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0312155719 . Orange / tan hardcovers in Very Good++ condition with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. A bright, unclipped DJ, very moderate cover wear. "One night Jason runs down and accidentally kills a 16 year old boy. Paralyzed by shock, he coves up, returns home and tells his wife the first of what are to be many lies ...A haunting exploration of the consequences of deceit, THE LONG RAIN is as morally thought-provoking as Tom Wolfe's THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, and as gripping as a thriller." ; 9.40 X 5.80 X 1.10 inches; 298 pages .

London, Great Britian: Transworld Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Cloth. B000K0HXM8 . Red hard boards with gilt lettering on spine. Very nice condition with clean text and a solid binding. The spine bottom has bumping on it and there is a small stain on the bottom end text block. The DJ is glossy and has some edgewear and rubbing. "Barney Kincaid, M. D. , is one of Manhattan's most brilliant and dedicated doctors. Lean, handsome, and newly divorced, he is also a most attractive and eligible catch. The good doctor, however, has one weakness - unless you choose to consider it a strength. Women! Barney's women have all the warmth, sexual generosity, lusty appetite, and perversity a sensuous doctor would ever prescribe But surely The Perfect Woman and True Love await him in the next bed...? "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 269 pages .

Le Bureau Laitier Du Canada / Les Edition Trans Mo Inc.. Very Good+. 1986. Paperback. French Language. A Trade Paperback in Very Good condition, tightly bound, bright & unmarked. Fully illustrated with color photographs and illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 46 pages .

Kingston, Ontario: McGill-Queen's University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. Cloth. 0773506020 . A dark blue cloth cover with gilt lettering, pannelled in gilt, on the spine. There is wear to the spine ends and there are pencil notations and underlining through out the book. A well-bound copy. The DJ is in very good condition with scuffing and edgewear, no chipping or tears. "Bilingualism was at the heart of controversy in Ontario politics one hundred years ago when Anglophones burned effigies of Louis Riel and Francophones hanged flaming images of John A. Macdonald." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 249 pages .

Quebec: Editions du Pelican. Very Good+. 1971. Paperback. 088514001X . Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Pages are tightly bound, bright & unmarked. Light cover edgewear. Colorful illustrations through the book. French language; French Edition; Oblong Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 208 pages; Box 27 .

Don Mills, Ont.: Totem Crime. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Mass market. 0002230550 . Mass Market paperback. Creasing on the spine and cover, has edgewear and scuffing, clean text. Great reading copy. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 172 pages .

Montreal, Quebec: La Presse. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Trade Paperback. 2890431509 . Trade Paperback with scuffing and edgewear to the covers. Small stain on the fore edge, a very clean, unmarked, and tightly bound copy. Text in French. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 289 pages .