Search Results: Authors starting with G from Reading Rat

Yorkshire UK: Krak Publications, 1991. First edition. Staplebound. VG/VG-. Laurence Calvert. Unpaginated; staplebound in card cover with dust jacket. Poems on the theme of clothes and how they fit into our lives; second section is "a relaxed amble through the simple pleasures and small tragedies of the life we may like to prefer to our own in a world where all jackets are welcome." B & W illustrations. Some fading around edges, overall VG. HTF item

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1993. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Vintage Paperback edition; VG, slight reading wear, back cover slightly creased at top edge. Generally clean, tight copy, attractive cover w. stylized photo of woman. "After living in San Francisco for ten years, Jackson returns home to his benefactor, Aunt Charlotte. Surrounded by family and old friends, he discovers that his bonds to them have been irreparably rent by his absence. In the midst of his alienation from those around him, he falls in love with Catherine Carmier, setting the stage for conflicts and confrontations which are complex, tortuous, and universal in their implications." A fine depiction of the lives of ordinary people in rural Louisiana. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1998. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Free Press/A Twentieth Century Fund book; 350 p. incl. index, notes, bibliography, appendices. NF in NFunclipped DJ. "Since the early 1970s, the gains of growth have gone almost entirely to a small fraction of the wealthiest and most powerful. Today, American wage inequality is a national crisis, and the question must be: What are we going to do about it?" 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto ON: Playwrights Canada Press, 2000. First Edfition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 76 p.; softcover; cover painting by Richard Horne. First play by Canadian writer Lorena Gale; winner of du Maurier National Playwriting Competition and nominated Outstanding New Play in Calgary's Betty Mitchell Awards, 1998. Based on the life and death of Marie Joseph Angelique, a slave woman hanged in Montreal in 1734. "A rich, poetic evocation of a graceful yet cruel time - a time when 'civilised' citizens still bought and sold slaves." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nova Scotia, 2001. Apparent First. Perfect Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 108 p. incl. endnotes & bibliography; VG overall, has some apparent smudges on cover. Cover is a reproduction of the cover of the original minute book of the ICA. Many B & W photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books Llc, 1994. Reprint. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 108 p.; As New in like DJ; unclipped, beautiful and clean copy. Originally published privately in 1984, this 1994 reprint is attractively bound in dark blue and black boards, with pictorial DJ. "Set in San Francisco in the 1940s, this novella of suspense and adventure is also a tale of greed, desperation, guilt, and ultimately, self-discovery." 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Box 16

Northgates, Leicester YK: Dryad, 1970. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 36 p. staplebound pamphlet, VG clean condition, minor wear. Ex-library. Detailed instructions for doll size baskets, hats, chair and settee made from natural cane.

Northgates, Leicester YK: Dryad, 1970. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 36 p. staplebound pamphlet, VG clean condition, minor wear. Ex-library. Detailed instructions for doll size baskets, hats, chair and settee made from natural cane.

London: Queen Anne Press Limited, 1970. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. 142 p.; VG-/G+. Clean unmarked copy, regrettably cracked at page 65 (pages still firmly attached); DJ clipped, rubbed, small chunk missing at upper front edge. Errata slip laid in. Copyright 1970 by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd. Ten chapters by experts in various aspects of oceanography explore potential uses of the oceans, including mining, oil exploration, recreation, living space and more. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fredericton NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1971. Limited. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. Anne Hale (cover design). 28 p; VG+; slight reading wear. A collection of poems published in a limited edition of 500 copies. Some previously appeared in literary periodicals.< 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 123 p, square format paperback, pictorial wraps, VG+ condition. An exploration of the cultural and political qualities of the world of sports, from hockey to sports relation to design to memorabilia. Heroic amateurs and radical losers are the real stars of CONTEST.

New York: Harper Paperbacks, 2010. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. 460 p.; trade paper; VG; stories from both new and established authors; includes short biographical notes. Complete list of contents on request.

London UK: Penguin Books, 1990. Revised. Paperback. VG. 260 p. TP, incl notes & references. VG condition, minor wear, clean copy.

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada: Methuen Canada, 1980. First Canadian. Hard Cover. VG-/Fair. 349 p. incl. index; VG-/Fair. Book has slight lean, corners bumped, interior clean and solid, DJ badly worn esp. at folds, chipped, some closed tears. Originally published in UK by Arms and Armour Press as "Who Dares Win". DJ and spine show title as "Inside the SAS", but title page reads "Inside the Special Air Service". Includes many B & W photos. Covers the history of the SAS from Malaya 1950 to the inside story of the Iranian Embassy siege/rescue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fredericton NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1970. Limited. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. Dana Barras (cover design). 28 p; VG+; slight reading wear. A collection of poems published in a limited edition of 500 copies. Some previously appeared in literary periodicals.< 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: Borzoi (Alfred Knopf), 1985. Later printing. Slipcased. Near Fine. 84 page large format HC in slipcase; 27th printing of edition originally published in 1923. This is an exceptionally attractive edition, printed on heavy paper with twelve illustrations based on original drawings by the author. Black cloth boards with white quarter-binding, gold lettering on spine, gold symbol printed on front cover. Slipcase is in decent condition, some damage to title strip glued to back, some staining on front lower corner slightly torn. Dark brown with gold and red front panel with title and author's name. Book condition is Near Fine, slipcase VG-.

Valleyview AB: Self published, 2004. Apparent First. Paperback. As New. 176 p. incl. index. Tradepaper. As New. Signed by Ivor Clarke on title page. Based on extensive taped interviews with veteran cowboy/rancher Ivor Clarke, including work on geological surveys, CPR trail rides, rodeos, ranching, and his 58 year marriage to his belove cleo.

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2005. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 283 p.; includes notes and index; tradepaper; VG. In 1946, Stuart Garson, Premier of Manitoba, appointed a Royal Commission to study the resources available to small prairie towns to adapt to the new conditions of the postwar era. One of the researchers was James Giffin. then a student of political economist Harold Innis, later to be a prominent sociologist. This volume contains his reports on the towns of Carman, Rossburn and Elgin, edited and with an afterword by historian Gerald Friesen.

London UK: Constable, 2002. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 258 p. incl. index, notes and sources, and appendix of dates. VG+/VG+. Philippe Gigantes draws on his extensive experience in government, public service, academia and communications to analyze world history as determined by human greed and the drive for power. A controversial viewpoint presented with clarity and in an accessible, conversational style. This is not a dry recitation of dates and events but a lively, colorful narrative.

Bangkok: Asia Books, 1998. not stated. Paperback. Fair. 189 p.; small paperback, considerably worn, stamped by Hanoitours on title page. First hand account based on travels in Cambodia from 1996-98. Includes several pages of b & w photographs. Hard to find.