Search Results: Authors starting with N from Black Sheep Books

Banff, AB, 1973. Exhibition Catalogue of the Peter Whyte Gallery in Banff, Alberta. "Banff, Alberta, is really a winter oriented town and this exhibition will focus on this experience. The N.E. Thing Co. will have brought to Banff's winter a much needed complement of esthetic and perceptual fulfilment." Black and white illustrated card cover with black titling to front and back, black and white photo installations, unpaginated. Sunning to spine, light age darkening. Inside the book is tight and clean. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Wahington: NP, 1948. Card Cover. Proceedings of the Bar and Offices of the Supreme Court of the United States November 12, 1947. Proceedings before the Supreme Court of the United States March 31, 1948. In Memory of Harlan Fiske Stone. Card cover, black titling to front, includes signed sheet with photographic portrait tipped on, also includes a reproduction of an engraved portrait - not part of the original publication, 108 pages. Light age darkening, spine tattered but holding, small crease to top free corner. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: W.H. Allen, 1961. First UK Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. A magical tale about a girl who falls in love with man she has never met, except in her visionary dreams; but the man is real enough, and had in fact himself once fallen in love with a girl just like her. Red cloth with gilt titling on spine, 204 pages. Corners and spine ends have minor wear, foxing spots on text block edges, owner's name is stamped on front endpaper. Dust jacket, which is not price- clipped, has light edge wear, light shelf wear, back cover has some foxing spots. This is a handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Pictorial Cover. Good/Fair. Salter, George. A satirical examination of the "follies and foibles" of twentieth-century U.S.A. Colourfully illustrated boards with white titling on blue, black and red spine, black and white illustrations throughout. Wear to corners and edges, light foxing on end papers, text block edges slightly darkened, owner's name in ink on end paper, occasional spots and light stains in text, binding is tight. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has edge wear with chipping and closed tears, fairly uniformly soiled with some light stains. 56 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Viking Press, 1982. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good+. An extraordinary novel unfolding the stories of seven women. First edition. Grey paper covered boards, black cloth spine with red titling, 192 pages. Minimal sunning to top edge of cover boards, small bump to top right corner. Dust jacket has light edge wear, very small closed tear to spine end, is NOT price clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Australia: Peter Neely. Soft cover. Very Good-. The original surfer's guidbook to Indonesian surf spots & language, first published 1992; this printing 26th Revised Edition. Learn Indonesian surfing words, greetings, pronunciation, numbers, money, etc; learn about surf spots in Bali, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumatra, Sumba, Timor, Roti; etc., travel tips include information on bargaining, what to bring, restaurants, malaria & black magic, health care, the right surfboards, etc. Colourful soft cover, colour illustrations throughout, 88+ pages. Book comes with over $70 worth of vouchers for free drinks, gifts & discounts. Cover has light shelf wear, otherwise this attractive book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to -… Read More

Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1869. Quarter-Leather. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Laut- und Flexionslehre. Gekronte Preisschrift. Grammar of Meklenburg dialect. Brown leather spine with gilt titling and decoration, raised bands, bright marbled boards and text block edges. 194 pages Usual library stickers, remnants and markings, spine is sunned, corners worn, edge of first free end paper has chip and small crease, otherwise this is a very handsome little book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Green Tiger Press, 1982. Card Cover. Good+/-. A lovely little book of poetry accompanied by different depictions of cats. Decorated card cover, staple binding, illustrated throughout, 12 pages. Light sunning, small smudge to front, light shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good+. Art history, "The look out of the Picture", the dialogue between picture and viewer, written in German, Blue cloth, gilt titling to spine, frontispiece, cluster of black and white photographs at the end, 126 pages. Previous owner's name to top right corner of ffep, missing title page. Dust jacket shows light edge wear and rubbing. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Victoria, B.C.: William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good-. Archives of British Columbia, Memoir No. V. Edited, with Botanical and Ethnological Notes, by C.F. Newcombe, M.D., and a Biographical Note by J. Forsyth. Tan cloth with black titling on spine and front, bevelled edges, text block edges untrimmed, many upper edges uncut, black and white plates and illustrations, 171 pages. Spine is lightly sunned, there are a few tiny holes near the upper spine end, a few tiny spots near upper edge, a few pale smudges to rear board, text block edges darkened, light foxing spots to end papers and adjacent pages as well as near some page edges, previous owner's book plate on end paper, book is clean, binding is tight - a handsome volume. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will… Read More

Ottawa, ON: Chaudiere Books, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good/-. Selected poems from his life's work - from his first chapbook in 1961 to his final epigrammatic poems of the late 1990s. Grey soft cover with black titling to front and spine, inscribed and signed by editor to title page, 251 pages. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Victoria, BC, Canada: Orca Book Publishers, 1989. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. In 1924 a wooden boat drifted south of the international border between Canada and the US on the west coast. The boat was crewless and blood-smeared. A continent-wide manhunt led to one of the most sensational murder trials in the Roaring Twenties. Red cloth, black titling to spine, 203 pages. Minor edge wear, previous owner's name and address stamp to ffep. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear including two and half inch long pressure mark to the back. It is now protected in a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

A. Edward Newton, 1929. Limited Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. One of 950 copies. Signed by author. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates of facsimiles from Hardy's manuscripts and letters, this book examines the writing career of Thomas Hardy. Blue boards, blue cloth spine with black titling on white labels on spine and front, glassine dust jacket, bottom edge and fore edge of textblock untrimmed, blue end papers. Unpaginated. Glassine dust jacket is worn. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Cork, Ireland: Mercier Press. Soft cover. Very Good. Published in 1987, book contains a collection of approximately forty traditional Irish children's songs arranged by Noirin Ni Riain. All words are in Irish. Yellow soft cover with green and red titling and decoration, musical notation and black and white illustrations throughout, 84 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, otherwise book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, 1971. Card Cover. Very Good/-. Poetry collection by bp Nichol, Canadian poet, writer, sound poet, and editor. Front cover illustrated with sepia coloured photograph, cream coloured textblock, unpaginated. Light sunning to spine and egdes, very light crease to back cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" Tall Oblong

Toronto, ON: The Coach House Press, 1967. Card Cover in Wraps. Very Good/Very Good-. From the text on the flap: "The person moves thru the world and is moved by the need to communicate. It is not surprising that in his first book of non-concrete poetry the concerns of bp Nichols centre around communication and the presence of of lack of it in relationships." An inlaid card states this is a limited edition of 500 copies, this copy being No. 42. Blue card cover with dark blue wraps attached to it, grey card stock textblock, the poems are printed in different colours, unpaginated. Light edge wear to wrap. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Los Angeles: Focus Features, 2016. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Best Original Screenplay. Blue wrappers with white titling to front and spine. In as new condition.

London: Watkins, 1975. Hardcover. Good to Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Volume 5. This book contains the recorded weekly talks he gave to his study groups. These records are not polished but represent rough-hewn many of his fundamental ideas which form the basis of this literary work. Blue cloth, gilt titling to spine, 1766 pages. Some edge and shelf wear especially to corners, a discoloured ring mark (maybe from a glass), a bit of rubbing, previous owner's name to ffep. Dust jacket is worn and torn with some crude scotch taping for repairs. It is now protected with Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin, 1990. Soft Cover in Wraps. Very Good-. Volume 1 of a five-volume set entitled Active Design for Print Design Planning. Book is a collection of flower prints, produced and compiled by Akira Nonomura, edited by H. Tomita, NOVAK fashion. Brightly illustrated soft cover with black titling on green ground on spine and front, black end papers, beautiful colour plates throughout, 131 pages. Binding is a little loose, particularly first and last signatures, but everything continues to be firmly attached. Dust jacket has shelf wear, edge wear to upper edge, chipping to upper spine end, quarter-inch and one-inch closed tears near upper spine end, light chipping to upper front and back corners, spine and adjacent edges lightly sunned. This is a most attractive book - clean and bright. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable… Read More

Oslo: I Kommisjon Hos Jacob Dybwad, 1928. Card Cover. Die Vegetation und Flora des Sylenegebietes: 1. Die Vegetation mit einer Topographischen Karte, 177 Vegetationsbildern und 57 Figuren. Skrifter utgitt af det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo. Written in German. Eine Vegetationsmonographie des norwegischen Naturschutzgebietes. Der Text ist in drei Hauptabschnitte unterteilt: I. Eine allgemeine Uebersicht ueber Topographie, Geologie, Pedologie, Klima und die pflanzengeographischen Regionen des Gebietes. II. Der Schwerpunkt ist die Abhandlung der speziellen Pflanzensoziologie. III. Eine Uebersicht ueber die Verteilung der Vegetation. Karton-Einband beschaedigt und stockfleckig, Name auf vorderen Einbanddeckel gestempelt, Rueckendeckel fehlt, Buchblock ist nicht aufgeschnitten, Bindung ist solide. A monography of the vegetation of this Norwegian National Park. The text is divided into three main parts: I. A general overview of the topography, geology, pedology, climate and plant geography. II. The… Read More