Search Results: Authors starting with S from Quickhatch Books

Buenos Aires: CISEA, 1988. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280pp., biblio., cuadros, apendices, graficos. Inscribed on front endpaper, else only very light wear..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 412pp., index, biblio., notes, photos. Signed by editor on title page. Ontario Historical Studies Series..

Karachi: s.n., 2006. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 269pp., ill. Very light wear. Signed with inscription by author; original recipient's name blotted out..

Heidelberg: Springer, 2013. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 438pp., index, figures, tables, references. Nearly as new. "Researchers and students of computer science, information systems, or business management as well as data professionals and practitioners will benefit most from this handbook by not only focusing on the various sections relevant to their research area or particular practical work, but by also studying chapters that they may initially consider not to be directly relevant to them, as there they will learn about new perspectives and approaches.".

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 169pp., index, biblio., notes. "In 1906 the British colonial government of southern Nigeria began the policy of using asylums to confine Africans deemed insane. Yet, as even many in the government recognized, insanity is a condition that shows cultural variation. Who decided who was insane, and how did they make this decision? In Imperial Bedlam, Jonathan Sadowsky pursues these questions by examining archival sources, mission records, hospital publications, and patient case files.".

St. John's: Killick Press, 2004. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 274pp., very light wear..

Philippines: National Book Store, 1968. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 722pp., light wear. Recent printing..

U.S.A.: Hurtubise HMH, 1976. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxxix, 268pp. Introduction by Marcel Trudel. Light wear, previous owners' names inside front..

Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xviii, 289pp., index, notes, tables, figures, maps, ill. Light wear to jacket..

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: UBC Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 179pp., index, notes, biblio., photos. "Canada is a great maritime nation. Although ships and the sea have been part of its history for centuries, very little is known about the men and women who have worked in its coastal and lake fleets. 'Ships and Memories' is a fascinating account of life at sea during the age of steam. In it, seafarers tell ther own stories and remember the good times as well as the bad, in peace and war and during the depression. Eric Sager draws on interviews with master mariners, engineers, able seamen, cooks, stewards, and many others who worked aboard steamships from 1920 to 1950." Based on interviews on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Canada..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 322pp., biblio., notes, figures, references, maps, photos. Very light wear..

Ottawa: Imprimerie du Droit, 1928. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-institutional library, but only sign is a call label on spine. Protected in clear plastic wrap, which has not been taped to the covers. 79pp., ill. Description of the OMI mission to First Nations in far Northern Ontario, at Winisk, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, etc..

Montréal: La Presse, 1979. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection Jadis et naguère. 278pp., index, notes. "Ce livre de Bernard Saint-Aubin raconte plus que la vie et le règne politique de Duplessis. Il situe l'homme dans son milieu d'origine, Trois-Rivières, il recrée le contexte social dans lequel il a vécu, et il décrit les événements qui ont marqué sa vie politique et influencé ses décisions et son cheminement.".

Montréal: Fides, 1972. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 238pp., a handful of marginal notes in ink turned a Very Good, and near fine copy, into a mere Good..

Montréal: Librairie Beauchemin, 1926. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "Processions de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste en 1924 et 1925. Biographies et Portraits. Ce que l'Amérique doit à la race française et Visions du Passé." 315pp., ill. Recased with original card covers bound in; small repaired tears to front cover and half-title page. Call label to spine, but no other signs of being ex-library..

Lewiston, Maine: Paroisse Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul, 1946. Book. Very Good. Soft. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 88pp plus advertising, photos, text in French, some ads bilingual or in English. Minor wear, minor pen mark on front cover and a couple of inside pages, front cover shows some fading to top and fore-edges. Very rare Maine historical item..

Saint-Pierre et Miquelon: Syndicat d'Initiatives de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95pp., ill., maps. DJ worn and nicked, book cover slightly bowed, some age-yellowing..

Cap-Saint-Ignace: La Plume d'Oie Édition, 2000. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Third. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 150pp., biblio., notes, ill..

Beauport: Publications MNH, 2005. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 344pp., index, biblio., notes, tableaux, ill. Negligible wear. Ex-institutional library, with card pocket and stamps inside front and rear, else untouched..

Saint-Boniface: Éditions des Plaines, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 376pp., index, ill. Historical chronology of Manitoba history, with special emphasis on the French presence. Ex-institutional collection, with stamps inside front, but no other ex-library flaws at all..