Search Results: Authors starting with U from Neil Williams, Bookseller

New York : Sotheby's , 1984 . First Edition . Very Good . 4TO . Prices realized laid in. Extensively and very nicely illustrated in black and white with colour photographs at rear. Price realized in ink with sold items. Fine but for a ink pricing comments.

New York : Sotheby's , 1985 . First Edition . Very Good . 4TO . Prices realized affixed to rear of front cover. Extensively and very nicely illustrated in black and white. Price realized in ink for sold items. Very light wear

London : Thomas Nelson , ND . Edition not Stated . VG . 12MO . A very attractive and somewhat mysterious little book. No author, illustrator, date or place of publication. That being said probably London in the twenties. Printed singlesided on glossy stock and bound in glossy boards with a Penguin on the cover. The illustrations are very appealing and the verse has its own oddball charm - "D stands for Duck, "Quack, Quack" is his speech. It doesn't take long/This Language to teach." Gift inscription dated 1931. Spine splitting at front head and tail.

Fredericton, NB : Brunswick Press , nd . . VG . 16mo . Scarce title from this Canadian publisher. Light wear.

Geneva : Consultancy S.A. , 1982 . First Edition . Near Fine in Wraps . 8VO . Rugs and Carpets, Masterpieces of Islamic Art, Antique Tapestries. A splendidly produced auction catalogue with full-page colour plates of every item, many foldout. Printed on glossy stock and beautifully photographed. Text in French and English.

Victoria : No Publisher , ca 1905 . . Very Good in Wraps . Oblong 8VO . Twenty seven pages of period black and white photographs. This booklet was issued with varying content - this issue includes a wide variety of photos including scenic, street scenes, parks, buildings, nautical and Indigenous Peoples. Bound in card covers with a paste-on of the Provincial Legislature buildings. Cord binding. Very light wear, in remarkably nice condition for such a fragile item. Can be sent inexpensive letter mail in Canada.

Paris : Chanel , 2011 . First Edition . Near Fine in Wraps . 4TO . Lavishly produced and illustrated. Bound in foil wraps. Very light wear, minor scratching, mild creasing on lower front corner.

Montreal : Associated Screen News , nd . . Fine in Wraps . Oblong 8VO . Softcovers with metal coil binding. 18 very nice hand-coloured photos of the Canadian Rockies, printed single-sided. Lightest of wear, a very nice copy.

Dundee and London : D C Thomson , 1968 . First Edition . NF . 4TO . Cover shows Korky about to have his Christmas pudding. An exceptional copy. No writing, no name, not priceclipped. Some cracking to the lamination on the front cover, otherwise Fine.

: , . . . . No publisher, author or date. Centennial brochure 1867-1967 on the town of Lantzville on Vancouver Island.

Esquimalt, BC : Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard , 1995 . First Edition . NF . 4TO . Commemorative volume issued to celebrate the commissioning of HMCS Calgary. Bound in blue cloth, illustrated in colour and black and white, printed on glossy stock. Commissiong Ceremony program and Welcome Aboard booklet laid in. Very light wear, some rippling to FFEP.

Ottawa : National Defence Headquarters , nd(1942) . . Good . . Folded pamphlet containing vital information for Canadian soldiers on gas attacks "Every Canadian soldier must carry this in the haversack of his respirator. He must read it until he knows it by heart" Worn and creased

London : British Information Services , 1942 . . VG in Wraps . 12MO . An Account of the Ships in the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy, the South Africa Naval Forces, the Royal Indian Navy. Interesting little booklet with black and white drawings of the Empire's naval vessels. Surprisingly comprehensive. Light wear.

New York : Burroughs Wellcome , 1934 . First Edition . NF . 8VO . Very attractive little book bound in red ribbed cloth with gilt stamping and published for the Chicago World Fair in 1934. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Light edgewear, owner's inscription on metallic endpapers.

London : Hodder & Stoughton , nd . . VG . 8VO . Bound in blue cloth with minor wear. A volume in The Clerical Library. Owner's signature on pastedown.

London : Frederick Muller , 1970 . Facsimile Reprint . VG/VG . 8VO . Originally published in 1834. Attractively bound in brown gilt-stamped faux-calf. Lightest of wear to book,

Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau , 1913 . First Edition . Good . 12MO . Four volumes in all. All volumes illustrated with photographs and with foldout maps in the text and in the rear pockets Published by the Geological Survey of Canada so a strong emphasis, unsurprisingly, on geology and land forms. Would have provided endless hours of pleasure for the knowledgeable train traveller of the day. All copies ex-library and with varying degrees of wear. Rear cover separated on Part 2 of C1, worn on the others and with tape repairs. All maps called for in the Contents are present except for a map of the Prairies in Part 2 of C1. This volume contains many other maps not called for in the TOC, presumably from another volume. A most interesting example of government tourist promotion immediately preceding the First World War.

New York : Famous Musice Corporation , 1933 . f . VG in Wraps . Folio . Songs from Big Broadcast, College Humor and Too Much Harmony. Lots of black and white photos and stills.

Chicago : Rand McNally , 1902 . . Good . Oblong 12mo . A wonderful collection of photographs showing turn of the century Chicago in all its variety and architectural splendour. Light wear but cracked between pp. 126 &127, making the book loose in its casing.

Ottawa : Governments of Canada & British Columbia , 1998 . First Edition . NF in Wraps . 4TO . The historic agreement between Canada, British Columbia and the Nisga'a Nation complete in two volumes. One foldout map in Volume 1, many in Volume 2. In fine condition but for a small stain on the rear cover of Volume 1. A heavy set.