Search Results: Authors starting with V from Ainsworth Books

London: John Murray. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. DJ worn torn, water spotted, chipped, sticker damage on back panel. Some foxing of pages ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. DJ stabilized in protective Mylar ; 348 pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374172994 . Dust jacket has short closed tear to back , light wear top of spine, book is as new ; A near-fine volume in a VG DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 436 pages; "Madrid, 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe-a conflict one writer will call "the decisive thing of the century"- six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, his marriage sour, hopes that this war will give him fresh material and new romance; Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious novice journalist hungry for love and experience, thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, idealistic young photographers based in Paris, want to capture history in the making and are inventing modern photojournalism in the… Read More

Toronto ON: Knopf Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 0307397149 . As new, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Colour photographs. ; 6.62 X 1.29 X 9.56 inches; 352 pages; "It's December 1997 and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. The tiger isn't just killing people, it's annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. To their horrified astonishment it emerges that the attacks are not random: the tiger is engaged in a vendetta. Injured and starving, it must be found before it strikes again, and the story becomes a battle for survival between the two main characters: Yuri Trush, the lead tracker, and the tiger itself." .

Victoria, BC: Public Libraries Research Study, British Columbia. Very Good+. 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Top fore corner a little bumped ; A bright solid, book, foldout map back of book. ; Trade PB; 141 pages .

Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0750937084 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches; 209 pages; "Audley End House in Essex - or Station 43 as it was known during the Second World War - was used as the principal training school for SOE's Polish Section between 1942 and 1944. Polish agents at Audley End undertook a series of arduous training courses in all aspects of guerrilla warfare before being parachuted into occupied Europe. In 1943, Audley End, or Secret Training Station 43, was placed exclusively under Polish control, a situation unique within SOE. The training was tough and the pass-rate low, but a total of 527 agents passed through Audley End between 1941 and 1945." .

Victoria, BC: Self Published. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards show edge wear, prev. owner's name has been inked out on FFEP. DJ has small tears, small chips, stain spots on back. ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A tight solid book. ; B&W Photographs, drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 150 pages; Published to celebrate British Columbia's centennial as a British colony. Liberally illustrated with art by various artists as well as photographs. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0395251710 . DJ shows some shelf wear, scuffing and creasing, light soiling. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.40 X 5.80 X 1.20 inches; 185 pages; "A riot has erupted in New Market Square, transforming the normally sedate streets of Amsterdam into a mass of angry protesters. So when the body of the “King” of the local street market is found in his house with his head bashed in, the police are puzzled. The adjoining street has been closed off all day, and the constables stationed outside the scene of the crime didn’t detect any unusual activity. There are only two people who could have reasonably committed the violent act: the victim’s roommate upstairs and his beautiful sister downstairs. Both claim to have seen or heard nothing suspicious when the crime took place. But something isn’t adding… Read More

Toronto: Clark, Irwin & Company Limited. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, FFEP is missing. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages; "It is the tale of two white hunters - one old, experienced and wise, one young and resolute - who suspect that something evil is being prepared on a vast scale in their country and who, with little to guide them, set out to track down its source. " .

Leiden NL: A.W. Sijthoff. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. [1761] 1965. Facsimile. Hardcover. Some soil on back panel of dustjacket ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. 2 pages of foldout illustrations laid in, dealing with the cutting of poultry and pigs. The dustjacket appears to be a heavy hand laid paper and the boards are made to appear as vellum. ; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Text totally in Dutch. This is from a series of Dutch texts written in in the mid 1700s as instructions for a kitchen maid in the performance of her duties, containing cuts of meat, recipes etc. It was originally published by van Estveldt in Amsterdam in 1761. .

Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer. Very Good. 1980. Fifth Printing. Softcover. 0920486088 . Card covers show light shelfwear, highlighting throughout book. ; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations; 8.8 X 6.0 X 0.8 inches; 303 pages .

Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer Publishing Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920486061 . DJ shows shelf wear with short tears, light chipping and scuffing. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches; 303 pages; The author discusses the role that women, both native and white played in the fur trade in the early days in the Canadian west .

Toronto: Musson Book Co. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Light edge wear to extremities, short tear base DJ, scuffing ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 279 pages; Includes a selection of Johnson's prose & poetry .

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ is sun-faded at spine, short edge tears,pages somewhat yellowed. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; " Tells the story of Jommy Cross, a young slan, and his quest to discover his father's legacy as well as to find others like him, while fleeing from a repressive dictatorship, Slan was both a ground-breaking SF novel, and perhaps the first Young Adult paranormal adventure. Jommy is just a kid, but, like all slans, can read minds, which helps Jommy survive when slans are hunted and killed by the government. A novel of racial conflict set in a disrupted culture that delivers relentless action, super science, and high adventure." .

Toronto: Harpercollins Canada. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002007355 . Light edgewear to dust jacket. A little damage bottom of a couple of pages. ; A bright, solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 9.10 X 5.80 X 1.40 inches; 307 pages; ``When Nazi Germany`s Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated in 1945, its records revealed that two young Canadians, Frank Pickersgill and Ken Macasliter, had perished there late in the war. They had been agents of Britain`s Special Operations Executive (SOE), an undercover unit that used subversion and sabotage to defeat the Nazi regime from within.`` .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771086938 . Light edge wear to DJ. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.3 x 9.1 x 5.6 Inches; 333 pages; "The Englishman's Boy pivots nicely between the end of the Western frontier in the late nineteenth century and the dawn of movie-making. In the 1920s, the frontier was fresh in Hollywood's memory and became a natural subject for legions of cheap silent films. In another departure from earlier work, Vanderhaeghe asks some discomforting intellectual questions. For example: To what degree must great fictional narratives, be they books or movies, sacrifice the facts in order to achieve a grander, more profound truth? Throughout The Englishman's Boy, we are also forced to question the integrity of Hollywood myths about the American and Canadian West. The Englishman's Boy is a compelling, intelligent entertainment,… Read More

St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing. Very Good+. 2005. Reprint. Paperback. 0758605277 . Card covers show very light shelf wear, top fore corner creased.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 558 pages; "This book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century Mormon history concluding that The Book of Mormon is an "adaptation of an obscure historical novel" written by Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Spalding during the War of 1812. In twelve chapters, the authors lay out the evidence for the assertion that Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, and Joseph Smith Jr. adapted and embellished the Spalding manuscript to create The Book of Mormon. Although based on public records and solid research, the book reads like "investigative history," demonstrating that Mormon claims to the "supernatural" revelation and transcription of The Book of Mormon are fraudulent." .

Toronto: Dundurn. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550023438 . Signed by Editor; DJ shows very light shelf wear.; Signed by the editor on the title page. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. This is the hardcover edition. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.28 X 6.28 X 1.07 inches; 333 pages; "Georges Vanier, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1959-1967, was 26 when he became one of the the first men to join the newly established Royal 22nd Regiment - known as the "Van Doos". He was in his second year in the Montreal firm as Dessaules and Garneau, and very much the son of a Montreal upper-class family. His service in the First World War shaped his character, and he often described the four years spent on the battlefields of Euroe as the most rewarding of his life." blurb .

Mississauga, ON: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0470736186 . Shallow crease on front dustjacket panel ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. White cloth covered boards have design blindstamped front and back, silver stamped titles on spine. Vivid illustrations throoughout. ; 12.5 X 10.0 X 2.0 inches; 400 pages; "In 2010, Vancouver and Whistler hosted 17 days of Olympic Winter Games competition (February 12-28) and 10 days of Paralympic Winter Games competition (March 12-21). With Glowing Hearts is the single most powerful visual representation of those 27 days of sport - an exclusive publication capturing the true spirit of the Games, as told through breathtaking photographic images and captions that bring the reader right back to the "field of play" and all the Games action. The first time an official commemorative book of the Games… Read More

Toronto, ON: Trans-Canada Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1985. Third Edition. Hardcover. 0920966284 . Fore corners bumped, small notation on first blank page, DJ scuffed with short tears, missing front free end paper ; A tight solid book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 549 pages .

Fernie, BC: Fernie & District Historical Society. Very Good. 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers show light shelf wear, light scuffing. Some pen marking in title on front card cover. ; A tight solid book. Stapled wraps, B&W photos throughout, B&W map inside front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; An early history of Fernie, British Columbia located in the Kootenays. .