Search Results: Authors starting with Y from High Park Books

Kanazawa, Japan: Hokkoku Publishing, 1981. Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cream, illustrated wraps with matching dust jacket. 19 folk tales from the Ishikawa Prefecture, formerly Kaga & Noto provinces. 145 pages with wood cuts. 146 pages 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight soiling to dust jacket with minor wear. Pages clean, tight & unmarked.

Yan Lei Press, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. 230 pages with philosophy, instructions - filled with colour photos. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1971. First English Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Mike Yazzolino. Each letter of the alphabet includes a B&W line drawing on its own page and a 4-line poem on the human condition. Dark brown, square 12mo (7.5" X 7.5") cloth. Unpaginated. Small puncture to back spine and top corners slightly bumped. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Uncommon.

Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dramatic vignettes by the recipient of 2015 Governor General's Literary Award For Drama (xvi) 67 pages.

Toronto: Groundwood (Douglas & McIntyre), 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Simon Ng. This collection, by the historian and children's author, is based on the tumultuous and brave history of the Chinese immigrants to Canada. Drawing upon the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, Yee has created eight original stories that combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk traditions that these immigrants brought from China. 64 pp. 8 superb paintings by noted artist. Light edgewear to hardcover and DJ. DJ has tiny rip on top back corner, o/w near fine. Inside pages like new. A nice copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto: Odon Wagner, 2006. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good+. Catalogue of an 2006 exhibition, of surreal oil (plus some ink) landscapes by the Athens-born, Montreal artist, at the Toronto contemporary gallery. Intro. by Peter Clothier. Oblong 8vo (8 3/4" x 9 1/4"). Unpaginated (54 pages with 32 colour plates and 10 B&W illustrations plus biography). Very slight corner wear to clean covers and a small amount of light staining (coffee?) to bottom of lower vertical pages edge. Otherwise - pages tight and unmarked.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Based on declassified materials from 8 Ukrainian & Russian archives, the scholarly work offers a complex & vivid analysis of the politics of memory under Stalinism using the Ukraine as a case study. The Ukrainian Canadian historian / academic is an assistant professor in the department of Germanic & Russian Studies and the Department of History at the University of Victoria. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. (vv) 231 pages with bibliography, index, map & B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight wear at spine ends & corners of dust jacket. Slight curvature to boards.

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1995. First Canadian . Card Covers. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CHAP BOOK. Epic novel of modern Russia by the Russian poet, novelist. filmmaker, essayist, photographer and performer. First English Edition. This 83 page chap book contains excerpts from Chapters 4, 9 and 16 and includes a letter from the publisher, Ana Porter. a description of the author and the novel. Slight sticker stain on front cover and wear at spine ends. Scarce

Toronto: Pro Familia Publishing, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Memoirs of a British Columbia -born Japanese / Canadian who faced, with his family, relocation during World War II. Blue boards with gilt lettering on face & spine, (xiv) 246 pages with 96 colour and B&w photos, family charts, maps / documents, bibliography, index & appendices. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Corner 7 edge wear to blue, illustrated dust jacket. Due to size & weight & resulting high postal costs, extra shipping WILL be required outside Canada. If outside Canada, DO not order this book before contacting us first by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal (Canada Post) cost.

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2003. First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine +. author's first novel after winning the Journey Prize for short fiction 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Hamilton, Ontario: North American Sports Communications, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. A collection of historical Hamilton Tiger Cats photographs. Glossy, pictorial boards assumed published without a dust jacket Unpaginated (approx. 112 pages). Minor rubbing to top corner. Internals fine.

Oakville, ON, 1957. Assumed First Edition . Card Covers. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1857-1957 Centennial Souvenir Brochure. Local history of the Ontario city, covering the first 100 years - shops, houses, businesses, transportation, mayors, schools, and churches. The author was the news editor of CHWO Radio. 48 pages with B&W photos. The blue, horizontal band on front cover has slight rubbing at the spine edge. Nice copy reaching toward NF+ condition.

London, England: Yesteryear Books, 1992. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good+. An Exciting Selection of Adverts, MGA to the Present Day, with Particular Focus on the MGB. Commemorating the launch of the MG RV8, October 1992, with a special feature by James L. Taylor. 96 pages with many B&W photos. Minor edgewear and small sticker on back inside cover.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Scirocco Drama, 2006. Paperback. Near Fine. Adapted from the 1999 multi-award winning novel by Alistair MacLeod. The drama premiered at Toronto's Taragon Theatre in 2004. 93 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Berkeley, California: Heyday Books, 2006. First Edition . Card Covers. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 89pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall White card covers have very slight corner wear and very slight soiling.

Vancouver: Feather Books,, 2003. Soft cover. Near Fine. Good advice for aspiring models. Glossy pictorial softcover. 125 pages with B&W photos 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Slight corner wear. Internals in fine condition.

Secaucus, New Jersey: Warner Bros. Publications. Soft cover. Near Fine. Undated but assumed to be 1979. Approx 52 songs with guitar tablature. 96 pages. Tan card covers with brown lettering. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor wear to edges & corners. Pages clean, tight & unmarked

Anansi Press, 1977. First Edition . French Wraps. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection of poetry from award-winning and Governor-Gneral finalist BC-based poet. 67pp. Slight edge wear.

Woodstock, ontario: the Oxford Golf & Country Club, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine. History of the golf club located north of Woodstock on the #59 Highway 112 pages (XXI) with archival photos. B&W illustrations & colour photo end papers. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Hignell Printing Ltd, 1998. Assumed First Edition . Pictorial Wraps. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. 187pp. Slight creasing to the corner of a few pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.