Search Results: Titles starting with A from Bibliodditiques

St. Gall: Zollikofer and Company, 1948. Hardcover. Good +. A. M. CASSANDRE. Introduction by Maximilien Vox. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Brown coverboards with gilt lettering. Ninety-nine pages of full-page illustrations; many in colour. Coverboards are bowed with a few scuff marks. Edges of pages slightly yellowed. Some rippling at top corner of pages in last half of book. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 116 pp.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket has small tear on front panel near top of spine. Book Club edition. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 208 pp

New York: Harper Trophy, 2005. First edition thus. Paperback. Near Fine. "Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the Abarat are getting stranger by the hour. Why has the Lord of Midnight sent his henchman after her? Why can she suddenly speak workds of magic? Why is this world familiar?" Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11").

Colon, Michigan, 1947. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good. A massive catalogue of 1,826 mail order magic tricks and apparatus. Staple-bound with blue wraps featuring art deco design on front. Wraps have some tears, creases and a tape repair on rear panel extending on to spine. Well illustrated. Pages have no chips, tears or written inscriptions. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 832 pp.

Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Author's first novel. Author's second novel, "The Sisters Brothers" received much acclaim, including a nomination for the Giller Prize, Man Booker and the Governor General's Literary Award and was awarded the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 164 pp.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Richly illustrated with black and white photographs. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 384 pp.

Stoney Creek, Ontario: Fortress Publications Inc., 1990. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Contains 800 biographies of individual World War I scout pilots - - British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African and American. 200 black and white photographs. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 392 pp.

London: Grub Street, 1996. Very Good +. A supplement to "Above the Trenches" with additional informat regarding World War I flying acces. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 62 pp.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1958. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some ripples on rear panel of jacket. A 2" tear along spine and a bit of paper loss along spine of jacket. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 223 pp.

London: Institute of Archaeology, 1985. Paperback. Near Fine. Results of an archaeological survey of the village of Acconia, located on the west coast of Callabria in southern Italy. The settlement patterns identified at Acconia are among the densest known for the neolithic period in the Western Mediterranean. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Illustrated with maps, diagrams and charts. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 131 pp.

New York: Alexander Hamilton Institute, 1917. Full Leather. Very Good. Tight binding. Brown soft leather cover with gilt lettering on spine. Some rubbing of cover. Water spots on top edge of text black and inside top corner of front cover. Water spots do not affect surface of pages. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 338 pp.

Toronto New York London Auckland: Methuen, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Written by Harry Graham, the Private Secretary and the Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General of Canada, Lord Minto recounting their trip to the Klondyke in 1900. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and is in a protective mylar cover. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 182 pp.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/very good +. About 'the epic confrontation between Sitting Bull and the North-West Mounted Police". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Maps on endpapers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 270 pp.

London: The Scientific Book Club, 1958. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Account of author's two expeditions to South America. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Previous owner's name/address on ffep. Name stamped on title and half-title page. Ivory coloured boards with black lettering on spine. Dust jacket has some small chip/tears and some surface wear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. 200 pp.

Hastings, Nebraska: Adams County-Hastings Centennial Commission, 1972. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/fair. Book follows the history of Adams County, Nebraska from the early pioneer days to the 1970's. The author states that "because of the physical similarities of the entire Great Plains area and its simultaneous development the history of Adams county, Nebraska, reflects in microcosm the history of the Great Plains generally". Blue coverboards with gilt lettering. Pictorial endpapers. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some spotting on top edge of text block. Dust jacket is missing rear flap and has a 5" tear on front, some smaller tears/chips, pieces missing at head and tail of spine. Richly illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations and charts. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 1106 pp.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. "Tonight is a very special evening for Adeline Schlime. Once again she has been chosen to sing the lead role in the well-known snail operetta, 'Slow but Easy' ".Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Previous owner's name and gift inscription on front endpaper. Light wear to coverboards. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Signed without inscription on title page by author. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 384 pp.

London: Staples Press Limited, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Kenneth Brookes. Tight binding. Small tear on rear endpaper. Previous owner's name and price on ffep. Dust jacket flaps have created shadows on endpapers. Dust jacket has some stains and small tears/chips/creases around edges. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 157 pp.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. Francis Kagige. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Name printed on front paste-down endpaper. Dust jacket has edgewear; most significant being a 1.75" tear and a dampstain on back panel. Bottom edge of front coverboard bumped. Beautifully illustrated. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 85 pp.

New York, 1956. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good +. Signet paperback #S1281. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Crease running along edge of front cover by spine. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 189 pp.