Search Results: Titles starting with A from Post Horizon Booksellers

London, England: The Automobile Association, 1965. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 288pp w index and appendix + 36pp colour maps. Illustrated w bw itinerary maps, town plans and drawing of historical sights, all in text. Scaled bookmark for measuring distances on maps intact on string as published. Mileage chart on rear endpapers. Dark blue boards w gold lettering on cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine; very mild bumping to corners. DJ clean showing light wear to head and tail, now preserved in archival cover. Quarto - 25.5 x 19.5cm

Ashford, Middlesex, England: Steam Engine Research Project, 1985. Facsimile Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 117pp. Facsimile reproduction. Titled wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Quarto. Steam Launch Catalogue Reprint No. 8 (1985). A facsimile reprint of the A.G. Mumford Catalogue No. 7 (1906), with 26pp of the original omitted, these being title pages, lists of users, testimonials, etc.

Scarecrow Press, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxxii, 537pp. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Book appears unread. From the A to Z Guide Series, No. 62.

Fayard / Editions Xavier Barral, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bialobrzeski, Peter; Monlau, Laurent; Munoz, Isabel; Power, Mark (photography). 192pp. Illustrated throughout w colour photographs, many full-page. Black endpapers. Colour photo illustrated boards are clean and without edgewear, but showing damage to bottom front corner, worn to 1cm. Binding square and sound. Oblong quarto: 25 x 29.5cm. Additional shipping required. French language text.

Regina, SK, Canada: Saskatchewan Civil Defence Headquarters, 1951. Booklet. Near Fine. 24pp w appendix. Illustrated card wrap without wear, showing faint staining to back bottom corners, prev owner name inked top front corner. Stapled binding is sound. Reduced shipping may apply. A classic Cold War era publication in Civil Defence Training produced by the Saskatchewan Civil Defence Organization (J.H. Study, Minister of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation) to promote preparedness in the event of atomic, biological, or chemical attack in the province, with an appendix on Special Application of Incendiary Bombing in Saskatchewan. ("The possibility of firing crops by saboteurs inside the country must not be discounted.")

Oslo, Norway: Fabritius & Sonners Forlag (Institusjonen Scheibler), 1965. Booklet. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sorensen, Hans Gerhard. 48pp. Illustrated throughout. Prev owner name inked inside front cover. Colour illustrated wrap clean showing slight wear at spine. Stapled binding sound. A Norwegian language A-B-C for children.

Milwaukee, WI, USA: Kalmbach Pub Co, 1985. 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 72pp w index. Illustrated w bw and colour photos, detail and instructional figures. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. First published in 1978 in this format, the material in this book previously appeared as articles in Model Railroader Magazine. Fifth printing, 1985, stated. Quarto: 28.5 x 21cm. Reduced shipping may apply.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Department of Resources and Development, Forestry Branch, 1950. Booklet. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [28]pp. Full-page colour illustrations for each letter of the alphabet. Colour illustrated wrap showing small scuff to front cover at spine, and moderate wear to back fore edge, general soiling commensurate w age and handling. Stapled binding sound. Reduced shipping may apply.

Clayton, Georgia, USA: Valet Publishers, 1989. 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 256pp. Prev owner name inked lightly top of title page. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Duodecimo. Second SC printing, 1989, stated. Promotes misinformation about the origin of the AIDS epidemic, claiming it was fabricated in a laboratory and spread intentionally throughout Africa via contaminated smallpox vaccines. Many parallels to the current conspiracy theories regarding the origin and spread of Covid-19 and the fear of vaccines, and dangerous false "cures".

Chattanooga, TN, USA: AMG Publishers, 2003. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lee, NaRae. xxv, 284pp w appendix and notes. Titled boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Octavo.

Gudensberg-Gleichen, Germany: Wartberg Verlag, 1996. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Linckens, Sepp (fotografie). 72pp. bw photos throughout, many full-page. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Photo illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Oblong octavo: 229 x 245mm. German language text. A photo essay on the city of Aachen documenting life during the 1950s, and 1960s from the photography archive of the renowned German photographer and photojournalist Sepp Linckens, (1926-1990).

Aachen, Germany: Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Linckens, Sepp (fotografie). 126pp. Illustrated throughout w bw photographs. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Photo illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Oblong octavo: 230 x 249mm. German language text. A photo essay on the city of Aachen documenting life during the 1950s, and 1960s from the photography archive of the renowned German photographer and photojournalist Sepp Linckens, (1926-1990). Herausgegeben von Resemarie Linckens und Hanns Bittmann.

Bloomington, IN, USA: Indiana University Press, 1976. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 305pp w appendix and index. One unpaginated section of historical bw photos. Cartographic endpapers. Prev owner name inked top of ffep. Blue boards w silver lettering on spine. Very light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean showing small wear at corners, shallow wear to head and tail, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.

Nairobi, Kenya: East African Publishing House, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 98pp w glossary. Illustrated wrap shows very light handling. Binding square and sound. Reduced shipping may apply.

[Milwaukie, OR]: Dark Horse Books, 2008. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Alexander, Jason Shawn. Unpaginated. Colour panels. Five issues bound as chapters, plus Sketchbook. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Small quarto: 26 x 17cm. This book collects Abe Sapien: The Drowning comic-book series, Issues 1-5, originally published by Dark Horse Comics

London, England: Jonathan Cape, 1933. Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 255pp, [12] Florin Books catalogue. Gift inscription and prev owner name both inked to ffep. Khaki cloth shows moderate soiling to front cover, toning to spine, lighter soiling to back cover, commensurate w age and handling. No edgewear. Binding square and sound. Duodecimo. First published 1923 by Harper & Brothers, and winner of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize, the novel was reissued in the Florin Books series, 1933 by Jonathan Cape. A story of pioneer life in Iowa during the American Civil War for an immigrant family of Scottish Covenanters.

Saskatoon, SK, Canada: Purich Publishing, 1994. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 264pp. Wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. Foreword by Elijah Harper, former Canadian government MP. This volume analyzes important practical issues that must be addressed as self-government becomes fully operational in Canada.

Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1990. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 183pp w notes and index. Prev owner name inked on ffep. Maroon cloth w crisp silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Small octavo.

New York, NY, USA: Touchstone Books / Simon & Schuster , 1978. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 - 226pp. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean showing very light scuff at spine. Binding square w creasing. Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970 - 174pp. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square showing light creasing. The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western - 216pp. Colour illustrated wrapper shows light wear. Binding shows creasing. Photo illustrated slipcase shows very light surface wear commensurate w age and shelving. Corners and seams are all sound.

Toronto, ON, Canada: General Publishing, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [xvi], 201pp w glossary, bibliography and index. Beige endpapers. Brown cloth w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Tan DJ w black and brown lettering on cover and spine. No wear to DJ; not price-clipped, preserved in BroDart cover. Dr. Morgentaler discusses the practical, legal, religious and moral questions abortion raises. He also includes a chapter on contraception, a subject index, and a dictionary of selected medical terms.