Search Results: Titles starting with D from Black Sheep Books

Toronto, Canada: The Coach House Press, 1972. Third Edition. . Card Cover in Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ondaatje's fifth poetry book was first published in 1967. This is the third edition of 1000 copies published in September 1972. Illustrated wrapper attached to spine of black card covers, 77 pages. Wrapper shows light shelf wear and light sunning, it is price clipped. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Canada: Heartland Associates Inc., 2012. Soft cover. Very Good-. Book is a "cautionary tale of the ill-advised construction of two dams on the Souris River system in southern Saskatchewan, which flooded 80 kilometres of verdant prairie valley. Book begins and ends with the ultimate result of the contentious dam building - the disastrous flooding of Minot, North Dakota, in 2011." Colourfully illustrated soft cover with green & brown titling on front, white titling on green spine, occasional black and white illustrations, 288 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, pale smudge near upper end of leading text block edge, light stain to upper corner of rear end paper, otherwise book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size:… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Association Copy: Signed and Inscribed by Stanley Donen and Stephen Silverman to George Cosmatos. Grey boards with gilt titling to spine, inscriptions and signatures to ffep, black and white photographs throughout. Minor shelf wear, a very light smudge to ffep.

Fontaine-sous-Jouy, France: Association Fibre Art Synergy, 1995. Soft cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Translator: Diana Brennan. Book was published in conjunction with a Fiber Art exhibition held at Musee Hotel Baudy June 1-30, 1995 and Conseil General de l'Eure - Hotel Department, July 18-August 11, 1995 as well as in San Fracisco. "To pay homage to Claude Monet, the Group FIBRE ART SYNERGY invited 42 international artists to create 84 works around the theme 'IN THE LIGHT OF GIVERNY.'" Colourfully illustrated blue soft cover with white titling on spine and front, colour plates throughout accompanied by a short biography of each artist on the facing page, book is unpaginated, advertising on a few pages at end of book. Cover has shelf wear, light bend to upper front corner which continues several pages into book, light edge wear, some minor discolouration to lower text block edge adjacent to spine end, interior is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard… Read More

Germany: Tuebner Edition/Grafe & Unzer, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. A cookbook, written in German. Dark brown cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated end papers, illustrated with handsome colour plates throughout, 208 pages. Dust jacket has light edge wear to spine ends, less to edges. Light bump to lower front edge and upper back edge Book is in a cardboard slip case which has wear to edges and corners as well as shelf wear. This is a handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Book is overweight. harges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Munchen: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, 1926. Card Cover. Very Good-/-. A German text cultural study about the rights and tribal laws of the Dshagga, the East African Bantu peoples. Gray covers with black titling on front and spine, untrimmed side and bottom textblock edges, the top page edge of every other page remains uncut! 778 pages. Creases to cover and a crease the length of the spine, a few faint smudges on the covers, edges and corners lightly worn, interior is in very good condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7.75"-9.75" tall

Tokyo: University Museum/University of Tokyo, 2000. Card Cover. Very Good. University Museum, The University of Tokyo Material Reports No. 37. Yellow card cover with black Titling in English and Japanese, introduction in Japanese, otherwise book is written in English, CD tucked into pocket inside back cover, 505 pages. Ink stamp from the Library of the Royal British Columbia Museum on front cover. Book is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfred Laurier University Press. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Book is an original, absorbing, and long-overdue critical examination of the way Canadian female poets have written against the grain of the male elegiac tradition. Colourfully illustrated glossy hard cover with black, white, red, yellow titling on front, black and yellow titling on red spine, 269 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, otherwise this very handsome book is in great condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Vantage Press, 1975. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book is an anti-war parable. Green cloth with silver titling on spine, 59 pages. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has light edge wear, shelf wear, spine is sunned and slightly rubbed, note in ink inside front flap. This is a handsome little volume, in very nice condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Knotting, Bedfordshire: Sceptre Press, 1977. Limited/Numbered. . Card Cover. Very Good. Book is Number 142/150. A little chapbook containing one three-page poem. Grey card cover, staple binding. Book is without flaws. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel En Uitgevers-Maatschappij N.V, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/-. Medical text about human parasites. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, black and white illustrations throughout and several tipped-in colour plates. In Dutch. 415 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Nederland: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1995. A Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Nick Bantock. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. The Dutch translation of the third volume of the Griffin & Sabine series, a love story in letters. In this final volume of the best-selling trilogy the mystery of the two artists deepens and their questions grow more urgent. New obstacles (including a sinister intruder) test the tenacity of their passion, and in each letter or postcard, painting and prose are even more richly intertwined. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. Minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk, 1945. Hardcover. Good+. Written in Norwegian. Red and grey decorated boards, black titling on tan spine 176 pages. Corners and edges have light wear, light shelf wear, spine slightly sunned, text block edges and page edges darkened, some small marks on text block edge, foxing to end papers, last page has a couple of small marks, interior clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Rome: Ex Typographia Polyglotta S.C.de Propaganda Fide, 1884. Half-Leather. Written in Latin. Subtitled.Quas Habebat Camillus Mazzella Soc. Jesu in Gregoriana Universitate Studorum Praefectus et Theologae Professor E Collecio Theologico Urbis Academae Romanae S. Thomae aq. Socius e Decem Urbanis; Editio Tertia. Marbled boards, red leather spine, gilt titling on green spine label, gilt decoration and border. Corners, spine ends and edges have light wear, text block edges darkened and top and leading edges have various small stains, one-inch sticker remnant on front cover, "College N. D. de la Paix, Namur" sticker on end paper, end papers foxed, owner's name in pencil, some pencil underlining and margination in text, otherwise this book is in great shape - clean, bright and tight. 811 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that… Read More

Toronto, Ontario: Macmillan Canada, 1993. Fifth Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Deadly Silence" examines thirteen Mafia murders in Canada and this way trace the development of the Mafia in Canada. Blue cloth with silver titling to spine, red endpapers, a cluster of black and white photographs, 219 pages. Light shelf wear to dust jacket. It is now protected in a Brodart cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century Fox Film, 2016. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Best Adapted Screenplay. "For Your Consideration". In as new condition.

Greenwich, London: National Maritime Museum, 1975. Soft cover. Good to Very Good-. A four-volume set, listing 1505 ships made by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton, one of the "most interesting and important of British shipbuilding firms." This work is intended as an extended catalogue and guide to the material in the National Maritime Museum's Denny Collection. Four soft cover catalogues, each a different colour, black titling, black and white illustrations throughout, 1006 pages plus 100 pages of appendices, index, etc. Covers have shelf wear, light edge wear, spines are lightly sunned, text block edges slightly darkened, occasional pale marks or smudges on covers, Part I has a 3" closed tear to front cover at lower spine end, a small pale stain on lower front cover, pages 49 to 70 are detached and there are instances of underlining and marginalia to some of these detached pages, Parts I & II have occasions of cracked spine with associated lenghtwise creases to spine… Read More

Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good+. Art history, "The look out of the Picture", the dialogue between picture and viewer, written in German, Blue cloth, gilt titling to spine, frontispiece, cluster of black and white photographs at the end, 126 pages. Previous owner's name to top right corner of ffep, missing title page. Dust jacket shows light edge wear and rubbing. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Lethbridge, AB: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 2008. Soft Cover in Wraps. Very Good-. Book is one of 750 copies. Book was published in conjunction with the exhibition Derek Sullivan: We May be Standing on the Shoulder of Giants but Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars, held at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, January 26 to March 2, 2008. Essay by Pamela Meredith. White soft cover with French flaps, black titling on spine, leading page edges uncut, illustrated throughout with colour photographs, as well as a few in black and white, unpaginated, (approximately 90-100 pages.) Book is in a white jacket, which unfolds to become a black and white poster. Book appears to be without flaws. Jacket has minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you… Read More

Budapest, Hungary: Corvina, 1960. Card Cover in Wraps. Derkovits, Gyula. Translated by Istvan Farkas, book contains reproductions of 12 paintings and of 8 graphic works of the Hungarian artist Gyula Derkovits. Card cover with colourful wrapper, black titling on white spine, white and black titling on front, colour plates are tipped-in. First half of book are 37 pages of text with some black and white drawings, second half of book has the colour plates unpaginated. Wrapper is covered with clear plastic which has been taped to cover, wrapper shows substantial edge and shelf wear. Books has a gift inscription to title page, pages are uniformly darkened. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall