Search Results: Titles starting with M from Ainsworth Books

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin Company Limited. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has light soiling and some chipping, creasing with tears along top edge. Green cloth boards show light edge wear. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 123 pages; "M. E. (the title is taken from the signature Emily Carr frequently used) is a moving study of an artist's struggle against despair and loneliness. It is also an intimate portrayal of a close friendship. To her fellow Victorians, Emily Carr was an eccentric character who kept outlandish pets, wore outlandish clothes, painted outlandish pictures, and had a very sharp tongue. Recognition of her artistic depth and vitality came slowly. But to Edythe Schleicher it was self-evident from the very beginning of their relationship." .

London: Longmans, Green & Co.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. 1st UK. Hardcover. Some chipping, scuffing & wear, slight foxing, dust soil on page edges.; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 456 pages; From Canada's greatest political journalist comes the astonishing story of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. "He appeared to the public a drab little man, round of face and body, who spoke in banalities. Behind this facade lay the skill of a political genius and a mind sharp enough to confound all his contemporaries. Radical, reformer, scholar, philosopher, historian, spiritualist, Mackenzie King was the Incredible Canadian. He grasped the reins of a leaderless party, brought it to power and then clung to the Prime Minister's office longer than any man in the history of the British Commonwealth. Few people have understood the convolutions of Mackenzie King's mind, his complexity, his… Read More

London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Later Printing. Hardcover. Light edge wear to green cloth covered boards, corners slightly bumped, church stamp on front pastedown and what appears to be an excess of glue at edge of back pastedown. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact, text unmarked. A couple of pages roughly opened. ; 169 pages .

New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co.. Very Good-. 1900. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 126 pages; Nov. 1900. Red cloth covered boards with gilt decoration, top edge gilt with untrimmed fore and bottom edges, all illustrations with tissue guards present. Printer's emblem on page 129. Corners and base of spine bumped, front hinge started, stamped from prev, store on back pastedown, shelfwear, clean and solid. .

Providence, RI: AMS. Very Good. 1981. Paperback. 0821822500 . Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 61 pages; Light scuffing and edgewear. Unmarked. .

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0804804133 . B&W Illustrations; 68 pages; DJ a little scuffed, light chipping, short tears. DJ is clipped, bottom 3/4 inch torn from inside back flap. Dust jacket in Mylar. A tight solid book. A tale about a siamese cat and two young Thai children. .

Victoria, BC: Victoria Publishing Company. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969869983 . A bright, solid book, glossy pictorial paper covered boards as new. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 260 pages; "John Macgregor was born in Cawdor near Nairn, Scotland in 1889 and moved to Canada in 1909. He served in the army from 1915 to 1919. MacGregor was 29 years old, and a temporary captain in the 2nd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when the following deed during the Battle of the Canal du Nord took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. During the period 29 September/3 October 1918 near Cambrai, France, Captain MacGregor acted with most conspicuous bravery and leadership. He led his company under intense fire, and although wounded, located and put out of action enemy machine-guns which were checking progress, killing four and taking eight prisoners. He then… Read More

Mackenzie, BC: The British Columbia Heritage Trust. Very Good+. 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages; Lake Williston was created when the WAC Bennett Dam north of Prince George was built to increase the production of elecricity powering the province of British Columbia. It went into production in 1968. At the base of the lake a town was planned to house workers brought in to open the area to logging. Mackenzie became a thriving community in the lumber rich area, with many peripheral businesses and services developed to service the community. .

Agincourt, Ont.: Gage Pub. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771599803 . DJ a little scuffed, 1/4 inch tear top edge ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar ; 259 pages .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ chipped, torn 2 inches down front edge, glue stains on front flaps of DJ, light wear to blue cloth covered boards ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; B&W Photographs; 723 pages; A record of William Lyon MacKenzie King political history during the years of WWII .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0802011292 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Short tear top back fore edge of DJ ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 723 pages; A record of William Lyon MacKenzie King political history during the years of WWII as taken from the diaries of J.W. Pickersgill who had daily contact with the Prime Minister .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802015255 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 510 pages; Deals with the late war years, the debate over conscription and planning for the post war years. .

Toronto: University Of Toronto Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802016863 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 472 pages; "Volume IV records final period in office and ends with an account of the Liberal convention at which Louis St. Laurent was chosen as his successor and with the last months before his retirement as Prime Minister" .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802016553 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, scuffing.; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 424 pages .

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. 155017729X . FFEP has had upper front corner 3/4" X2 1/2" cut out to remove previous owner's name. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 248 pages; "Is there such a thing as British Columbia culture, and if so, is there anything special about it? This is the broad question Dr. Maria Tippett answers in this work with an assured "yes!" To prove her point she looks at the careers of eight ground-breaking cultural producers in the fields of painting, aboriginal art, architecture, writing, theatre and music. The eight creative figures profiled in Made in British Columbia are not just distinguished artists who made an enduring mark on Canadian culture during the twentieth century. They are unique artists whose work is intimately interwoven with British Columbia's identity." The 8 individuals - artists,… Read More

Toronto: Allen Lane. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670064033 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.7 inches; 472 pages; "Based on newly uncovered sources, The Madman and the Butcher is a powerful double biography of Sam Hughes and Arthur Currie and the story of one of the most shocking and highly publicized libel trials in Canadian history. Sir Arthur Currie achieved international fame as Canadian Corps commander during the Great War. He was recognized as a brilliant general, morally brave, and with a keen eye for solving the challenges of trench warfare. But wars were not won without lives lost. Who was to blame for Canada's 60,000 dead? Sir Sam Hughes, Canada's war minister during the first two and a half years of the conflict, was erratic, outspoken, and regarded by many as insane. Yet he was an expert on the war. He attacked Currie's reputation in the war's… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2013. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0307594122 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Remainder dot on bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Text in English, translated from the original German by David Dollemayer. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 402 pages; This was first published in Germany in 2009 as 'Wie die Madonna auf den Mund kam' "An award-winning journalist transforms his lifelong fascination with the world of the Gypsies into fiction with this exuberant, deeply enchanting debut novel—both whimsical and suspenseful—winner of the European Book Prize, and translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide." .

London: Picador. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0330294075 . Price-clipped DJ and boards show light shelf wear, ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Picador Books; 9.4 X 6.4 X 1.2 inches; 305 pages; "Always strong and fearless, Germaine Greer strikes right at the heart of the matter—be it John F. Kennedy and vaginal deodorants, rape and artificial insemination, cosmetic surgery, the death of Jimi Hendrix, or the famine in Ethiopia. This collection represents a mosaic of essays, long and short, some of which are appearing for the first time in print and all of which chafe the conventional and are bristling with argument. From the youthful liveliness of her sixties pieces, which “got up everybody’s nose,” to the depth and complexity of her later work, The Madwoman’s Underclothes is a reflection both of an era and of the changing ideas and styles of Germaine Greer: “The… Read More

London UK: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0224028065 . Light fading on spine edge of front cover, general wear. Previous owner has drawn small artistic pieces top of FFEP and half title page with light ink transfer to front flap ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 460 pages; "A modern narrator supplements the views of a group of eighteenth-century travelers as they make an inquiry into the mysterious death by hanging of one traveler and the disappearance--into thin air--of another" .

Toronto: Exile Editions. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920428347 . DJ shows some shelf wear and light chipping, tape repaired 3" tear to front panel of DJ, price-clipped. Previous owner's name and attractive dragon stamp on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 149 pages .