Search Results: Titles starting with O from Sparkle Books

Toronto Canada: Kids Can Press, 1992 First Printing, Very Good In Unclipped Very Good Dust Jacket. No Writing Or Marks. Iconic Book By This British Immigrant, Illustrating In His Unique Style The Words To O Canada And His Commentary, Province By Province And Territory By Territory.

New York & London: MacMillan, 1962 1963 thirteenth printing in very good condition & very good dust jacket. light surface and edgewear to priceclipped dustjacket, inside edge browning. Moderate edgewear to boards and corners, else very good. Crisp clean interior, may be unread. Fos and black felt obliterated price on ffep.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Warner Books Inc, 1988 Near Fine In Near Fine Unclipped Dj With Minor Price Tag Residue, Front Panel, First Edition, First Printing, Full Number Line, No Ownership Writing Or Marks. Collectible Condition.(See Scan) Navy Blindstamped Boards With Green Metallic Lettering, Blindstamped With Title. This Of Course, Is The Renowned Dean Koontz Of Adult Horror, Trying His Hand At "The Truth Children Know Instinctively And The Fears We All Face In The Dark. . . . All Was Well Until The Bad Toys Came Up From The Basement."

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1980 This Was Tim Wynne-Jones First Novel Which Won The Seal First Novel Award In 1980. Afficionados Of Childrens Literature Will Probably Know Him Best For The Zoom Books In The 1970`S And 1980`S, But To Date He Has Received Numerous Awards For Both Child, Adult And Mystery Literature. `This Near Fine Copy Has Former Owner`S Embossed Seal On First Half-Titke, Otherwise No Writing Or Marks, Dust Jacket Somewhat Rubbed But Unclipped.

Garden City New York: Doubleday, 1965 This Is One Of A Series Of Four Books Collecting Stories From The Mgazine Of Science Fiction. This Is The 1965 First Edition With Black And Tan Spine With Brown Title. Dust Jacket Is Unclipped, And Has A Price Of $5.95 Covering The (Probably American) Price. Dj Has Rubbing To The Edges With Some Loss And Creasing. Text Is Very Good , Solid And Square With Very Slight Rub To Corners. Small Former Owner Names On Ffep. Essays Look At Roman Numerals, E=Mc Squared, New Years Day And Death, Among Other Things.

New York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1966 Very Good Copy, 1966 Parents Magazine Edition, No Dj. Former Owner Signature And 1968 Date On Bottom Ffep, Very Light Wear, But One Small Ding To Upper Front Edge And Slight Bump To Top Of Spine.

U K: Bracken Books, 1987 A Very Good Copy Of This Attractive Nursery Rhyme Book Which Is Illustrated With Illustrations By John Hassall (1868-1948), A Commercial Artist, Illustrator, Mentor And Teacher With A Lively Cartoonish Style. No Damage, Writing, Names Or Marks. Also No Dust Jacket, If Issued. There Is A Faint Shallow Gouge On Front Board, Else Near Fine. Edition Or Printing Not Stated. This Publication Bracken Books, 1987.

U.S.A.: Rising Moon, 1998 An Ex-Library Book In Very Good Condition With No Library Marks Save A Trace Of Removed Labels, Unclipped Dust Jacket, First Edition And Stated First Impression. This Book Has Joined The Ranks Of Muchloved Since Its Publication In 1998.

Great Neck, New York, U.S.A.: Choice Pubns Ltd, 1985 Stated First Canadian Edition Of This 1985 Choice Publications Hard Cover, Small Format. Rated Good ++ Because, While The Boards Are In Very Good Condition, Corners Unrubbed, The Interior Is Somewhat Loosely Bound And Pages Are Somewhat Limp. Clearly A Pre-Loved Book! No Writing Or Ownership Marks.

New York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1975 Very Good Plus copy of this apparent first edition by Parent's Magazine Press with illustrations by Tomi de Paola. Very light wear to cover, corners and spine edges. Slight cock to spine. Very good clean crisp interior, no writing or marks,

New York: Doubleday, 1960 1960 Collection of Old Testament stories "arranged" and illustrated by Marguerite De Angeli, Newberry Winner for The Door in the Wall. 159 colour and black and white illustrations in large (folio) heavy book. Ex school library copy with FFEP removed, spine label, one stamp on copyright page, date due slip and card pocket on FFBEP. A few notes and marks but generally clean interior. Bumped corners, good binding and spine, light tape stains on boards, dust soiled edges with some stains. Dust jacket is unclipped, but shows edgewear, creasing, soiled edges and a price tag pull under protective cover.

New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1970 Very Good Copy With Good Corners And Binding, Clean And Crisp, No Writing, But A Bit Of Perhaps Cake Batter (?) On Back Board (Which Contains Recipe For Old Witch's Magic Nut Cake. There Is A Line/Light Dent Along Back Board Also.Edition Not Stated. Has Isbn For Both Trade And Library Editions, So Doubtful It Is A First.

U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1987 First Printing, First U.S., Near Fine In Very Good Minus Dust Jacket Which Is Complete And Unclipped But Shows Substantial Rubbing. Jacket Back Review From The Daily Telegraph Says This Book "Evokes The Human Dimensions Of The Falklands War Just As The Snow Goose Did For Dunkirk." The Author Name, Eduardo Qiroga, Is Identified As A Pseudonym And Is In The Form Of A Love Letter.

Tokyo: Froebel-Kan, 1971 Entertaining and collectable Vegetable Puppets Series, a scarce board book depicting photographs of actual vegetable puppets. The publisher was named after a Dr. Froebel, a kindergarten expert.
This copy would be considered Very Good, were it not for a failing rear hinge.

Toronto: Collins, 1970 This Is A Novel Based On The Author's Metis Ancestor Who Immigrated To Western Canada From Scotland To Join His Father And Became Embroiled In The Riel Rebellion. In An Historical Note In The Book, The Author Explains That Most Of The Hudson's Bay Operatives At The End Of The 18Th Century Were Recruited From The Orkneys, As Was His Family. Where Islanders Intermarried With The Local First Nations People, Their Children Were Often Sent Back To The Orkneys To Be Educated. Book Is Near Fine Save Price Tag Pull To Ffep. Dj Is In Fair Condition With Price Tag Pulls To Front Panel, Edgewear And Chips.

Calgary Alberta Canada: Fifth House Publishers, 1997 Signed By Author. Near Fine Condition (Slight Turn Up To Upper Front Corner). Written By Calgary Writer Well Versed In Canadian History. This Is Much More Than A Collection Of Epitaphs. On Her Cross Country Tour Of Canadian Graveyards, Nancy Millar Puts Them In Historical Context And Tirelessly Researched Many Of The People Whose Graves She Visited. Surprised That She Did Not Include One Of Saskatchewan's More Famous Epitaphs By A Lover Of Horses And Women Which Is Slightly Risque!

Macmillan-Nal Pub/Signet, 1978 Toronto: Macmillan-Nal Pub/Signet, 1978 This Is Volume I, The Crusading Years 1895-1956 With 8 Pages Of Photographs. Used - Good++ First Signet Printing, August 1978. Signet/ Macmillan-Nal Pub (1978) 0772300097. May Be Unread, Edge Tint Intact, Spine Creases And Wear Would Suggest The Black And White Photos Have Been Viewed A Few Times. Light Corner Crease To Lower Front Cover and small closed tear to top of front cover.

Seoul: Simon & Schuster, 2003 This Is A Korean Language Translation Of Nonny Hogriagian's One Fine Day Translated In 2001 By Sigongsa. One Fine Day Won The 1972 Caldecott Medal. Book In Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket If Issued, No Writing Or Marks.

Toronto: Harperperennial Canada, 2002 Very Good With Just Slight Edgewear, No Writing. Very Small Dot On Outside Edge (Remainder?). "A Splendid Account Of A Number Of Tools [And[ Of The Evolution Of The Screw." (Scientific American Review Cited On Rear Panel).

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1989 1989 Grove Press, First Evergreen edition, first printing full number line. As described in Wikipedia, the original manuscript, a satirical racial comedy, was too racey for 1960's America, so Gover's agent sold it to a French publisher and the French version, published in 1962, was successful enough that the English language rights were eventually acquired by Grove Press, who published the first English language hard cover version in 1962. Book on offer is Grove Press's third issue, and first Evergreen edition. Very Good, some surface and edgewear, very lightly toned. No writing or stamps or stickers. Good binding.