Search Results: Titles starting with S from Bibliodditiques

Saskatoon: Fifth House Ltd., 1993. Paperback. Very Good +. A reprint of Bulletin No. 60, Anthropological Series, No. 11 published in 1930 by the Canada Department of Mines and the National Museum of Canada. Contains stories recounted by the indigenous Cree people of the Sweet Grass Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada. The stories tell of the origin of the planet and its inhabitants. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Some yellowing at the edges. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 346 pp.

Montreal: Canada Steamship Lines, 1930. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Paul Caron and G. A. Cuthbertson. Tight binding. No chips, tear, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Illustrated with black and white and colour illustrations. Full colour frontis illustration entitled "The frowning but maginificent heights along the Saguenay". Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and is age-toned with some chips around the edges. Green coverboards with blue print. A quarter-size light spot on the front coverboard. Slight lean. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 204 pp.

London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1936. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Upper edge of pages are gilded. Red coverboards with gilt lettering. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Dust jacket has some edgewear 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 269 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Two beaver kittens are rescued by an Indian hunter after their home dam is broken by an invading otter and become the beloved pets of the Indian village. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and is in a clear archival cover. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 187 pp.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Military Service Publishing Co. , 1945. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good +/very good +. "Laught at...Tremble at...Gasp at...SAKI or you'll never know what happens when a man pays his wife's kidnappers...to keep her! When a beautiful woman begs a young man...to find out who she is! When kids are taught history by acting out...the rape of the Sabine women! When two enemies wound each other... and try to make amends!......A corking collection of yarns, bristling with humor and horror, mixed with the expert skill of a great storyteller..." A very hard to find paperback title with a dust jacket. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Light edgewear including some chipping of the glassine coating on the dust jacket. Size: 16mo (6" to 7"). 155 pp.

Toronto: McCLelland and Stewart, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Author's second novel, after the much acclaimed "Icefields". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 372 pp.

Toronto Montreal: McCLelland and Stewart, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Carlos Marchiori. Contains three hundred singing games, skipping and ball-bouncing rhymes, taunts, teases and silly songs - ideal for children's parties. Tunes and guitar chords are provided for seventy-nine items; full piano accompaniments are given for twenty-five songs. Very colourfully illustrated. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, with original price of $6.95 on front flap. Jacket has some tears, chips, creasing around edges, and a 3" long paint or marker streak on rear panel. Largest tears are 2" long on front panel, near spine. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 160 pp.

London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1974. Revised Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/near fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated. 248 pp.

New York: Daw Books, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. Daw Book No. 562. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Clean and bright interior. Minimal edgewear and some toning on rear cover near spine. Size: 16mo (6" to 7"). 256 pp.

New York: Beginner Books, Inc., 1958. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. In this book, Gus the firefly becomes" the world's first skywriting firefly. And when a firefly starts skywriting, Anything can happen!" Stated First Printing. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owners' names on front free endpaper. Some shelf wear to edges of coverboards. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has the original $1.95 on front flap. Dust jacket has small tears, chips and creases around edges. Titles in the Beginner Books series list to this title on rear panel of dust jacket. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 62 pp.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Parents Magazine Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Edward Gorey. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dk Ink, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Comic book style illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Hans-Joachim Burgert. Late author is a well-known German calligrapher. Book tells the story of Samulo and his interactions with a giant who thinks that the town of Pardisburg makes a very nice set of toys! Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket has original price of $3.95 on front flap. Lower right corner of front flap is clipped. A two-inch tear at upper right corner of rear jacket panel and a couple of much smaller tears around edges. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11").

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1989. First edition, as stated. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Michael Foreman. Tight binding. No chips, tears,creases or written inscriptions on pages. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Atheneum, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Michael Foreman. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. 1" tear on upper left corner of front panel of jacket. Illustrator received Kate Greenaway Medal for other works. Story about an artist who creates sculptures of sand on the beach, only to discover that one of his creations has come to life. Size: Sm 4to (10"-12").

Leicester, England: The Brockhampton Press Ltd., 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. John Read. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Full colour frontis. Slight bow and soiling to coverboards. Some spotting on endpapers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Faded coverboards with light stain on front. "Complimentary Advance Copy" stamped on front free endpaper along with publisher's insignia. 295 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT clipped and has some small tears/chips around edges; most significant being a 1.0" tear on front panel near spine. Jacket is age-toned. Green coverboards with paste down title labels on front and spine. The number "10" is written on the front free endpaper. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 295 pp. Buffalo

Simcoe, Ontario, Canada: Parents' Magazine Press, 2004. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by Author on title page. No chips, tears, creases. Tight binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 459 pp.

Boston London: Ginn & Company, Publishers, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good +. Tight binding. Green coverboards with gilt lettering. Light edgewear at corners and head/tail of spine on coverboards. Some light spotting on pages. Two pages toned from a sheet of paper left in the book. Some pencil notations and underlining. Appendix. Notes. Index. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 432 pp.