Search Results: Titles starting with W from Leonard Shoup

Ontario: Ontario: Dr Alan R Hebb / Self Published, 2016, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2016. -----------softcover, a Near Fine to Fine example, looks new, signed and inscribed by the author "To Patrick and Patsy S_______ best wishes Alan R Hebb", 120 pages, vintage postcards reproduced throughout, many if not most are halifax and certainly many if not all are Nova Scotia, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed (see description). First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine (see desciption). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.5w x 9h Inches.

USA: USA: Weird Tales Club, NO DATE (circa 1940 ), 1st Edition, 1940. -----------Weird Tales Club membership card, no date but likely circa 1940, a solid Good to Very Good example, some light splashes and soiling to the illustrated side, some fading to the backside which is plain black, card was sent to Robert Morton? / Mortimer ? / Mort?? and signed by the secretary Martyin Ware, ---there are three versions of this card all of which have the same layout, illustration and name lines, -one is black and does not have the number 20 in the address line and is likely the earliest version, there is also a green card version again all in the same format which includes the #20 in the address line, and finally there is this bronze/gold version which shows the #20 in the address line ---priority of these two versions with the #20 is unknown to me ---none of the cards were dated ---all of the cards were signed by the CLUB secretary Martin Ware but of the versions I have seen (online and this one ) Ware's… Read more

Edmonton, Alberta: Edmonton, AB: Lame Duck Press / Marianne Nielsen, Sign of the Drunken Dragon, NO DATE ( !978 / 1979 ), 1st Edition, 1st Printing , 1979. ----------fanzine, stapled, about 8.5w x 11h inches, a Very Good+ example, light wear and rubbing, 42 pages, b&w illustrations, a fanzine with a decidedly pornographic/sexual emphasis, there is at least one tale set in the Star Trek world and another set in the Star Wars universe, ---really quite a scarce piece of canadian fandom, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate---. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description ). Illus. by Adrian Kleinbergen Cover Art ( Illustrations By Barry Kent MacKay; Joy Van Eickenhorst; Tim Hammell; Grant Canfield . 8.5w x 11h Inches.

Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles, CA: Weird Tales Winter 1973, Volume 47, # 3 Fall, 1973, 1st Edition, 1973. -----------cover art layout and mock-up for the Fall 1973 ( Volume 47 # 3 ) issue of WEIRD TALES which was edited by Sam Moskowitz out of Los Angeles, ---artist board (of some sort ) measures about 10w x 15h inches, creases and bumps and bruises to board, cover photo is about 6.25w x 9.5h inches, cover image at this point of production is in b&w, clear acetate sheet over artwork for protection, semi-transparent paper taped to board to cover mock-up and acetate, numerous pencil noteson board and overlay, mock-up has some loose bits of lettering, browing to the verso of most pieces including the verso of the cover photo, lower left corner of cover had 4 names but the Clark Ashton Smith name strip has been lost, this listing shows the final issue but is NOT included with this mock-up artwork, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT… Read more

New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: Nelson Doubleday Book & Music Club, 1988, First Edition, 1st Printing (BCE), 1988. ----------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Very Good+ dustjacket with some small nicks and chips, --- this contains: The Eyrie - a chat with the readers; Interim by Ray Bradbury; The House of Ecstasy by Ralph Milne Farley; The Stolen Body by H. G. Wells; The Scrawny One by Anthony Boucher; The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Lucian, translated by Sir Thomas More; Skulls in the Stars by Robert E. Howard; Eena by Manly Banister; The Look by Maurice Level; Methought I Heard a Voice by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt; Off the Map by Rex Dolphin; The Last Train by Fredric Brown; Ti Michel by W J. Stamper; In the X-Ray by Fritz Leiber Jr; Speak by Henry Slesar; The Pale Criminal by C. Hall Thompson; The Sombrus Tower by Tanith Lee; Mr. George by August Derleth; The Terror of the Water Tank by William Hope Hodgson; The Legend of St Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave Flaubert; The Hoax… Read more

Canada: Canada: Jackson Events, 2009, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2009. -----------hardcover, about 9w x 11h inches, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, looks new, signed without inscription by Clark, 128 pages, packed with colour photos,, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED (PHOTO) ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine (see description)/Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 9w x 11h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.

Canada: Canada: Jackson Events, 2009, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2009. -----------hardcover, about 9w x 11h inches, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, looks new, signed by WC on a tipped-in colour photo which looks like it was made for this book, photo shows WC in his Toronto Maple leafs uniform, 128 pages, packed with colour photos,, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED (PHOTO) ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine (see description)/Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 9w x 11h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.

Erin, Ontario: Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 1999, 1st edition, 1st Printing, First Printing, 1999. -----------softcover, about 9 x 8 inches, a Near Fine copy, 71 pages, b&w photos, --" historic Windermere House, the Lady of the Lake, overlooking Muskoka's beautiful Lake Rosseau. For over 100 years, Windermere House and its namesake community have played host to thousands of summer tourists annually" ---Richard S. Tatley is a member of the Steamboat Historical Society of America and in 1973 helped to found the Muskoka Steamship and Historical Society, which now owns the SS Segwun. Richard is the author of several books, including Steamboating in Muskoka and Port Carling: The Hub of the Muskoka Lakes, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 9w x 8h Inches.

West Linn, Oregon: USA: Robert Weinberg, 1974, 1st edition, First Printing , 1974. ------------softcover, a solid Very Good example, light rubbing and edge wear, Why WT50? essay by Robert Weinberg; Letters to Joel Frieman essay by J. C. Henneberger; Mr. Weird Tales essay by E. Hoffmann Price; Weird Tales in the Thirties (excerpts from the booklet) essay by Reginald Smith; A Word About Weird essay by Robert Bloch; Three Lost Novels essay by Weinberg; The Long View essay by Frank Belknap Long; Writing for Weird Tales essay by H. Warner Munn; The Last Man Mess essay by Wallace West; My Skirmish with Weird Tales essay by Joseph Payne Brennan; Cover Art in Weird Tales essay by Weinberg; Memories of Weird Tales essay by Lee Brown Coye; Weirdisms: Wizards and Witches essay by Coye; Lee Brown Coye: An Appreciation essay by Weinberg; 50 Years of Weird Tales essay by Manly Wade Wellman; Notes on Weird Tales essay by T. G. L. Cockcroft; He That Hath Words essay by Edmond Hamilton; The Golden Days essay by E.… Read more

New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: The Free Press, a Division of Simon and Schuster, 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2003. -----------hardcover, about 6.25w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks newsigned "All the best, Carlos Eire" on a small tipped in plate dated 2003, 387 pages, some b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.25w x 9.25h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.

New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: William Morrow, 1985, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing, 1985. ---------hard cover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, a sharp copy, NOT an exlibrarycopy, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---Guaranteed to be AVAILABLE///. Later printing(s). Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by David Stone Cover Art. 5.75w x 8.5h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.

London, England: London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1977, 1st Edition, First Printing , 1977. ------------hardcover, a Near Fine example, a tight clean square copy, in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a sticket pull on the price on the front flap, signed without inscription by the author, 235 pages, b&w illustrations, ---from the front flap: a memorable portrait of the old shepherd and writes of the last, golden days before farming was transformed by machines. At Cold Harbour Farm the fifteen year old Davey, who was not used to country life, learned about the land and the livestock from men whose fathers before them, had been farmers. From Edgar Kirby he learned to be a shepherd. taciturn, unsentimental, but wise in natural lore, believing for each task there were only two ways: a right way and a wrong way. ---Here simply and vividly recalled is life as it was on farms in the Chilterns, the Cotswolds and galloway. WALK SOFT in the FOLD records a part of that which is lost", , any image directly… Read more

Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa, ON: Baico Publishing, 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2012. -----------trade paperback, about 5.5 x 8.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, signed by the author, ---"A man's body is found on the Cape overlooking Grand Bank, Newfoundland. At first everyone thinks it's a heart attack or stroke. But then it is discovered that he was poisoned. Who would do this and why? Finding that out falls to Sergeant Winston Windflower of the RCMP along with his trusted sidekick Eddie Tizzard. Along the way they discover that there are many more secrets hidden in this small community and powerful people who want to keep it that way"---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo .. Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover.

Quebec: Quebec: Les Publications Du Quebec, 2007, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2007. ----------hardcover, a Near Fine/Fine example, in a Near Fine/Fine dustjacket, looks new and is unread, 173 pages, colour photos throughout, ---"The Eastern Townships form a region of many contrasts. Climate and nature are gentler here than anywhere else in Québec. The area has an abundance of lakes nestling between protective hills, of calm, blue rivers and of valleys home to hamlets each distinctive in its own right. A number of villages have a special charm reminiscent of their New England cousins. Laughter is in the air in the region’s towns and one readily senses just how pleasant life is here. ---Many Township houses coquettishly adorn themselves entirely in yellow, pink, green or blue, spreading sumptuous architectural counterpanes over the villages, where people are as warm and colourful as the summer that concinues well into fall. ---At dawn, mist often creates ephemeral lakes above the… Read more

Shingletown, California : Shingletown, CA.: Mark V Ziesing, 1995, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1995. -----------hardcover, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, signed by Collins,# 22 of 300 signed and numbered copies in slipcase, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine (see description)/Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 5.5w x 8.75h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.

Quebec: Quebec: Les Publications Du Quebec, 2007, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2007. ----------hardcover, a Near Fine/Fine example, in a Near Fine/Fine dustjacket, looks new and is unread, 173 pages, colour photos throughout, ---"The Eastern Townships form a region of many contrasts. Climate and nature are gentler here than anywhere else in Québec. The area has an abundance of lakes nestling between protective hills, of calm, blue rivers and of valleys home to hamlets each distinctive in its own right. A number of villages have a special charm reminiscent of their New England cousins. Laughter is in the air in the region’s towns and one readily senses just how pleasant life is here. ---Many Township houses coquettishly adorn themselves entirely in yellow, pink, green or blue, spreading sumptuous architectural counterpanes over the villages, where people are as warm and colourful as the summer that concinues well into fall. ---At dawn, mist often creates ephemeral lakes above the… Read more

Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Key Porter Books, 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2000. -----------hard cover, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dust jacket, signed and inscribed by Mowat "For the H____ family Farley Mowat", 208 pages, --- Mowat traces the history of the Barren Ground Inuit, revealing how the arrival of the KABLUNAIT ( white man ) in the early part of the 20th century & the decomation of the caaribou herds combined to unleash a series of famines & epidemics that nearly eliminated the entire native population, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.5w x 9.5h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.

New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: Dell, 1976, 1st Dell Edition, First Printing ( Canadian Imprint ) , 1976. ----------paperback, a solid Very Good example, light wear and rubbing, a bit of age toning to paper, identical to the US edition but printed in Canada, the cover art is uncredited but I believe the photo of Wall St has a Bill Wenzel busty blonde used as the female figure, certainly Wenzel-like, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good (see description). Illus. by Bill Wenzel Cover Art. 4.25w x 7h Inches.

Eugene, Oregon: Eugene, OR.: Pulphouse Publishing / Axolotl Press, 1993, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1993. ---------trade paperback, a Near Fine unread copy, signed by WJW, one of 525 signed softcover copies, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed (see description). First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Harry O Morris Cover Art. 5.25w x 8.25h Inches.

USA: Philadelphia, PA: J B Lippincott Company A Story Press Book, 1947, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing, 1947. ----------hardcover, a Good example only, age toning to paper and edges of the text block, front blank endpaper has been removed, some loss at bottom of front endpapers and first dozen+ pages, foxing and age toning to paper ---in a Fair only dustjacket with considerable loss on the spine, chips and tears, a filler copy offered as is, this was filmed as Original Sin starring Angelina Joile and Antonio Banderas / Filmed by Francois Truffault as La sirene du Mississippi starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul belmondo and filmed in Japanese as Kamen no hanayome - Kurayami e no Waltz, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Later Printing of the 1st edition. Hard Cover. Good (see description)/Fair (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 5.5w x 8.25h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.