Search Results: Publishing from Attic Books

Chicago, 1907. Booklet. Good. 102 p. 20 cm. Small b&w book illustrations. Yellow paper covers. Chips and tears to edges. Large tear through p. 11. A catalogue of books: plays, dialogues, recitations, games, sports, drills, gymnastics, monologues, cantatas, motion songs, wax works, make up materials, etc.

London, 1959-1960. Very good +. Two 25 cm pages, one 24 cm page, and two 21 cm pages. All letters to Pamela Lyon, Editor, John Calder Publishers Ltd., three dated 1959, one dated 1960, and one undated. All typewritten but signed by Alan Burns. Two on London School of Economics & Political Science letterhead. Alan Burns (1929-2013) attended Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood and recounted his experiences at the school in fictionalized form in Buster, his first novel. In this correspondence with his publisher, Burns accepts their offer to publish the book and states he is "trying to cook up a better title than 'Buster'. Any ideas?" One can only assume they didn't since Buster remained the name of the finished work. John Calder published the book in 1961.

Buffalo: Grosvenor Library, 1936. Booklet. Very good. Vol. 18, No. 4 of the Grosvenor Library Bulletin and a Supplement to Vol. 16, No. 4. 91 p. 23 cm. Stapled covers. Paper browning.

Toronto, ca. 1933. Very good. First edition of this book printed 1933. Only 500 copies. 21 cm 4 p. flyer. One b&w illustration. Two horoizontal folds, one with small tear. Small marks on rear. Attic Books has a copy of the advertised volume by Percy J. Robinson. See our inventory # 129914.

New York, ca. 1890. Booklet. Fine. [12 p.]. 13 cm. Stapled.

New York, 1927. No. 22. Softcover. Good. 23 p. 22 cm. Stapled paper covers. Chip from bottom of entire text. Light soiling to front edge. Books about ornthology, entomology, botany, forestry, sport, mammals, exploration, taxidermy.

Hamilton, ON: William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, McMaster University Library , 1992. Softcover. Near fine. xvi, 162 p. 28 cm. Spiral binding. A little soiling to front cover.

[Girard, KS], nd. ca. 1949. Softcover. Fair. 68 p. 13 cm. Stapled. Covers detached and separated. Chips and tears. Paper browned. "Catalogue of 942 Larger Books. The titles listed in this catalogue are NOT Little Blue Books. They are our larger volumes." Ink stamp on first leaf states one should send one's order to Modern Mailway, 210 5th Ave., Dept.16, N.Y. C. 10." Listings include Digest Series, Freethinkers Library, A B C Library, Appeal to Reason Library, Americanism, Books by Clarence Darrow, Paul Eldridge, and E. Haldeman-Julius as well as Upton Sinclair, Freethought, Psychoanalysis, sex, socialism, much more.

Toronto, 1948. Booklet. Fair. 17 p. 23 cm. Stapled. Print on lower part of rear cover scuffed off. Dampstains. First and last pages stuck to covers. Books for elementary schools: nature, science, atlases maps, geography, history, social studies, exploration, diectionaries, crafts, poetry, music, classics, story books, fiction, plays, girl's.column.

The Quill & Brush Press, 1978. Second Edition, enlarged . Booklet. Very good. 88 p. 18 cm. Stapled. Some light soiling to covers. Signed by author on title.

London, Ontario: The School of Journalism, UWO, 1984. Softcover. ex library-fair. 220 p. 23 cm. Paperback. Ex library with labels on front cover, inside rear cover and on last page. Ink stamps on title page. Tear in spine tail. Tape on upper spine. Some wear and creases to covers. Pencil and ink marks inside. Tear in first leaf. Brief bio of Spears. Commentary on the role of the press, ethical questions, transmitting ideas intelligibly, getting facts right, politics, etc.

Montreal: Canadian Authors' Association, April 21, 1939. Good. One sided 22 cm typed letter with typed signatures. Accompanied a copy of a book by Bunny Austin. Single vertical crease. Darkened along top edge.

New York, 1927. No. 21. Softcover. Good. 71 p. 22 cm. Stapled paper covers. Chip from bottom of entire text. Light soiling to front cover. Books about birds, botany, mammals, sport, etc.

London, 1938. Softcover. Fair. 231 p. 18 cm. Blue paper covers. Top front corner chipped. Some dampstains to covers, edges and top margins.

Toronto, 1935. No. 14. Softcover. Fair. Unpaginated stapled booklet. 23 p. 18 cm. Large chip in front cover. Numerous tears, mainly to covers, and some stains. Complete but fragile. Alphabetical list of items from Maude E. Abbott's History of Medine in Province of Quebec to Who's Who in Canada 1934-5.

London, nd. Softcover. Good. 32 p. 22 cm. Paper covers bound with thread. Ink inscription top front. Soiling to exterior. Pages clean.

Butterworths; LexisNexis, 2002. sixth edition. Hardcover. Very good +. xix, 615 p. 26 cm. Red cloth hardcover. Corners bumped. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. CD ROM is present in envelope at rear.

Toronto, nd. 1928?. Softcover. Fair. 46, [2] p. 20 cm. Stapled. Blue label on front. Chips, scuffs, dampstains.

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1992. Staplebound. Very good. Unpaginated promotional booklet. 22 cm. Faint foxing to front. Contains excerpts from: Marc Diamond - Property; Jean McKay - The Dragonfly Fling; David Gilmour - Back on Tuesday; Russell Banks - The Brick Reader.

Chicago: The Bookhouse For Children, nd. ca. 1936. Booklet. Near fine. 35 x 63 cm page. One illustration of "The Latch Key" or vol. 6 of My Bookhouse. Comes folded. 3 horizontal folds and 3 vertical. Lists all the stories and articles in all six volumes. Listed writers include famous names such as Roert Louis Stevenson, John Ruskin, William Shakespeare, Howard Pyle, Alfred Tennyson, John Dryden, etc. Also lists artists.