Search Results: Authors starting with A from Reading Rat

Ottawa ON: Borealis Press Ltd., 1974. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good. Andrea Campbell. Unpaginated; large format PB in landscape layout. Written by A.P. Campbell, Professor of English at U. Ottawa, illustrated by his 8 year old daughter Andrea. Illustrations in red. An entertaining and quirky book.

Fredericton NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Series, 1970. Limited. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. 52 p; VG+; slight reading wear. A collection of poems published in a limited edition of 550 copies. Some previously appeared in literary periodicals. This is the seventh book to be published as a result of the Theodore Roberts Fund for Literature. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1956. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. American Lecture Series. 233 pages; VG/VG-; book has some signs of damp on back cover and a few back pages; DJ likewise, also shows age darkening esp. around edges and folds. All intact, unmarked. This is a monograph from the Bannerstone Division of Americal Lectures in Pediatrics, and covers the field of congenital heart disease from the point of view of angiocardiographic and aortographic diagnosis. Profusely illustrated with drawings and X-rays, all based on examinations of infants under three years of age. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New Providence, NJ, U.S.A.: BPR Publishers, 1999. Not Stated. French-Folds. Near Fine/No Jacket. Unpaginated; large, perfect-bound, French-folds. A collection of photographs of Canadian women by noted songwriter Bryan Adams, exhibited at the ROM and published in book form in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Foreword by Margaret Atwood. An impressive collection of images, haunting, beautiful, moving, erotic, playful and enigmatic. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. second copy

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Pacific Educational Press, 1984. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Markowsky, Jeannie (illustrator). Large Hardcover; white boards w. cover illustration of sandhill cranes; 24 p., NF condition, very small dent at fore-edge of front cover. Part of a series of readers developed for the Queen Charlotte Islands School District by WEDGE/University of British Columbia. A very lovely book, with detailed colour illustrations of common Island birds. Short text on each species is at an easy reading level for children 6 - 13. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing May 1987; VG/VG; ex-lib with usual pocket, stamps, etc; spine cocked; DJ price clipped, plastic cover taped to boards; otherwise in VG condition. Mystery set in Depression-era South Dakota. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 347 p. HC; VG+/VG. DJ has small closed tear at top of spine, slight bumping, otherwise book & DJ in very nice, clean, unmarked condition. In a case that made "Texas justice" an oxymoron, Randall Adams spent 12 years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Adams' case was the basis for the movie "The Thin Blue Line". Here he tells his own story. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canada: Love Printing Service Ltd, 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Carrol, W.J.. This is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Rather short but well done and to the point. Other titles in the series are sleeping beauty, the town musicians, the tinder box. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

England: Penguin Books, 1980. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -/No Jacket. 286p. The horror and heroism of the early whaling industry. slight corner wear. older book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lincoln NB: Bison Books (University of Nebraska Press), 1977. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good +. 356 p. trade paperback; Agnes Cleaveland's account of her life in the Wild West. Born on a cattle ranch in New Mexico in 1884, she grew up in cow country and wrote her story originally in 1941. Sketch map and illustrations. VG+

Gibsons BC: Nightwood, 2017. First edition thus. Paperback. New. 286 p.; NEW TP. The author, a Syrian refugee and advocate now living in Vancouver, has previously published short stories in Arabic. "The Clothesline Swing", tells the epic story of two ;overs anchored to the memory of a dying Syria.

London, United Kingdom: Arrow Books Ltd, 2000. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 220p. Small mark on bottom edge. Dido's waylaid on her return to England by a search for Lord Herodsfoot. Whom should she trust as she approaches Limbo Lodge? 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Apple, 1993. First Scholastic Edition. Paperback. VG. 287 p.; paperback; VG condition; orig. publ 1974. This is a Scholastic edition. Set in a fantasy version of Victorian England, where orphans Lucas Bell and Anna Maria struggle to eke out a life when Luke is forced out of his bleak home of Midnight Court. Evil guardians, lost heirs, and secret identities abound.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Annick Press, Limited, 1998. Pictorial Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Holdcroft, Tina (illustrator). 24p. An excellent book. Part of the Building together series. I have another of the same and a different one from the same series aswell. Volume 1:beginner. This is great for working with children. learn with them and have fun. Very simple carpentry. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Annick Press, Limited, 1998. Pictorial Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Holdcroft, Tina (illustrator). 32p. Part of the Building Together Series. I have 2 more from this series, doubles. This is the thirs, odd one out. They are great books for teaching and having fun at the same time. Gives children a chance to be hands on and make something they can use and enjoy. Volume 2: Beginner. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: William Morrow, 2015. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 312 p incl bibliography & index; HC, VG+. DJ unclipped, very slight wear. Carefully researched and well written account of the hurricane that destroyed Galveston, and the misconceptions and hubris that left the city utterly unprepared.

Cologne: Konemann, 1998. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 128 p. Incl. bibliography, Small paperback. Design history of the Alessi family, manufacturers of household goods. Interesting insight into the design traditions of a prominent Italian concern. Stamped WITHDRAWN on title page but no other markings. Solid copy, Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. Unstated. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Aliki (illustrator). Unpaginated; VG+, corners slightly bumped, inked price on flyleaf. Otherwise clean and bright. A simple biography of Carver, with colourful illustrations, for young readers. Very nice copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring, 1999. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good- . 200 p; signed by author on half title page; underlining and notes scattered throughout, in pencil, not too obtrusive. Short story collection, some previously published. 1999 Bronwen Wallace Award winner.

New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1995. Reprint. Library Binding. Very Good +. John Schoenherr. 207 p.; small HC with glossy pictorial boards; Newbery Honor Book seal. Originally published in 1971, this is Allan Eckert's fictionalized account of a real incident in rural Manitoba, c. 1870, when a shy little boy wandered away from his family's farmhouse and spent the summer living with a female badger. B & W ink illustrations. A remarkable and moving story. Gift inscription in gold ink on ffep and signed "Allan". Very nice condition.