Search Results: Authors starting with A from Spafford Books

New York: MacMillan and Co., Limited NONE [NONE] 1906. (hardcover) xi, 633pp. Very good. 8vo. Original brown publisher's cloth. Cover shows some wear, markings, as may be anticipated. There is a paper bookplate paste down (small, tasteful) to the inside front cover. As well, there are notations and marginalia, primarily pencilled, throughout. That said, all text is clean and legible. Frontispiece, 4 other portraits and one image of Newsham College. Memoir of the utilitarian philosopher and economist, Henry Sidgwick (1838 - 1900..

Erin, Ontario: Porcuine's Quill 1980. (Mass market paperback) Very good. Minor wear to front cover. Red with a different engraving "Dead Thrush" on cover than any other seen..

Chicago: Lakeside Press 1935. (Cloth) 1221pp. Near fine. Gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Miniscule scuff to rear cover. Else as new..

Montreal: James A. Sadlier [circa 1886], new edition. (12mo) 192pp. Near fine. Quarter cloth, illustrated boards showing only very light rubs. Rubber stamp to title-page, else very bright and square altogether. The Dominion Catholic Series..

Collegeville, Minn.: St. John's University Record Print 1894. (Mass market paperback) 64pp. Very good. 12mo. Heavy card covers, faded and chipped at spine. Stapled. There is a notation at the top of the title page, small and delicate, and very likely a reference to the poet, as the initials would be the same. Internally clean, tight and bright..

Saskatoon: A.K.A Gallery; Mendel Gallery 1987, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 64pp. Fine. .

Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis [circa 1885]. (12mo) 255pp. Good to very good. Frontispiece, illus. Bevelled boards show wear to extremities, the gilt, black & red cover remaining quite bright, although the spine is darkened. Hinges tender. Contemporary inscription (1885) on endpaper. A.e.g. Shaky..

London: T. Nelson & Sons 1896, 1st Edition. (16mo) 64pp. Very good. Adverts., frontispiece. Lightly worn decorative cover remaining quite bright & strong. Former owner's inscription on pastedown. Prelims tender. Internally quite good indeed..

London: Richard Barrett 1860. (Mass market paperback) 37pp. Very good. 12mo. To clarify, the author is identified as "A Little Bir-r-d". Paper, stitched. Title in black, in block, to front. Covers lightly rubbed, top corners folded (small), some spotty discolouration to rear cover, all of which may be anticpated given its age. There is a personal inscription penned delicately to the title page; internally clean and easy to read..

New-Haven: Peck, White, and Peck 1860, 1st edition. (16mo) 142pp. Good to very good. Original boards show shelf / edge wear, a degree more significant at head & tail. Front and rear endpapers missing. Some age spotting to title-page and within..

Saskatchewan: Oblate Priests in the Colony/German-Canadian Catholic Society 1900 edition, 1st translation. (Mass market paperback) 170, xxxv. Very good. Green paper wraps with black lettering to cover and spine. Minimal edgewear. Related ephemera laid in. VERY SCARCE. Tramping Lake, Luseland, Macklin..

Highland Park, Michigan: Network 1975. (Mass market paperback) 38pp. Very good. 8vo. Yellow paper covers, stapled. Various union articles included. The international union, the United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (U.A.W.) is, still today, one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, and has members in every sector of the economy. Clean and bright..

Highland, Michigan: Network 1975. (Mass market paperback) 47pp. Very good. 8vo. Orange-yellow paper covers, stapled. Various union articles included. The international union, the United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (U.A.W.) is, still today, one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, and has members in every sector of the economy. Clean and crisp..

London: The Religious Tract Society [circa 1870]. (16mo) 144pp. Very good. Frontispiece, illus. Light rubs, minor abrasions to extremities, slight darkening of spine. Former owner's contemporary gift inscription pencilled on endpaper. Somewhat cocked..

Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada [0-660-12110-7] 1990. (Mass market paperback) 178pp. Near fine. 4to, square. Spine lightly sunned, else fine. Bright, tight, and clean..

Regina, Saskatchewan: University of Regina Press/First Nations University of Canada 978-0-88977-480-3 [978-0-88977-480-3] 2017. (Mass market paperback) xxii, 80pp. As new. 8vo. As new. The first collection of Aaniiih / Gros Ventre stories to be published in the Aaniiith / Gros Ventre language. Includes trickster tales, war stories, and others. Includes background on the language, glossary, and provides some grammar usage. The Aaniiih / Gros Ventre People lived in the Saskatchewan area until they were driven south to Montana in the 1800s. First Nations Language Readers series. Told by Aaniiih / Gros Ventre Elders and / or retold by Terry Brockie. Edited and translated by Terry Brockie and Andrew Cowell..

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. 1961, 1st edition. (hardcover) xvi, 460pp. Fair, no dust jacket. 8vo. Blue cloth boards, lettering in silver to spine. Ex-libris, no external signs, usual suspects internally. Starting at title page; all leaves remain secure..

Newark, New Jersey: Abas Magazine NONE [NONE] 1969. (Mass market paperback) 12pp. Very good. Large folio, folded. Scarce, short-lived underground newspaper, published 10 times a year by Abas Magazine and thought to have been issued by a Newark, New Jersey high school group. This particular issue indicates that at the time of publication, the paper was almost a year old. Black and white photographs and drawings. Lightly age-toned as may be anticipated. There is a handwritten mailing address penned to the front page, and some wear to the lower edge; otherwise fine..

Boston Toronto London: Little, Brown and Company [0-316-00411-1] 1990, 1st edition, first printing. (hardcover) 308pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. The sequel to 'The Monkey Wrench Gang', published posthumously in what is considered as in a mildy unfinished state, as Abbey had not finished the revision prior to his death. Includes some unrefined reflections. Fine / fine copy..

Coquitlam, B.C.: Cacanadadada [0-921870-04-3] 1989, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 106pp. Fine. 8vo. Pictoral covers. Illustrations. Clean, white and tight..