Search Results: Authors starting with D from W. Fraser Sandercombe

New York: Dover Publications, 1970. Book. Illus. by Leonardo da Vinci;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 4to. (xxix, xv) 367, 499 pp. Please note, these are large and very heavy books and wherever in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Light wear at the corners with minor creasing on the spines; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white diagrams, drawings and paintings..

New York: Lion Books, 1955. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. Lion Book 233. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name and an earlier price inside. .

Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1992. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 140 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Places; Relations; God Save the Queen; The Puja Man; To Speak of Leopards; Donato; Ain't Got No Cash; A Plan Is a Plan; The Rink; All the King's Men; and Jogging in Havana..

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Hudson's Bay Company, 1995. Book. Illus. by Marion E. Barker;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 56 pp. Light wear. Cover art by Marion E. Barker. Started in 1920, this magazine was founded by the Hudson's Bay Company as part of their 250th anniversary celebrations. HBC was chartered on the 2nd of May in the year 1670. Their main business was furs, primarily beaver pelts, hence the name of the magazine, The Beaver. In 1994, the magazine was acquired by Canada's National History Society. In 2010, the History Society changed the name from The Beaver to Canada's History because, apparently, an assortment of half-wits thought the original title of the magazine was disgustingly sexist. This issue contains: Colours of the Farm by Donald Lamont, illustrated by Marion E. Barker; Fuel for the Home Fires by Desmond Morton and Cheryl Smith; Louis Slotin and the Invisible Killer by Martin Zeilig; Tyrant of the Ottawa Valley - planting the Clan McNab in… Read More

New York: Puffin Books, 1989. Book. Illus. by Tony Ross;. Very Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. 12mo. 64 pp. Trade papeback format. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art and interior line drawings by Tony Ross. The magic finger was an ability that activated inadvertently whenever she was intensely angry: the finger shot out a beam of energy that apparently sought whomever had angered her, with unpredictable consequences. And her neighbours were hunters. And the consequences of her anger truly were unpredictable....

Toronto: Collins, 2021. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 284 pp. Blue boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour plates. A collision in a rural intersection and things changed forever....

Mississauga, Ontario: Girasol Collectables, 2008. Book. Illus. by Clifford Benton;. Fine. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. Pulp format. Replica edition of Strange Detective, reproduced from the original magazine with full permission of the copyright holders. This is new; no markings. Cover art by Clifford Bentons. This issue contains: Black Talons by Robert E. Howard; Half Way to Hell by Hugh B Cave; The Vision of Vishnu by Frederick C. Painton; The Mobster Man by William E. Barrett; Dragon's Gate by Arthur J. Burks; Mask of the Mogul by Hector Gavin Grey; Stratosphere Murder by H. M. Sutherland; Hot Ice by Arden X. Pangborn; and Justice Overdue by Leslie D. LaValley..

New York: Picador - St. Martin's Press, 1997. Book. Illus. by Honi Werner;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 321 pp. followed by a new essay by Anita Daimant, and an interview with her. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Honi Werner..

New York: The Traveller's Companion, 1968. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 182 pp. Traveller's Companion Book TC-2218. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings..

New York: Leisure Books, 2000. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 362 pp. Signed on the half-title page by Claudia Dain. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings..

New York: Leisure Books, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 362 pp. Signed on the half-title page by Claudia Dain. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; some dents on the front and back covers; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings..

New York: Anchor Books - Doubleday, 2001. Book. Illus. by Hisashi Otsuka;. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xix) 426 pp. Trade paperback format. Signed by Liza Dalby on the half-title page. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the upper right of the front cover and a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. The cover features The 36th Poetess, an original painting in acrylic and kimono inks on fabric, by Hisashi Otsuka. In the eleventh century Lady Murasaki wrote the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji, the most popular work in the history of Japanese literature. In The Tale of Murasaki, Liza Dalby, author of Geisha and the only Westerner ever to have become a geisha, has created a novel from the life of this elusive literary figure....

Secaucus, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1993. Book. Illus. by Mark Hess;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (vii) 248 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Mark Hess. This anthology contains: Wish You Were Here by Basil Copper; The Visiting Star by Robert Aickman; Christmas Eve by R. Chetwynd-Hayes; The Night Before Christmas by Robert Bloch; Jerry Bundler by W. W. Jacobs; Mustapha by Sabine Baring-Gould; The Sinister Inn by F. S. Smythe; Tarnhelm by Hugh Walpole; The Crown Derby Plate by Marjorie Bowen; The Stocking by Nigel Kneale; The Spider by F. McDermott; The Greater Arcana by Ron Weighell; and To Dance by the Light of the Moon by Stephen Gallagher..

London: Headline Books, 1993. Book. Illus. by Mick Brownfield;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 12mo. (vii) 246 pp. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper; store stamped. Cover art by Mick Brownfield. This anthology contains: The Night Before Christmas by Robert Bloch; Wish You Were Here by Basil Copper; The Visiting Star by Robert Aickman; Christmas Eve by R. Chetwynd-Hayes; Jerry Bundler by W. W. Jacobs; Mustapha by Sabine Baring-Gould; The Sinister Inn by F. S. Smythe; Tarnhelm by Hugh Walpole; The Crown Derby Plate by Marjorie Bowen; The Stocking by Nigel Kneale; The Spider by F. McDermott; The Greater Arcana by Ron Weighell; and To Dance by the Light of the Moon by Stephen Gallagher..

Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1994. Book. Illus. by Victoria Orr-Ewing;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. (vii) 245 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Very lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Victoria Orr-Ewing. This anthology contains: Gramma - a novelette by Stephen King; Catnip by Robert Bloch; The Day of the Underdog by R. Chetwynd-Hayes; The Witch's Cat by Manly Wade Wellman; The Toad Witch by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; The Executor by David G. Rowlands; Gavon's Eve by E. F. Benson; The Fenstanton Witch by M. R. James; Unburied Bane by N. Dennett; Carven of Onyx - a novelette by Ron Weighell; Furze Hollow by A. M. Burrage; Miss Cornelius by W. F. Harvey; One Remained Behind by Marjorie Bowen; The Yew Tree by Shamus Frazer; The Taking by Roger Johnson; The Peace of Mowsle Barton by Saki; and The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne..

London: Magpie Books, 2004. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 528 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat large book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Unsettled Dust by Robert Aickman; How He Left the Hotel by Louisa Baldwin; Whessoe by Nugent Barker; The Shuttered Room by E. F. Benson; An Inhabitant of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce; Is There Anybody There by Charles Birkin; The Whisperers by Algernon Blackwood; Curfew by L. M. Boston; I'm Sure It Was No. 31 by A. M. Burrage; The Guide by Ramsey Campbell; The Limping Ghost by R. Chetwynd-Hayes; Mrs Zant and the Ghost by Wilkie Collins; The House by the Tarn by Basil Copper; In Kropfsberg Keep by Ralph A. Cram; The Ghost in All the Rooms by Daniel Defoe; The Bagman's Uncle by Charles Dickens; The Bully of Brocas Court by Arthur Conan Doyle; In… Read More

Los Angeles: Mammoirs Media, 2016. Book. Illus. by Allison Meierding;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 142 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Allison Meierding. Subtitled: How to Find Your Ideal Size, Style and Support..

New York: Ace Books, 1986. Book. Illus. by Don Maitz; Dean Morrissey;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Editions. 232, 235 pp. Book One has edge and corner wear with creasing on the spine; Book Two has light rubbing on the corners with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Covers by Don Maitz and Dean Morrissey..

New York: Tor - Tom Doherty Associates, 1998. Book. Illus. by Richard Bober;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 382 pp. Gray boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Richard Bober. Thomas Chinnery is the young assistant to a Master Apothecary of England. He was entrusted by his master with a perilous journey into the Portuguese-controlled waters of East Africa and India to establish a direct trade in medicinal herbs. Shipwrecked, he fell into the hands of the Inquisition in the Portuguese colony of Goa. There he saved his life, but perhaps not his soul, by pretending to know the source of a seemingly magical powder, the Rasa Mahadevi, which could restore the dead to life. As the combined caravans of Portuguese blackfriars and the Moghul's expedition leave the city of Bijapur, they carry with them many secrets - murder and mutiny, divine power and temporal betrayal. Thomas Chinnery at last… Read More

London: Methuen Children's Books, 1983. Book. Illus. by Gary Hebley;. Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 8vo. 86 pp. Green boards lettered in silver on the spine; illustrated with line drawings by Gary Hebley. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings..