Search Results: Authors starting with F from High Park Books

Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. A boy discards Christmas shirt in a coming-of-age tale dealing with family tradition and personal liberation. Illustrated by the superbly-gifted, multi-award-winning Serbian - Canadian illustrator and caricaturist (1946 - ). Oblong 8vo (* 1/4" x 10 1/4"), glossy, illustrated boards.

Toronto: Tundra Books, 2001. First Edition . Pictorial Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cybele Young. A great magician and entertainer is forced to compete against a mysterious newcomer who turns out to be his daughter. 57 pages with B&W illustrations.

Toronto: Tundra Books, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The story of Chan Hon Goh's life, beginning with her early childhood in Communist Beijing, her family's flight to Canada, her rigorous training, and her artistic achievements. 150 pages; many B&W photos.

Riyadh, Saudia Arabia: King Faisal Foundation, 1985. Soft cover. Near Fine -. An Exhibition of Islamic Art to mark the opening of the Islamic Art Gallery, The King Faisal Center For Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. English text. Large 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, illustrated wraps. 208 pages filled with colour plates and photos. Minor crease to corner of back cover & back page. Internals about fine condition. Extra shipping required.

Ottawa, Ontario : Self Published , 2004. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. 168 pages filled with the fabulous sculpture art of the Netherlands'-born, Ottawa, Roman Catholic priest. Includes autobiographical sketch & list of works. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very slight corner wear. Pages fines. Extra shipping WILL be required due to size & weight. Please contact us be email to determine an accurate Canadian postal cost to your region.

Guelph: Moffit , 1997. Trade Paperback. Fine. Poetry by the Australian-born University of Waterloo Sociology professor who died in 2007. 168pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Guelph, Ontario : Restless River Books, 2005. Trade Paperback. Near Fine +. Collection of poetry by the Australian born-and-raised, Canadian academic (University of Waterloo). (x) 206 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia Press, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Brock Chisholm was one of the most influential Canadians of the twentieth century. A world-renowned psychiatrist, he was the first director-general of the World Health Organization and built it up against overwhelming political odds in the years immediately following the Second World War. 254 pages with notes & index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine condition except for non-author inscription to a new WHO employee on inside page.

Kingston, Ontario: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. Catalogue from a traveling Canadian 1981 - 82 exhibition of the landscape paintings of the Toronto-born artist / educator ( 1869-1941), a contemporary of members of the Group of Seven. Colour, illustrated wraps. 86 pages with B&W illustrations and archival photos. Minor cover wear. Internals fine.

Dublin, Ireland: Mercier Press, 1997. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. 2 plays by the award-winning Irish playwright. 191 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor rubbing at spine ends & minor bump at top spine end.

Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1994. 1st Edition . French Wraps. Near Fine +. Biography of the early female, Canadian parliamentarian (1905 - 1991), daughter of J.S. Woodsworth & human rights activist. 337 pages with archival photos, backnotes, bibliography & index. Includes letters to her beloved husband - Angus MacInnis, also a parliamentarian. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Kitchener, Ontario : Self Published, 2006. Paperback. Near Fine. Translated by Mark Bachmann. Yellow, glossy card covers. 137 pages plus 12 pages of archival & colour photos. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very slight corner wear.

New York: Scholastic Inc., 1991. Pictorial Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Matt Faulkner. A young girl journeys to a faraway place and finds the inner strength to confront the bullies of other worlds and her own. Reinforced for Library Use. Vivid illustrations created with ink drawings over watercolor washes. First Scholastic Printing, October 1991. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated (36 pages)

Stirling Historical Book Committee / New Horizons Committee, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine. A 125th anniversary history of the eastern-Ontario community which amalgamated with Rawdon Township in 1998. ( xvi) 555 pages with many archival photos, maps, family history index. & colour photo collage on end papers. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

Vancover: Talonbooks, 1982. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. Author's seventh major book of poetry, 132 pp., near fine, unread copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Don Mills, ON: Greywood Publishing, 1972. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good -/No Dust Jacket. An biting yet affectionate pictorial study of Pierre Elliot Trudeau from 1972. Yellow, stapled oblong 24mo (5" X 8") wraps with a closed-eyed Trudeau on cover. Full-page B&W photos with balloon captions throughout. Minor edge and corner wear with minor soiling to back cover. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Unpaginated.

Hamilton, Ontario: The Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good+. Catalogue from an 1986/87 travelling exhibition of intaglio prints, of the internationally-renowned artist / printmaker known for his wilderness landscape etchings, at the Hamilton gallery. Grey, stapled card covers 12 pages with large folding out poster in interior illustrated front and back, plus 2 1-page inserts - one from a Kitchener-Waterloo exhibition & the other a promotion page from the artist. Oblong 4to 910" x 11". Slight rubbing at bottom corner at spine.

North Bay, ON: North Bay Heritage Carousel, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Details the creation of the carousel with the help of 350 volunteers over 3 years. Photography by Ed Eng. Square 4to (11 7/8" x 11 7/8") black cloth with gilt lettering on front, spine and back. 168 pages (350 colour photos) extensively illustrated in colour. ISDN on pictorial dustj acket is different (0-9693096-9) from ISDN inside book. Extra shipping WILL be required due to size and weight Please enquire with us by email before ordering to determine an accurate postal cost to your region.

Vancouver / Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2001. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A satirical look at the Canadian condition for everyone is not Canadian and even for those who are that way already. 225pp. Slight corner wear & curling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Mendel Art Gallery, 1985. Card Covers. Near Fine -/No DJ Issued. Catalogue from the Saskatoon 1985 exhibit that later circulated to The Netherlands, Switzerland, England, the US and Toronto's AGO. Essays by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Donald B. Kuspit & Bruce W. Ferguson. Glossy wraps. 56 pages with colour and B&W plates/photos, bilbiography and listing of past solo and group exhibitions. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Slight edge and corner wear.