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

Toronto: Seal Books, 2001. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 850 pp. Please note, this is a very fat and heavy paperback and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach - an outlander - in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743..

New York: Scribners - Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Book. Illus. by Victor Perard;. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 12mo. 533 pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed at the corners; no interior markings. This was a silent film in 1916, produced by Edwin Thanhouser, directed by William Parke and starring Gladys Hulette, Fraunie Fraunholz, J. H. Gilmour, Yale Brenner and Kathryn Adams..

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2002. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 291 pp. Signed on the title page by Lisa Gabriele. Blue boards lettered in white on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. At heart, Faith DiNapoli is a good Catholic girl. She's memorized all the prayers and hymns. She daydreams about her First Communion. She's pretty sure Jesus loves her. But she's angry. Angry with her father for leaving, her mother for never going anywhere, and her dysfunctional siblings -- just because they're around. And though she knows the Bible says the meek are blessed, Faith can't help but covet beautiful things and try to obtain them in any way possible. So Faith lies, cheats, and steals. In fact, she breaks almost every one of the Commandments, mostly by accident. At the same time, she grapples with the girl she thinks she should be, the… Read More

London: Roc - Penguin Books, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 365 pp. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine and a faint crease on the upper right of the front cover; no interior markings. This anthology contains: A Change of Season - a novelette by Storm Constantine; A Strange Sort of Friend by Josephine Saxton; The Lady and/or the Tiger by Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney; Sunflower Pump by Paul Cornell; Rain - a novelette by Christopher Amies; What God Abandoned - a novelette by Mary Gentle; To the Bad by Brian Stableford; Railway Mania by Michael Fearn; Blind Fate by Liz Holiday; Going to the Black Bear - a novelette by Colin Greenland; Ancient of Days by Charles Stross; and A Wolf to Man by Roz Kaveney..

New York: Harper Torch - Harper Collins, 2005. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 400 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie's dad wasn't just any dad. He was Anansi, a trickster god, the spider-god. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion - he was able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and baffle the devil....

London and Toronto: Artists House, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 4to. 112 pp. Oversized. Glossy pictorial boards matching the dustjacket; illustrated mostly in colour by an assortment of artists. The Contents are: History and Background; Working With Perspective; Perspective in Landscape; Townscapes; Still Life and Interiors; and The Figure; followed by an index..

New York: Posiedon Press, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 304 pp. Signed by Mary Gaitskill on the title page. Quarter-bound in Navy blue on purple boards; lettered in purple on the spine; purple endpapers; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket with a bit of fading at the spine; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Two women, contrastingly different but powerfully drawn to one another, and as their relationship develops, they reveal what lies beneath the surface of their suburban childhoods - violence, pain, intimacy, isolation, denial, fulfilment and the betrayal of love and innocence..

London: Pelham Books, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 231 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with black and white plates, line drawings, diagrams and a fold-out chart. The Chapters are: Swimming History; Something to Think About; The Layman's Scientific Approach; Practical Psychology in Coaching; Food Facts and Fallacies; Interval Training; Team Tit-bits; Training Schedules - Parts 1 to 4; A Work Programme for a Junior Squad; Notes from My Olympic Notebook; Girls; The World's Greatest Woman Swimmer; Land Conditioning; A Few Thoughts on Freestyle Sprinting; The Freestyle Strokes; Backstroke; Butterfly; Breaststroke; Medley Swimming in Australia; and Profiles on Youth; followed by an index..

New York: Pocket Books, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 260 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings..

New York: Pocket Pulse, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 193 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings..

New York: Pocket Books, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 260 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1993. Book. Illus. by Edwin Holgate;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 198 pp. Quarter-bound in beige cloth on pale green boards with the author's initials blind stamped on the front panel; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The dustjacket features Ludivine by Edwin Holgate, courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada. This story collection contains: 1933; The Chosen Husband; From Cloud to Cloud; Florida; Dede; Kingdom Come; Forain; A State of Affairs; Mlle. Dias de Corta; The Fenton Child; and Across the Bridge..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada - Laurentian Library, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 243 pp. Laurentian book 67. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper; no other interior markings. This story collection contains: The Four Seasons; The Moslem Wife; The Remission; The Latehomecomer; Baum - Gabriel 1935 - (); Potter; His Mother; Irina; and From the Fifteenth District..

Dublin, Ireland: Acorn Books - The Children's Press, 1985. Book. Illus. by Terry Myler;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 96 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art and interior line drawings by Terry Myler. A rare cross, said to belong to St Patrick, was stolen. Determined to help, perhaps even find it themselves, the McDonaghs began their own hunt....

London: Penguin Books, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 142 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates. The Chapters are: Full Moon Island; Emanuele's Chameleons; The Brigadier's Cheetah; A Maasai Woman; Mwtua; The Bull Shark of Vuma; Langat; The Story of Nungu Nungu; The Tale of Two Bushbabies; The Pendulum; A Bed Like a Vessel; The Rhino that Ran Fast Enough; Fifty Guineas' Pike; The Cobra Who Came from the Dark; Elephant Ballad; Aidan's Return; Upon the Wings of the Wind; The Ring and the Lake; The Rain Stick; Birthday in Turkana; and The Magic Cove..

London: Ward Lock and Company, 1908. Book. Illus. by A. Forestier;. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 12mo. 315 pp. Decorated blue cloth; lettered in gilt on the front panel and the spine. Lightly rubbed at the corners with some faint foxing; no interior writing. Frontis by A. Forestier. And this begins: In all that I shall set down here, in telling the strange story of my poor life, I shall write nothing but the truth. It has been written in many odd times and in many odd places: in a prison cell, on paper stamped with the prison mark; on odd scraps of paper in a lonely garret under the stars, with candle-end for light - and I, poor and old and shivering - scrawling hastily because the time was so short. I have been at once the meanest and the greatest of all men....

Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1995. Book. Illus. by Janet Woolley;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 132 pp. Trade paperback with French flaps. Lightly rubbed at the corners with a flat uncreased spine; store stamped. Cover art by Janet Woolley. This story collection contains: The Name; Blood and Bone; A Bed of Peas; The Voice of Love; The Good Mother; A Taste for Beauty; The Woodcutter's Wife; and The Prince..

Leicester, England: The Dryad Press, 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 40 pp. Staple-bound in card covers; illustrated with black and white plates and diagrams. Light edge and corner wear; previous owner's name inside. The Contents are: Introduction by Margaret James; Directions for Making a Simple Treble Pipe; Full-Size Diagram of the Treble Pipe; Possible Difficulties and How to Overcome Them; Tunes for the Completed Pipe; Chromatic Notes and Notes in the Upper Octave; Decorating a Bambook Pipe; Table of Measurements for Treble, Alto and Tenor Pipes; Fingering Chart for Treble and Tenor Pipes; Fingering Chart for Alto Pipe; and An Account of the Pipers' Guild..

Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1999. Book. Illus. by Blair Kerrigan;. Good Only. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 207 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; beige endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. This is an ex-library copy with the typical library markings on the book but no library markings on the dustjacket; light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact. Dustjacket by Blair Kerrigan. Stories by: Priscilla Galloway; Janet Lunn; Dorothy Joan Harris; Roch Carrier; Jean Little; Christopher Chapman; Monica Hughes; Joy Kogawa and Timothy Nakayama; Clair MacKay; Budge Wilson; and Brian Doyle; followed by an index..

New York: Pyramid Books, 1961. Book. Illus. by John Schoenherr;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 157 pp. Pyramid Book G-658. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by John Schoenherr..