Search Results: Authors starting with I from Bibliodditiques

Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, 1990. Hard Cover. Near Fine/near fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Sydney 7 London: Angus and Robertson, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. True story of a convict who escaped from Norfolk Island and after a voyage during which he killed and ate his companions, became chief of Badu, in Torres Strait. The natives believed him to be the reincarnation of Wongai, friend of the gods. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket has some chips and edgewear. The rear flap has been reinforced with tape along the fold. A few tears have also been tape-repaired. Contains maps and photographs. Previous owner's name covered by white-out. Coverboards have light edgewear. Size: 8vo (8" to 9")

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Peter Sis. A little boy with a basketful of wings gives wings to any creature who wants to fly. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Black remainder mark on top edge. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11").

New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Garth Williams. Third title in the "Little House on the Prairies" series. Copyright date of 1961. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages.Dust jacket is NOT clipped and is in a clear, archival, remobable cover. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 371 pp.

New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1953. Hard Cover. Very Good/very good. Garth Williams. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Pictorial boards. Front board has small indentation which has broke the surface. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has chips and tears; most significant being a 3.5" tear on front. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 237 pp.

New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Garth Williams. The sixth title in the "Little House on the Prairies" series. Copyright date of 1968. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Dust jacket's front flap is clipped and is in a clear, archival, remobable cover. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 334 pp.

Kenosha, Wisconsin: John Martin's House, Inc., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Frances Ingersoll. A "Bonnie Book" - similar format to Little Golden Books. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is in a clear archival cover with tears, chips, creaes around edges. No date of publication indicated, but copyright date is 1947. Size: 8vo (8" to 9")

New Jersey: Hollym Corporation, 2000. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Book is organized in five sections - Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, Fables, and Old Novels. Contains 99 stories. Also includes an Index of Sources and an Index of Subjects. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Green ribbon book mark attached to book as published. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 257 pp.

Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 1992. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Maurice Sendak. Tight binding. Green boards with gilt, embossed lettering on spineNo chips, tears, creasess or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket has some light edgewear. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 160 pp.

Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A.: Rising Moon, 1994. First Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/near fine. Kenneth J. Spengler. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oxford: University Press, 1863. Leather_bound. Very Good. Leather bound with brass band around edges, brass clasp and brass cross on front. Gilt text block edges. Cover is embossed with floral design and gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name and 1875 on endpaper. Edgewear to the leather, and the brass band is partially loose from the bottom edge. A dampstain affecting last few dozen pages. Unpaginated, but likely several hundred pages in total. Pocket Size 24mo (5" to 6").

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1985. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is in a clear, removable mylar sleeve and is price-clipped. Light smudge streak on top edge of text block. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 560 pp.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is price clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 401 pp.

New York: Random House Children's Books, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Tatjana Hauptmann. Based on a story summarized in John Irving's ninth novel, "A Widow for One Year". "When a young boy wakes up in the middle of the night, an unfamiliar sound congures frightening images in his mind. It is 'a sound like someone not trying to make a sound' ". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Decorative endpapers. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Minimal edgewear to jacket. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11).

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is in a clear, removable, protective sleeve and is NOT price-clipped. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 432 pp.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 425 pp.

New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher, New York. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owner's name and price on front free endpaper. Black boards with gilt lettering and design. Cloth on boards is worn in a few places on spine and edges. Some spotting on endpapers. Includes "Life of Washington Irving" by Richard Henry Stoddard. Text is double-columned. 622 pp.

Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine. Author pays tribute to her father (one of the founders of Clarke, Irwin & Company, a Canadian publishing company) and brother. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Photographic illustrations. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 245 pp.

Toronto and Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company, Ltd., 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Dust jacket has small chips and tears around edges and some surface wear. Frontis portrait of Ralegh and his son. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pp.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good +. Francis Brook Farley. "A collection of recipes, some of which were pried away from reticent chefs and head waiters, and others that the author's friends have generously contributed, with several of her own." Chapters include Breakfast Dishes, Hot Breads, Fish, Vegetables, Soups, Meats, Cake Puddings, Pies, Sauces, Pickles, Salad Dressing, Spaghetti, Welsh Rarebits, Ices, Drinkables. Tight binding. Green coverboards with paste-down photo illustration of author on front with some surface rubbing. Frontis portrait of author. Book is loaded with additional recipes clipped from newspapers which have been glued on to blank areas of pages - a virtual treasury of vintage recipes. Whimisically illustrated with line drawings. Some food stains on pages. Coverboards have some edgewear. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 268 pp.