Search Results: Authors starting with N from BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB

Saskatoon: University Of Saskatchewan, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. pp. 336. 4to. Green leatherette binding with gilt inscription to spine. Replete with illustrations, graphs, and photographs. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket.

[Regina]: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007. Paperback. pp. 110. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good.

Holman Island, NWT: Holman Eskimo Co-operative, 1984. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. Oblong 8vo. Light general shelfwear,scuffing and sun fading to covers, clipping to half-title page; good+.

New York: Phaedra, 1966. Hardcover. pp. 111.,8vo,,Contents unmarked, a good plus copy.,'The Waltz Invention' is a tragicomedy in three acts originally written in Russian as Izobretenie Val'sa in 1938. It was first published in Russkie Zapiski in Paris in the same year. Nobokov translated it at that time into English. The second English translation was made by Dmitri Nabakov in 1964 with the help of his father who also made some alterations; it was published by Phaedra in 1966. The play takes place in an unnamed country in about 1935. Nabokov makes the point in the 1965 written foreword that while the work sounds a 'prophetic forenote' - the invention is a weapon of mass destruction - he has no political message and does not support the peaceniks of his time. Rear board shows some light spotting and is a bit bowed. The original dust jacket is present and is unclipped. Small stain, or discoloration, to inside bottom edge of rear hinge and inside of spine. A bit of soiling, or darkening, to front of… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Hardcover. pp. 278. 8vo. With 138 colour reproductions of the index cards. Still in original plastic wrapping; fine.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. Hardcover. pp. 268. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, library stamp to ffep, loss and residue to endpapers where library material has been removed, "discard" stamp to title page, contents clean; good in very good dustjacket. Ex-library.

Greenwich: Fawcett Crest, 1969. Paperback. pp. 224. 12mo. Light shelfwear and age toning; very good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. Hardcover. pp. 527, 8vo. Black and yellow binding with silver lettering to spine. Light edgewear. Dustjacket very lightly shelfworn; very good+. Edited by Brian Boyd and Anastasia Tolstoy.

London: Penguin Classics, 2012. Hardcover. pp. 308. Small 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; near fine in near fine dustjacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Hardback. pp. 278. 8vo. With 138 colour reproductions of the index cards. Light edgewear, discoloured marks to spine. Dustjacket protected with plastic brodart sleeve; very good+.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. pp. 205. 8vo. Bound in black cloth. Light shelfwear, minor smoky odour. Dustjacket with some scuffing, wear to edges and sunning to spine; very good in very good- dustjacket.

Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press, 2005. Paperback. Unpaginated. Royal 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Light general shelfwear; very good+.

Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1996. Hardcover. 8vo, pp. 325. Black and white illustrations. Light general shelfwear; very good in good+ rubbed dustjacket.

New York: Random House Of Canada, 1996. Hardcover. pp. 325. 8vo. Very good in transparent dust-jacket showing slight shelfwear.

Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1996. Hardcover. 8vo, pp. 325. Black and white illustrations. Light general shelfwear, black marking to ffep; very good in good+ rubbed dustjacket.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Gallery 1C03 University of Winnipeg, 2019. Paperback. pp. 23. 8vo. Colour photographs and illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good-.

New York: Nyu Press, 1986. Paperback. pp. 118. Small 8vo. Light shelfwear, blind stamp to title page; very good+.

Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2005. Paperback. pp. xxix, 249. 8vo. Light general shelfwear; very good+.

Vancouver: UBC Press, 1993. Paperback. Michael Hames. pp. 164. 8vo. Black & white photos, illustrations & maps. Light shelfwear, ink name and date to half-title; very good. SIGNED by R. Mark Brigham to title.

London: Carter Nash Cameron, 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp.,8vo,,Bound in original red cloth. No dust jacket, An ex-library copy with minimal and inobtrusive markings. Contents organized alphabetically by artist. ISBN 214202240.