Search Results: Authors starting with O from Spafford Books

Berkeley, California: Ben Kennedy, the Gillick Press NONE [NONE] 1940. (hardcover) 13+. Near fine. 8vo. Numbered (in Japanese); one of 114 copies printed. Original boards. Deckled edges. 9 colour illustrations in Sumi and hair pen by Chiura Obata - Hokusai, done prior to his wartime internment. There is an inscription to the front free endpape, and the cover shows light markings; internally unblemished..

Toronto: W. J. Gage and Company Limited 1962, 2nd printing. (hardcover) 319pp. Good to very good. Numberline denotes this as the 2nd printing, 1962. 8vo. Turquoise cloth boards, printed in dark blue and lettered in mauve. Boards with shelfwear, lightly worn at head and heel of spine. Young previous owner's signature to head of ffep; faint erasure of old signature on verso. Fore-edge faintly marked. Superficial paper loss to top corner of rear-pastedown. With these few blemishes duly noted, the textblock is free of any further blemishes brought on at the hands of a young reader. Free of underlining or marginalia. Illus. Cathedral Edition. A revision of the New More streets and Roads by William S. Gray, A. Sterl Artley, and May Hill Arbuthnot. "With ecclesiastical approval, Toronto, Canada, June 16th, 1955". [In our experience, few copies of this title are truly published in 1955 as advertised, as most sellers assume that the date of ecclesiastical approval on the title page is the… Read More

Vancouver: Raincoast Books [1-55192-222-3] 1999, 1st edition. (Wrappers) xv, 175pp. Fine. Illus..

Columbia: University of Missouri Press [0-8262-0319-1] 1980. (hardcover) ix, [3], 269pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Red cloth boards, lettering and border in black to spine. Dust jacket with light edgewear; two small closed-tears at head of rear panel. From the library of noted Canadian historian Stephen Kenny, with his signature in blue-ink at the head of the half title; single word also in ink at foot of half-title. Else tight, bright, and clean..

New York: The Devin-Adair Company 1919. (hardcover) 533p. Good. 8vo. In forest green cloth, lettering in gilt to spine and top board, border blindstamped to top cover. Head of spine lightly bumped. Ex-libris, however not the usual ex-lib mess: small call number sticker to foot of spine, small stamps neat to ffep, first blank, title page, and contents page. Early signs of starting at p.19, remaining secure. Starting at rear gutter, board secure. Frontispiece, with 35 monochrome plates on stock, including portraits and facsimile reproduction of documents. Although a little shaken, this remains an exceedingly presentable copy at an accessible price. Bright and clean..

New York: Artabras [0-89660-029-7] 1990, 1st edition, 2nd printing. (hardcover) 252pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Short 4to, square. Red cloth boards, lettering in black to spine, illustration in black to top board. Dust jacket spine ever-so slightly sunned, scarcely even noticeable. Replete with B&W and colour photographs..

London: Caedmon Publishers [circa 1952]. (Record album) Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Vinyl LP (TC 1012) in protective inner plastic likely never played. Mild age to sleeve. Recorded at his home in Totnes, Devon, Nov.12, 1952..

London: Macmillan 1939, 1st Edition. (Cloth) 269pp. Very good plus. Frontispiece port. Lacking wrapper. Bookplate of "The Macmillans in Canada". Pencilled, contemporary gift inscription on endpaper. Newspaper ephemera tipped onto half-title with resulting stain..

London: W.H. Allan 1957, 1st edition. (Cloth) 278pp. Very good in near very good dust jacket. Dust wrapper with a few tears and chips..

Ottawa: University of Ottawa 1964, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 112pp. Good. Ex library, black felt pen on TP..

Minnedosa: Author 1971. (Card covers) 47pp. Very good plus. .

Totonto: The Dominion Regalia Company [circa 1910], 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 84pp. Very good. 8vo oblong. Brown cloth binding. B&W photographs and illustrations. Errata tipped in. Slight tear, close and neat, to rear cover at head. Thumbed corners. Slight shelf wear as expected. Catalogue of regalia for various society organizations: Rebekahs, Odd Fellows et al..

Winnipeg: North Star Press 1975. (Mass market paperback) 52pp. Very good. Newsletters written to Lac du Bonnet servicemen during WWII..

Evanston, Il: Row, Peterson and Company 1953. (hardcover) 192pp. Very good. Short 8vo. Green cloth boards, printed in white and brown. Volume in far superior condition than normally found. Boards lightly rubbed, mostly at extremities. Ex-lib stamps to front pastedown and ffep with small call number at head of ffep. Else free of any other stamps or markings. Not the usual ex-lib mess. Remarkably tight, bright, and clean throughout. Free of scribblings or any other products of young artists. Illustrated by Florence and Margaret Hoopes. The Alice and Jerry Books. Reading Foundation Series..

Evanston, Il: Row, Peterson and Company 1941. (hardcover) 156pp. Poor. 12mo. Red cloth boards, lettering in yellow to spine, top cover printed to yellow and blue. Volume has clearly been loved by many burgeoning readers. Boards show notable wear: rubbed with cloth loss at corners and runners, corners bumped, lightly soiled, letter a in "Day Out" coloured in. Front pastedown with paper loss, lacking ffep. Scribbling in red crayon p.154-56 (word list); p.15 with small scribble in blue ink. Surprisingly the body is free of any other scribblings or doodles. Pages dirtied from countless small hands. Corner of p.9 / 10 with paper loss. Despite these blemishes this remains a charming early reader, beautifully illustrated by Florence and Margaret Hoopes. The Alice and Jerry Books. Reading Foundation Series..

Toronto: Musson 1909. (Cloth) 158pp. Very good. Frontispiece, illus., ports. Light shelf wear. Peel(3) 3323..

London: Oxford University Press 1909, 1st thus. (Full leather) 512; 614pp. Good. Two volumes in leather slipcase. 48mo. (2.5" X .75", each volume). Leather slip case stamped on front with lettering in gilt; inner papers marbled; leather rubbed, rear split on two of three edges ; front beginning to split as well (repaired with binders tape). Although the slipcase is worn, it did a splendid job protecting these two tiny tomes. Bound in polished green leather, title in gilt to top board and spine. Each with ribbon marker. All edges gilt over red. Faint crease to cover of Hymn Book. Common Prayer starting at p.35. A delightful miniature set. Bright and clean in original leather case..

Ottawa: Dep't of Agriculture 1943. (Mass market paperback) 78pp. Very good. Tables, maps, illus. Previous owners name on cover..

Winnipeg: Dept. of Education 1930. (Card covers) 26pp. Fine. 26p, card covers, illus. Largely a history of the province, with three pages of suggested programme, including songs and tableau. "Central figure (Spirit of Education), young woman,, robed appropriately (red), lamp in hand, raised on dais."..

Ottawa: Dominion of Canada NONE [NONE] 1897. (hardcover) Various. Very good, no dust jacket. 4to. Mustard-coloured cloth, black title to spine, albeit faded, as may be anticipated. Separated, though not yet detached, at rear hinge, and starting at front. Light staining (scant) at the all edges; else is remarkably clean and bright..