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

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing, 1997. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 96 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a partial crease on the front hinge and a somewhat faded spine; faint pencil mark on the front endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Whence They Came: The Homeland and the Departure: Origins; Geography and Society. Settling In: Adjusting to the New Land: Early Beginnings; The Loyalist Period; Exodus to Sierra Leone; The Maroons; The Refugee Blacks. History in the Maritimes: Distribution of Blacks in the Maritimes; Problems Associated with Land Ownership; Prejudice Discrimination and Education. Prominent Individuals and Institutions. Blacks in the Maritimes in the Early 1980s: New Directions; Problems; Prospects. Blacks in the Maritimes in the Later 1980s and Early 1990s: The Road to the 1990s; and The Road to the 21st Century..

New York: Paragon House, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (xxi) 188 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. The Contents are: Foreword: The Art of Film; Preface by Beatrice Straight; Where Did Screenwriters Come From; Writing for Film as Opposed to Writing for Stage - Time and Space on Film - Film Acting; Adapting Work from Another Genre to Film - Screenplays Based on Novels, Stage Plays, History; Writing Original Screenplays - Story Lines - Actions Visuals and Titles; Developing a Film Head - Learning to Use a Camera - Montage and Film Editing; The Process of Writing - Page by Page and Day by Day - Film Schools; Screen Treatments; Screenplay Format - Glossary of Technical Terms; Marketing and Agentry - Contracts, Unions, Copyright Protections, Plagiarism, Pseudonyms; And Collaboration - The Screenwriter and the Rest of the Film Industry; followed by an afterword and an index..

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1942. Book. Illus. by Henry E. Vallely;. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 32mo. 422 pp. Bettler Little Book 1441. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by Henry E. Vallely..

New York: Gold Medal Books, 1955. Book. Illus. by James Meese;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 143 pp. Fawcett Gold Medal Book 510. Light edge and corner wear with a minor crease on the spine; store stamped. Cover art by James Meese..

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Goodread Biographies - James Lorimer, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 279 pp. (xviii) Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Labrador Fishing Station: A Child's Perspective; Grenfell's People; North West River; The Widening World; More Education; Over the Bounding Main; Doctor Curtis and St Anthony; A Labrador Cruise; Winter at Cartwright; Journal of a Winter Dog Team Trip; Return to North West River; Storm; Home and Hearth; A Hospital Reborn; School Days; Bush Flying; Labradorians; and The Final Years..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Book. Illus. by K. Chester; Edd Cartier;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. This was the first book published under the pen name Lewis Padgett. Red boards lettered in silver on the front panel and spine; dustjacket by Edd Cartier and K. Chester. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a bit of fading on the spine; price intact; previous owner's name inside. This story collection contains: A Gnome There Was; What You Need; The Twonky; The Cure; Exit the Professor; See You Later; Mimsy Were the Borogoves; Jesting Pilot; This Is the House; Rain Check; and Compliments of the Author. Mimsy Were the Borogoves was filmed in 2007 as The Last Mimzy, directed by Robert Shaye and starring Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Clarke Duncan, and many others. The Twonky was filmed in 1953, directed by Arch Obeler and starring Hans Conried, Gloria Blondell, Janet Warren and more. Also, What You Need… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Book. Illus. by K. Chester; Edd Cartier;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. This was the first book published under the pen name Lewis Padgett. Red boards lettered in silver on the front panel and spine; dustjacket by Edd Cartier and K. Chester. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a few small chips; price clipped; no interior markings. This story collection contains: A Gnome There Was; What You Need; The Twonky; The Cure; Exit the Professor; See You Later; Mimsy Were the Borogoves; Jesting Pilot; This Is the House; Rain Check; and Compliments of the Author. Mimsy Were the Borogoves was filmed in 2007 as The Last Mimzy, directed by Robert Shaye and starring Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Clarke Duncan, and many others. The Twonky was filmed in 1953, directed by Arch Obeler and starring Hans Conried, Gloria Blondell, Janet Warren and more. Also, What You Need was shot as an episdoe… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 1954. Book. Illus. by Mitchell Hooks;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 184 pp. Bantam books 1251. Edge and corner wear with crease on the front hinge and spine. Store stamped on the front cover. This contains: A Gnome There Was; What You Need; Private Eyes; The Twonky; Compliments of the Author; When the Bough Breaks; and Line to Tomorrow..

New York: M. Evans and Company, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 288 pp. Personalized inscription by Maxine Paetro on the front free endpaper. Quarter-bound in beige cloth on blue boards; lettered in blue on the spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; small stain on the lower right of the front free endpaper; aside from the author's inscription, no other interior markings. She was the fashion editor at a trendy magazine. No longer content with chronicling the rise and fall of hemlines, she devised a plan to get her name off the fashion page and onto the cover. She proposed an article on what she called "man sharing" - her answer to the shortage of eligible men in Manhattan. Her boss agreed to the idea on one condition - that she write the story from her own experience....

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. (viii) 192 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on red boards; lettered in red on the spine; red endpapers; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings..

New York: Barron's Educational Series, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 142 pp. Glossy Pictorial Boards that match the dustjacket; decorated endpapers. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings; price intact. Illustrated with black and white and colour photographs. The Chapters are: Origins; Big Business; Is It Just A Drink?; Star Wars; 100 and Another 100; What Is Coca-Cola?; Let's Keep on Drinking; Things Go Better With...; Cocacolamania; The Building of the Image; and Appendix: The Words That Say It..

New York: Atria Books, 2012. Book. Illus. by Clff Nielsen;. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Translated Edition. 8vo. 594 pp. Quarter-bound in black on red boards; illustrated endpapers; headband. 3-D glasses present and unused, still attached to the book. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; small ink mark on the upper edge of the text block; no interior markings. Cover art by Cliff Nielsen..

Chicago: Moody Pocket Books, 1956. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 159 pp. MP Book 8. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the front cover and an uncreased spine; short tear on the front leading edge; previous owner's name inside..

Chicago: Moody Press, 1972. Book. Illus. by Bill Granstaff;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 127 pp. Both titles in a single volume: Mel Webb on the Danger Trail and Mel Webb and the Mountain Rescue. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bill Granstaff..

Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart, 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 404 pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine. Light wear on the corners; bookseller's stamp on the lower left of the front free endpaper; hinges tight; gutters intact; as probably issued, no dustjacket. The Chapters are: Back to the Front; Verdun and Its Sequel; A Canadian Innovation; Ready for the Blow; The Blow; First Results of the Somme; Out of the Hopper of Battle; Forward the Guns; When the French Won; Along the Road to Victory; The Brigade That Went Through; The Storming of Contalmaison; A Great Night Attack; The Cavalry Goes In; Enter the Anzacs; The Australians and a Windmill; The Hateful Ridge; A Truly French Affair; On the Aerial Ferry; The Ever Mighty Guns; By the Way; The Mastery of the Air; A Patent Curtain of Fire; Watching a Charge; Canada Is Stubborn; The Tanks Arrive; The Tanks in Action; Canada Is Quick; The Harvest of Villages; Five Generals and Verdun; and… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 386 pp. Signed by Michael Palmer on the title page. Quarter-bound in black and blue boards; lettered in copper on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. She was doing fine as a doctor in a small town until undiagnosable patients began to show up. She called them NIWWs: No Idea What's Wrong. Was the company poisoning the town?.

London: Rider Books, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xii) 172 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings and colour plates. The Contents are: Part One: The Planets - Jewels of the Zodiac; Part Two: Sign by Sign and Stone by Stone; Part Three: Healing Stones..

Evanston, Illinois: Clark Publishing Company, 1952. Book. Illus. by Malcolm Smith; interiors by: Bill Terry; Edd Cartier; Robert Fuqua; Joe Tillotson; Hannes Bok;. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo. Digest format. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Cover art by: Malcolm Smith; interiors by: Bill Terry; Edd Cartier; Robert Fuqua working as Joe Tillotson; and Hannes Bok. This issue contains: The Guardian of Eden by Richard Ashby; Tradition by J. T. McIntosh; and The Golden Guardsmen - part 1 of 3 by S. J. Byrne; along with all the usual features..

New York: Ziff Davis Publishing, 1948. Book. Illus. by Malcolm Smith; Bill Reid; D. Bruce Berry; Luther Scheffy; Kohler;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 154 pp. Pulp format. General wear with a chip from the upper right front corner. Cover art by Malcolm Smith. This issue contains: Outlaws of Corpus - a novelette by Lee Francis; Fountain of Change - a novelette by Chester S. Geier and Richard S. Shaver; Brainstorm - a novella by Rog Phillips writing as Alexander Blade; A Place Like Eden by H. B. Hickey; and Gimme Finds the Gimmick by Berkeley Livingston; along with the usual features..

Evanston, Illinois: Clark Publishing Company, 1951. Book. Illus. by Malcolm Smith; interiors by: Bill Terry; J. G. Faraco; Robert Fuqua; Joe Tillotson; . Very Good-. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo. Digest format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a chip from the upper right of the front cover; no interior markings. Cover art by: Malcolm Smith; interiors by: Bill Terry; J. G. Faraco; and Robert Fuqua working as Joe Tillotson. This issue contains: The Tchen-Lam's Vengeance by Robert Bloch; Act of God - Part 1 of 2 by Richard Ashby; Yelisen by Richard S. Shaver; Quandry by George O. Neuman; The Big Dealer by William C. Bailey writing as John Berryman; and I Flew a Flying Saucer - Part 2 of 2 by Raymond A. Palmer writing as Captain A. V. G. and Ray Palmer; along with all the usual features..