Search Results: Authors starting with R from Homeward Bound Books

London: Chapman & Hall. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 460 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards, with gilt stamped titles. Corners are light bumped. Text block edges have faint foxing and are somewhat dusty. The inside of the book has a light smoke odour. The endpapers show light foxing. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Intended for the artist wishing to master graphic design as a profession. Illustrated with black and white plates and in-text drawings. .

Port Hope, Ontario: Steampower Publishing. Very Good. 2000. Card Covers. 0968547400 . 90 p. 28 cm. Signed by Author 14491 The story of the rail car ferries Ontario No. 1 and Ontario No. 2, which operated on Lake Ontario during the first half of the 20th century, linking the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway line to the Grand Trunk Railway. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. .

Port Hope, Ontario: Steampower Publishing. Very Good. 2000. Card Covers. 0968547400 . 90 p. 28 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding with blue cardstock covers. A couple of tiny dings to the upper bottom edge. Light wear to corners and edges. Slightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The story of the rail car ferries Ontario No. 1 and Ontario No. 2, which operated on Lake Ontario during the first half of the 20th century, linking the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway line to the Grand Trunk Railway. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. .

San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company. Good+. ©1962. Hardcover. 90 p. 21 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered, illustrated boards. Corners bumped and worn. Endpapers have some light soil, and inside pages are generally clean and unmarked. One of the Morgan Bay series of mysteries published for use as school readers. Includes chapter questions and vocabulary list. .

San Francisco: Field Educational Publications. Very Good. ©1965. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. 106 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered, illustrated boards. Upper board slightly bowed. Worn through at the corner tips. School name whited-out and prices and name erased on front free endpaper. Foxing started and light discoloration to both sets of endpapers. Minor foxing to title page and last couple of pages. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. One of the Morgan Bay series of mysteries published for use as school readers. Includes chapter questions and vocabulary list. .

San Francisco: Field Educational Publications. Good. ©1967. Hardcover. 76 p. 21 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Corners bumped and worn. Light ink squiggles on lower board. Both boards have light soil. School stamp and number on front endpaper. Insect damage to front edge of endpaper and first preliminary page. Text block edges slightly foxed. Inside pages are generally clean and bright, with occasional light soil. One of the Jim Forest series books published for use as school readers. Includes chapter questions and vocabulary list. .

San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company. Good. ©1965. Hardcover. 106 p. 21 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered, illustrated boards. Corners bumped. Worn through at the corners and spine ends. Both boards scratched. Text block edges are somewhat grimy. Endpapers have some light soil, and inside pages are generally clean and unmarked. One of the Morgan Bay series of mysteries published for use as school readers. Includes chapter questions and vocabulary list. .

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0870990489 . 60 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards, with stamped titles and decoration. Light rub wear to the edges. Top edges have a little fading. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has wear to the corners and spine ends and is rubbed along the spine. The rear panel and spine are sunned. Reverse side is tanned. Descriptions of animals found in medieval bestiaries as illustrated in stained glass, tapestry, ceramics, metalwork, stone and wood, as chosen from the collections of The Cloisters. (from blurb) Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

London: Methuen Educational Ltd.. Very Good-. 1974. Stapled wraps. 0423483609 . 12 p. 10.5 x 13 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Rub wear to corners, less so along the edges. School stamp on the rear cover. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Number 7e of the Blue Books story readers from the publisher. Shipping costs will be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

Wellington, New Zealand: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd.. Very Good-. 1973. Stapled wraps. 0423483609 . 12 p. 10.5 x 13 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Rub wear to corners, less so along the edges. School stamp on the rear cover. Inside pages have a minor bit of occasional soil. Number 1h of the Red Books story readers distributed by Methuen Educational Publishers. Shipping costs will be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

London: Orion. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1857979389 . 278 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding, in black cloth-covered boards. Very light wear to corners and spine ends. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has minor spine ends wear. Faint impression of a two digit number can be seen on front panel in certain light. Very lightly rubbed. The seventh Inspector John Rebus detective novel by British writer Ian Rankin. .

Beamsville, Ontario: Self-Published By the Author. Good+. 1978. Softcover. 171, [17] p. 20 cm. Staining and sticker shadow on front cover. Edges and corners have some wear. Bump to top corner affects about 40 pages. Moisture stain to bottom rear spine corner. A history of wine-making in Ontario to date of publication. Includes appendix of corporate history of wineries. B&W Photographs .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0224022156 . 112 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in black, cloth-covered boards. Virtually no discernable wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has some edge-wear, impression marks on the rear panel, and light shelf rubbing. A collection of Russian fairy tales retold in English. Arthur Ransome originally collected the stories in Russia while living there before the Russian revolution. He published one volume of them in 1916, and was never able to publish the second volume, as he intended, before he died. This volume was published in the centenary year of his birth. .

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Very Good-. Reprint. Hardcover. 336 p. 21 cm. Not publication or copyright date. Sound binding in cloth-covered boards. Very slightly cocked. A few soil spots along the text block edges and top edge is darkened. Fairly light wear to the corners and spine ends. Minor soil to the boards and spine. Previous ownership name and address in pencil and a small bookshop stamp on the front free endpaper. One leaf has a tiny edge tear. A couple have some margin smudges. Otherwise clean, with slight edge toning. A collection of twenty-one Russian folk tales, in English. Reprint of the 1916 first edition from T.C. & E.C. Jack.. Includes six full colour plates. .

Self Published By the Author. Very Good+. 2004. Softcover. 194 p. 28 cm. Published circa 2004 or 2005. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A little wear to the corner tips. Light shelf rubbing. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A history of the Kawartha Nordic cross country Ski Club of Peterborough, Ontario. Illustrated with colour photographs and black and white maps. .

Trenton, Ontario: King Street United Church Congregational Board. Good. Hardcover. 70 p. 23 cm. Sound and square library binding, over the original cardstock covers of the book. Ex-library copy with all the usual marks to the endpapers and spine. Minor wear to the boards. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A history of a church in Trenton, Ontario Canada, from the time of its founding as a Methodist church to the mid 1970's. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Ex-Library .

Kingston, Ontario: Queen's Theological College. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0889110166 . 270 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A couple of minor edge dings and light wear to the corner tips. Small erasure mark on the front free endpaper. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has creases on the back panel and wear along the edges. The spine has faded. A scholarly account of the first sixty years of Queen's University Kingston's Theological College. .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Good. 1974. Second Printing. Softcover. 268 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Faded along the edges and to the spine. Wear to corner tips. Previous owner's name on the half title page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean, but the pages have tanned. An account of the Pennsylvania Dutch in Loyalist Canada in the 19th century. .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. ©1962. Hardcover. 206 p. 22 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Tiny flaw in cloth of upper gutter. Slightly darkened along the bottom edges. Bottom fore-edge of the text block has tiny area of predation. Inside pages are clean with three leaves having tiny corner fold marks. Dust jacket has some wear along the edges and folds, including a few tiny insect holes. Tape shadow marks on reverse side where the head of the spine was taped. Light soil to both panels. A fictional story about the efforts to catch Ma-Kee, a muskellunge in northern Canadian waters. The author was a director and past president of the Toronto Anglers and Hunters Association. .

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Good. 1904. Second Printing. Hardcover. 232 + ads p. 20 cm. Square in red cloth binding, with stamped titles and decoration to upper board and spine, and colour pastedown illustration in corner of upper board. Both inside hinges have partially split, but the binding is still holding quite well. Some wear to the corner tips. Spine slightly faded. A little soil to lower board. Inside pages are clean and unmarked overall. Eight tales of a man and his relationship with various animals. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eight black and white plates of the artwork of American artist Peter Newell. .