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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2000. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xi) 372 pp. Quarter-bound in blue on pale green boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs and facsimle documents. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; The Tooth of the Buddha; The Gold Larnax of King Philip II; The Magna Carta; The Stone of Scone; The Essex Ring; Galileo's Middle Finger; George Washington's Schoolboy Copybooks; John Harrison's Fourth Marine Timekeeper; The Virginia Declaration of Rights; The Rising Sun Chair; The Louisiana Purchase Treaty; The Lewis and Clark Journals; Beethoven's Ear Trumpets; Harrison's Peace Pipes; John Adams's Pigtail; The Doubleday Ball; Vendovi's Head; The Battle Sword of Colonel Najera; Charles Dicken's Prompt-copy of A Christmas Carol; The First American Flag Raised in Japan; The Emancipation Proclamation;… Read More

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 12mo. 317 pp. Dark blue boards decorated in gilt on the spine, Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; no interior markings although the text block has darkened somewhat. The cover features a portrait of Racine at Versailles. The Contents are: Translator's Foreword; Jean Racine - a Biography; Note on the Terms Romanesque and Baroque; List of Racine's Plays; Bibliography; Iphigenia: Introduction; Racine's Preface; The Play. Phaedra: Introduction; Racine's Preface; The Play. Athaliah: Introduction; Racine's Preface; The Play..

New York: Fawcett Columbine - Ballantine Books, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 231 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: Girl Talk: Tales from Below the Belt; Poles Apart: A Hard Look at Penises; Bachelor Pad: Your Place or Mine; Whip It Good: Under My Thumb; Generation Sex: To Survey with Love; The Goodbye Girl: Dumping the Boyfriend; Single White Female: Looking for Love in the Personals; Have I Got a Guy for You: Meeting My Match(maker;) Phone Mating: Lure of the Rings; The Young Girl and the Sea: Cruising the Love Boat; Prophylactica: Becoming a Condonmaniac; Prophylactica II: Future Sex; My Camcorder My Self: Video Head; Comcording II: Voyeurism the Sequel; Love Drugs: Is It the Motion or the Potion; Pillow Talk: What You Say Is What You Get; The Joy of Tape: How-to Sex; American Gigolo: Paying for My Sins; Lip Service: On Being a Cunning Linguist; The Booby Trap: My Cup… Read More

Porters Lake, Nova Scotia: Pottersfield Press, 1989. Book. Illus. by Are Gjesdal;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 141 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The cover features Devil's Island - Eastern Passage Nova Scotia by Are Gjesdal. This collection of previously uncollected stories contains: Foreword by John Bell; The Dreamers; The Credit Shall be Yours; Brooms for Sale; The Drumlin of Joe Tom; Three Wise Men; The Pay-off at Duncan's; The Lower Learning; Mr Embury's Hat; Swan Dance; and The Miracle..

Toronto: Viking - Penguin Canada, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (xix) 235 pp. Quarter-bound in green on beige boards; headband; ribbon marker. Signed by the author on the title page. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. There are far too many people involved in this to mention them all here but some of the highlights are: Alice Munro; Don Cherry; Tomson Highway; Jean Little; Cynthia Dale; Mordecai Richler; Timothy Findley; Robert Bateman; Buffy Sainte-Marie; Roberta Bondar; Nino Ricci; Joy Kogawa; Ken Danby; Pierre Berton; Monty Hall; Sylvie Frechette; Silver Donald Cameron; Gail Bowen; Sheila Copps; Mark Tewksbury; Welwyn Wilton Katz; Alison Gordon; Janet Lunn; Wendy Mesley; Freeman Patterson; Liona Boyd; Dinah Christie; W. P. Kinsella; and many, many others..

London: Constable and Company, 1973. Book. Illus. by Lars Hokanson;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 226 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Lars Hokanson..

New York: Popular Science Publishing, 1954. Book. Illus. by Taylor Oughton;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 128 pp. Light but general wear. Cover art by Taylor Oughton. As well as the great articles, the list of which follows, there are also some fairly interesting advertisements: Browning Shotguns; Nash by Ed Zern; The Thrilling Chevrolet Corvette - the First All American Sports Car; Lucky Strike featuring boxer Jack Sharkey; Marlin Shotguns; Bushnell Riflescope; Hunt Kodiak Bear; and many more. The Contents are: Have You Tried This by Grits Gresham; The Opium Tiger by Fred Myer Schroder; Yankee Jig on the Pacific by George Heinold; This Day in Paradise by Jack O'Connor; Salute to the Brim by Ben East; Wet and Juicy by Claude M. Kreider; Good-smell Fish by Admiral J. J. Clark; Thick with Quail by Emmett Gowen; Bears in White by John Albrecht; We All Wore Green by Lee Wulff; To Catch Bass in August by Wynn Davis; Wanta Lose a Finger by Carnes Lee; Survival by Roy E. Howard; From… Read More

New York: Popular Science Publishing, 1953. Book. Illus. by Milton C. Weiler;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 160 pp. General wear with some chipping along the spine. Rainbow Trout cover art by Milton C. Weiler. As well as the great articles, the list of which follows, there are also some fairly interesting advertisements: White Horse Scotch Whisky; Lucky Tiger Hair Tonic; A Nash Ad by Ed Zern; Kodak Movie Camera; Willys Station Wagon; Grants Blended Scotch; Federal - The Shells of Champions; and many, many more. The Contents are: Found - a Lost World by Charles Elliott; Pembe Moja by Alden G. Stevens; Mark the Spot by George B. Gordon; Night Without Fire by Ben East; Wade the Great Lakes by Byron W. Dalrymple; Meshach Browning by Ross C. McCluskey; My Secret Weapons by Lee Wulff; The Gilded Duckling by James B. Trefethen; All Surf and No Sleep by Charles W. Moore; Hot Steel by Claude M. Kreider; Never Say Uncle by Fred Meyer Schroder; World's Biggest Bear by Ed Ainsworth; and… Read More

Creemore, Ontario: Curiosity House - with The Mackenzie Heritage Printery Museum, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 70 pp. Trade paperback with French flaps. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: A Few Words from the Mackenzie Heritage Printery Museum; A Few Words from the Clan MacKenzie; Launching the Advocate; Mackenzie's Life Before the Colonial Advocate; Marketing the Advocate; The Several Faces of William Lyon Mackenzie; Agricultural and Economic Content; Newspapers in Upper Canada; Political Content; Religion and the Clergy Reserves; Education; Constitutional Reform; Stop Press; Accusations of Disloyalty; Brock Monument Cornerstone; Scolding the Elite; The Advocate as a Newspaper; Printing the Colonial Advocate; Personal Life; Afterword; and Appendix: Mackenzie Genealogy..

Creemore, Ontario: Curiosity House - with The Ontario Heritage Foundation, 1992. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (xiv) 289 pp. Signed by Chris Raible on the half-title page. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faint crease on a flat spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. The Contents are: Foreword by R. Scott James; Preface; Prologue; All the Scandals, Broken Laws and Blights; Appendix: The Patrick Swift Commentaris; and an index..

New York: Workman Publishing, 1993. Book. Illus. by Robin Zingone;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (xi) 348 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; discreet ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. There are far too many recipes to list them all here, but some of the highlights are: Mango Nectar; Rum Runners; Yuca Fingers; Gator Bites; Alligator Pear Soup; Black Bean Salad with Mango and Shrimp; Pecan Corn Bread; Sunshine Aioli; Tangerine Tuna; Shark en Escabeche; Miami Wings; Rum Soaked Veal Chops; Key Lime Pie; and many, many more..

London: Novello and Company, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 230, 222 pp. Both books have red boards lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine. Both books have light rubbing on the corners of the dustjackets; prices intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: BOOK ONE: Introductory: The Historical and Philosophical Background of School Music Teaching; The Teacher's Task: Aims; The Teacher's Equipment. The Scope of School Music: The Importance of Enjoyment and Achievement; Music in the General Life of the School; Contemporary Music in Schools; Teaching Music to Handicapped Children. Conditions and Equipment: Allocation of Time - Curricular and Extra-Curricular in the Primary School - Secondary Modern School - Secondary Grammer School - Independent School; Planning a Music Department; Instruments and Their Care; Bibliography Libraries and the Music Teacher; The Making of Simple Musical Instruments; Music Making through Percussiona and Melodic Percussion; The… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1950. Book. Illus. by John Blaine;. Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. (vi) 260 pp. Pocket Book 721. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by John Blaine. He tried to just live his life and avoid the free-shooting gang leader, but when their paths came together, it was a case of dodge lead or die....

New York: Warner Books, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 197 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faint crease on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Excavations and Revelations: The Glastonbury Ghosts; A Tale of Two Charlemagnes; Templar Treasures; Catharsis: The Siege of Montsegur; Martyrs, Madmen and Messiahs; Lunatic Legions; Vampire General; Cryptic Columbus; Incan Armageddon; The Men in the Iron Mask; The Divine Rites of Kings; The Haunted Highlander; The Wraith's of Rogers' Rock; The Valley Forge Vision; God's Mad Gunman; Invisible Invasions; The General Strikes Twice; and The History of the Future..

New York: Jonathan David Publishers, 1979. Book. Illus. by Susan Moskowitz;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (vi) 208 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with line drawings by Susan Moskowitz. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: In the Kitchen; Cleaning and Preserving Wearing Apparel; Cleaning and Preserving Household Interiors; Cleaning, Repairing and Preserving Household Furnishings; Tools and Procedures for Interior Projects; Repairing and Restoring House Interiors; Exterior Maintenance and Beautifications; Money and Energy Saving Hints; Tips on Car Care; and Miscellaneous Hints and Tips..

Bombay, India: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Kulapathi Munshi Marg, 1973. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. 12mo. 320 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and some creasing on the covers; no interior markings..

Glasgow, Scotland: Harper Collins Publishers, 1999. Book. Illus. by Fiona C. Steel; David Braysher;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 32mo. 192 pp. Small softcover with French flaps. Light wear at the corners; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs by Fiona C. Steel and David Braysher. Learning Hatha Yoga on your own....

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 512 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Prologue 1962; In Pharaoh's Land: Cairo, Georgia 1919 - 1920; A Pasadena Boyhood 1920 - 1937; Pasadena Junior College 1937 - 1939; Blue and Gold at UCLA 1939 - 1941; Jack in the World at War 1941 - 1944; A Monarch in the Negro Leagues 1944 - 1946; A Royal Entrance 1946; A Brooklyn Dodger 1946 - 1947; A Most Valuable Player 1947 - 1950; Free at Last 1950 - 1952; Dodging Blows Fighting Back 1952 - 1955; The Bottom of the Ninth 1955 - 1957; Like Starting Over 1957 - 1960; A New Frontier 1960 - 1964; On the Killing Ground 1964 - 1968; Rounding Third 1968 - 1971; Heading Home 1971 - 1972; and Epilogue 1997; followed by an index..

London: Quadrille Publishing, 2010. Book. Illus. by Georgia Glynn Smith;. Very Good+. Hardcover. Later Printing. 4to. 224 pp. Orange boards lettered in white on the spine; headband; dark gray endpapers; illustrated with colour photographs by Georgia Glynn Smith. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. There are far too many recipes here to list them all but some of the highlights are: Caramelised Apple Tart; Steak Tartare and Chips; Ribeye of Beef; Pillows of Ricotta Gnocchi; Linguine in Lobster and Girolle Sauce; Easy Mango Tarts; Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Morels; Pannacotta with Raspberries; A Quick Casserole of Pigeon; Saddle of Rabbit; and many, many more..

New York: Grand Central Life and Style, 2012. Book. Illus. by Anders Schonnemann;. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. 4to. 320 pp. Pictorial boards; headband; orange endpapers; illustrated with colour photographs by Anders Schonnemann. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings; as issued, no dustjacket. There are far too many recipes here to list them all but some of the highlights are: Romesco Sauce; Pasta with Tomatoes, Anchovies and Chiles; Spagetti with Chiles, Sardines and Oregano; Red Mullet with Sweet Chile Sauce; Sichuan Chicken Thighs; Beef Brisket with English New Potatoe Relish; Beef Tacos with Wasabi Mayo; Slow-Cooked Beef Short Ribs; Jerk Chicken; Chicken and Chicory in Marsala Sauce; Batter for Fish; and many, many more..