Search Results: Authors starting with V from High Park Books

Toronto: Aya Press, 1979. Paperback. Very Good+. Erotic poetry and B&W line drawings by the Toronto artist (1909 - 2003). Vale was married to artist Albert Franck (1899 -1973) best known for his realistic paintings of Toronto' s less affluent neighbourhoods. Square (8 1/2" x8 1/2 "), illustrated white wraps 32 pages with colour illustration on face. Intro By James Purdie. Very slight soiling to covers.

Toronto: Guernica Editions, 1997. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Novel from the author of 'Valentino and the Great Italians'. 146pp. One leaf has small fold at top corner and slight cornerwear.

Imaviation, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/No DJ Issued. A history of the Quebec RCAF Flying Squadron located in CFB Saguenay / Bagotville, Quebec. 248 pages filled with colour, archival and B&W photos with index. Text in English and French. Oblong, (9 1/4'" 11 3/8") pictorial boards. A large & heavy tome, this title WILL require extra shipping in Ontario, Canada, US or rest of world due to high Canadian postal rates. Please contact us by email to determine actual cost before ordering. Can be picked up or delivered in Waterloo Region.

Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Company, 1968. First American Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good -/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Marlenka Stupica. A favourite Balkan classic from Slovenia in Northern Yugoslavia. A kind-hearted peasant boy rescues a dog, a cat and a snake. He is rewarded for his kindness with a magic ring that brings him fortune and love. The ring and his princess is stolen and he is thrown in prison. His animal friends unite to rescue him and get his ring and princess back. Unpaginated. Pink, decorative boards have a slight curve, some fading at top edge and tape marks. Mylar-protected, price-clipped DJ has tears at several corners and some chipping at bottom spine end and minor curling at top edge.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good -. A thorough revison of Vallins' analysis of the origins and develpments of English spelling. 'With a chapter on American spelling by Professor John W. Clark'. Revised by D. G. Scragg. 208 ppages with index. This is not a former library book and is not price-clipped. MacMillan Publishing House stamp on inside front cover. Grey, clean hardcover has some graying to top pages edge. DJ has slight edgewear, slight chipping at top spine edge and a 1'2" tear at corner. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oakville, Ontario / Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: Mosaic Press / Shaw festival , 1995. Trade Paperback. Fine. Memoirs of the British-born actor / director (1917 - 2004). Immigrating to Canada in 1954, van bridge spent 15 seasons with the Stratford Festival, gaining international acclaim for his Sir John Falstaff and another 30 years with the Shaw Festival. He won an ACTRA award for his portrayal of the tile character in CBC series JUDGE and toured North America in his one-man show as G. K. Chesterson. (Canadian Theatre History Series; 1). Foreword by Christoper Newton. 207 pages with references & index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Includes a Toronto Star obituary clipping.

Self-Published, 1991. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine -. Family memories of Russia and later in Canada. 83 pages with B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Amstelveen: KLM Bureau Public Relations, 1994. Assumed First Edition . Near Fine +. In-house promotional book for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines celebrating 75 years of history. 149 pages with bibliography and many colour photos including photos of employees around the world. Photos by Ruud Taal. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. High quality, glossy pictorial wraps with full French flaps.

Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011. Soft cover. Very Good+. 125pp. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Marker underlining to one of the 5 cases included and minor edge wear.

Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 1998. First Edition . French Wraps. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Fifth novel from the award-winning author of 'Judith', winner of the Seal First Novel Prize. Her 3rd novel, ' No Fixed Address An Amourous Journey' was nominatd for the Governor General's Award. 256pp. Very slight soiling to cover and two pages have a tiny corner crease.

Toronto / Calgary: Key Porter Books / The Glenbow Museum, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illlustrated wraps with french flaps. 104 pages with colour & archival photos with photo credits. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Small crease to the autographed sticker on front cover.

Vancouver: SummerWild Productions, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. An illustrated poetic fable set in Fiji about a flock of birds by the celebrated South-African born, Vancouver fantasy artist / illustrator. Trade edition. Reddish-brown boards with black type on front. Illusrated green, illustrated dust jacket. 48 pages with gorgeous colour illustrations, marbled end papers 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Slight wear to dust jacket & inscription to a child from grandparents on blank end paper.

Pretoria, South Africa: Daan Retief Publishers, 1987. First Printing . Pictorial Boards. Friedel Eloff. Prizewinner in the Transvaal Women's Agricutural Union's competition for children's literature. Translated to English by H. J. M. Retief. 38 pages with colour illustrations 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Minor curve to boards & very soight soiling to white boards, o/w near fine condition,

Rockwood, Ontario: Eramosa Valley Publishing , 1994. Hardcover. Fine. A collection of some newspaper columns that appeared in the Toronto Star from 1986. Green boards with tipped in photo on front cover. Oblong (8 1/4" 1/4"). 192 pages with B&W photos and index.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine +. Winner of the 1996 Governor General's Award for fiction which weaves the old Canadian West with an emerging Hollywood. The Booker-nominated Saskatchewan author & playwright also won the 1982 GG award for his first book, Man Descending, a collection of short stories that also won Britain's Faber Prize. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 333pp. Very slight edge wear to DJ

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1989. Edition Not Stated . Very Good+/Very Good. Second novel by the Saskatchewan novelist, short story writer and playwright and 2-time winner of the Governor General Award for The Englishman's Boy & Man Descending. 292pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor bump to bottom cover edge. DJ has slight chipping/fraying to a few corners and edgewear..

Toronto: Public Justice Resource Centre,. French Flaps. Fine/No DJ Issued. 152pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

St Jacobs, Ontario: Self Published, 2021. Paperback. Fine. Della vanDokkumburg . Urban sketches of the historical buildings of St.Jacobs,Ontario. Playfully written & cleverly sketched with whimsy. The artist / author includes more than 75 colour drawing of local buildings, with brief commentary. White, glossy illustrated wraps,. Unpaginated (approx. 78 pages).

Montreal: Concordia University, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover-bound collection of Concordia University news letters from 1976-78. The publication started out as began FYI in 1975 & later had a name change to the Thursday Report in 1977. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Unpaginated (covers Oct 7, 1976 to Marcj 23, 1978).

Toronto: University of Toronto / Bernard C. Harris Publishing , 2004. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine & face. 245 pages with B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall