Search Results: Authors starting with W from Reading Rat

Boston, MA, USA: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1965. Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 48p. small tear on spine near bottom. Book is in very good condition other than that. very little corner and edge wear. Great story, well illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. delist

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. Limited. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Diane Wakoski. 26 p.; NF/NF; sewn in signatures, tan boards with Diane Wakoski's drawing on cover, royal blue cloth spine; clear plastic DJ. #55 of a limited edition of 200. Author's signature on last page. Five poems, beautifully presented. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sir Hugh Casson. Unpaginated; slim large format HC. no DJ, This story was originally written by Prince Charles to amuse his younger brothers, Andrew and Edward, then 9 and 5 years old, and was published in 1980 as a fundraiser for the Prince of Wales Charities Trust. Charming watercolour illustrations enhance a rather eccentric story. Interior is clean and unmarked;

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Overlook Press, The, 1985. Later Printing. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Eleventh printing of paperback edition; VG+; this is a new, unused copy but has minor shelf wear, small chip at foredge of front cover. Clear, simple, well-illustrated carpentry projects for children or inexperienced carpenters of all ages, using hand tools and with due attention to safety and good work habits. Very useful for anyone working with children's groups - community groups, teachers, Scout/Guide leaders etc. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Waldman Publishing Corp., 1983. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brendan Lynch. Moby Books Illustrated Classic small paperback; adapted by Marion Leighton for young readers; illus. with B & W line drawings. Previous owner has signed title page. Brief bio. of Wallace and the circumstances leading to the writing of "Ben-Hur" (orig. pub. 1880). Nice reading copy. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Newfoundland: Breakwater Books, 2011. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 285 p.; TP; Third volume in a series on nursing history, this includes the stories of women from many countries recruited to work in Newfoundland and Labrador between 1949 -2007. A great deal of history and culture of the Newfoundland outports and the Grenfell missions is woven into personal histories of nurses and midwives, mostly from the UK but some from as far away as Nigeria and the Philippines, who took up the challenge of living and working in a distant land. Gift inscription on inside front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. VG.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 166 p. incl. index; NF/NF; clean, bright copy in unclipped DJ. A famous murder trial with Abraham Lincoln defending William "Duff" Armstrong. "In Moonlight, the first book to offer the complete story of the famous 'Almanac Trial', Walsh draws on long-neglected documents to tell, in fascinating detail, what really happened in that Beardstown, Illinois courtroom." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1997. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good +. 35 p. small PB; VG+

Nightcliff, NT, Australia: Little Gem Publications, 1993. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 52 p.; staple bound; VG; previously-unpublished poems presented at the Darwin Poetry Festival, 1993. "Introspective, emotive, controversial, visionary . . ."

Chelsea MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen. Unpaginated; large format slim HC, pictorial boards in matching unclipped DJ, beautiful condition. On November 9, 1975, the lake frieghter Edmund Fitzgerald left Superior, Wisconsin with a load of taconite for a routine crossing of Lake Superior. A heavy storm overtook the Edmund Fitzgerald and the ship sank with all hands. The ship's bell was recovered in 1995 and replaced at the site of the wreck with a replica bell engraved with the names of the 29 crew members. Kathy-Jo Wargin's simple but moving text, and Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen's atmospheric paintings, recreate the story for young readers. Suitable for older children to adults.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1986. First Edfition. Mass Market Paperback. Fair/No Jacket. 72p. Jem! book listed as fair. Age darkening, corner looks as if it's been wet, spine is fine, no rips or tears. You are Jem in this "Find your Fate" young girls novel. Mystery and adventure. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Souvenir Press Limited, 1998. Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 144p. incl "bear facts' and acknowledgements. Comprehensive history on teddy bears and their origins. Must have for teddy bear collectors. Some corner wear, pink discolorment on edge, old price sticker on back. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Novato CA: New World Library, 2007. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 255 p; VG tradepaper. By the author of Hardcore Zen.

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.: Columbus Alive Inc, 2003. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 188 p.; VG+, clean, unmarked copy, very slight shelf wear. A collection of articles originally published in Columbus Alive and the Columbus Free Press, 2000-2003. Highly critical of the Republican Party and its corporate links; has some scathing criticisms of the Democratic Party also; highly polemical in tone but raises many serious issues.

London UK: Chancellor Press, 1985. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. Various. 224 p.; originally published 1974 as "Reading With Mother", Harrap. VG+/VG. HC with glossy pictorial boards & matching DJ. Very nice condition, slight edgewear/bumping of DJ, pencil notation (not noticeable) on ffep. Over 100 B & W illustrations. Endpapers in royal blue with gold decorative design, DJ and boards pale blue and yellow with red lettering. Very attractive little book. A classic collection of stories and verse including works by Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, A. A. Milne, Walter de la Mare, Hilaire Belloc. Recommended for children 3-6 years old, although many of the included stories might be better for slightly older or literary-minded children. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Prairie Publishing Company, 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 109p. The author served in the second world war and has describeb this book as, "more auto biographical than anything" but also "completely fictitious". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Niagara Falls, NY, U.S.A.: Mosaic Press, 1994. Probable First. Trade Paperback. Very Good -/No Jacket. 186 p. incl. index and appendices; colour photo of Irving Guttman on front cover; VG -, bottom corner lightly bent, closed tear about 1 3/4 inches long at top of spine on back cover. "Tied closely to the brilliant generating activities of opera director Irving Guttman, these pages vividly trace his successful efforts to build opera in Vancouver, Edmonton and Winnipeg over a quarter of a century."

Portland OR: Oni Press, 2004. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Andi Watson. Unpaginated; four issues of a graphic novel in comic book format, issued June-September 2004. Slight reading wear; overall VG. B & W illustrations. Includes ads for other Oni Press productions, letters, etc. These seem to be part of Volume 2 of an ongoing series; Vol. 1 (issues 1-6) has been published in book format.

Portland OR: Oni Press, 2000. Apparent First. Staplebound. Very Good. Andi Watson. Unpaginated; small format graphic/comic. B & W illustrations.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1968. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 192 p. incl. index; VG+/VG; green boards with gold lettering on spine; book is very nice, clean, sound, interior bright. DJ unclipped, some chipping along top edges, small chunk missing from bottom of spine; colour photo showing teams of Clydesdales, 4-H clubs etc.Published for the 40th anniversary of the Royal in 1968, this is a very complete history of the fair, including many photographs and sketches, lists of champions, trophy winners, etc. W. P. Watson became manager of the Royal in 1963. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.