Search Results: Titles starting with C from Homeward Bound Books

Cobourg, Ontario: C.R. Gummow Public School Parents Committee. Very Good. 1984. Spiral bound. 128 p. 23 cm. Spiral bound with cardstock covers. Light edge wear. Edge slightly darkened. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A collection of recipes from the staff, parents, and students at C.R. Gummow Public School, Cobourg, Ontario, published in the year of the province bicentennial. .

Edison, New Jersey: Inspirational Press. Very Good. 2005. Reprint. Hardcover. 0884863352 . 202 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in glossy, paper-covered boards. Slightly shelf rubbed. Small inked number/letters on the front free endpaper. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Originally published circa 1996 as "Not a Tame Lion: The Spiritual Legacy of C.S. Lewis". The author offers insight into the character of this influential thinker. .

Ottawa, Ontario: National Gallery of Canada. Very Good+. 1985. Hardcover. 0888845294 . 95 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor edge wear. Tiny bump to top edge of text block. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Biographical work on the life and art of Canadian painter and illustrator C.W. Jefferys. Mostly consists of colour and black and white examples of his work. Canadian Artists Series No. 10 .

Winnipeg: Inter-Collegiate Press of Canada. Very Good. 1969. Hardcover. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in red cloth-covered boards. One corner lightly bumped. Boards have some faint mottling. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A yearbook for Cobourg District Collegiate Institute East, Cobourg, Ontario Canada. Includes the usual contents, with black and white photographs. .

Toronto: Central Scientific Company of Canada Limited. Good. 1942. Hardcover. 1132 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in red, cloth-covered boards. A paint spill affects the bottom quarter of the lower board and the bottom text block edge. Rub worn at all corners. Titles are dulled. A little foxing to the text block edges. Previous ownership name has been whited out on front pastedown endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked overall, with some age toning. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press. Very Good. 1984. Softcover. 0919783007 . 133 p. 21.5 x 28 cm. oblong Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A little wear to the corner tips. Shelf rubbed with light scratches. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of the Toronto neighbourhood of "Cabbagetown" from the late 19th century to the mid 20th. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

Culture House Books. Very Good+. 2011. Softcover. 88 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to edges and corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of Iowa native Earl Caddock, who became a great amateur wrestler and then heavyweight champion of professional wrestling. Signed by the author on the title page. .

Richmond Hill, Ont.: Northpine Publishing. Very Good+. 1999. Softcover. 0968488803 . 175 p. 21.5 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the edges. Lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A history of Wainwright Township, near Dryden, in northwestern Ontario. The local one room school is used as focal point. Illustrated with black and whtie photographs. .

East Grand Forks, Minnesota: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. Softcover. 1550993 . 179 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corner tips. Lightly shelf rubbed. Inscription of Cal Marvin to a previous owner on the page with his photograph. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of Cal Marvin and the Warroad Lakers, a successful amateur hockey organization in Minnesota. Illustrated with black and white photographs and reproduced colour paintings. .

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Good. 1917. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 360 p. 19.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Wear to the corners and spine ends. Text block edges are dusty. Lightly soiled overall. Pencil notes on both sets of endpapers, moreso the rear. A few pages near front of text also have some pencil notes. Otherwise, inside contents are clean, with a corner knock affecting the bottom of the preliminary pages and light toning. A text book from the Modern Mathematical Texts from this publisher. .

National Film Board of Canada. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. 248 p. 32 cm. Sound and square binding in black, cloth-covered boards. Pressure mark across width of upper board. A couple of small ring marks on lower board. Corner tips slightly bumped. Rear free endpaper top corner tip is torn off. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dustjacket has a closed tear to rear panel near spine, some edge and corner wear, and darkened along the top edge of the front panel. Pressure mark across the front panel. Light overall soil. A selection of duotone black and grey photographs of Canadians in the mid 1960s, likely produced to mark the centennial celebrations of 1967. Includes poetry by Mirriam Waddington. There is a list of the photographers at the rear of the book. This book is heavy and will require extra postage to most destinations. .

Toronto: William Briggs. Very Good. ©1914. Hardcover. 351 p. 20.5 Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A little wear to the corner tips. Shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with some toning. A couple of plates are lifting away from page a little. A Canadian imprint of this fictional story about colonial life in Northern Taiwan during the Franco-Chinese War of 1884-85. The author was a Canadian, born in Ottawa and died in Owen Sound, Ontario. He may have spent time in Taiwan because he bases some of his characters on real people. .

Toronto: Gage Educational Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 512 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in orange and white boards. Light bumping to bottom fore-corners. Tiny bit of glue remains along inside top edges. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has darkened on the spine, edges and folds, but has only light edge wear. Not price clipped. A collection of 49 stories and poems for children, by a wide variety of international and Canadian writers. Although it is numbered Book 6 on the title page, the jacket notes three books in the series called "Big Books for Young Canadians" of which this is book three. Possibly the book was issued originally as a school text, then again aimed at the general public. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Budapest: Hegyi & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 9637592156 . 184 p. 29 cm. Sound and square binding in white, cloth-covered boards. Virtually no discernable wear to exterior. Gift inscription on the half title page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has light wear to the edges and is shelf rubbed overall. A beautiful selection of colour photographs of the exteriors and interiors of seventy-eight Calvinist churches in Hungary. Begins with an essay on the history of these churches. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Toronto: The Coach House Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 56 p. 23 x 27 cm. oblong Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to edges and corners. Tiny stain on top edge of the text block. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some wear to the spine ends and edges. The spine and edges are somewhat darkened. Forty nine photographs taken by Humphrey Lloyd Hime during his time with the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition. The plates are micrograin duotone offset reproductions from the original prints and the actual size. A limited edition of 2000 copies were printed of the book. .

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1963. First Edition Third Printing. Hardcover. 127 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in green, cloth-covered boards. Slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Front free endpaper is missing. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has had the front flap torn off, and is reattached with cello tape. Wear to head and foot of spine, less so to the edges. Some overall rubbing and soiling. Not price clipped. The first of the children's series about the Cameron children by Scottish writer Jane Duncan (pseudonym for Elizabeth Jane Cameron). The children travel to their aunt's in Jennyville, Scotland by train where the adventures begin. Jacket and black and white internal illustrations by Victor Ambrus. .

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co.. Good+. Hardcover. 117 + ads p. 17.5 cm. No date, but circa 1920's. Sound and square stapled binding in paper-covered boards with colour illustration on upper board. Staples have pulled away from rear pastedown endpaper but holding well. Wear to the corners and edges. Edges of text block darkened by dust. Light overall soil. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, which also has a few tiny edge chips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A small format children's series book, cheaply printed on gray heavy paper stock. One of a series of at least six titles about camp fire girls by this author. .

Oshawa, Ontario: Oshawa District Council. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. 126 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Small smudge mark on the front cover. A little wear to the corner tips. Lightly shelf rubbed. Gift inscription on the back side of the front cover. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The history of a Boy Scout camp located in Oshawa, Ontario. Includes a sixteen page section of black and white photographs. .

Port Perry, Ontario: Blake Books Distribution. Very Good. 2002. Softcover. 0968706274 . 290 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Shelf rubbed. Soft crease to spine. Light edge wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A novel set in and around Camp X the Canadian secret spy training facility at Whitby, Ontario. This is the conclusion to the authors' earlier novel entield "Camp X - The Final Battle". Signed by Lynn Philip Hodgson on the first blank page. .

Port Perry, Ontario: Blake Books Distribution. Very Good+. 2002. Softcover. 0968706274 . 290 p. 23 cm. Signed by All Authors Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Lightly shelf rubbed. Except for the authors' inscription, the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A novel set in and around Camp X the Canadian secret spy training facility at Whitby, Ontario. This is the conclusion to the authors' earlier novel entield "Camp X - The Final Battle". Inscribed and signed to a previous owner by both authors on the first blank page. .