Search Results: Titles starting with D from Reading Rat

Winnipeg: Pachyderm Press, 1994. Apparent First. Staplebound. Very Good. 16 p. small stapled booklet; VG; Short play; two characters, Peter and Lucy; setting is a graveyard. One of a series of chapbooks published at St. John's College, University of Manitoba

Toronto: Educational Publishing Company, 1982. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Ruhl, Greg. 144p. Spine is slightly torn, small sticker on fornt cover, some edge wear, some corner wear. Geared towards youth, interesting look at dna related issues and fears for the young. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Santa Cruz CA: Any Key Press, 1992. Apparent First. Staplebound. VG. Small 50 p. cbooklet. vg condition. Short humourous pieces from the DOS era of computing.

Fargo ND: Scopcraft, October 1967. Second printing. Staplebound. Very Good. 28 p.; staplebound; poems by four poets from North Dakota State University. First impression May 1967

Minneapolis, Minn. USA: Burgess Publishing Company, 1968. Fourth. Spiral Binding. Good+/No Jacket. 386p. incl index. This book is a comprehensive handbook of US forms of Dance. It's the fourth edition and is updated to keep abreast of contemporary forms as well as those that have become traditional. Some water damage on the cover and the first few pages. Not bad though. Has a price sticker on the front cover and a name has been written in it but it has faded. Pages are excellent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London Canada: Alphabet Press, 1963. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good +. Jack Chambers. 32 p. chapbook in stapled card covers. VG+, mild shelf wear, small stain on bottom corner of front cover. A collaboration between Jack Chambers, artist, and James Reaney, poet and editor of Alphabet, a literary magazine, inspired by an old German book, The Dance of Death at Basle. First publication from Alphabet Press. Very hard to find.

Winnipeg MB: Heartland Associates, 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. NEW/No Jacket. 252 p. incl. index & bibliography. NEW, just released. HC edition also available; please enquire. A handsomely-produced volume, with many B & W illustrations. "This is the story of the determined and difficult assault by women on the male-dominated citadel of Canadian politics. Combining profiles of twenty-eight remarkable women who have achieved political firsts witha richly detailed, immensely readable history of Canadian life over the last century, "Dancing Backwards" will change the way you look at Canadian history." The Rt. Honourable Sharon Carstairs, PC, has been leader of the Liberal Party in Manitoba, leader of the Official Opposition, Leader of the Government in the Senate, and Minister with Special Responsibilities for Palliative Care. Co-author Tim Higgins has had a 20 year career as actor, director and writer for television. MULTIPLE COPIES available. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: Coteau Books, 1993. Not Stated. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 102 p.; trade paper; VG, light wear, unmarked. Fourth poetry collection by Burrs. "Hitler and Stalin stalk these poems. Mick Burrs examines the Fuehrer's love of King Kong. He probes Stalin's relationship with his washerwoman mother, who knew his as her little 'Zozo'. He confronts the kind of mind that can reduce individuals to political symbols or mere numbers." Includes Burrs' notes on his poems. Other titles by this author are available. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: Scholastic, Inc., 1993. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. Pinkney, Brian. 122p. Tales to be told at the time between night and day. Newberry Honour. Many fear inducing stories, don't read alone! 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cornelia Bean Publishing, 2004. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Pauline Lawson. Unpaginated; large format slim HC in pictorial DJ; blue cloth boards. Full colour illustrations by the author accompany her reminiscences and flights of fancy on the subject of tea, in the voice of the imaginary Emily. Chafrming and whimsical, with pictures that pay homage to Frida Kahlo, Mughal miniatures, the Girl with a Pearl Earring, Japanese scrolls, and more. VG+/VG+

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2002. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Very Good. 218 p.; tradepaper, VG, slight wear. SIGNED and with gift inscription on title page. Set in Hawaii; a story of love, possession, obsession, betrayal and the clash of cultures.

New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1967. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Small book, 80 p. in paper cover, stapled. A play in two acts adapted from the book by Theodore Isaac Rubin and the screenplay by Eleanor Perry. VG+, slight reading wear, inked price on p. 3, otherwise unmarked and clean. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

North Pomfret, Vermont, U.S.A.: Trafalgar Square, 1993. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good+. 190 p.; VG+/VG+; nice, clean copy in bright unclipped DJ, trace of shelfwear/bumping. "In this not quire memoir, not quite autobiography, not quite travelogue, [Nicholson] travels to the edge of the Sahara in Morocco, drives across the deserts of Australia, goes on a day trip to the Pyramids and returns to the deserts of California, Arizona and New Mexico. His journeys, full of visual events and changing landscapes, give him time to reflect on his failed marriage, his new relationship, and the imminent death of his father . . ." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1994. First Canadian. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Browne, Anthony (illustrator). 96 p., DJ glossy, bright and unclipped, book clean and tight. Author's first book for children will also appeal to adults. "Ten-year-old Peter Fortune lives somewhere between dream and reality. Grown-ups don't understand him. No one can understand the amazing things that fill his head. His dreams bring him nothing but trouble. In these astonishing stories Peter unlocks the door to the secret world of his imaginings and invites us to step inside." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing, 1977. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. VG+, light spine creases, great reading copy 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: St Martins Pr, 1986. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 176 p.; VG+/VG; HC in black boards, clean, solid, unmarked. DJ is unclipped (no price); sl edge rubbing, 2 small closed tears have been mended with archival tape. This is probably the first US printing of Paul Doherty's first novel, based on the murder of Edward II. It may be a book club edition although this is not indicated on the DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wheat Ridge, CO: Leman Publications, Inc., 1993. Magazine. Very Good -/No Jacket. 66p. bottom corner is a little curved from being in a bookshelf. Other than that it's very good.. Een got the subscription cards. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good +. First edition; VG+/VG+; sl. bumped at top of spine, DJ not clipped, clean, tight copy. "Adrian Cowell has been making prizewinning documentary films since that first trip [1957] into Amazonia. An author, environmental activist, and cofounder of the Television Trust for the environment, he is known for his epic projects . . . and his total dedication." This book is a companion volume to the FRONTLINE series of the same name. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994. Apparent first. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. HC; 452 pp. incl index, notes, chronology, reading list. An account of the free trade negotiations of 1988 by three of the Canadian participants. An important source book on this major policy area. Laid-in review by Jeffrey Simpson from the Globe and Mail, Nov 26, 1994 VG+ in VG+ DJ; no markings, unclipped DJ, very minor shelf wear

Plattsburgh, NY, U.S.A.: McClelland & Stewart/Tundra Books, 1992. French-Folds. Good+/No Jacket. 141p. Age darkening on pages. Exl-library has stamp and barcode. This book is set in the poverty stricken 30's and is about a young woman who leaves the city to teach at a one room school in the Cariboo country of BC, Canada. Passion and the Human spirit are pitted against the hardships of the time. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.