Search Results: Titles starting with N from Lower Beverley Better Books

New York: Walker and Company, 1972. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2. Pryde speaks with authority of northern native life - the Eskimos' birth, death and marriage rites, their extraordinarily tolerant sexual customs and all other aspects of their lifestyle. 285 pp. Eight pages of colour photographs. Book has rubbed spine ends. Unclipped DJ ($7.95) has edge wear. Decorative ep's feature map of Duncan Pryde's 'Constituency'. Bookseller's Inventory # 081863.

Ottawa: Deneau and Greenberg Publishers Ltd., 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author accepted a marriage proposal with the 'sub-clause' that the honeymoon would be a year long expedition into the Nahanni River valley. This is her story. Illustrated with many b/w photographs. Acknowledgements, Prologue, 217 pp. plus Appendix - The Black Book. Book has as-new gilt text on spine. Tail of spine is very lightly rubbed, ow, book is as new. Unclipped ($17.95) DJis edgeworn with 3 chipped corners, one 5/8" closed tear on bottom edge of rear panel. Presentation sticker ffep: Presented to The Frontenac County Board of Education, February 13, 1986. By Mrs. Joanne Moore. Author. Author SIGNED her name above author's name on full title page. Bookseller's Inventory # 154479.

Erin, ON: The Pocupine's Quill, 2006. True CDN 1st Edition, 1st Printing . Soft cover. Fine+/No Jacket. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2. Number line: 1 2 3 4 . 08 07 06. Author reflects on the road travelled. 299 pp. plus: Acknowledgements, About the Author. Book has infinitely small amount of edge wear, ow as new. Bookseller's Inventory # 165406

Toronto: Viking Canada/Penquin Group, 2004. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9 1/2" X 7 1/2. Book is a celebration of life. Book tells the story of the day unfolding to its disasterous closing interwoven with the names of the victims with fragments of the lives, hobbies, homes, loves and hopes for the future. It is, ". . . a haunting elegy that captures the courage and the humanity of all those who died, and the magnitude of an unforgetable tragedy." (front flap).232 pp. plus: Endnotes, Acknowledgment. White boards have black text and dark blue ep's. Base of spine is rubbed, ow book is as new. Unclipped DJ has slight edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 172438.

Toronto: Viking Canada/Penguin Group, 2004. First Edition, First Printing . Card Covers. Fine/No Jacket. 9 1/4" X 7 1/2. Book is a celebration of life. Book tells the story of the day unfolding to its disasterous closing interwoven with the names of the victims with fragments of their lives, homes, loves and hopes for the future. It is, ". . . a haunting elegy that captures the courage and the humanity of all those who died, and the magnitude of an unforgetable tragedy." 232 pp. plus: Endnotes, Acknowledgment. Book has very slight shelf/edge wear. INSCRIBED: Best wishes from Diane Schoemperlen. SIGNED by author in black ink. Rare in this close to first state. Laid in is clipping, "Award validates writer's career path " and " I'm not done: author " re the Matt Cohen Award presentation to the author. Bookseller's Inventory # 173773.

New York: Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 1988. Stated First Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Barclay Shaw ( Cover painting). April, 1988. Nolly Stennis discovers inter-gallactic intrigue when he sets out to investigate the death of a cellist friend. 375 pp. plus About the Author. Blue cloth spine has as-new silver gilt text. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Unclipped ($16.95) DJhas slight edge/shelf wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 155036,

Ottawa: The Tecumseh Press, 1996. Second Printing . Soft cover. Fine+/No Jacket. 7 1/4" X 4 1/4 . Edited by Vincent and with an introduction by him. First printing -1978. Selections by - Jacob Bailey: Character of a Trimmer(1779), On Renaming Port Roseway after Lord Shelburne (1783) and The Adventures of Jack Ramble the Methodist Preacher (c.1787 - 1795), Samuel Denny Street: Creon (1802), Alexander Croke: The Inquisition (1805), Jonathan Odell: The Agonizing Dilemma (1812), Anonymous: The Times. A Squable (1814). 192 pp plus notes on Text. Book has dark blue covers with a picture of a lighthouse on a rocky point on the front panel. Bookseller's Inventory # 154367

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. True First Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number line: 00 01 02 03 04 RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. The story of two aristocratic Sourthern families - their triumphs and tragedies. 398 pp. plus: Epilogue, List of Characters. Book has ever so slight rubbing at spine ends, ow it too is as new. Bookseller's Inventory # 082068.

Scarborough, ON: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 2002. Stated First Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An account by a participant of a 1990's 'biker war' in Montreal. 243 pp. plus Epilogue. Book has usual library attachments and plastc DJ protector is scotch- taped to boards. Book is tight and square. Digital images available on request.

New York Toronto: Longmans Green and Co., 1941. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vera Bock. Book set in late 18th century United States and tells the story of Nathaniel Endicott, an 11-year-old orphan, who attempts to help a witch escape the power of the evil Witchmaster by distributing Christmas presents. 136 pp. Exceptionally illustrated in b/w by Bock. Front board carries an array of stars, spine black text, decorative ep's. 2 green pencil crayon marks at base of front board, moisture stain at top of rear. Text block is clean and unmarked. Digital pictures available on request. Incredibly illustrated by Vera Bock. Very rare work, possibly a publisher's sample as there are 3 purple ' The Copp Clark Co. Limited ' stamps in the early pp. of the book. Bookseller's Inventory # 090588.

London: Trfoil Books Ltd., 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10 1/2" X 8 1/2. Ten authors contribute articles about the landscape and architecture of Hardy, Shaw, Carlyle, T.E. Lawrence, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Kipling, Henry James, Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury Group in Sussex. 180 pp. plus: Acknowledgements, Bibliography, Index, short Biographies ofg the ten contributing authors. Brown cloth covered boards have as-new gilt text on spine only. Spine ends are slightly rubbed, bottom front corner is bumped. Unclipped (£ 14.95) DJ has sunned spine and light edge/shelf wear. Laid in is the peretinent article ' Mr. Shaw was not at home' by William French. Bookseller's Inventory # 211453.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1987. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 11 3/4" X 9 1/2. Book is bound in simulated brown leather padded boards with gilt titles on spine and front panel with decorative gilt border, gilded edges three sides with brown satin place marker. 473 pp. plus: Acknowledgments, Bibliography, Index, Illustration Credits, Text Credits. Printed throughout on the best gloss stock. Decorative end pages have wallpaper design of National Geographic Society seal. Needless to say, book is profusely illustrated with the incredible photography that has become National Geographics' trademark. Book has several white spots on top gilded edge and extremities are very, very lightly rubbed, ow book is as new. Book weighs 5+ lbs and will require extra shipping. Bookseller's Inventory # 081840.

Toronto: McC Lelland & Stewart, 1996. True 1st CDN Edition, 1st Printing . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2. Number line: 1 2 3 4 5 99 98 97 96 . A profound examination of Canadian nationhood. (rear panel) 309 pp. plus: Sources, Index. fon verso half title page, ow as new. Bookseller's Inventory # 165434.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. Presumed First Edition . Cloth. As New/Fine. 10 " X 10 . Ken Bell Photographer. Book by Franca, the founder and Artistic Director of the National Ballet. Book includes nearly 300 photographs, 54 of which are in colour. 274 pp. plus: A List of the Ballets. Brown cloth covered boards have gilt and silver text on spine and gilt depictions of two dancers on a silver stage, on the front panel. Unclipped DJ has 1/2" closed tear on rear panel and a very small amount of edge wear. Book weighs nearly three lb. and may incur extra shipping costs. Bookseller's Inventory # 060894.

Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 11 1/4" X 9 1/2. Book is organized by decade chapters which begin in 1900 and end in 1998. Book features countless photographs of the century's most newsworthy events - truly a chronicle of the age. 381 pp. plus The Century at a Glance, Index, Photography Credits. Bookseller's Inventory # 060831.

Ottawa: National Capital Commission. No Edition Stated . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 5 1/4" X 6 3/4. Nancy Perry (sketches); Ewald Richter (photography). Introduction. Table of Contents. Historic houses and properties in the larger Capital Region around Ottawa. Illustrated with sketches and photographs. Each property has a short biography in both French and English. 233 pp. Book has a hint of a crease bottom front corner. No date. Bookseller's Inventory # 154953

Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990. No Edition Stated, Presumed First . Hardcover. Fine+/Fine+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number 4 in the McGill-Queen's series in native and northern studies. Here Clark shows that the British Government's goal was to protect the liberty of the natives of Canada to continue governing themselves. He argues that this recognition continues to bind federal and provincial governments constitutionally to this day. Table of Legislation. Table of Cases. Acknowledgments. Preface. Introduction. 204 pp. plus: Appendix - Constitutional Milestones, Bibliography, Index. 259 pp. in toto. Black cloth covered boards have as-new silver gilt text on spine only. Book has some small dents near bottom fore edge on rear panel that are also present at the similar location on the DJ. Bookseller's Inventory # 160155.

Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1994. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Shearwater Book. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner describes his growth as a scientist and the evolution of the science he has helped define. 364 pp. plus: Acknowledgments, Index. 380 pp. in toto. Brown cloth covered boards have bold gilt text on spine and front panel, light blue ep's. Very narrow band of sunning at spine ends, fon in small print ffep. Ow book is as new. Unclipped, unpriced DJ has light edge wear at spine ends. Bookseller's Inventory # 154969.

Garden City New York: Nelson Doubleday Inc.. Soft cover. Fine/DJ in a Very Good Slipcase. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2. Series of four books plus 'Fun with Birds' in a slipcased drawer/box with a brass pull. 1) Fun with Birds, 1953, a primer on bird studies. 2) Camouflage in Nature (1955), orange cover, Charles E. Mohr, 43 pp. plus: About the Author, acknowledgments. 3) Our Solar System (1955, blue cover), Gaylord Johnson, 47 pp plus About the Author. 4 )Fishes of the Shallow Sea (1956), yellow cover, William Hopkins Amos, 45 pp. plus: About the Author, Acknowledgment, An Abreviated Time Table of the Earth's History and the Evolution of Life. 5) Animal Weapons (1957), light blue cover, Charles R. Meyer, 47 pp. plus: About the Author, picture credits. The last four books have colored stickers that the children would paste beside the accompanying caption. They are completely stickered. Bookseller's Inventory # 14451.

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. True First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9 1/2" X 6 . Number line: 92 93 94 95 96 5 4 3 2 1. Book also published by University of Washington Press. ISBN: 0295972238. The stories told by Harry Robinson (d. 1990), one of the Okanagan people's greatest storytellers are compiled and edited by Wendy Wickwire. 247 pp. plus: Phonetic Transcriptions of Okanagan Words, Acknowledgements. Front panel has gold ' B C . Book . Prize - Winner ' 2" diameter sticker. Corners soft. DEDICATION: To Marian & Charlie - with love & good wishes Wendy INSCRIBED by Editor. Bookseller's Inventory # 165254