Search Results: Titles starting with P from High Park Books

Waterloo, Ontario: Self Published , 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Peter Etril Snyder. Paintings / illustrations of Mennonite draught / buggy horses along with Royal Canadian Mounted Police and show / competition steeds by the well-known Waterloo area artist (1944 - 2017) . Glossy, illustrated, oblong (8 3/4" x 11 1/4") boards. Approx. 114 pages with colour & B&W illustrations. Due to size & weight & resulting high postal costs, extra shipping will be required. Please contact us by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal cost to your region.

Waterloo, Ontario: Self Published , 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Peter Etril Snyder. Paintings / illustrations of Mennonite draught / buggy horses along with Royal Canadian Mounted Police and show / competition steeds by the well-known Waterloo area artist (1944 - 2017) . Glossy, illustrated, oblong (8 3/4" x 11 1/4") boards. Approx. 114 pages with colour & B&W illustrations. Due to size & weight & resulting high postal costs, extra shipping will be required. Please contact us by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal cost to your region.

Ottawa: Public Archives Canada, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good -. Red, stapled illustrated wraps magazine. Approx 100 pages with 40 B&W reproductions. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Some creasing/ rubbing to covers Internals clean, tight & unmarked.

Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2007. 5th or later Edition . Paperback. Near Fine. Three monologues denouncing the US invasion / war in Iraq. Revised 2nd edition. 46 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 5th printing - 2012. Slight corner wear

Slovakia: Matica Slovenska (Slovak Foundation), 1985. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. A salute to the great national poet Jan Holly of Slovakia to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth. English, French German & Slovak text. Beige cloth boards are very clean but show a very slight looseness of binding at spine. Glossy white DJ, with painting of Holly on front, is free of any tears, has slight edgewear and has minor spotting on inside of jacket opposite the jacket painting, perhaps a fault in the manufacturing process. 470 pages with index, photos and illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Includes a loose letter from Matica Slovenska. Extra shipping WILL be required due to weight & size. Please do not order before contacting the seller by email.

Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 1986. 1st Edition . Paperback. Very Good. A comedic drama about 2 inarticulate people struggling to find romance by the award-winning novelist & playwright. Glossy pictorial wraps. (6) 92 pages including notes by the author. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor corner wear. Pages clean, tight & unmarked.

Alma, Quebec: SAGAMIE EDITION D'ART, 2013. Soft cover. Near Fine. Photographic art by the French-born, Quebec artist & academic . English & French language text. Oblong 8vo (8" x 10") Very slight corner curling / wear. Due weight & size, will require extra shipping.

Toronto: Groundwood Books (Anansi), 2007. Soft cover. Near Fine. Advance Reader Copy A overwhelmed 13-year struggles with guilt over the suicide of a bullied classmate by the British-born Vancouver author (1930) of sensitive, realistic fiction for teens. 184pp. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Slight corner wear / rubbing.

London, Ontario: The Althouse Press / University of Western University, 2012. Paperback. Very Good+. An interdisciplinary collection of essays by noted theorists & researchers Glossy illustrated wraps 310 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tinytear to upper cover edge &S slightest of corner wear. Interanls fine

Waterloo, Ontario: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario - Waterloo Chapter, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. A folksy collection of recipes & reminiscences of a by-gone era. Beige, illustrated stapled card covers. Short historical background by Urie A. Bender. (viii) 93 pages with colour photos, illustrations, index & glossary on back cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very slight soiling to back cover & slight crease to back upper corner. Internals clean, tight & unmarked.

Montreal, Quebec: La Federaion des Co-operative du Nouveau-Quebec, 1976. Paperback. B&W drawings by the northern Quebec sculptor. George River, Ungava Bay. English & French with some Inuit text. Grey stapled card covers. 20 pages with B&W illustrations.

Budapest: Szepirodalmi Konyvkiado, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine +. Volume 2 of a 2-volume collection of poetry by Sándor Petofi who was a Hungarian poet (1823 - 1849) and liberal revolutionary. Considered Hungary's national poet, he one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Although never proven, he is thought to have died in one of the last battles against the Austrian Empire. Dark blue leatherette flexible binding. 583 pages with index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Ottawa, Canada: National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good+. National Gallery of Canada Bulletin 16. With forty examples of Thomson's photography. White, stapled, pictorial wraps. 36 pages with archival photos. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor sticker scar to back cover.

Cambridge, Ontario: Self Published , 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Black & white sketchings of Cambridge, Ontario architecture by the Irish-born, Cambridge, Ontario artist, educator & entrepreneur. Printed by Highland Printcraft Limited, Cambridge, ON. Oblong 8vo (8 5/8" x 11 3/4"), blue card covers with gilt lettering on front cover. Slight wear & slight yellowing on bottom page edge. Uncommon.

Warszawa: Ksiazka i Wiedza, 1989. Pictorial Hardcover. Near Fine. Unknown Edition / Priting. . John Martin Szancer (1902 - 1973) was a Warsaw-born, Polish graphic artist & prolific illustrator / writer of fairy tales / children's books. He was a friend and collaborator of writer / lawyer John Brzechwa (John Victor Lesman). Zofia Jachimecka (1886 - 1973) translated to Polish from French & Italian. Glossy, blue, illustrated boards. 148 pages with B&W line drawings. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine for except for slight corner rubbing. Internals fine. Uncommon.

Toronto: MacMillan Company of Canada. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fifth Printing - 1946- first published in 1915. Blue boards with white title sticker to spine & face. 107 pages plus engraved frontespiece & 9 archival illustrations. Minor sunning to spine sticker.

Guelph, Ontario : Bruce County Historical Society, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. Memories of a Scottish immigrant (1929) to Ontario's Bruce County. A Bruce County Historical Society reprint from the original published in Toronto in 1903. Side-stapled card covers with B&W (plowing) illustration. 135 pages. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Minor rubbing to upper spine end.

Toronto: The Ontario Publishing Co, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good+. Copyright 1933 Reprint. Early Life in Upper Canada Series - Book 1 155 pages with archival photos & B&W illustratons. Tan boards with blue type (face & spine) with blue illustration on face. Former owner's name on front pastedown.

Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 1992. Card Covers. Being an exhibition of the works of Boz, and containing some account of his trials and tribulations with publishers and illustrators, his sojourn in the far-flung colony of Canada, and sundry descriptions of his books. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, November 9th, 1992 - February 12th, 1993, issued to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Dickens' visit to Canada in 1842. White, illustrated cards covers. 67 pages with illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight, light soiling of front cover & small jagged closed tear on an inside page at vertical edge.

Berkeley, California: Heyday Books, 2006. First Edition . Card Covers. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 89pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall White card covers have very slight corner wear and very slight soiling.