Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Homeward Bound Books

New York: McGraw Hill. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0070477523 . 172 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Minor wear to corner tips and edges. Two tiny specks to rear endpapers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some wear along the edges, including a couple of tiny tears and a little crinkling. Price clipped. The second book in a series featuring 12 year old Wilbur Quackenbush, better known as Quacky. In this book, Quacky wants to join the local Smedley Connecticut baseball team. .

Ottawa, Ontario: Minister of Supply and Services Canada. Very Good+. 1993. Stapled wraps. 0660579596 . [viii], 60 p. 28 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Minor wear to corners and edges. Lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 442. .

New York: W.W. Norton and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0393023516 . 152 p. 27.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Some fading to the bottom and edges of the upper board. Minor wear to the corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has edge and corner wear, including tears and creases. Shelf rubbed overall with light scratches. A history of the early years of operation of the Cunard line's super ship, the Queen Mary. The author worked onboard and got to know her well in her first three years of service. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

Kingston, Ontario: Queen's University Summer School Association. Very Good. 1941. Ephemera. 20 p. 22 cm. Centre stapled with cardstock covers. Heavily soiled and foxed. Edges lightly worn. Staples rusted. Inside pages have occasional light foxing, but are generally clean and bright. A booklet about the Summer School program at Queen's University, likely distributed to potential or actual summer school students. It includes several black and white photos of staff and buildings. What I found of interest is the list of estimated expenses for the program - $42.50 for fees and $57.00 for room and board and books. Shipping costs will be reduced due to weight and size. .

Kingston, Ontario: The Trustees of the University. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. 321 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in navy, cloth-covered boards. Corners are lightly bumped and worn. Spine ends crinkled. Text block edges slightly dusty. Inside pages are generally clean and unmarked, with some age toning. Dustjacket has heavy wear to the spine ends and corners, less so to the flap folds. Spine is darkened and it and panels have a few moisture drop stains. Both panels are darkened. A history of the first hundred years of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in celebration of it's centenary year. A few black and white plates. .

New York: Young Scott Books. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. [48] p. 18 x 22.5 cm. oblong Sound and square reinforced library binding in illustrated boards. Slight musty smell. Light moisture stain on bottom fore-corner of upper board. Slight soil to the boards. Top edge of text block has light foxing. The endpapers have a few speckles of soil and there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has edge wear, including chips, and tiny tears and creases. Light soil to the panels and folds. Price clipped. A French translation of Sesyle Joslin's 1958 children's book "What Do You Say, Dear". Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. This book was a Caldecott Medal Honor winner when first published in English. .

New York: Platt & Munk. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. 20 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. Some wear to corners and spine ends. Staining along bottom edges, and a bit elsewhere on upper board. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket has wear to edges and corners, including chips, tears, creases. Hole in front fold. Rear panel has soiling. A trivia book for children, with questions and answers and areas for scoring. .

Vancouver: The Magazine. Very Good+. 2009. Softcover. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Slight rub wear along spine. Price sticker on front cover. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An annual issue of Canadian Poetry Magazine. .

Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0442297785 . 240 p. 31 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A little light wear to the corner tips. Minor soil to front edge of the text block. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has edge and corner wear, including some tears, creasing, and crinkling. It is shelf rubbed. Flaps are darkened. Price clipped. An examination of the development and survival of nineteenth century handmade bedding in Upper Canada and Ontario. Describes the making and use of feather beds, ticks, bed furniture, sheets, coverlets, quilts, spreads and blankets. Illustrated with mostly black and white photographs. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Lancaster, PA: The Heritage Museum of Lancaster County. Very Good+. ©1992. Card Covers. 13 x 18 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A couple of light crease marks to the covers. Last card has some speckling on the reverse side. Otherwise the insides are clean and unmarked. All cards are present. An album of postcards documenting the heritage of the art of quilting in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Each card is perforated and could be used to send. All postcards are in colour. .

Belleville, Ontario: The District. Very Good. 2002. Softcover. 0973021802 . 303 p. 25 cm. Some wear to edges and corners. No internal marks. B&W Photographs Historical and biographical stories of over 70 women of importance from Belleville, Hastings County, or Prince Edward County, Ontario. Includes politicians, artists, businesswomen, nurses, Susanna Moodie, Jeanne Minhinnick, and more. .