Search Results: Titles starting with U from Reading Rat

Saint Boniface: Les Editions du Ble, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 123 p; paperback; short stories in French. "Douze nouvelles en prose poetique, a lire comme un album d'anciennes photos sepia aux contours un peu imprecis . . ." Author was born in the Czech Republic and came to Canada as a girl of 16, one year after the "Prague spring." She has lived in Winnipeg since 1995 and is a professor of language. SIGNED by author with gift inscription on title page.

Vancouver: Blewointmentpress, 1981. First edition thus. Staplebound. Very Good. Unpaginated; stapled in card covers, front & back cover photos of author by Joan Latimer; poems, many of a political nature. Limited edition of 500 copies.

Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1964. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good. 140 p.; tradepaper; VG. Published for the Department of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources and the Northern Service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Foreword by General Georges Vanier, conclusion by R. Gordon Robertson. Includes numerous B & W photographs, maps on endpapers. Articles by noted experts on all aspects of the Canadian Arctic, geology, climate, native people, plants, animals, insect life, scientific research and much more. An excellent basis for study of the Arctic and would be useful as a benchmark for change.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1999. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 181p. A good story for readers advancing into chapter books. As told in the you-are-there style which allows the reader to understand the book better. Very minor wear on the top edge of DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Buffalo NY: Henry Stewart, Inc., 1958. Apparent First. Hard Cover. VG+/Very Good -. 352 p.; VG+/VG-. Red boards with gilt lettering and design, very nice and clean, little wear. PO name on ffep. DJ rubbed, has two closed tears repaired with archival tape. DJ and endpapers have reproduction of water colour "Battle of Lake Erie" done for this book by Robert N. Blair. A young adult history of Western New York State "from the Ice Age to the Atomic Age." Other material on the Niagara region is available. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal: Just For Laughs Press, 1998. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good +. 136 p., small format pb, glossy card covers. William Weintraub adapted his novel for the stage. The theme is"Quebec: 20 years after separation. Where you need a government permit to buy an English muffin." First performed professionally at the 1998 Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.

Winnipeg: Self published, 1984. Apparent First. Very Good. Unpaginated; stapled wraps; VG condition except for sticker residue on front cover; poetry collection

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -/No Jacket. 827p. This book is about the underworld of the U.S. Nick Shay and Klara Sax are the main characters. Nick trying to distance himself from his past. Klara in a blood struggle for independence. The cold war is the background for this novel. Author of Libra and White noise. New York times best seller. minor corner wear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Turnstone Press, 1998. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Apparent first edition; paperback; VG+, slight reading wear, top corner slightly bumped, pencil/ink notations on ffep, otherwise clean and solid. Cover has reproduction of an aquatint "Anastapi" by Nelson Gerrard. Published in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Islendingadagurinn and contains short fiction by David Arnason, Maureen Arnason, Martha Brooks, Kristjana Gunnars, Bill Holm, Kristine Kristofferson, Paul Sigurdson, W. D. Valgardson, Betty Jane Wylie. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pleasantville NY: Readers Digest, 1992. First edition. Staplebound. VG. 48 p. staplebound; classic ads from the late 19th to mid 20th centuries; many colour reproductions. Overall good condition, cover shows some wear esp. on back.

Somerville Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2009. First edition. Hardback. Very Good +/very good +. 350 p.; family drama; Mimi Shapiro goes to her father's remote cabin for a break from New York, only to find a young musician already in residence. And who is the mysterious intruder? VG+ condition, very slight shelf wear, clean and bright in unclipped DJ.

Niagara Falls, NY, U.S.A.: Mosaic Press, 1994. Probable First. Trade Paperback. Very Good -/No Jacket. 186 p. incl. index and appendices; colour photo of Irving Guttman on front cover; VG -, bottom corner lightly bent, closed tear about 1 3/4 inches long at top of spine on back cover. "Tied closely to the brilliant generating activities of opera director Irving Guttman, these pages vividly trace his successful efforts to build opera in Vancouver, Edmonton and Winnipeg over a quarter of a century."

New York: The Feminist Press, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good +. . VG=.243 p. incl. notes. Tradepaper.Originally written in the 1920s, this was Gilman's only detective novel, A husband-and-wife detective team investigates the murder of a pernicious attorney who has been shot, stbbed, bludgeoned, strangled and poisoned.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1967. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good- /very good. Roy Kiyooka. 65 p.; small HC, ex-library; card pocket, library stamps; unclipped DJ in protective plastic; overall good condition, some marginal notes in pencil. A collection of poems, some previously published in literary journals, including some from her three year residence in Zambia. Accented by Roy Kiyooka's drawings. HTF

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Hyperion Books, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good +. 298 p.; As New/VG+; DJ has trace of bumping along top edge, otherwise lovely unread copy. "A haunting novel set in 19th century New England and narrated by a headstrong young woman whose independent spirit and unconventional choices isolate her from her community, her friends, and her family." 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Don Mills, ON, Canada: Stoddart Publishing, 1996. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. Third printing; orig. pub. 1994 by Lester Publishing; PO name and 25c on ffep, otherwise very good, clean copy, minor edge and corner wear. Anthology of short stories, by authors from L.M. Montgomery and Archibald Lampman to contemporary authors incl. Dennis Lee, Tim Wynne-Jones and others. Details on request. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Winnipeg: Jesse James Press, 1997. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 32 p.; staplebound; VG condition. Released at the Heaven Art and Book Cafe, Winnipeg, July 31, 1997. Appears to be an early or partial version of a work later published as a full length novel.

London: Queen Anne Press Limited, 1970. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. 142 p.; VG-/G+. Clean unmarked copy, regrettably cracked at page 65 (pages still firmly attached); DJ clipped, rubbed, small chunk missing at upper front edge. Errata slip laid in. Copyright 1970 by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd. Ten chapters by experts in various aspects of oceanography explore potential uses of the oceans, including mining, oil exploration, recreation, living space and more. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver BC: Copublished by Contemporary Art Gallery, 1997. Paperback. Good +. 159 p.; soft cover, large format (12 x 9 inches); catalog of exhibit held at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery and six other galleries in Vancouver; introductions by all four curators in English, Spanish translations included. In Good to Very Good condition, unmarked, bottom corner of back cover bumped and worn, approx. 12 last pages rippled at lower corner. B & W and colour photographs of art works in various media.

London UK: Jonathan Cape, 1984. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. Large format glossy HC, unpaginated, illustrated with full colour full page paintings to complement the text. The story is a puzzle with clues to the title. Originally published in 1984, this is another "quest" like his earlier "Masquerade". One titled copy was sealed in a bee-box to be opened on May 25, 1985. Thepuzzle has, of course, been solved, but the book is still a pleasure to look at and read. VG +, clean, unmarked