Search Results: Titles starting with U from BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB

New York: The Modern Library, 1937. Hardcover. pp. 561. 8vo. Bund in red cloth. Discoloured spots to cover, spine very sunned, binding shaken, publisher page with former large rip repaired with tape, last 3 present but torn; fair.

Greenwich: Fawcett, 1976. Paperback. pp. 304. 12mo. General shelfwear and creasing to spine, age toning to pages, some ink lettering to inside rear cover; good.

Ottawa, ON: Published by the author, 1968. Hardcover. black-and-white photographs. xv, 272 pp.,8vo,,Sl. shelf wear; else in very good, to near fine, condition, Canada Ethnica IV. A study of the history and distribution of Ukrainians in Canada. This is the second (revised) printing.

Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. x, 359. 8vo. Bound in original 'Oxford' blue cloth & in original dust jacket. Former owner's name. Extensive pencilling to first 2 chapters, then text clean; else a very good copy. ISBN 0198222882.

Boston: W.A. Wilde Company, 1930. Ed. not stated. Hardcover. B&w photos and illustrations. xvi, 402 pp.,8vo,,Stains to 1st & last few pp., shaken, cvr ink flaked, sl wear, g,

London: Oxford University Press, ND. Hardcover. Leonard Weisgard color ill's. pp. 51.,4to,,Slight spine slant; vg- in badly torn and chipped, poor dj, Signatures slightly separated at pg. 24-25. 37 songs selected from Shakespeare's plays.

London: Blackie & Son. Limited, 1899. 1st edition. Hardcover. Wal Paget b&w illustrations. pp. 383, ads.,Thick 8vo,,Original bevelled royal blue cloth bds., all edges olive-green,A sequel to 'With Moore at Corunna', with a longer preface than usual for Henty's works. A first edition, first printing, meeting all the points of Newbolt 83.1. Tips of bds. bumped, with some scuffing & light soiling to boards. Spine a bit faded. Old repair to top of spine (where it appears it had been pulled). Endpapers not split. Title page shows some spotting. Binding tight, if sl. shaken. Text block clean. A good, to good plus, copy. All plates, and maps, present and placed as stipulated in the List of Illustrations. 32 page publisher's catalogue at end.

New York City: Delacorte Press, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. drawings by the author. pp. xviii, 283. Royal 8vo. Minor shelf wear; else very good, in lightly rubbed, very good dust jacket, The first American edition, signed by the author on the title page. "a recipe of behavior to follow", "For those wanting to polish their fastidiousness, items deal with farting, nose picking, right down to placing the blame for a dose of clap.

NP (Winnipeg, MB): United Grain Growers, 1977. 1st edition. Wraps. colour photos. pp. 84.,4to,,Stapld card covers sl. rubbed & soiled; else very good condition, Covers illutrated with photos of vintage tractors. Very clean copy - no internal markings.

NP (Chatham, ON): No publisher stated, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. black-and-white photographs. pp. 139. 4to. Boards a bit scuffed & soiled; else in very good condition. A church picture book, produced as a cooperative effort by the Essex County United Mennonite Churches - Faith Mennonite Church, Harrow United Mennonite Church, Leamington United Mennonite Church, and North Leamington United Mennonite Church. 'As a pictorial record of church members and family units up to December, 1983, it represents a total church membership of close to 1500, photographs are included of 705 families.' Ink note on front free endpaper reads: 'Oct. 22, 1988 rec'd. from Eric Unger at UMEI, (signed) Peter D. Zacharias'. Zacharias is a noted Mennonite author ('Footprints of a Pilgrim People' and 'Reinland: An Experience in Community'). This is a scarce item, no copies being available at time of cataloguing.

Manitoba: Manitoba Labour Education Centre, 1991. Paperback. Oblong 4to, pp. vi, 115. Black and white photographs. Light general edgewear; very good. Part of the Manitoba Labour History Series. "United We Stand is not just a retelling of the story of the thousands of people over the decades who have kept this city running... but an attempt to learn some lessons from the past.

Winnipeg, MB: Keystone Agric. Producers, 2010. 1st printing. Paperback. black-and-white photographs. pp. 190. 8vo. Large format paperback, light shelf wear, else very good.

Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 213.,8vo,,Slight shelf wear; else very good, to near fine, condition, Readings in Slavic Literature no. 19 (edited by J. B. Rudnyckyj). The text is in Ukrainian.

London: Humphrey Milford, 1935. colour illustrations. 4to. The stiff card covers show wear, especially at the edges. Corners are a bit turned. Inscribed in pencil on front cover. Covers partially detached. The eight full-colour illustrations depict 'Passengers going aboard an air line' (tri-motor plane); 'In time of war: a long-distance bomber and an observation balloon'; 'Flying over Everest - the highest mountain peak in the world' (two biplanes); 'A naval seaplane being launched into the air by means of a catapult'; 'Taking mail from a Post-Office air mail car to an air liner'; 'A glider - an aeroplane that has no engine'; 'At four hundred miles an hour - a racing seaplane'; 'Men of the Royal Air Force making practice parachute descents'. Coloured prints suitable for framing. Eight coloured plates (six by Eyles, two by Mays), two b&w images (inside covers - not identified), coloured outer covers.

Owen Sound, Ontario: Thomson Books, 1998. Paperback. 8vo, pp. 75. Covers very lightly rubbed, clean & tight copy, appears unread; very good+. Up North accompanied the exhibit originally presented at the Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery in 1997. The book is "based on a proposed spiritual link between the lives and tragic deaths of painter Tom Thomson and Toronto Maple Leafs hero, Bashing Bill Barilko

London: Turnstile Press, 1950. 1st printing. Wraps. black-&-white illustrations. pp. 66.,8vo,,Stapled card covers show wear. Rear cover clipped, else g/vg, A humourous send-up, in poetry, prose and cartoons, of the 1950 general election in Great Britain.

[Canada]: Published by the authors, 1932. Wraps. pp. 47,8vo,,Card covers a bit 'thumbed' & scuffed; else g/vg cond.,

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Urdu Canada Publications, 1988. Paperback. Slim 8vo. Covers very lightly rubbed, crease to bottom corner of front cover, scuffing to extremities; very good-.

Ottawa, ON: Ont. Genealogical Society, 1974. pp. 48.,4to,,Stapled card covers show light wear & soiling; else g/vg cond, Former owner's name and address stamp on top right of title page.

London: Samuel French Limited, 1941. Stapled Wraps. 8vo. Light general wear, ink name and a few notations, covers lightly soiled; good.