Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Reading Rat

Toronto: Harper Collins, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 218 p;; HC;VG+ in VG+ unclipped DJ; a very nice copy in near-new unread condition. "It's 1942, a time when anything is possible - though everything seems impossible. A dashing, romantic your R.C.A.F. pilot captures the searching hearts of a married woman and her eleven-year-old son - while her philandering, hard-drinking husband jeopardizes his own Air Force career. This is the home front, where war can offer hope for reconciliation, for the possibility of forgiveness,even after loss and betrayal."

Bruxelles: Le Lombard, 1999. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Dominique. 48 p. hard cover; VG+, just a little bumping of corners, very nice and clean. Part of a series of comic-book stories set in the American West, featuring a little Indian boy Yakari and his horse Petit Tonnerre. Full colour illustrations. Line drawings on endpapers. Text is entirely in French. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. VG/F; book is clean, firm, cor. & spine slightly bumped, otherwise nice copy. DJ badly worn, tearing along front fold, large closed tear at bottom of spine, chunks missing at top and bottom of spine. Most is intact, incl. flaps and back photo of author with caption. DJ design by Grushkin. Set in Beecher, Kansas, in the 1920s. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Inclusion Press, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 154 p.; small paperback, VG+ condition. In 1982 Nicola Schaefer published "Does She Know She's There?", a memoir of life with her profoundly disabled daughter Catherine. Yes! She Knows She's Here continues Catherine's story as she moves into a home of her own with 24 hour support. An expanded biography incorporating both books was to be published c. 1998. The present volume is a detailed account of the challenges faced by Catherine and her family in dealing with multiple, severe disabilities, and Nicola Schaefer's commitment to enabling her daughter to have a life of dignity and self-determination despite all obstacles.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 245 p.; VG+/VG+; very nice unmarked copy in bright, unclipped DJ; slight bumping of top edge. Political columnist Ivins takes aim at "the fatuous and hypocritical at all levels of public life." Ends with a loving tribute to her mother, Margarer Milne Ivins. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Calgary, AB, Canada: Bayeux Arts, Incorporated, 2002. Unstated. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Brestler, Don. 141 p.; Square paperback; french folds; VG+; clean; uncreased; very slight edge wear. Short historical anecdotes illustrated by author. Intro by Michael Robinson, Glenbow Museum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated, 2000. First. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Watson-Guptill; trade paper, 112 p. French folds, price-clipped, very slight shelf wear, otherwise VG+, unread, clean, unmarked copy. Trreasures from the Smithsonian Art Museum; fine colour reproductions of American art from c. 1760 - 1875. Very nice copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1961. Not state. Paperback. VG-. 136 p. PB. VG-, some rubbing at spine. Gift inscription on ffep. Written for Scouts and Guides.

UK: Piccolo/Pan, 1976. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Book is in overall very good condition, slight browning around edges, slight wear & slight spine lean. No kitchen stains! A cookbook for children 8-14, with simple recipes and kitchen techniques, including suggestions for special occasions all year. Uses metric measures and UK terminology, but not difficult for non-Brits to follow. Nice little book. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Woodinville, WA, U.S.A.: Martingale & Company, 2000. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 95p. Projects in applique. covers slightly curved. very minor corner wear. Capture family histories forever in fabric! 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Bothell WA: That Patchwork Place, 1997. Probable later printing. Paperback. Very Good. 224 p. trade paper; VG, slight edgewear, no marks. Very clearly written and illustrated; every step in making pieced quilts is covered.