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1976912750Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. 1976. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. McGraw-Hill Ryerson hardcover books
1977912753Toronto: McGraw-Hill. 1977. A review copy. Review slip tipped to front flyleaf; a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with one closed edge tear. Author photo and publicity sheet laid in. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1993101792Winnipeg: Blizzard Publishing 1993. First edition. Softcover. A play in two acts. A paperback original this is a fine copy in wraps. Signed by Shields on the title page. Very Uncommon. Blizzard Publishing unknown books
188327113Chicago: Belford Clarke & Co. 1883. 8vo. Frontis. xvi vii/viii bound in after xvi9306 6 adv. pp.; illus. <br><br>Early edition following the first of 1880 published as Hunting the Great West: Outdoors adventures among the bears and buffalo not to mention the trout and the alligator as well as encounters with the Cheyenne and Sioux all illustrated with numerous full-page and in-text steel engravings. The author a.k.a. Coquina was president of the League of American Sportsmen and a frequent contributor to American Field.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's brown cloth front cover with black-stamped hunting scene and title framed in gilt spine with gilt-stamped title. Binding as above corners and spine head lightly rubbed. Exsocial club library: call number on endpaper rubber-stamp on title-page no other markings. Pages clean. Belford, Clarke & Co. hardcover books
19828650baAno place: Walker Arms Company Inc. 1982. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Guns; firearms; xii 630p.; 28.1cm; paper wrapper rubbed; profusely illus.; 54p. gun parts price listed inserted. Walker Arms Company, Inc. Paperback books
2010133439Sacramento CA: Crocker Art Museum 2010. Hardcover. VG some edgewear to dj. Blue boards. Color illustrated dust jacket. xxix 505 pp. Over 500 color illustrations. Survey of the museum's collection including its collections of Asian Art Oceanic and African Art. European Art California and American art after 1848. Introductory essays and many images of items from the collection with many detailed descriptions. Crocker Art Museum hardcover books
1951142076Beverly Hills CA: Oriental International Pictures / United Artists 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film showing Renoir giving directions to an actor while members of the crew look on. <br/><br/>Based on the 1946 novel by Rumer Godden who adapted it for the screen with Renoir. The film's crew included Satyajit Ray who worked as an assistant director on the film after meeting Renoir. Ray's longtime cinematographer Subrata Mitra also worked on the film and the two would come to international attention four years later with "Pather Panchali."<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in India. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Slight wear around the edges else Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 619. Criterion Collection 276. Ebert III. Oriental International Pictures / United Artists unknown books
193752948Hartford: Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co 1937. 8vo pp. 96; printed in blue and black throughout; map endpapers; illustrated throughout; generally a fine bright copy. <br/><br/> Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co unknown books
20129024115Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original black paper covered boards spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
189021416Chicago and New York: Rand McNally 1890. Hardcover. Good. 169 pp a lengthy and interesting advertising section approximately 32 pages. Bound in original brick red cloth with gilt lettering and hunting/fishing insignia and image of a teepee on front board. Boards edgeworn and scuffed small area of dampstain visible on rear endpapers abrasion to front free endpaper where a label was removed. Binding sound text clean. Shields 1846-1925 wrote extensively on sporting topics under the pen-name Coquina before establishing Recreation: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies in 1894. Between 1897 and 1902 he was head of the Campfire Club of America. In this book he offers practical information on a range of outdoorsy topics including clothing and personal equipment bedding and sleeping bags tents guns and rigles fishing tackles selecting horses and tack selecting a good guide food for camping chosing a campsite making a campfire and what to do if you get lost. At the end are three chapters contributed by other authors: Camp Hygeine Medicine and Surgery by Dr. Charles Gilbert Davis; Camp Cookery by Col. J. Fry Lawrence; and How to Load a Pack-Horse by Frank F. Frisbee. Among the items advertised at the end: a folding canvas boat camp bed fishing tackle guns portable houses outdoor clothing maps books and railroad travel. Rand McNally hardcover books
11816NY MACMILLAN 1929. NY, MACMILLAN, 1929 unknown books
1978RSHIBRO00LAWPocket Books 1978. Very Good. Shields Brooke. The Brooke Book. New York: Pocket Books 1978. 1st edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped and rubbed edges. Light foxing on inside of front cover and half title page. Pocket Books paperback books
19772196155The Borealis Press 1977. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 1977 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 81 pp. Carol Shields' critical examination of the work of Susanna Moodie is divided into three chapters: Mrs. Moodie and the Complex Personality Mrs. Moodie and Sexual Reversal Mrs. Moodie and the Social Structure. Following the text is a bibliography that includes many works of interest to those studying Canadian literature. The Borealis Press paperback books
1977101695Ottawa: Borealis Press 1977. First edition. Softcover. Her scarce fourth book a critical look at the work of novelist Moodie's work. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed by Shields on the title page. Borealis Press unknown books
1994173994New York: Viking 1994. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. Shield's highly acclaimed novel that was a Pulitzer Prize winner Governor's General Award winner and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A very near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Shields on the title page. Viking unknown books
199666941n.p.:: n.p. Fine. 1996. Hardcover. 0967116406 . Black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket.; 334 pages . n.p., hardcover books
189019395Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1890. Decorative Cloth. Very Good . WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR G.O. SHIELDS on the first blank endpaper. A crisp very solid copy to boot of the 1890 1st edition. Tight and VG to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Just a touch of light scuffing at the rear panel otherwise sharp as could be. And internally very clean with no writing or markings to speak of beyond the author inscription. Octavo also includes wonderful camping-related ads --a number of them nicely engraved-- at the rear. <br/><br/> Rand, McNally & Company hardcover books
19742196154The Borealis Press 1974. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Wrappers slightly toned. 1974 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 59 pp. The second collection of poetry by the American-born Canadian author most well-know for her Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Stone Diaries. The Borealis Press paperback books
1927874New York: Minton Balch 1927. Etched frontispiece signed by Heintzelman. Illustrated with twelve black & white plates. Bound in buff paper boards. Very good condition. <br/><br/> Minton, Balch hardcover books
19273672New York: Minton Balch 1927. Hardcover. Very good. Paper over boards with a paper spine label on the front cover. The frontispiece is an original etching numbered and signed by Heintzelman. The interior is bright and clean the covers are lightly soiled and the paper over the spine is chipped in a few places. Overall a very good copy. The untitled etching numbered 85 is a fine specimen and is still very bright and clean. A nice copy in very good condition. <br/><br/> Minton Balch hardcover books
188957169Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1889. First edition. 8vo. 120 4 ads pp. Frontispiece and six plates portraits. Howes S-412. Graff 3759. Smith 9420. Eberstadt 114 693: "Contains in addition accounts of the atrocities perpetrated by Chief Joseph and his followers." While Howes and other bibliographies call for eight plates frontispiece plus 7 Graff and the OCLC description call for 7 frontispiece plus 6; we have handled several copies all with a total of seven plates as here. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Lacking front endpaper light marginal tideline through first 11 pages otherwise very good. <br/><br/> Rand, McNally & Company hardcover books
1947308591Princeton NJ 1947. The total edition was 356 examples of which 53 were destroyed. 8 1/2 x 9 3/4" 15 x 20 inches matted. Signed in pencil in lower right corner "John Taylor Arms 1947". Inscribed in pencil in lower left corner "To J. From John Taylor Arms 1948" very slight foxing to matte else fine condition. The total edition was 356 examples of which 53 were destroyed. 8 1/2 x 9 3/4" 15 x 20 inches matted. A very detailed etching typical of the meticulous style of Arms renowned for his prolific printmaking specifically of Gothic architecture. <br/><br/>Julian P. Boyd was a librarian 1940-52 and later history professor at Princeton University. His preservation work regarding the site of the Battle of Hastings led to his appointment of honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His scholarship of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson edited from 1944 until his death have been deemed most influential and have set a new standard for reliability and accuracy in historical editing. unknown books
1978150022N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Louis Malle and Keith Carradine on the set of the 1978 film. <br/><br/>Louis Malle's controversial turn-of-the-century drama about a twelve year-old girl who lives with her mother in a high-class brothel in Storyville the red-light district of New Orleans. <br/><br/>Nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
19802417751980. hardcover. fine. Illustrated. 708pp. Short folio cloth. Np 1980.<br/><br/> Multigraphed edition presented for copyright with a 1981 rubberstamp from the copyright office. Scarce book on commercial fishing on the Pacific Coast and the Bering Sea.<br/><br/> unknown books
1974912740Ottawa: Borealis. 1974. Her second book. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Borealis paperback books
