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19999780316353298-2025Little Brown Paperbacks 1999. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> William Least Heat Moon</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Little Brown Paperbacks</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780316353298</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1999</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 448</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads.William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map -- if they get on at all -- only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote Oregon; Simplicity Virginia; New Freedom Pennsylvania; New Hope Tennessee; Why Arizona; Whynot Mississippi."His adventures his discoveries and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience.</p> Little, Brown Paperbacks hardcover
1999x-1853964239Paul Chapman Pub 1999. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. Paul Chapman Pub paperback
1993000287Parco Tokyo 1993. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. As New/As New. Stated Second Japanese Edition. Wraps in dust jacket. As new clean and unmarked appears unread in as new dust jacket wraparound band present with closed 1" tear. Included is publisher's ephemera in Japanese relating to book. Signed by Sarah Moon. <br /><br /> Parco, Tokyo paperback
1975002689New York New York U.S.A.: HSA-UWC Publications 1975 159 pages and a pictorial overview of 20 pages of photos. One short closed tear on the fore edge of back cover otherwise a fine copy with uncreased spine and covers; unmarked clean pages. Appears unread. Edition Not Stated. Soft Cover. Near Fine-. Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 3/4" Tall. HSA-UWC Publications Paperback
198740-19084Seoul Computer Press 1987-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Seoul Computer Press hardcover
1955998G44Richmond; New York; London: The Private Library; Printed for the Complier in Association With Five Owls Press Limited; King's Crown Press 1955-1983. Paperback. Near Fine. 9.5" by 7.5". Not Stated. A very smart set of bibliographical references for children's books authors and publishers. Three volumes of bibliographical reference on children's books.Comprising of:1955 Children's Books in England & America in the Seventeenth CenturyBy William Sloane an American writer of fantasy and science fiction literature and publisher. Sloane is known best for his novel To Walk the Night. This volume contains a history and a checklist together with The Young Christian's Library the first printed catalogue of books for children. In a quarter cloth binding.1972 Edward Ardizzone: A preliminary Hand-List of his Illustrated Books 1929-1970.One of 500 copies offprinted from the Private Library. A work by Brian Alderson an author translator critic and children's book historian. A reference book on the illustrated works of Edward Ardizzone a British painter printmaker and war artist and the author and illustrator of books many of them for children. In a paper binding. With in text illustrations throughout. 1983 A Supplement to John Harris's Books For Youth 1801-1843.Compiled by Marjorie Moon. A reference book for John Harris's books for youth. John Harris published children's books in England from the end of the 18th century to the mid-19th century creating innovative and popular new styles. In a paper binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece. In paper and quarter cloth bindings. Externally excellent. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Fading to spine of 'Children's Books in England & America in the Seventeenth Century'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine The Private Library; Printed for the Complier in Association With Five Owls Press Limited; King's Crown Press paperback
191824108Grosset & Dunlap 1918. HBDJ 1918 Early Vintage EdiitonBook Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. AS-IS8vo . DJ moderatley chipped and foxed Hinge slightly starting. DJ rub Wear & small ChipsExtremties Yet Titles & Illustration Intact Back DJ light Soil Wear Tiny Tears Extremities Lists Thru Man in MoonRED Cloth Cover with Puss-in Boots on Front with Napsack 151 pgs AD This Series Spine DJ ends small Pieces Missing affect Title at Top .Puss Junior is Young adventurous Cat son of Famous Father. For Boys & Girls 4 to 8. PUSS-IN-BOOTS. Hard Cover. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1999DADAX0201361868Pearson 1999-08-04. PAP/CDR. paperback. New. 2.20x8.00x9.80. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Pearson paperback
1996DADAX0748403221CRC Press 1996-02-08. 1. paperback. New. 6.50x0.76x9.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. CRC Press paperback
1971845G0853Canada: Toronto Daily Star 1971. Magazine. Illus. by Pierre Richard; Halling Jorgen; Clark Dave. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 28 pages. Features: ; Canada's Peacekeepers - no other troops have been exposed to so many medals without doing any fighting; Full-page ad for the Canadian Open Golf Tournament sponsored by Peter Jackson cigarettes; Dr. Nicholas Millet and Bernard Leech study and Egyptian mummy - article with photos; Doug Wright's Family; Grand Hotel - Le Chateau Frontenac - article with many photos; Two nice colour-photo pages of crochet fashion; Saskatchewan Roughrider star fullback George Reed - article with great full-page colour photo; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Toronto Daily Star Paperback
1956339a4153Canada: Maclean's Magazine. 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Features: Banff tea house survives roaring avalanche ad; Leon Koerner's one-man giveaway program - Canada's happiest spender is this Czech millionaire who arrived here 17 years ago; A blueprint to stop our cities' decay - one in every 8 Canadian homes is slowly falling apart soon to become part of a slum with its by-products of disease and distress - here's what Baltimore Maryland found; Can science beat the virus diseases; We're wasting millions on an obsolete air force - Guy Simonds charges that in this atomic age of guided missiles we're still committed to a costly outdated concept of military strategy based on the airplane; We gambled our love on freedom - James Pegg a British soldier met Olga a Ukrainian slave worker in a German prison camp - they had to choose. stay and be parted or escape together into unknown dangers; The town that wants to stay old fashioned - Niagara-on-the-Lake; The secondhand love letter by Edward Kaylin; The private lives of Byng Whitteker; Throw out our cruel divorce law - Kent Power QC. Nice colour Chevrolet ad on page 5. Front cover heavily torn with chunks missing - it illustrated the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Colour Coke ad on back cover.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Magazine 4 August 1956 Banff tea house survives roaring avalanche; Leon Koerner's one-man giveaway program - Canada's happiest spender is this Czech millionaire who arrived here 17 years ago; A blueprint to stop our cities' decay - one in eve . Maclean's Magazine paperback
1995b28188The University of Wisconsin Press 1995-07-15. hardcover. Like New. 10x1x14. Hardcover with fine dust jacket. Book is in Excellent condition pages are clean and tight. The University of Wisconsin Press hardcover
2000332058Italy: Arti Grafiche Meroni 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Published in Italian. Arti Grafiche Meroni hardcover
1999G0968450717I5N00Star Watch Publishing Ltd 1999. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Star Watch Publishing Ltd paperback
1961845G0824Canada: Maclean Hunter 1961. Book. Illus. by Allen Ralph; Taconis Kryn; Newlands Don; McBride Will; Stollery Peter. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 64 pages. Features: Great colour ad for the International Harvester compact pickup truck inside front cover; Nostalgic colour photo ad for Samsonite luggage featuring a 1950s auto; Full-page ad for the Bolex the world's most precise 8-mm camera; Nice Chrysler ad; Great full-page colour photo ad for Pepsi features young lady leaning on the car door of a young man; Is Africa the Graveyard of the UN; The kidnapping of Winnipeg Lawyer Vaughan Baird - in his own words; Genius in Hiding - Artist David Milne - article with photos and colour reproductions of two of the artist's paintings; What peacetime conscription is doing to the U.S.; A new kind of camera photographs the horseback view of a jockey - article with photos; Foster families teach sanity to the mentally ill; McKenzie Porter on Travel Agents; Return to Berlin - Ken and Elizabeth Johnstone escaped one jump of the Gestapo - now they return for another look - article with photos; Two-page colour photo ad for Ford of Canadashows their 1961 Ford Falcon Four-Door Sedan; Quebec bobby-soxers' home-grown idol crooner Michel Louvain - photos and article; Nice colour ad for the Chevy Corvair Monzas - two- and four-door; Great colour full-page ad for the 1961 Pontiac Parisienne convertible; Short article on Avian Aircraft Ltd. - former Avro Aero workers are now designing the Avian 2 / 180 the latest prototype of their 'car-plane'; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Maclean Hunter Paperback
1961201H2445Toronto: Maclean-Hunter 1961. Book. Illus. by Caiserman Ghitta cover; Brown Huntley; Arbuckle Franklin. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 64 pages. Features: Cover illustration of old Montreal stairways by Ghitta Caiserman; Scared Scientist N.J. Berrill makes fearless forecast of the 21st century; A Fond Last Look at Montreal - text with photos of historic architectural features; It Was Fun To Be Poor in Paris - Mordecai Richler remembers; Canada - a nation of dental cripples due to major shortage of dentists; Peter Stollery Hitch-Hikes to the Gulf of Guinea - article with photos; Two Million Illiterates - Canada's Obsolete Tenth; How Robert Morse III Wages Corporate War; Maverick Politician Douglas Fisher; Colour-photo Ford of Canada centrefold; Why One English Family is Coming Back to Canada - Dennis Billie and Craig Davill; Seagram's ad inside back cover illustrated with nice colour painting by Franklin Arbuckle of bush aircraft the "Norseman" about to land on a lake; Marjorie Pigott teaches Japanese art to the Japanese! short article; Coke ad on back cover features colour photo of university grads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Maclean-Hunter Paperback
1963319G1007Toronto: Maclean-Hunter 1963. Magazine. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 68 pages. Features: Great full-page colour ad for the F-85 Oldsmobile; How Canada is Winning a Small Part of the Space Race; First National City Bank of New York's takeover of the Mercantile Bank of Canada; Gordie Howe Hero - Features Article with great photos; John Robarts - The most powerful unknown in Canadian politics; Bargain Day Comes to the Art Biz - Or Does It; Why One Young Jew Doesn't Want to Be "Accepted"; The Clerical Con Man Who Helped to Settle the West - Isaac M. Barr a Maclean's flashback; The Comrades Come to Town - how some Russian sailors behaved in Montreal as part of a recent wheat deal with Canada; U.B.C. Beer Ad; Interesting C.B.C. ad promoting Michael Maclear their man in Tokyo; "Let's Bring Back Midwives". Above-average wear. Tape repairs to front cover. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this vintage Gordie Howe collectible. Maclean-Hunter Paperback
1959319G0789Canada: Maclean Hunter. Good. 1959. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 48 pages. Features: Nice Orient & Pacific Cruise Lines ad inside front cover shows one of their boats at see with guests swimming and playing sports on deck; Nice colour Oldsmobile ad; Inflation can kill our nation; The two ordeals of Kikik - an Eskimo is forced to kill a man and then survive a frigid ordeal to try to save five children only to be charged for murder by the white man's law - article with many photos; Can you loaf your way to a better figure; How to Endure a Father Robert Thomas Allen; Flora Lewis kept house behind the iron curtain - article with photos; The gay and gusty world of the college press - article with photos; Excellent centerfold ad for the new Ford Galaxie - wedding theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Coffee drop at top of front cover. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine January 31 1959 Orient & Pacific Cruise Lines ad inside front cover shows one of their boats at see with guests swimming and playing sports on deck; Nice colour Oldsmobile ad; Inflation can kill our nation; The tw . Maclean Hunter unknown
1963449G1666Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited 1963. Book. Illus. by Newlands Don; Dille Lutz; Birch Myrna. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48 pages. Features: Money - Suddenly everybody's owing it - Nine out of ten Canadian families are now living and playing with things they haven't paid for; Which Way Will Mexico Lead Latin America; Lynn Seymour - what it takes to become an international star - many photos; The new assault on smoking; The anatomy of John Profumo's big lie - behind the greatest scandal of the century; I was shipwrecked on a coral reef - a girl sailor's log of a classic adventure at sea by Myrna Birch; Great colour photo ad for Sterling London Dry Gin. 5"x4" clipping from Metropolitan Life ad on page 10 does not affect any meaningful content. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Maclean-Hunter Limited Paperback
1959319G0787Canada: Maclean Hunter 1959. Book. Illus. by Arbuckle Franklin cover art; Zarov Basil; Gillan James C.; Frazer Geoffrey; Marshall Jack. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 56 pages. Features: Cover painting of preparations for the Banff Winter Carnival; Nice colour photo ad for Red Cap Ale inside front cover; Outstanding full-page colour photo ad displays the 1959 Rambler automobile models; Eight ways to cut traffic deaths; The living mystery of the Rockies; The day I saw the Rockies' secret; Famous families at home - The Franklin Arbuckle family - nice article with several family photos; Pauze's - Famous Montreal seafood restaurant - article with photos; How I found the man who killed my son - Laurette Perrault's son Jean-Claude was killed by Hector Poirier; Mike Wardell's tempestuous love affair with the Maritimes; gorgeous full-page colour photo ad for Pontiac; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Maclean Hunter Paperback
1961201H2440Toronto: Maclean-Hunter 1961. Book. Illus. by Peterson Roy. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 88 pages. Features: One-page photo-ad for the International Travelall; 1962 Zenith TV ad; The Anxious Years of an Undergraduate - asking students and staff at the University of Toronto; The Harmony and Discord of the campus marriage of John and Charlotte Swan; To Oblivion and Back with a New Record - Ontario housewife Bette Singer swam down 307 feet to set a record - article with colour photos; Neutrals - what are they against What makes a Prodigy - Blair Milton astonishes professors at McGill U.; Allergies - the fast-growing threat to public health; A Lifetime in Hiding from the light of day - Morris Gerlovin is acutely allergic to the sun; How to tell the English from the French in Canada; The Turkish Incident that Changed Canada's Destiny - the Chanak Incident of 1922; Four Ways to Make a Million - Rex Heslop William Wilder Peter Colwell Bawden and Geoffrey Stirling; Nice colour full-page ad for Labatt's 50 ale; Nice colour-photo centrefold for the 1962 Buick Electra 2-Door Sport Coupe pale green; 2/3 page cartoon by Roy Peterson shows busy native totem pole carver being confronted by forest conservation officer; Epitaph for Dag Hammarskjold; The case for adding more NHL hockey teams; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features young square dancing couple. Please note: missing page 9-10 and 69-72 otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Maclean-Hunter Paperback
1960449G1381Toronto: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers. Good. 1960. First Edition. Paperback. 80 pages. Features: The nuclear dilemma of the Western peoples - part I; My parents were deaf and dumb; The second coming of Morley Callaghan; An interim report on the next Ice Age - research on Heiberg Island; I went back behind the Iron Curtain - Marika Robert's account of her return to Czechoslovakia which she escaped 12 years ago - article with photos; Holiday weekend in San Francisco; The one doctor in four talks back - a warning about M.D.s flogging pills and cure-alls on TV; Montreal's grey-flannel hockey cartel - How Frank Selke's system has brought success to the Montreal Canadiens - with photo of Toe Blake Selke and a group of players on the ice; You too can have a beautiful body - Ben Weider brings an International Federation of Body Builders' event to Montreal - article with great photos; Nice colour photo ad display's several Kodak cameras; The Spartacus movie receives a glowing review; Colour photo full-page ad for coloured phones - a big innovation back then!; Nice colour ad for the 1961 Dodge Dart; Beautiful colour photo ad for the 1961 Buick shoes a black Electra 225 4-door Riviera Sedan in front of a black office building - Gorgeous!; Foster Hewitt photo as part of ad for Swiss watches; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the1961 Chevrolet Impala Sedan including photos of the Nomad station wagon and the Biscayne; Nice two-page black and white photo ad for TCA Trans-Canada Airlines and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A nice vintage copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 3 December 1960 - I Went Back Behind the Iron Curtain nuclear dilemma of the Western peoples - part I; My parents were deaf and dumb; The second coming of Morley Callaghan; An interim report on the next Ice Age - re . Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers paperback
1964449G1670Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited 1964. Book. Illus. by Newlands Don; Cameron Duncan; Bonner Wallace; Blackham L.; Taylor G.; Barron Sid. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 50 pages. Features: Douglas Harkness - the lonely ordeal of a rebel Tory; All federal Tories like Duff Roblin; Clayton Boston Slim Delbridge and the B.C. Lions of the C.F.L.; Songs to Break Up Canada By - and an Anthem That Can't Offend Anyone - Editorial; The Outstanding Canadians of 1963 with photos - Sister Marie Laurent-de-Rome Woodrow Lloyd Glen How Jack Leitch Leo Plouffe Claude Jutra Leon Major Ed Mirvish C.B. MacPherson Sylvia Fricker Ian Tyson Sharp Mitchell Peter C. Newman Patrick Watson; The Growing Acceptance of "Harmless" Narcotics; How I Worked My Way through College Peddling Pot; Douglas Duncan - The Man Who Discovered Canadian Painting; Mad Assault on Everest by Canadian Engineer Earl Denman a Maclean's Flashback; How John Chester and Family are beating $20000 in debts; The Older You Get The Harder the Crooks go after Your Money; Old Books - The Fastest-Growing Cult on the Cultural Front; Old Antiquarian Books - The Fastest Growing Cult on the Cultural Front - article with nice photos; Fantastic two-colour one-page photo ad for Ian and Sylvia feature in the next issue of Chatelaine; The Incredible Pace of Modern Master John O'Hara; Ottawa Should Build Schools for Bilingualism in every Province; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features youthful gang singing with player piano; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Maclean-Hunter Limited Paperback
1961201G4695Montreal: Maclean-Hunter 1961. Magazine. Illus. by de Tonnancour Jacques;. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 50 pages. Features: Colour Labatt's 50 Ale ad inside front cover features two couples frolicking in water at beach; Will Success Spoil Henry Makow boy columnist; One-page GM of Canada ad features photo of fly fisherman at work; The New Party Will Die if it's a mere Liberal Splinter - the past and present of the CCF; The Slow Comeback of Canada's Communists - Tim Buck photo will soon step down as its leader and his successor will inherit an organization that almost destroyed itself four years ago but is now unified active and anxious to rebuild its political influence; The Ottawa River - article with illustration by Jacques De Tonnancour; Vimy and Passchendaele - Canada's Bravest and Blackest Hour; First Report on Extrasenory Powers ESP Among Canadians - photo-illustrated article which explores the research of Dr. J.B. Rhine at his Duke University parapsychology laboratory; Photos and write-ups of Canadians who may have ESP - Mrs. Raymond Forgie of Toronto CBC Announcer Rex Loring Mrs. P.P. Wade of Keswick Helen Brens of Montreal Patricia Young of VancouverMrs. Evelyn Cox of Vancouver John Hamilton of Victoria and Mrs. Paul reading of Thornhill; Includes unique tear-out ESP self-test mailer; Can Everybody Be Beautiful - Paul Pogue runs a chain of beauty parlors; The High and Low of a Present-Day Tramp - article with sombre photos of Walter Haslam and Patrick Rhody in the CNR's Mimico railyards; Nice colour-photo Sunoco ad features ladies with white convertible gassing up while uniformed attendant cleans their windshield; Vintage one-page two-colour Kentucky Fried Chicken ad lists the names owners and locations of their 42 Canadian franchises with $1 coupon for a family bucket; How to Make a Million in the Charity Game - Harold George Martin; The Field of Atomic Power - two experts meet; Walt Disney's first Canadian movie "Nikki Dog of the North"; George Knudson's Aggressive Golf Game; Coke ad on back cover features bottle and glass in blowing snow; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Maclean-Hunter Paperback
1983G0531046966I3N00Scholastic Library Publishing 1983. Library Binding. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Scholastic Library Publishing unknown