Search Results: Authors starting with A from Bibliodditiques

London: Institute of Archaeology, 1985. Paperback. Near Fine. Results of an archaeological survey of the village of Acconia, located on the west coast of Callabria in southern Italy. The settlement patterns identified at Acconia are among the densest known for the neolithic period in the Western Mediterranean. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Illustrated with maps, diagrams and charts. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 131 pp.

London: Faber and Faber, 1961. Hard Cover. Very Good +/good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Dust jacket is price clipped and has some small chips/tears around edges, surface marks, and a 6" wide and 1" long piece missing on the upper edge of front, wrapping around to rear cover at spine. 14 illustrative plates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 pp.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1926. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Gold colored lettering on spine. Cover in good shape. Person's name and hospital name inscribed on front endpaper. Pages contains notes and markings showing use as a textbook. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Duckworth and Co.. Hardcover. Good +. J. R. Monsell. Possible First Edition. Yellow/Brown coverboards with paste-down illustration. Full colour frontis and seven other full colour plates along with black and white line drawings. Split spine has been discretely repaired. TIght binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owner's name on front endpapers. Illustrated endpapers. Foxing on pages. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 105 pp.

New York: Time. Staplebound. Very Good +. Reprint No. 41 in the Life Educational Reprint series. Includes 2 articles reprinted from LIFE magazine, February 11, 1963 and February 25, 1963. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Two library stamps on front cover and one on the rear. Light wear. Size: Folio (13" to 23"). 20 pp.

St. Gall: Zollikofer and Company, 1948. Hardcover. Good +. A. M. CASSANDRE. Introduction by Maximilien Vox. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Brown coverboards with gilt lettering. Ninety-nine pages of full-page illustrations; many in colour. Coverboards are bowed with a few scuff marks. Edges of pages slightly yellowed. Some rippling at top corner of pages in last half of book. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 116 pp.

New York: National Library Company. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good +. Five volume set limited to 1000 copies, of which this set is No.16. No date of publication indicated, but likely late 1800's. Half bound in leather with gilt lettering on spine. Spines are banded. Rough-cut pages with some pages still uncut. Decorative endpapers. Top edge of text block is gilt. All volumes have frontis illustrations with tissue guards. Captions are printed on the tissue guards. Some foxing; mainly along edge of text block. Leather on spine of Volume I is cracked along 3/4 of the length of the spine, with a small piece missing at head of spine. Volume III is missing a thin strip of leather along the tail of the spine and has a small chip about half way down the spine. Volume V has a red stain on the front board that extends for 2" along the front right edge. It is about 0.5" in width. Nicely illustrated. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). Please enquire about extra postage required due to size and… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Authors first novel. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some light spotting. Black cloth-covered coverboards with bumped corners. Small tear at top of several pages. The books is the basis for the movie of the same name - "a 1942 British film noir which dramatizes the ruin that befalls a Scottish hatter set on recapturing his imagined lost nobility. The film was made by Paramount British Pictures and stars Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, and Emlyn Williams. It is believed to be the only film that depicts the Tay Bridge disaster." Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 605 pp.

London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. No additional printings noted. Blue coverboards with gilt embossed lettering. Thin white mark, about 2.5" long, and a few scuff marks on front. Some wear at corners and head/tail of spine. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Frontis portrait of author + 29 other illustratrions. Two fold-out maps - North-West Canada and Canada with Newfoundland. Map of Canada with Newfoundland has some tears. Appendices: Hudson's Bay Company's Posts and Modes of Trade; Description of Hudson Strait; Land Reclaimable from Saskatchewan River; Concerning the Hudson Bay Railway; The Select Committee's Inquiry, 1857; "The" or "Le" - Which?; Stirring Scenes in Picturesque Northland of Manitoba; Alexander Henry and Chatique at the Pas; "The Unexploited West". Webbing used for binding is visible in gutter at a few points in the book. A layed-in newspaper clipping has left shadow on two… Read More

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. A collection of poems, songs and pieces which originally appeared in Punch magazine. Includes one particularly racist selection titled "Four Negro Commercials" which contains the lines, "You'll never be President of de United States - Play on yo' harp, Ole N_ _ _ _ _ r." Blue coverboads with gilt illustration on front and lettering on spine. Some wear and bumping of coverboards. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Size: 12mo (7.5" to 8"). 127 pp.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Includes maps and geneological tables. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 530 pp.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1960. Hardcover. Very Good +. E. H. Shepard. Violet-coloured coverboards. Illustrated endpapers. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Slight lean to binding. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 103 pp.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1939. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and is in a protective, clear, removable archival cover. Jacket has some creasing, chips/tears around edges; most significant being a 2.5" tear on front panel near spine. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of Milne. Coverboards are sunned around edges. Corners are bumped with some wear. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 315 pp.

toronto: McClelland and Stewart. First Canadian Edition. Very Good. Presumed First Canadian Edition with no addional printings indicated. Blue coverboards. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Some fading to spine. Slight lean to binding and slight edge wear. Endpapers are yellowed. A few stains. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8").

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1948. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. TIght binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, with original price of $3.00 on front flap. A 2" tear near bottom of spine and a 1" tear near front flap fold on front dust jacket panel. Spine is sunned. Some paper loss at head and tail of spine. Top corner of front board is bumped. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 256 pp.

New York: Dutton's Childrens Books, 2001. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Ernest H. Shepard. 75th Anniversary Edition. Contains original unabridged stories and poems with colour reproductions of original illustrations. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Slight edge wear to jacket and the 75th anniversary emblem on front cover. Rear dust jacket flap has small dog-ear. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 557 pp.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/very good +. Winner of the Ryerson Fiction Award. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear. Previous owner's address labels on front and rear endpapers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 267 pp.

Moscow: The Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1954. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. D. A. Shmarinov. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Dust jacket has some small tears and chips around edges. Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 111 pp.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontis with tissue guard. Pages have no tears, chips or creases. Owner's name inscribed on front endpaper. Coverboards have some wear and toning. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Travel Book Club, 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good. Anton Lock. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Slight lean. Some wear to coverboard edges. Illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 196 pp.