Search Results: Authors starting with A from Gilt Edge Books

New York/London: E.P. Dutton&Co/John Murray, 1901. Rev. J.A. Babington, M.A. ...Assistant master at Tonbridge School; formerly scholar of New College, Oxford states in part in his preface " this book is not intended for professed students of history or theology, but for thoughtful members of the Protestant Churches who are interested in religious questions, who are anxious to understand the Reformation better, and who wish to know what the aims, the principles, and the methods of the Reformers were." Nine chapters beginning with the importance of the reformation and ending with the reformation in Scotland. Red cloth boards with gilt to title on front board and spine. Untrimmed edges. Small amount of cloth bubble to bottom of front and rear panel, top edge dusty. Short pull tear to top of spine. Spine sunned but gilt still bright. Endpapers free of any previous owner markings. A presentable copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Truro, Nova Scotia., 1919. L.A. DeWolfe, M.Sc..... Director of Rural Science for Nova Scotia. Sixteen chapters and an appendix.... 178 pp. Stapled card covered book. Name to top of front cover. A sound respectable book.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

An anthology of Ballads, Sailors' Songs, Cowboy Songs, College Songs, Parodies, Limericks, and other humorous verses and doggerel now for the first time brought together in book form. An enjoyable collection of ill-bred, ill-mannered, rude and stimulating poems of or relating to the common people. List of Poets are J.W. Riley, Eugene Field, Rudyard Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, and others , the greatest of them all is : Anonymous.

Chicago: Contemporary Book Inc., 1977. A valuable and highly unusual collection of true sea stories, including some like the drama of the Jeannette- that rarely appear in print. Here are the famous ships and the men who struggled to keep them afloat: the Confederate raider ' Alabama,' the submarine 'Squalus', the brave little ships of Dunkirk and of course the 'Titanic'. This author also addresses questions asked about the sinking of the Lusitania. B/W photo section and bibliography. Bookplate and previous owner's name to half title page. Photographic price-clipped dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1956. Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. 401 pp. Illustrated with 74 plates in b/w and color and 23 figures. Because of the numerous changes in the various subjects treated in the earlier editions, and newly developed techniques that were not covered, the present edition has been almost completely rewritten. Previous owner's name to ffep. Originally reinforced card covers. Light wear and light stain to front edge of spine. . Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York and London: McGraw-Hill, 1939. 731 pp. Contents include 20 chapters. (1) Introduction,(2) Rocks and Structures.(3) Weathering,(4) Underground Water,(5) Streams in general etc. Well illustrated with maps, diagrams and photography. Some visable separation between rear text and end paper but not a break, Sticker residue to ffep, front board marked, mild edge wear. . First Edition (9th impression). Hard Cover. Very Good.

E.P. Dutton&Co, 1965. 22nd printing. BOMC edition. Red cloth boards with black print to title on front board and spine Colourful illustrated DJ has three of short tears and corner crease marks but still bright and glossy.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Wolfville ,Nova Scotia, 1932. Economic Publications (No.1). One Thousand Dollar Prize Essay in a Competition Conducted by Acadia University. Annoucement by F.W. Patterson. The judges selected were Senator W.H. Dennis, Professor W.C. Kierstead and Professor A.B. Balcom. Professor Balcom went on to say this of the winning essay: " This essay is by far the most comprehensive study of economic conditions in the Maritimes that has yet been made". Introduction by Alfred Burpee Balcom is followed by author's introduction. This book offers 14 chapters from....the forest industries, mining, coal, fishing industries, etc, etc, through to the general proposals, conclusion, notes and references. Name to ffep. Spotting to prelims and two pages at rear. A sound, servicable copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

St.John's, Newfoundland: Department of Mines and Resources, 1953. Mines Branch Geological survey, Information circular No-4. Revised and rewritten by D.M. Baird. 149 pp. Illustrated with 24 b/w photos and 9 maps, 3 of which are fold-outs. Card covers. Front cover is illustrated with map of Newfoundland. Stamp of Shell Oil Company Calgary to front cover. Light wear to spine ends. . Soft Cover. Near Fine.

St John's, Newfoundland: Harry Cuff Publications Limited, 1983. Newfoundland prose and verse selected from books by Harry Cuff Publications Limited. A few samples of the work found within these pages...... Newfoundland Short Stories by Percy Janes.... Tales of The Labrador Indians by Harold Horwood..... The Black Heart and Other Poems by Tom Moore.... In Search of The Newfoundland Soul by Cyril F. Poole.... The Irish in Newfoundland 1623-1800 by Michael J. McCarthy. There is also, amongst others, a chapter on The Traditional Furniture of Outport Newfoundland with plates. An interesting collection of varied Newfoundland subject matter and authors. The condition of this copy remains most respectable.. ISBN: 0-919095-46-1. Soft Cover. Very Good. Newfoundland + Newfoundland Prose + Newfoundland Verse + Georgina Cooper + Tom Dawe + Albert N Holmes + Tom Moore + Percy Jones + Ray Guy + Wallace Bursey + Richard Augustus Parsons + Paul O'Neil + Cyril Poole + Harold Horwood + Alastair Macdonald.… Read More

NYC: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc, 1976. 1976 (to title page). Twenty-sixth Printing of the New and Revised Edition 1986. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcholism. The number of personal stories has been increased to forty-four in this edition in order to represent more accurately the wide variety of individuals now finding recovery from alcholism in A. A. But the basic text (pages one through 164) remains unchanged just as it was introduced in 1939. The stories gathered in the second edition have been preserved in full in this edition. Thirteen new stories are also included. The foreword to first, second and third edition provided. An extremely bright copy - both dust jacket and book. We feel the condition promises to please.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999. Here is a collection of more than a hundred of the most memorable personal stories emminating from the catastrophic ice storm of 1998. The gallant people who helped run the shelters and the hospital share their funniest and most poignant memories. Soldiers, hydro linesmen, volunteer fire fighters, etc tell us just what it was like. Authors Jane Urquhart, Steven Heighton, Karen Molson, among others, add their own perspective on living through the storm. Photographs accompany text. An index of contributors supplied. A bright book in a price-intact photo dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-7710-0653-5. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ice Storms Canada + Natural Disasters + Canadiana + Ontario + Quebec + True Stories + Severe Weather + Mark Abley Editor. Catalogs: Canadiana.

Toronto: Thomas Nelson and Sons (Canada) Limited, 1967. An adventure story of the valient days when man and boy set out to build a nation with little else save a musket and broad-axe as tools. Young Peter Hartley learns the price of loyalty and finds the will to fight through against all odds. Because he saves Fort Niagara, and with it the North-West, he is granted the King's Commission. Through this historically accurate and living narrative emerges clearly the story of the birth of British Canada. The young hero takes his place in the First Parliament of Upper Canada, with his neighbours of many races, overcomes the forces of cynicism and selfishness to lay the foundations of democratic government. Blue boards. B/w frontispiece and many illustrated chapter headings. Endpapers make up a two-page spread of "Plans and Sketches of Niagara" by Peter Hartley....Text extremely white and bright. A very nice copy in a well-illustrated dust jacket.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Toronto/New York: Doubleday Canada Ltd./ Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1979. A novel of mistaken identity. Through a bizarre and frightening case of identity mistaken, Timothy Stern, a photographer brutalized by his coverage of the war in Vietnam, is drawn into the dangerous netherworld of intelligence organizations where agents cynically carry out the orders of their governments. Dustjacket price-clipped. A clean square copy.. ISBN: 0-385-14935-2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Modern Firsts Ian Adams. Catalogs: Modern Firsts.

London: Allan Lane, 1982. The Antarctic is the least explored area on the earth, and the most densley populated with wildlife. A natural sanctuary of spectacular beauty, created and preserved by the sheer extremity of its climate, it has proved the perfect subject for the combined talents of the novelist Richard Adams, and the naturalist Ronald Lockley who, in this book, describe their experiences on their voyage aboard the 'Lindblad Explorer' through the Antarctic.... down from Cape Horn and up to New Zealand. With the aid of a superb selection of colour and b/w photographs by Peter Hirst-Smith, they have produced a unique and highly personal record of a region that may soon be in danger. Fep shows a remainder 'R'. This book remains square, bright and handsome in its photo, price-intact dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1986. . Eight of the hottest talents in the mystery field have combined to create a living portrait of suspense... Black boards with black cloth spine. Bold gilt title lettering to spine. Bright yellow endpapers. Name to ffep. A bright illustrated price intact dust jacket. A very nice copy!. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1986. Bill Adler who has written more extensively on American wit and humor than anybody has turned his attention to the most popular humorist today. Bill Cosby's life story and his wit and wisdom are full of love and hope and these are the true expressions of the inner man. A book for all seasons and for anyone who loves laughter.....Light blue-grey boards with red spine. Gift inscription to ffep. Photo section provided as is a bibliography for "The Cosby Wit". A bright, clean copy in a photo dust jacket.. First Edition,First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Ottawa: Information Canada, 1973. Illustrated card wraps. Issued under the authority of Hon. Jean Chretien,PC, MP, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. The contents contain : Histories of the seven tribes, Chipewan, Yellowknife, Slave, Dogribs, Hare. Nahani and Kutchin(or Loucheux), the fur trade, early missions, present conditions and bibliography. text is in English and french. Illustrated with photos. A nice solid copy.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1964. In the novel the clues and keys to the murderer's identy are fairly.....one might even say ostentatiously.....paraded in front of the reader. Yet it will be a very perceptive reader who observes and interprets them correctly. This is yet another dazzling tour-de-force from the greatest crime novelist of our time. Red and black "tweed" boards. Red spine with gilt title print. No ownership markings. One corner shows very mild bruise. Price-clipped dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

This is the final volume in a series that has been delighting the world since 1920.It is to be Hercule Poirot's last appearance.In "Curtain" the wheel has come full circle, and the little Belgian detective is back once more in the country house where he made his bow in Agatha Christies first detective story, "The Mysterious Affair At Styles."Book shows a slight slant.A bright book in a bright, glossy price-clipped dust jacket.