Search Results: Authors starting with H from Bibliodditiques

London Edinburgh Paris Melbourne Toronto New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. No date of publication but gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1957. Tight binding. No chips, tears or creases on pages. Dust jacket is corner clipped and has chips/tears around edges; longest tear being 1.25". One tear is taped on reverse side of jacket. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 95 pp.

Elmira, Ontario, Canada: Woolwich Historical Foundation, 2001. Paperback. Near Fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 158 pp.

New York: Random House, 2001. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Babar goes in search of Father Christmas. First Jacketed Hardcover Edition. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

London Melbourne Toronto: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. Tight binding. No publication date listed - probably late 1800's. Black and white frontis. Very bright, clean coverboards. Small chip on rear end paper. Coverboards have embossed design and gilt lettering. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 339 pp.

New York: Hurst and Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Copyrigh 1881. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Gift inscription dated 1909 on front free endpaper. Pastedown illustration on front cover with some chipping and rubbing.. Green cloth-covered boards with some wear. Gilt embossed lettering on spine. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 188 pp.

Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2005. First American edition. As New/as new. Cynthia Nugent. Tight binding. No chips, tears, or creases. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Includes copy of the CD single recording of Hacking's song "When Cats Go Wrong" from the album "Orange Cats Make the Very Best Friends".

New York: The Macmillan Company. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. " 'Honk-honk-honk.' The wild geese were flying south. The big harvest moon had come and gone. Red and gold were the leaves on the maples and oaks, and the wind that blew down from the north was cold". First edition, later printing of 1949 Caldecott Medal winning title. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. A 0.5" chip on read dust jacket flap. Brown glue spots, blue glue marks under jacket flaps along flap fore-edges. A 0.5" and 1.0" tape-repaired tear at bottom edge of front free endpaper. Clean and bright pages. Gold-coloured Caldecott Medal sticker on front of jacket. Jacket is in a clear, protective Gaylord cover.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Includes sections on such planes as Albatross, Caproni, Curtiss, Fokker, Sopwith, and many more. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Blue coverboards with gilt lettering. Full colour frontis illustration. Illustrated with black and white photographics, charts, maps, schematics. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 239 pp.

New York: Procyon Press, Inc., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good +. Author retells some classic stories using the language/slang of the 1940's in comic strip form e.g. "Romeo and Juliet were a couple of jep cats in old Italy...both their tribes were up in the chips but they got along together like corn and boogie woogie...". Stories include Paul Revere, Rip Van WInkle, The Charge of the Light Brigade, William Tell, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Pied Piper, The Courtship of Miles Standish, Hiawatha and more. With a preface by Christoper Morley. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Coverboards are worn around edges. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11").

Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2008. First edition. As New/as new. Flat-signed by author on title page. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or other written inscriptions. Author's second novel. His first novel - De Niro's Game, was a finalist for numerous prestigious national and international awards, and won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His second novel Cockroach won the Quebec Writers' Federation Award and was shortlisted for numerous prestigious awards including the Scotia Bank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award, The Writers' Trust Award, and the Prix des libraires du Québec. "Cockroach takes place during a bittterly cold winter in Montreal's restless immigrant community, where a self-confessed "thief" has just tried and failed to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree in a local park. Rescued against his will, the narrator is obliged to attend sessions with a well-intentioned but naive therapist. This sets the story in motion,… Read More

London: Collins, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Mary Weiler. A story about indigenous people in British Columbia who hunted the giant whales of the Pacific. Tight binding. No chips, tears or creases on pages. Gift insciption on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is price-clipped, and has some small tears/chips around edges and some surface rubbing. Illustrated with line drawings and map. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 184 pp.

Toronto: Macmillan, 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Robert Banks. The ninth title in the "Great Stories of Canada" series. Very nice, clean and tight copy. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Light edgewear to jacket. Endpapers are maps of the world showing Captain Vancouver's voyage. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 181 pp.

Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing Company, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine. A reprint of the 1885 publication, "Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago: Personal Recollections and Reminiscences of a Sexagenarian". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Brown coverboards with gilt lettering. Illustrated. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11). 303 pp.

Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1933. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. "Notable highlights in the story are: a rag victimizig a member of the faculty; a stirring golf match to decide a bet; great football". Tight binding. Brown coverboards with light wear at corners. Light spotting on endpapers. Black and white frontis. Dust jacket has tears and chips. A title in "The Dollar Reprint" series. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 278 pp.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Pub, 1980. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Front endpaper has previous owners initials printed and embossed. Dust jacket has light edge wear. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1976. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Gail E. Haley. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some light edgewear to dust jacket. 30 pp.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1933. Seventh printing. Hardcover. Good +. Blue coverboards with silver embossed lettering. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Very attractive bookplate on front pastedown enpaper featuring a clipper ship, First free endpaper has been removed. Coverboards have fading around edges and a dampstain on rear. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 396 pp.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Kurt Werth. "Monsieur Latour drove the bus between two French Alpine villages along Hopping Rabbit Road. He drove as all French bus drivers do, like a hopping rabbit. But Monsieur Latour was different from other French bus drivers: he had a secret." Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some small nicks around edges of jacket. Jacket is in a clear, removable mylar sleeve. Size: 8vo (8" to 9").

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1935. Presumed First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Pictorial endpapers. Blue coverboards with gilt embossed lettering on spine and front. Spine is yellowed. Some edgewear to boards. Blue dye on boards is uneven in tone in places. Frontis is a portrait of the author. 61 other illustrations. Presumed first edition - list of other books by author ends with this title and no other publication date given on copyright page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 417 pp.

Toronto: The House of Grant (Canada) Ltd., 1958. Hardcover. Very Good +. Merle Smith. A "Dick and Jane" style early reader/primer. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 186 pp.