Search Results: Authors starting with H from W. Fraser Sandercombe

United States: Cammo Books, 2004. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 305 pp. Personalized inscription on the inside of the front cover by Wayne T. Haaland. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the front hinge and spine; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. Al Qaida terrorists in Afghanistan have their hands on an American biological bomb and they're intent on sending it home. Marine Jack Flashhardt and his team are the last barrier....

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. Book. Illus. by John Howe;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xvi) 235 pp. Gray boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art and interior drawings by John Howe. This anthology contains: Introduction by George R. R. Martin; On Tolkien and Fairy Stories by Terri Windling; The Radical Distinction - A Conversation with Tim and Greg Hildebrandt by Glenn Hurdling; The Mythmaker by Lisa Goldstein; The Tale Goes Ever On by Charles de Lint; How Tolkien Means by Orson Scott Card; Tolkien After All These Years by Douglas A. Anderson; The Longest Sunday by Diane Duane; Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings by Ursula K. Le Guin; A Bar and a Quest by Robin Hobb; Cult Classic by Terry Pratchett; The Ring and I by Harry Turtledove; If You Give a Girl a Hobbit by Esther M. Friesner; A Changeling Returns by Michael Swanwick; Awakening the Elves by Poul Anderson; and… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. Book. Illus. by John Howe;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xvi) 235 pp. Dark gray boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art and interior drawings by John Howe. This anthology contains: Introduction by George R. R. Martin; On Tolkien and Fairy Stories by Terri Windling; Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings by Ursula K. Le Guin; The Radical Distinction - A Conversation with Tim and Greg Hildebrandt by Glenn Hurdling; The Mythmaker by Lisa Goldstein; The Tale Goes Ever On by Charles de Lint; How Tolkien Means by Orson Scott Card; Tolkien After All These Years by Douglas A. Anderson; The Longest Sunday by Diane Duane; A Bar and a Quest by Robin Hobb; Cult Classic by Terry Pratchett; The Ring and I by Harry Turtledove; If You Give a Girl a Hobbit by Esther M. Friesner; A Changeling Returns by Michael Swanwick; Awakening the Elves by Poul Anderson;… Read More

Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig Publishers, 1981. Book. Illus. by Bernadette Lau;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo. 192 pp. Pictorial boards with a wraparound painting by Bernadette Lau; endpaper maps; illustrated with black and white photography. Light rubbing at the corners; no interior markings; as issued, no dustjacket. The Contents are: Introduction; Some Canadian Particulars; The Canadian Climate; A Little History; Places of Historical Interest; Canadian Government; The Atlantic Provinces; Quebec; Ontario; The Prairie Provinces; British Columbia; The North; Traditional Canadian Songs; Folk Heroes, Heroines and Villains; The Canadian People; Canadians in Other Lands; Canadian Apprenticeships; Canadian Explorers; Canadians at Work; Canadian Inventions; Canadian Arts; Canadian Books; The Best Known Canadian Poem - In Flanders Fields; Canadian Sports; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; One Infamous Canadian Bard - James Gay; Two Defamed Canadian Prime Ministers; Three Famous Canadian Humorists;… Read More

London: Bracken Books, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 392 pp. Brown leatherette lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword by Paul Jennings; Genesis of Ales and Inns; Medieval Brewing; The Influence of the Church; The Medieval Inn; Vintners and Taverns; Brewers and Breweries; The Universality of Ale; Ancient Restrictions on Brewing and Selling Ale; Early Licensing and Legislative Repression; Restrictive Punishments in the Olden Time; Introduction of Ardent Spirits and Advent of the Excise; The Gin Fever; Lingering Effects of the Gin Policy; Drinking Customs; Drunkenness the National Vice; Some Mysteries of the Drinking Cult; Old Tavern Life; The Old-time Popularity of Inns; In Praise of Inns; Inns as Public Institutions and Serving Many Public Purposes; Some Historic Inns; Other Notable Inns; The Inns of Fiction; Innkeepers and… Read More

London: Collins Clear Type Press, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 256 pp. Blue boards with a silver pictorial on the front panel; decorated in silver on the spine. Some chipping with a few short tears around the edges of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. A tale of the rivalry between the ancient foundation of Pillar, hidebound with traditions, and the modern school of Postbury to which it is evacuated...

Toronto: Artimus Publications, 1985. Book. Illus. by Andrew Smith; Mac-an-t-saoir - Robert McIntyre;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 40 pp. Light wear. Cover art by Andrew Smith; inside back cover by Mac-an-t-saoir - Robert McIntyre. This issue contains: Poetry: The Full Moon by Vincent O'Sullivan; Three Poems by Joseph Payne Brennan; On a Midsummer Eve by Thomas Hardy. Fiction: The Hands of Esau by S. C. Matthews; Bal Macabre by Gustav Meyrink; Katherine's Shadow by Steve Rasnic Tem; The Investigation by Andrew Weiner; Night Tide by Margaret Coleman; Waiting by Galad Elflandsson; and Whessoe - a classic by Nugent Barker..

Toronto: Artimus Publications, 1985. Book. Illus. by Eric Legge; Mac-an-t-saoir - Robert McIntyre;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 40 pp. Light wear. Cover art by Eric Legge; inside the back cover by Robert McIntyre - Mac-an-t-saoir. This issue contains: Articles: Midnight Matinees by Don Hutchinson; The Revenge of the Past - Part Two by David Aylward. Poetry: The Oviparous Tailor by Thomas Lovell Beddoes; Winter Walk in Deep December by Joseph Payne Brennan. Fiction: Of Time and Space by Hugh B. Cave; Dead Men's Fingers by Phillip C. Heath; The Other Side - a classic by Count Eric Stenbock..

Toronto: Artimus Publications, 1985. Book. Illus. by Kevin Davies; J. K. Potter; Mac-an-t-saoir - Robert McIntyre;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 40 pp. Light wear. Cover art by Kevin Davies; inside front cover by J. K. Potter; inside back cover by Robert McIntyre - Mac-an-t-saoir. This issue contains; Article: Midnight Matinees by Don Hutchinson. Poetry: The Demon of the Gibbet by Fitz-James O'Brien; The Children Open Their Green Flesh by Penny Gracey. Fiction: Christobel by Janet Fox; Deadlights by Charles Wagner; The Spirit of Things by John M. Skipp; The Dig by Ardath Mayhar; Azucena by Nancy Etchemendy; and The Sumach - a classic by Ulric Daubeny..

New York: Berkley Medallion Books, 1960. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 158 pp. Berkley Book G466. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings..

New York: Tempo Books; Jove Books, 1980. Book. Illus. by Boris Vallejo; Ken Kelly;. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. All seven books have some edge and corner wear; Book Three has some creasing on the spine; Book Four has a hole punched in the upper right of the front cover; Books Two and Four have been store stamped; the rest have no interior markings. Covers by Boris Vallejo and Ken Kelly; the movie book has been illustrated with colour plates from the film. To be clear, the books here are: 1 - Massacre in the 22nd Century; 2 - War of the Citadels; 3 - Crisis on Citadel II; 4 - Forces from the Federation; 5 - Citadels Under Attack; 6 - Citadels on Earth; with - Flash Gordon: The Film, by Arthur Byron Cover..

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 194 pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks and chips around the edges. The Contents are: The Junior Years; The Navy Beckons; S. S. Carmel; North to the Queen Charlottes; One Hundred Fathom Shelf; Rammed from Below; The Long Tow; and The End of an Era..

Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1970. Book. Illus. by Earl Young;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (iv) 156 pp. Teal coloured cloth decorated in black on the spine and front panel. Light edgewear with some rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Earl Young..

London: Cassell and Company, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xvi) 299 pp. Orange boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The diaries run from 1914 through 1925 and are followed by: Appendix: Rider Haggard's Published Books; and an index..

North Hollywood, California: Newcastle Publishing, 1979. Book. Illus. by Mary Sherman;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 329 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a partial crease on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Cover art by Mary Sherman. The story of Benita Clifford and her desperate struggle to survive terrors both living and from beyond the grave....

New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. Book. Illus. by Vincent Di Fate;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. (xv) 239 pp. Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series; Book 024672. Light edge and corner wear with with a bindery ripple on an uncreased spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate..

Secaucus, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1987. Book. Illus. by Eric Kincaid;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 449 pp. All four titles in a single volume: King Solomon's Mines; Maiwa's Revenge; Cleopatra; and She. Orange boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Eric Kincaid..

England: Pulp Fictions, 1998. Book. Illus. by Wiley Dunsmore;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. (xvi) 272 pp. Trade paperback format. Very lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Wiley Dunsmore. Introductory Essay by David Pringle. And now came the terror. All of the enormous city was dead. Had it stood upon the moon it could not have been more dead. None paced its streets, none looked from its windows, none trafficked in its markets, none worshipped in its temple. Swept, garnished, lighted, practically untouched by the hand of time, here where no rains fell and no winds blew, it was yet a howling wilderness....

London: Cassell and Company, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 179 pp. Black boards lettered in white on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Said Julian Symons, "Of our three post-Amber thriller writers, Fleming Deighton and Haggard, probably it is Mr Haggard who best conveys the peculiar atmosphere of public school gentility blended with unreasonable violence in which security work is actually carried out. The whole thing is done with beautiful smoothness.".

England: Pulp Fictions, 1998. Book. Illus. by Wiley Dunsmore;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. (xvi) 290 pp. Trade paperback format. Very lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; store stamped. Cover art by Wiley Dunsmore. Introductory Essay by David Pringle and what follows is the story of She and Allan Quartermain....