Search Results: Authors starting with H from Ghost River Books

Covenant Garden, England: Country Life Ltd,, 1943. Hard Cover. First Edition. 9 7/8 x 7 3/8. 104 pp. Ten marvelous full-page engravings, annotated:. the tall, mauve-pink marshmallows, like delicate wild hollyhocks would sway among the clusters of ree d. A roof designed to endure for perhaps a thousand years. A superb church standing like a small lost cathedral over the graves of kings; etc. H.E. Bates writes very well. This book combines his obser vations of people, architecture, nature, history and the war. The first chapter begins:"There is a road in the West Sussex hills that runs between mixed woodland and fields of barley. On summer eveni n gs, during war at any rate, there is hardly ever anyone on it except a soldier or an airman with his girl, and there are few sounds on the hillside except the sounds of birds and the distant chatte r c oming from the south, of a Hurricane testing its cannon over the sea." 10 chapters. Binding is sea-green cloth on boards with white lettering. Min.… Read More

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1968. Dust jacket is bright, a wee bit of edge rubbing, Laminated. Coated cloth on boards binding is in lovely condition. Former owner's name neatly on front free endpaper. Text is clean and unmarked.SBN 460 05025 7. Hardcover. Very Good/good-. Illus. by E. H. Shepard.

Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2005. 248 pages includes index and notes. The new children and the coming of the fifth world. Entire book is in clean unmarked condition. A nice copy. Soft Cover/ Paperback. V. Good.

N. Y.: University Books, 1969. 102 pages. The facts about people who leave their bodies and travel at will; and how they do it. Dust jacket has minimal rubbing to corners and head and foot of spine. Nice and bright. Not price clipped. Turquoise blue paper on boards binding is in nice condition. No former owner`s name. Text is clean and unmarked. Introduction to the American Edition by Leslie Shepard.. Presumed First American Edition. HC and DJ. V. Good/V. Good.

Chicago: G.I.A. Publications, 1987. 77 pp. A collection of liturgical music composed to celebrate the essence of the Christian story. For guitar, keyboard, voices and instrumental arrangements. Soft cover is in lovely condition. Former owner's initials, neatly on upper top corner. Former owner's sticker on first page. Text is unmarked.. Stapled Softcover. V. Good. 8 1/2 x 11.

Chicago: G.I.A. Publications, 1989. 53 pp. Soft cover is bright, no creases, former owner's initials on upper front corner. Former owner's sticker on first page. Text is unmarked. A nice copy. Stapled Softcover. V. Good. 81/2 x 11.

20 pp includes bibliography and glossary. Introduction to Ancient Paphos. Soft cover has a wee bit of scuffing, no creases. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. Colour photos.. Stapled Softcover. Good. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2.

North Winds Press, 9.95. 22 pages. Armed only with his quick reflexes, courage and a powerful imagination, Jake must battle the elements, escape from dangerous creatures....and get to school on time. Dust jacket has minimal edge rubbing. No former owner's name. A nice clean copy.. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Mark Thurman.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1954. 127 pp.Recalls the early days of cattle ranching in Southern Alberta. Tales as such as were told around bunk house, round-up camps and branding fires by the men who built the Canadian West. Dust jacket has edge wear, short tears and some small chips. Looks good in new plastic cover. . New plastic cover. Red paper on boards binding has small bumps to bottom corners, bright and clean. Finger smudges to back free endpaper. Text has one or two finger smudges but basically clean and unmarked. Great b/w and colour illustrations and paintings by author.. HC and DJ. Good/Fair. Illus. by E. F. Hagell. 8 x 5 7/8.

N. Y.: SeaStar Books, 2002. Peek and Find Book, flaps are in great condition. Illustrated paper on boards binding has wee rubs to corners and head and foot of spine. Former owner's name inside front cover. Text is otherwise unmarked. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Michael Hague.

Orca Book Publishers, 1997. 215 pages. Dust jacket is bright and clean with very minimal wear. Gift inscription to former owner, we believe, is signed by Steve Raymond, the writer of the foreword. Text is clean and unmarked.. Presumed First. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 1997. 253 pp. Round's out the "seasons" cycle, focusing here on many of the rivers of B.C., the Campbell, the Columbia, the Nimpkish, where salmon and cutthroat provide superb summer sport. Soft cover has minimal rubbing to edges, no creases, no former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy.. Trade Paperback. V. Good.

London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983. Foreword by Nanette Newman. Photos and information from the original theatre productions of Peter Pan (1904-1918) Compiled from the letters and photographs that belonged to the actress Evan Embury.. Hard Cover. Good- V. Good.

Self, 1979. Red cover with white lettering has some edge rubbing and rubs to corners, a little bit of scuffing and a crease to back bottom corner. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. 39th Edition-Revised. Paperback. Fair-good.

Orchard Park, New York, U.S.A.: Broadview Pr, 2002. 284 pp includes index, sources and notes. Traces the history of women's organized sport in Canada from its early, informal roots in the late nineteenth century through the formation of amateur and professional teams to today's tendency to market women atletes especially Olympians as both athletic and sexual. Soft cover is clean and bright, no creases, some rubbing to corners. Former book store stamp on front page. Neat yellow highlighting to 5 pages.. Trade Paperback. Good+.

Friendship Press for Commission on Stewardship, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., 1982. 147 pp. Includes notes. Provides the biblical background necessary to rethink, in the light of our contemporary situation, the origins of the idea of Christian stewardship. Gold coloured cover has a wee bit of edge rubbing, a crease near spine from opening. Former owner's stamp on first page. Text is clean and unmarked. Quite a nice copy.. Trade Paperback. Good.

Self, 1994. 60 pages. Card cover is in quite nice condition. Signed by authors underneath their photo. Text is clean and unmarked.. Stapled Softcover. Good.

Scottsdale, Arizona: New Era Publishers, 1968 Hard Cover. Presumed First. Signed by Author. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2. 192 pp. + index. Leatherlook binding has min. bumps to corners and a bit of moisture warping to back cover bottom. Text is clean- with mark s. Inscription on endpapers signed by Hal Hall. A Treatise on man's right for political and democratic freedom as it applies to the wealth of persons- subtitled: An Inquiry into the Nature, Causes and Advantage thereof . Overall cond: good..

West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Chilton Book Company, 1992. 126 pages includes index and bibliography. Soft cover is bright and clean, slight rubs to corners. no former owner's name. Text is unmarked.. Soft Cover. V. Good.

Victoria: Trafford, 2004. 144 pp.Born into slavery in Georgia in the mid 1800s, Uncle Manta escapes, as a child, to freedom in Bermuda. Soft cover is bright and clean, no creases, slight upward warp to front from reading. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Trade Paperback. V. Good. Illus. by Tina Thornton.