Search Results: Authors starting with I from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Market Drayton, United Kingdom: Jonh Lockett , 1863. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 10. 12mo. measuring 6.5" x 4". Deep lilac stapled card covers. Light rubbing to the extremities, neat period ink name to the title page else contents bright, clean, and unmarked. No extant copies available in commerce at time of cataloguing, and rarer still amongst institutional holdings with only one known copy housed at the Unviersity of Manitoba. Corresponds to OCLC #184792409. Rare. Comprises of eleven poems attributed to "C.I.W.": The sailor's child --On leaving Llanfair --Faith --Hope --Love --On hearing the clock strike twelve on the 31st December, 1861 --Sunrise --The wreck of the Neptune --Written for my brother G.H.W. --The nun --On L.Z.'s birthday.

Market Drayton, United Kingdom: Jonh Lockett , 1863. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 10. 12mo. measuring 6.5" x 4". Deep lilac stapled card covers. Light rubbing to the extremities, neat period ink name to the title page else contents bright, clean, and unmarked. No extant copies available in commerce at time of cataloguing, and rarer still amongst institutional holdings with only one known copy housed at the Unviersity of Manitoba. Corresponds to OCLC #184792409. Comprises of eleven poems attributed to "C.I.W.": The sailor's child --On leaving Llanfair --Faith --Hope --Love --On hearing the clock strike twelve on the 31st December, 1861 --Sunrise --The wreck of the Neptune --Written for my brother G.H.W. --The nun --On L.Z.'s birthday.

London: Printed for J. Wickins; and to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1695. First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. [2], 19-176. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-brown suede over terracotta cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, red speckeld foredges, new endpapers. Light rubbing to the suede leather, hint of sunning to the front board, else, extremities remain in near fine condition. Contents remarkably well-preserved indicating only a touch of slight foxing, chiefly confined to the preliminary pages, otherwise, without blemish, markings, or notations. Overall, very good+. The British Library in their catalogued entry notes the presence of two variants of the imprint ['The first line of the imprint has "And Sold". Another edition has "And to be Sold" ']; our copy reads the latter. See ESTC Citation Nos. R224964 (006131506) & R14958 (006080775). See also Wing, Citation No. D506. Scarce in commerce. A remarkable and crucial historical account of the raging debates within the English… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennyslvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Limited Edition. Leather Bound. As New. pp. 612. 8vo. Bound in fine full textured tan leather over boards, featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments, textured silk moire endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt. Charming black-and-white illustrations throughout. Extremities, and contents entirely without blemish. Appears unread; as new. A most handsome presentation indeed. Not to be mistaken with some earlier, and later printings which are not bound in real leather but a leather substitute (faux leathrette). "This limited edition of Henrik Ibsen, Six Plays is published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time."

Tokoy, Japan: The Seikyo Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 265. Small 8vo., measuring 5.25" x 7.25". Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photograph frontispeice of the author. Very light rubbing to the boards, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+. Scarce in commerce. Translated by the Overseas Headquarters of NIchiren Shoshu.

Tokoy, Japan: The Seikyo Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 265. Small 8vo., measuring 5.25" x 7.25". Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. A few minor spots to the boards, some fading to the gilt, else, very good+. Contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+. Translated by Overseas Headquarters of NIchiren Shoshu.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, Millennium Central Committee, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. pp. xvii, 306. 8vo. Illustrated yellow cloth over boards with red, blue, and gilt lettering and illustration to the front board and spine. Small sticker affixed to the front pastedown, contents otherwise bright, clean, unmarked; near fine. "This book is published on occasion of the celebration of the millennium of the Baptism of Ukraine, 988-1988".

Toronto: Marion Boyers | Burns MacEachern, 1978. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. pp. 95. Slim 8vo., measuring 5.25" x 8". Publisher's red boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Lightest egdewear, neat ink name to the ffep, else, contents remain without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in near fine un-clipped dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+. "In this postscript to Tools for Creativitiy, Illich calls for the right to useful unemployment: a positive, constructive, and even optimistic concept dealing with that activity by which people are useful to themselves and others outside the production of commodities for the market. Unfettered by managing professionals, unmeasured and unmeasureable by economists, these activities truly generate satisfaction, creativity, and freedom."

[Edinburgh]: Scottish League for European Freedom, July, 1953. Foreign Affairs Information Series, No. 16. Card Covers. pp. [7], 59. 8vo., measuring 21 cm. Light green twice-stapled card covers bearing original price of 2 / -. Light sunning to the spine, single unobtrusive institutional stamp to the title page, contents otherwise without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, stapled binding; near fine. Corresponds to OCLC #605098417 & #1221918742, et al. Unrecorded in commerce at time of cataloguing. Sections include: 1. The American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia and its programme of action; 2. German policy in the East during the Second World War; 3. The Wiesbaden Conference, K.O.N.R. - or the experiment of Vlassov; 4. Protests against the Eastern European programme of the A.C.L.P.R. by Ukrainians, Byelorussians, Turkestanians, Cossacks, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, North-Caucasians, A.B.N. - the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 510. 8vo. Navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, and front board, white silk ribbon-marker. Replete with black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Lightest rubbing to the boards else, no other flaws to the extremities, neat ink name to the ffep, text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+.

Washington, D.C.: National American Indian Court Judges Association, Inc., 1977. Second Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. viii, 67. 4to. Light blue illustrated stapled card covers. A booklet published for the benefit of Indigenous judges expounding on various matters related to family law in their attempts to reconcile the laws and tribal customs of Indigenous communities with existing state and federal statutes governing family matters. Contents include sections discussing Common Law Marriage, Custom or Traditional Marriage, Obstacles to the Formation of Marriage, Dissolution of Marriage Relationship, Custody, Support and Legitimacy, Alimony and Division or Property, Child Support, Custody, Effects of Adoption, Tribal Intervention in Parent-Child Relationship et al. Small stamp to the corner of front cover, contents remain bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. At time of cataloguing this title does not appear amongst the holdings at LAC/BAC.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada | Affaires Indiennes et du Nord Canada (Research and Analysis Directorate, Policy and Strategic Direction), June, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 83. 4to. Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Rare occasional highlighting (confined to two pages) otherwise the contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. In-depth report on the subject of effective First Nations governance. Sections include: Case Study Reports; Education; Economic Development; Community Problem Solving; Environmental Management; Effective Negotiations; Service Delivery; Housing; Managing an Organization.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Indian Brotherhood, 1971. Facsimile Edition. Softcover. pp. xix, 201. 4to., measuring 29 cm. Clear covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Black-and-white charts, tables, et al. Three pages bearing signatures in facsimile of the Chiefs of the various Indigenous tribes including those of the the Ojibway, Cree, Chipewyan, and Sioux. No detectable flaws, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+. Exceedingly rare, our offering being the only extant copy available in commerce at time of cataloguing. "Position paper of the four Indian tribes of Manitoba to the Canadian Government on policies to achieve a just, honourable and mutually satisfactory relationship between the Canadian people and the Indians of Manitoba."

London & Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, N.D. [Circa 1860's?]. Leather Bound. pp. 544. Small 8vo., measuring 5" x 7.5". Bound in full textured, bevelled green leather boards, blind-stamped ornamentation, bearing gilt rules, lettering to the spine and boards; five raised bands, six compartments, all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece accompanied with additional steel engravings. Text-printed in red-bordered pages. Lightest rubbing to the leather extremities which are otherwise exceptionally well-preserved, faint tide-marks to the margins of the endpapers, text-block bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; very good+. A lovely edition.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. (Aldine House), 1930. Hardcover. pp. xxiii, 638. Thick 8vo., measuring 6" x 8". Original forest-green cloth over boards, gilt and black lettering and ornamentation to the spine, and front board, illustrated endpaeprs, publisher's plum topstain. Charming colour frontispiece accompanied with eleven additional full-age colour plates (all collated and accounted for), many additional black-and-white in-text illustrations, drawings, vignettes, etc. Lightest rubbing and bumping to the spine ends, else, extremities remarkably well-preserved, contents without blemish; very good+ and housed in its scarce original, unclipped, dustjacket, showing some chiping along the edges of the panels, bears original price of 6s to the inner front panel (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+.

London: Richard Bentley & Son (Publisher's in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen] | Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, 1882. Popular Edition. Leather Bound. pp. xi, 468. 8vo., measuring 5" x 7.25". Bound in full black calf featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards, lovely dentelle to the inside margins of the boards; striking marbled endpapers, and marbled edges. Black-and-white frontispiece accompanied with its original well-preserved tissue-guard, with an additional fifteen charming plates, and woodcuts (all collated and accounted for). Leather extremities quite well-preserved showing but a few occasional, unobtrusive scuffs (chiefly confined along the edges), text-block equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding. A lovely presentation; very good+.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: Privately Printed, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Fine. pp. 119. Small 8vo. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to front board and spine. Replete with black and white maps, photographs, and illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Scarce in this condition and signed by the author. SIGNED by the author to the title page.

Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications Ltd., 1984. Stapled Wraps. pp. 32. Illustrated card covers. Many black and white photographs and illustrations depicting methods and means by which to hunt. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+.

London: Laurence King Publishing, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 79. Small 8vo. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with black-and-white photographs, illustrations, drawings, et al. Appears unread; as new.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: University Of Manitoba Press, 2013. Critical Studies in Native History. Softcover. pp. 247. 8vo. Appears unread; as new. "In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains were relatively small multicultural communities that actively maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices. These practices were governed by the Law of the People as described in the traditional stories of Wisashkecahk, or Elder Brother, that outlined social interaction, marriage, adoption, and kinship roles and responsibilities.In Elder Brother and the Law of the People, Robert Innes offers a detailed analysis of the role of Elder Brother stories in historical and contemporary kinship practices in Cowessess First Nation, located in southeastern Saskatchewan. He reveals how these tradition-inspired practices act to undermine legal and scholarly definitions of "Indian" and counter the perception that First Nations people have internalized such classifications. He… Read More