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

Kenya: D. A. Hawkins, 1968. Book. Illus. by C. T. Astley Maberly;. Very Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 221 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edgewear with some creasing on the spine and a diagonal crease on the lower right side of the front. Illustrated by the author..

Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 356 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. December 6, 1917 when the French cargo ship, SS Mont-Blanc, laden with high explosives, collided with the SS Imo, a Norwegian vessel in the Narrows, which runs between the Halifax Harbour and the Bedford Basin... The explosion was the worst man-made non-nuclear explosion ever. Much of Halifax was flattened and a few thousand people were killed, thousands more injured. The Chapters are: A Short History of Halifax; Wednesday; December 6, 1917: Winter Morning; Black Smoke, White Smoke; A Word on Explosions; Minutes Later; Far from the Harbor; Scramble at City Hall; The First Responders; Duggan Walks Home; Nightfall; Friday Night and Folly Mountain; Saturday: Reorganizing the Relief; Duggans… Read More

London: Collins, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Blue boards lettered in dark blue on the spine; blue upper edge. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges and a small stain on the front panel; chipped on the upper right of the rear panel; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper..

London: Collins Clear Type Press, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 16mo. 888 pp. Red cloth decorated in gilt on the spine; ribbon marker; burgundy endpapers; black and white frontis of Lord Macaulay. Lightly rubbed at the corners; no interior markings. This essay collection contains: Machiavelli; Southey's Colloquies on Society; Mr Robert Montgomery's Poems; Civil Disabilities of the Jews; Moore's Life of Lord Byron; Croker's Edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson; Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress; War of the Succession in Spain; Lord Bacon; Gladstone on Church and State; Von Ranke; Leigh Hunt; Frederic the Great; Madame D'Arblay; and The Life and Writings of Addison..

New York: Bantam Spectra, 1987. Book. Illus. by Charles DeMar;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 247 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the front cover and spine; some aging but no interior markings. Cover art by Charles DeMar. The Grey Horse chronicles a time when the Irish people suffered under harsh English overlords who sought to destroy their culture and way of life. Into the Irish town of Carraroe, a magnificent, completely grey stallion appears. The horse brings with him the promise of better times and magical happenings, for he is actually the shape-shifted form of Ruairi MacEibhir, journeyed to such a time of danger in order to win the hand of the woman he loves..

New York: Bantam Spectra, 1985. Book. Illus. by Robert Hunt;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 340 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Robert Hunt..

New York: Bantam Spectra, 1985. Book. Illus. by Robert Hunt;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 340 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; store stamped. Cover art by Robert Hunt. A contemporary man, John Thornburn (a meek, non-violent and unpredictable artist) and woman, Derval (his tough, confrontational, strong and warrior-like lover) time travel to ancient Ireland to avenge a Viking attack. The story centres around one of the most famous and beautiful illuminated manuscripts in history, the legendary but entirely real Book of Kells. Celtic history blends with magical fantasy for a strange and immersive tale of adventure..

Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection - Coles Publishing, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 230 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Originally published by William Briggs in Toronto in 1898. The story of the rebellion, of Louis Riel and the Metis, of Fort Edmonton and the Legislative Assembly and much more..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. Book. Illus. by Uta Strelive;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with maps and with line drawings by Uta Strelive. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Man the Modifier; The Passenger Pigeon; The Starling; The Wild Turkey; The House Sparrow; The Prairie Chicken; The Hungarian Partridge; The Pheasant; The Wapiti; The Cougar; The House Mouse; The Norway Rat; The European Hare; The Cottontail Rabbit; The Coyote; The Ontario Salmon; The Carp; The Goldfish; The Rainbow Trout; The Brown Trout; The Sea Lamprey; The Rainbow Smelt; The Alewife; The White Perch; The Chinook Salmon; The Coho Salmon; The Kokanee Salmon; The Chum and Pink Salmon; and The Splake and Other Hybrids; followed by a bibliography and an index..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. Book. Illus. by Uta Strelive;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with maps and with line drawings by Uta Strelive. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Man the Modifier; The Passenger Pigeon; The Starling; The Wild Turkey; The House Sparrow; The Prairie Chicken; The Hungarian Partridge; The Pheasant; The Wapiti; The Cougar; The House Mouse; The Norway Rat; The European Hare; The Cottontail Rabbit; The Coyote; The Ontario Salmon; The Carp; The Goldfish; The Rainbow Trout; The Brown Trout; The Sea Lamprey; The Rainbow Smelt; The Alewife; The White Perch; The Chinook Salmon; The Coho Salmon; The Kokanee Salmon; The Chum and Pink Salmon; and The Splake and Other Hybrids; followed by a bibliography and an index..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1951. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 174 pp. Fawcett Gold Medal K1537. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a crease on the spine; no interior markings. He was so addicted to her that he punched his best friend in the mouth when the man tried to tell him what she really was....

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1966. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 224 pp. Fawcett Gold Medal R1243. Lightly rubbed on the corners with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. How to you extort $600,000 from a dying man? Someone had done it very quietly and skilfully to the husband of Travis McGee's ex-girlfriend. McGee flies to Chicago to help untangle the mess and discovers that although Dr. Fortner Geis had led an exemplary life, there were those who'd take advantage of one "indiscretion" and bring down the whole family. McGee also discovers he likes a few members of the family far too much to let that happen.....

Canmore, Alberta: Altitude Publishing Canada, 2003. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 8vo. 117 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a map. The Contents are: Swimmers and Jumpers; The Funambulists; Boats Barrels and Rafts; Accidental Daredevils; Over the Falls; and Modern Daredevils; followed by an epilogue..

Middlesex, England: Puffin Books, 1971. Book. Illus. by Pauline Baynes; Arthur Hughes;. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 221 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a crease on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Pauline Baynes; interior line drawings by Arthur Hughes..

Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1987. Book. Illus. by Kenneth Call;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 288 pp. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings but some darkening on the inside of the covers. Wraparound cover art by Kenneth Call..

Toronto: W. S. Johnston, 1910. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 255 pp. Blue cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine. Light rubbing on the corners with a chip from the head of the spine; previous owner's name inside..

New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954. Book. Illus. by Maurice Sendak;. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 128 pp. Pictorial boards lettered in purple on the spine. Illustrated with line drawings by Maurice Sendak. Light rubbing at the corners; no interior markings; no dustjacket..

Canmore, Alberta: Altitude Publishing Canada, 2004. Book. Illus. by Richard De Wolfe;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 125 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; small discoloured patch on the leading edge of the text block; no interior markings. The cover features Sleigh Ride by Richard De Wolfe. The Contents are: Christmas Traditions; Signs of the Season; Christmas Trees, Christmas Treats; That Jolly Old Elf; Christmas Giving; Holiday Hazards; and Spirit of the Season..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1953. Book. Very Good+. Paperback. Later Printing. 174 pp. Fawcett Gold Medal R1979. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The smell of stale bedrooms and warm gin hovered over that whole section of town. The women, even the young girls, walked a certain way, looked at men a certain way. And there was a drifting threat of violence everywhere.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1945. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. Second Printing. 12mo. 34 pp. Brown cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine. Mostly illustrated in black and white but with a tipped in colour plate by J. E. H. MacDonald. Some fading..