Search Results: Authors starting with S from The Mortuary Korps

First printing stated.157, [3] p.; ill. Original dust jacket has minor closed tearing and a chip to top edge, otherwise Very Good over a beautiful red hardcover with gilt lettering to cover and spine, top page edges in red, and illustrated endpapers. (See images.) This aesthetic book in Fine condition was designed by Kadi Karist Tint, whose masterful calligraphy is found throughout, along with many black and white illustrations by Jennifer Coleman. From dust jacket: The Dybbuk is a classic story of exorcism, possession and love in a religious Jewish community of Eastern Europe. Credence is a dybbuk, the wandering soul of a dead person who can enter and control one's body, was part of the folklore and everyday belief of Hasidim, whose lives hovered between the two worlds of reality and the supernatural. So when a pious and gentle young woman, on he eve of her marriage, speaks out with the voice of the dead cabala student who loved her, the people of her simple village are horrigied by the belief that… Read More

Collins, 1980 1956. Paperback. Y Paperback Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (thrift)

First edition, stated. xvi, 236 p., iii; illustrated; 21 cm. Includes Glossary (235-236) and Index (i-iii). Black cloth hardcover with charming deckled edge paper, decoration and lettering in copper and silver gilt to cover and spine, shows only very mild shelfwear and sunning to edges, while the inside is in Fine condition, with numerous photographic reproductions. The dust jacket, however, is present in tatters. Please see listing images. From dust jacket: The lighthearted and glamorous story of her childhood and youth in India and the United States [...] NAYANTARA SAHGAL is a daughter of Mme Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and a niece of Jawaharlal Nehru. Born in 1927, she has enjoyed a life rich in color, in the most varied human circumstance, and in both serious and hilarious close-ups of the great. In Prison and Chocolate Cake she has told the story of her life lightly, wittily, and well in a book that begins with her departure from India in 1943 (when most members of her family were in prison) and ends… Read More

Advance Reading Copy. 280 p. Price correction to rear and extremely mild edgewear, otherwise Fine, seemingly unread. From the back: Dr. Phillip Sharpe, absent-minded professor extraordinaire, teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto and is one of Canada's most combative public intellectuals. But when a live TV debate with his fiercest rival goes horribly off the rails, an oblivious Philip says some things to her that he really shouldn't have. As a clip of Phillip's "slip" goes viral, it's soon reveals all of the cracks and fissures in his marriage with his young, stay-at-home wife, Grace. And while the two of them try to get on the same side of the situation, things quickly spiral out of control. Can Philip make amends and save his marriage? Is there any hope of salvaging his reputation? To do so, he'll need to take a hard look at his on-air comments and conscript a band of misfits in a scheme to set things right.

1258 p. Illustrated chapter headings. Very mild shelfwear, otherwise Fine and clearly unread. NOTE: Thickness of the book may require extra postage charges before shipping.From the back: I long for the days before the Last Desolation. Before the Heralds abandoned us and the Knights Radiant turned against us. When there was still magic in Roshar and honor in the hearts of men. In the end, not war but victory proved to be the greater test. Did our foes see that the harder they fought, the fiercer our resistance? Fire and hammer forge a sword; time and neglect rust it away. So we won the world, yet lost it. There are four whom we watch: the surgeon, forced to forsake healing and fight in the most brutal war of our time; the assassin, who weeps as he kills; the liar, who wears her scholar's mantle over a thief's heart; and the prince, whose eyes open to the ancient past as his thirst for battle wanes. One of them may redeem us. One of them will destroy us. From Brandon Sanderson—the author completing… Read More

Penguin Books, 2017; 2013. Paperback. Paperback Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (bus)

Western Publishing / Golden Press, 1970 1963. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon."

English language.

87, [14] p.; ill. (colour); 31 cm. Includes 2 pieces of ephemera.

Softcover magazine/journal with dust jacket, showing moderate edgewear and aging, but is internally clean and clear. The binding is cracked away from the textblock in the front, with the first page being partially unattached, but the textblock is still attached to cover at the rear, otherwise Very Good.
The artwork mentioned on the dust jacket flap is included as a separate plate in Near Fine condition, and there is also a pamphlet (NF) which apparently held a souvenir handkerchief at one point.

The periodical covers Expo '67, tourism, film, music, fashion, toys, furniture & decor, hunting, camping, art pencils, Pilsner drinks, aircraft, jazz, gymnast Věra Čáslavská, motorcycle championships, postage stamps exhibitions, marketing, and more.

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Presumably first edition. 250 p. Contains a foreward and interview with cowboy actor Ken Maynard. Blue cloth hardcover with black lettering to front and spine, exhibits some sunning and dampstains, bumping and general wear, but internally the book is Near Fine, though pages are browned (as expected with age). A novel for young readers, the adventures of a boy working in the film industry.

160 p.; ill. (colour). Includes index. Minor shelfwear, otherwise Fine. Approximately 16 full-page colour photographs of select recipes. From the back: Slow Cooker Dinners is the sequel to our bestselling Slow Cooker Recipes. Enjoy more than 115 tasty, all-new recipes, each Guaranteed Great! Come home to slow cooking. In this book: - Slow Cooker Tips - Meat Dishes - Legumes & Meatless Dishes - Casseroles & Pasta - Small Quantity Cooking - Soups & Stews May require small amount of extra shipping due to size of book.

Bond Street Books, 2006. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (bus)

Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2017 2013. Paperback. Paperback Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (bus)

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2017 2015. Paperback. Paperback Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (bus)

Advance review copy (ARC). 246 p. Light shelfwear with author's contact sticker on rear, otherwise Fine. From the back: The new novel by the author of The Little Russian, featuring young Polish girl and her friendships with Madame Curie and Eusapia Palladino. In the early 1900s, Lucia Rutkowski leaves a Warsaw ghetto and a life trapped in the textile mills to escape to the bustling city of Paris. She eventually finds work in a home run by two scientists consumed by their groundbreaking research. Lucia soon bonds with her eccentric employers, watching as their insight into radioactive materials is increasingly noticed by the world, then rising to fame as the great Marie and Pierre Curie. Soon, all of Paris is alit with the news of an impending visit from Eusapia Palladino, the world's most famous medium. Spiritualism and the series of sittings offered by Palladino draws great interest from the Paris scientific community. It is through her now famous employers that Lucia attends Eusapia's gatherings,… Read More

Rand McNally, 1949. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon."

Scholastic, 1974. Paperback. Paperback Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon."

McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1966. Paperback. Paperback Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (jimdisc)

Generic, 2018 1877. Hardcover. portrait and illustrations by George Reid. Leather Bound Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (jimdisc)

First Edition (UK). 227 p.; ill. Black cloth hardcover shows minor edgewear and slight bumping, a small mark to foredge, and slightly shaken, but otherwise tightly bound in Fine condition with clear illustrations (see list of illustrations). Price-clipped dust jacket shows moderate wear, including closed tears and some minor chipping, but is housed in a removable protective sleeve to prevent further wear. From dust jacket: "The eight studies in his new volume are frequently gruesome. Ghouls will have their fill of the macabre. Nevertheless, horror has not been the aim. Every case Mr. Smith-Hughes selects—with an exploration of the surrounding human circumstances —has some special interest from the point of view of justice. His chief interest is for minds not depraved, but enlightened" —Liverpool Daily Post. Mr. Smith-Hughes has proved his ability to wear the mantle of the late William Roughead with his previous books Unfair Comment and Eight Studies in Justice. His new collection of criminals is… Read More

Presumably first edition. 69 p.; ill. Incredibly mild shelfwear, otherwise Fine condition, possibly unread. Divided into four parts:I - Dances II - Faces III - PetroglyphsIV - Sharers