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

Toronto: Methuen, 1980. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xiv) 145 pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The story of the blind authors' journey through Europe. The Chapters are: Arrival; What Will Europe Be Like; Scandinavia; Germany; Austria; Switzerland; The Netherlands and Belgium; France; Spain; and Journey's End; followed by an epilogue and two appendices..

New York: Bantam Books, 1985. Book. Illus. by Sanjulian - Manuel Perez Clemente;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 308 pp. Edge and corner wear with a bindery ripple on an uncreased spine; slightly wrinkled appearance to the last few pages. Cover art by Sanjulian..

New York: Questar - Popular Library, 1985. Book. Illus. by Rowena Morrill;. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Lightly rubbed on the corners with some very faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Rowena..

New York: Tor Books - Tom Doherty Associates, 1998. Book. Illus. by Jason Hillier;. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 382 pp. Signed on the title page by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Dj art by Jason Hillier..

New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 267 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed at the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. The life of Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, the Contents are: Preface; Childhood; Oxford; Carchemish; The War Begins; Cairo and Kut; Intelligence Analyst; Field Officer; An Irregular War; The Strain Shows; Convention; The Battle for Damascus; In Support of Feisal; The Peace Conference; Interlude; Politics and Literature; Farewell to Politics; Aircraftman Ross and Trooper Shaw; Life on the North-West Frontier; The Last Years; and The Legend Persists; followed by: Aftermath: The Lawrence Industry; and an index..

New York: Stein and Day - Publishers, 1987. Book. Illus. by Tim Gaydos;. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. 267 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on beige boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Dustjacket portrait of Lawrence by Tim Gaydos. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Preface; Childhood; Oxford; Carchemish; The War Begins; Cairo and Kut; Intelligence Analyst; Field Officer; An Irregular War; The Strain Shows; Convention; The Battle for Damascus; In Support of Feisal; The Peace Conference; Interlude; Politics and Literature; Farewell to Politics; Aircraftman Ross and Trooper Shaw; Life on the North-West Frontier; The Last Years; and The Legend Persists; followed by: Aftermath: The Lawrence Industry; and an index..

London: Collins, 1990. Book. Illus. by P. J. Lynch;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 160 pp. Green boards lettered in gilt on the spine; beige endpapers; dj art and interior line drawings by P. J. Lynch. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. There are far too many stories here to list them all but some of the highlights are: The Stolen Child; The Legend of Knockfrafton; The Lazy Beauty and Her Aunts; Donald and His Neighbours; The Man Who Never Knew Fear; The Horned Woman; The Story of the Little Bird; and many more..

London: Museum Press, 1956. Book. Illus. by Marriott;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 160 pp. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket with a small chip from the upper spine; also, a small nick on the upper edge of the rear panel; bookseller's logo at the bottom of the front free end paper; no other interior markings. Cover art by Marriott. There were two men on duty in the lonely lighthouse off the coast of France when an oil tanker was wrecked on the nearby rocks, and the most uncanny storm came up suddenly. It was Christmas, and this was to prove the strangest Christmas that any of them had ever spent....

London: Marion Boyars, 1979. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xiv) 193 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with two black and white photographs of the poet. There are far too many poems here to list them all but some of the highlights are: You Can't Get Away With It; Hope; Wisdom and Folly; Wounds; In the Forest; The Face Behind the Face; The Ringing of the Earth; The Drunken Cow; and many, many more..

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1971. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 92 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; some darkening around the edges; previous owner's name inside. There are far too many poems here to list them all, but some of the highlights are: Zima Junction; In Georgia; The Knights; Koshueti; Babiy Yar; Schoolmaster; On a Bicycle; People; and many others..

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2007. Book. Illus. by Mark Zug; Jo-Anne Rioux;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First and Later Printings. 8vo. 219, 272 pp. Quarter-bound in black on teal boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; gold endpapers. Quarter-bound in black on blue boards with a small copper image on the front panel; lettered in copper on the spine; green endpapers; headband. Both dustjackets are by Mark Zug; Swordbird is illustrated with line drawings by Mark Zug; Sword Quest is illustrated with drawings by Jo-Anne Rioux. Both books have light rubbing at the corners; no interior markings. To be clear, the two books here are: Swordbird; and Sword Quest..

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1994. Book. Illus. by Jane Dyer;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Glossy pictorial boards matching the dustjacket; brown endpapers; illustrated in full colour by Jane Dyer. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. An original fairy tale with the woodsman and all the woodland creatures....

New York: Viking Press - Compass Books, 1984. Book. Illus. by Charles Mikolaycak;. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 136 pp. Quarter-bound in brown cloth on red boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a few short nicks and light chipping around the edges; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj art by Charles Mikolaycak..

New York: Philomel Books, 2000. Book. Illus. by Dennis Nolan;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 134 pp. Blue boards lettered in silver on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; ink mark on the lower edge of text block; no interior markings. Dj art and interior colour illustrations by Dennis Nolan. This story collection contains: Welcome to Sherwood Forest by Jane Yolen; Our Lady of the Greenwood by Jane Yolen; Marian by Maxine Trottier; Under the Bending Yew by Anna Kirwan; Know Your True Enemy by Nancy Springer; The Children's War by Timons Esaias; Straight and True by Robert J. Harris; At Fountain Abbey by Mary Frances Zambreno; and Robin Hood v. 1.5.3. by Adam Stemple.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. Book. Illus. by John Wallner;. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Quarter-bound in green cloth of gray/blue boards; small copper pictorial on the front panel; lettered in copper on the spine; beige endpapers. Lightly rubbed on the corners; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated in full colour by John Wallner. Ring of Earth is a picture of the New England countryside and of the cyclic rhythms of life revealed through the naturalist's eye, a circle of seasons....

New York: Magic Carpet Books - Harcourt, 2004. Book. Illus. by Cliff Nielsen;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 361 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Cliff Nielsen..

Toronto: From Beyond the Oort Cloud, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 38 pp. Staple-bound with a full-colour cover. Light wear. This issue contains: Reusable Launce Vehicles - an article by Donald Simmons; The Particles of Star Trek - an article by David Simmons; Nothing like the Outer Limits - an article by H. Benjamin Tourney; U - a short story by Bart Orly; The Vitures of Virtuosity - a film review by Rebecca M. Senese; Gamera: Guardian of the Universe - a film review by Aaron Yorgason; How Mediocre: A Review of How Insensitive by Latimer Chalumnae; and Book Reviews by David Gibbs..

New York: Midwood Books, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 156 pp. Midwood Book F387. Edge and corner wear with a crease in the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. It was getting to be a habit with her, getting dressed to go home in the middle of the afternoon. Still warm, still tingling, she hated to put an end to the few stolen hours of feverish passion but she had no choice, not if she was to keep her wealthy husband from finding out how she occupied herself during the long daytime hours..

New York: Midwood Books, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 156 pp. Midwood Book 32-422. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the spine; some aging in the text block but no interior markings. It was supposed to be a week of rest and relaxation, the perfect escape from a hectic life... until he met the welcoming committee, all four of them, hot and beautiful and going out of their way to make him feel welcome....

London: Vintage UK, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xiv) 291 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with two small dents in the upper right of the front cover and minor creasing on the spine. The Chapters are: Shamattawa: The Gasoline Plague; From Lytton to Sabaskong Bay: Fighting for the Schools; Inside the Reserves; Hobbema: Oil and Suicide; Defence of the North: The Native Economy and Land Claims; Foreign Justice: Native People and the Law; Alkali Lake: Resisting Alcohol; From Manitoba to Massachusetts: The Lost Generation; The New Militancy; The Fifth Generation; and September 1990..