Search Results: Titles starting with A from Callaghan Books South

London: Mouth and Foot Printing, 2000. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, heavy sturdy book, quality gray cloth, 164 heavy glossy pages, profusely illustrated, most in color--stunning art! Two-columns for text. DJ glossy dark blue background, a colorful illustration of riverfront homes in thin white frame at center. DJ has light crease at bottom front, light scratches on back. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Naperville, Illinois, U.S.A.: Sourcebooks Inc, 2008. Trade Paperback. Fine. Thicker smaller trade paperback, glossy photo of soldier in road on front, praise back wrapper from Washington Post, The Globe and Mail and others. 406 pages. Photos inside covers. Very Fine.

Toronto: The Copp Clark Publishing Co., 1970. Original Wrappers. As New. (Studies in Canadian Literature) Smaller, sturdy softcover, heavy dark blue wrappers with two images of man's face on front, list of titles in series on back wrapper, 145 pages. Mint.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. BC-unstated . Hardcover. Good/Very Fine. (Book Club--unstated) Sturdy book, gray covers, shiny red lettering on spine, spine lightly slanted, ink name and date at top inside front cover, 208 pages plus character's note. DJ glossy beneath mylar, colorfuly photo on front of glass, cards, photo and pills on front, black spine, white back with two key designs. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Good book.

Henry Holt, 1982. 9th Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good. Sturdy book, light blue covers, very bright red lettering on spine, 274 pages plus character's note. DJ glossy with close-up color photo of playing cards, whiskey glass, pills and telephone on front. DJ has light crease inside front flap and top front, tiny tear and creases at bottom front edge, white back with several light blue spots. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. (Book Club edition) Smaller book, DJ beneath mylar, front illustrated with cards, pills and a drink, 209 lightly browned pages--first in the series of Alphabetized Murder mysteries. DJ back is badly soiled beneath mylar, slight wear to some tips and spine bottom, photo of Grafton inside back flap. Fair DJ/Very Good book. (A,B, and C in Book Club edition, all under Mylar available as set for 59.00)

Berlin: Verlag Von Carl Habel, 1920. Cloth. Very Good. Text in German. Larger, very thick, very heavy book, dark leather with thin embossed borders, very bright silver lettering on much of front and spine, slight surface wear to four spine edges, light scratch at back left, red inside covers and adjacent end papers, 866 pages plus ads, red exterior edges. Very Good.

Oak Knoll Press/The Lyons Press, 1998. Cloth. As New/As New. (Revised by Nicolas Baker) Sturdy book, quality dark cloth, very bright gilt lettering and borders on spine, 224 pages. DJ glossy blue and white borders to front, spine and back, blue oval with illustration of book shelf at center front, ornate borders to ABC of title, praise on back from Times Literary Supplement, Chicago Tribune and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Faber & Faber, 1970. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. (1st) Fine black cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 349 stiff pages. DJ beneath mylar has b/w photo of chess board on front, spine and portion of back. DJ has two short scratches at top front, tiny crease near top front tip and spine top edge, tiny tear with very slight wear at top back tip, bottom back lightly browned. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

San Diego: Green Tiger Press, 1991. First Edition . Color-Illustrated Boards. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (1st edition, 1st printing) Very large, thinner children's book, glossy dark blue background with beautiful color-illustration of well-dressed frog and rat at center front, a baby duck at center back, pages arranged alphabetically with color-illustrations throughout, many from 18th and 19th century sources as well as early 20th century. A list of art credits at end. Slight wear to bottom front tip, spine bottom left edge. Very Good.

The Dial Press, 1944. Cloth. Good. Slightly smaller book, blue cloth spine very slightly browned, yellow lettering on front very fine, near fine on spine, unique bookplate on on most of inside front cover, ink Christmas note at top of first front end paper (1944), first front end paper very slightly stained inside front cover, 346 lightly browned pages, light wear to tips. Good.

Mentor Book, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. (17th ptg.) Mass-market paperback, glossy black background with color-illustration of child's wooden blocks on front, 144 lightly browned pages. Very slight wear to most edges. Near Very Good.

ABC-CLIO, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (1st edition, 1st printing) Very large, heavy, sturdy book, shiny black covers, bright gilt lettering on spine, 498 pages in double-colum format, photographs throughout for many entries. DJ is unique with textured brown vertical borders on front left and right almost like faux leather, purple and white borders next to that, and at center front in lavender and white a photo portrait of Native American at bottom front, brown spine and back. DJ and book, both As New.

Cloth. Fine/Very Fine. Smaller, squarish, thinner book, dark red cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, pretty bookplate inside front cover, ink note on first front end paper, 96 pages, illustrations throughout. DJ front illustrated with fabrics, photo-illustration on yellow back. DJ and book, both Very Fine.

Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005. Soft cover. Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy softcover, glossy wrappers with illustration of fragmented U.S. Capitol Building reflected in window panes on front, 243 pages. On title page at top in black felt-tip pen: "To Jim Ray with Best Regards, Alan Sears. John 18:5. Very light crease at top back tip. Near Very Fine.

The Guilford Press, 2007. First Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. (1st edition) Large, sturdy book, quality shiny black cloth, bright gilt lettering on spine, 500 pages with many charts and graphs. DJ glossy and colorfully designed beneath mylar, dark red and white background with colorful lettering. DJ and book, both As New.

A Touchstone Book, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New/As New. Large, sturdy softcover, glossy wrappers with background in shades of gray, remainder mark at pages' bottom edge, 329 pages plus a graph. MInt.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Anchor Books, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Slightly smaller book, maroon cloth spine, black boards with embossed logo on front, gilt lettering very fine on spine, 228 lightly browned pages. DJ price-clipped, colorfully designed. DJ has jagged tiny tear at top front edge, tiny tear across spine bottom edge, tiny dent near bottom back right, tiny tear and tiny nick with crease at bottom back edge. Fair DJ/Very Fine book.

Little, Brown, 2009. First Edition . Soft cover. As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Larger softcover, glossy wrappers with color photo of woman in blue dress on front, red dress on back wrapper, 274 pages profusely illustrated plus a "personal section" that is unpaginated. Mint.

University of Alaska Press, 2004. Soft cover. As New. Very large, sturdy softcover magazine, glossing in shades of blue with ivory-like carving on front, white spine and back wrapper, 279 pages. Novella by Ann Stapelton, much poetry and short stories. Mint.