Search Results: Titles starting with N from Bibliodditiques

Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 1994. Fourth printing. Near Fine. Ian Wallace. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Gift inscription signed by author on front free endpaper. Winner of Mr. Christie's Book Award for Best Canadian Children's Book, as stated on front board. Pictorial boards. Re-telling of an African Bantu folk tale.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Early 1940s printing of Book No. 13 in the Judy Bolton Mystery series. Tight binding. No chips/tears or written inscriptions on pages. Gift inscription on front pastedown endpaper. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has some light edgewear, including a 2 small chips at the head and tail of the front cover panel near the spine Dust jacket is in a clear, protective mylar cover. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 216 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Early 1950s printing of Book No. 13 in the Judy Bolton Mystery series. Tight binding. No chips/tears or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has some edgewear, including a 2 chips at the head of the spine and the bottom of the front cover panel. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 216 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good/very good. Book No. 13 in the Judy Bolton Mystery series. Titles list to Book No. 17 in the series. Green boards. Dust jacket has some small chips/tears around edges and a three-inch tape-repaired tear on rear panel. Slight lean to book. Previous owner's name/address on front free endpaper. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 216 pp.

Boston Cambridge: Houghton Miffilin Company/The Riverside Press, 1958. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Traces the origin and history of place names in the United States. First printing of revised and enlarged edition. Contains 19 illustrations, including maps and photographs. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Short notation on rear pastedown endpaper referring to a passage in the book which is highlighted by a pen stroke in the margin. Dust jacket is NOT clipped and has some areas of paper loss at top edge and tale of spine. Toronto Star Library stamp on front free endpaper has transferred onto front dust jacket flap. Paper clip impression mark on first few pages. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 511 pp. August 9, 2014

New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1942. Paperback. Very Good +. Pocket Book No. 104. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written insciption. A reading crease on rear panel of cove. Red endpapers. Provocative illustration on front cover. Ninth printing. Size: 16mo (6" to 7"). 489 pp.

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Gladys Crisman Lanks. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases, or written inscriptions on pages. Coverboards have wear around edges. Spine cover is torn with a couple small pieces missing. Pictorial endpapers. 39 pp.

London: Dennis Dobson, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. Sir Hugh Casson. First printing of first edition. Gift inscription by Joyce Grenfell on first free endpaper. Edited by Diana, Lady Avebury. A collection of "strange, comforting, senseless things nannies used to say...". Tight bindng. No chips, tears or creases on pages. Interior is bright and clean. Front dust jacket is price-clipped. Light edgewear to jacket with some evidence of exposure to moisture on dust jacket. Illustrated with line drawings by Sir Hugh Casson. Size: 16mo (6" to 7").

London: Harper Collins, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Alan Lee. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Illustrated. Fold-out map at rear of book. Some shelf wear along bottom edge of front panel of dust jacket and a 0.5" tear. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 313pp.

London: The Folio Society, 1977. First edition thus. Slipcased. Near Fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Full-colour frontis and 11 other full-colour illustrations. In a brown slip case. Slip case has some wear and partial splits along edges. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 359 pp.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. A reprint of the original edition. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Contains two volumes. Eight engraved illustrative plates and a fold-out map showing the route of the expedition. Appendix is a vocabulary of Indian languages. Based on the notes of Stephen H. Long, Commander of the expedition. Long was a U.S. army explorer, topographical engineer, and railway engineer. He was one of the busiest explorers of the early 1800s, covering over 26,000 miles in five expeditions. The 1823 expedition, which is the subject of this book was supposedly intended as a scientific reconnaissance and an evaluation of trade possibilities, but most likely had secret military intentions, and was viewed with suspicion by British authorities in Canada. This is an ex-library copy withdrawn from the University of Waterloo ibrary, with the usual library markings - card pocket, stamps, labels. Some surface… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. First Revised Edition. More than 600 pictures. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 372 pp.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. , 1946. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No tears, chips or creases to pages. Gift inscription on half title page. Dust jacket in relatively good condition with a 1.25" tear along spine and some edge wear. Full colour frontis. Black and white photographic illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptons on pages. Dust jacket has some chips/tears and crease on front flap. Some paper loss at head and tail of spine. One page has a worn spot shere it looks like a spill has been cleaned. Dampstain on edge of text block on last 135 pages, or so. Book Club Edition. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 434 pp.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 282 pp.

London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1915. Hardcover. Very Good +. A series of nine Philosophy lectures given at Oxford University in 1910 covering such topics as Materialism, Agnosticism, Rights and Duties, The Will and its Freedom, Original Sin and Moral Duty, Duty and Society, Personality, Personality of God and more. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Blue coverboards with gilt lettering on darkened spine. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 120 pp.

London: John Baker, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has rubbing and a couple of worn patches on front. Includes 12 illustrations, 7 charts and a black and white frontispiece. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 392 pp.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has some small chips, tears, creases around edges. One tear on front panel of jacket has been repaired with tape. Light wear to coverboards at corners. Pictorial endpapers show map fo the Lake Champlain/Lake George area. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 361 pp.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Author's signature and inscription on title page. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and is in a clear, removable, archival cover. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 486 pp.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Author's signature without inscription on title page. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and is in a clear, removable, archival cover. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 486 pp.