Authors starting with A from Capricorn Books

Dutton Children's Books, New York, (1995), Ist edition.. Unpaginated, small 4to, HC in dust jacket. Illus in color by E.H. Shepard. "Life in the Hundred Acre Wood has its ups and downs - and also its ins and outs, fronts and backs, tops and bottoms, and more...What better way to discover opposites than . with Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and the other inhabitants of the enchanting world created by A.A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard." Dust jacket has very minor edgewear. This is a new, unreaad book.... more information

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A.S. Barnes, New Jersey, (1970). 180 pp, lg 8vo, HC. A book of specialized riding and training techniques for those horsepeople who want to test their skill and the training of their mounts in the show ring. Illus. with 100 photos of the authors and their pupils. Dj has several . small closed tears with creases, light edgewear and soiling. water mark (1/2" dia.) on spine and inside of front panel, and is price clipped. VG+/G+. ... more information

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Osprey, London, (1982).. 40 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps, reproductions and 8 color plates of uniform studies. Contents: Introduction; Finland; Hungary; Rumania; Slovakia; Other Allies. Interior - clean and tight. with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slight yellowing to covers, tiny bump to top/bottom corners of book, tiny light stain on top of textblock. VG. ... more information

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Bonanza, New York, c1961.. 192 pp, oblong 8vo (8 5/16" H x 10 5/8" D), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "....the actual record of Civil War railroading, many of the photographs printed here for the first time - the rolling stock, statio. ns, bridges, car floats and rail-borne artillery - wrecks, raids and wild rides. Here are exciting eye-witness accounts of guerilla warfare, adventures behind enemy lines, vivid stories of the Iron Horse at work ... more information

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Al Shark, Jerusalem, 1986.. 144 pp, small 4to (10 7/8" H), hard cover (glazed pictorial boards) - no dust jacket (as issued). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. Bilingual text (Arabic/English). Largely focuses on the wedding costumes (dresses, shawls, hats, veil. s and jewelry) of Palestinian brides of different regions. Light scuffing to bottom edge of rear board and at corners, bump at bottom of spine. Very Good-. ... more information

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HarperCollins, (Glasgow, 1996).. 255 pp, 4 5/8" H, soft cover. ISBN 0004709438 Profusely illustrated with color photographs. "...a comprehensive guide to modern civil aircraft in a handy format, ideal for airshows and aircraft spotting. Drawing on the latest information from Ja. ne's Information Group, it includes over 100 aircraft from the Airbus series to the new Tupolevs. An introductory feature reveals how civil aviation is changing in the 1990s." Each listing includes a spec... more information

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Self-published, Victoria, B.C., 1969, 7th edition.. 120 pp, 8vo, soft cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. B&w photos, map. A history of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with much information on Victoria, the gold rush, etc. Interior - small area of tape residue on page two of Introduction n. ear gutter, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - very minor edgewear, spine flat and uncreased. VG+. ... more information

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W.W. Norton, New York, (1946), Ist edition.. 277 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "This book presents a much-needed, serious, and thorough-going estimate of all of Tchaikovsky's music." Contents: Tchaikovsky the Man; The Symphonies; Works for Solo Instruments and Orchestra; Miscellaneous. Orchestral Works; The Chamber Music; The Piano Music; Operas and Incidental Music; The Ballets; The Songs; Religious and Other Choral Music; Chronology; Bibliography; List of Works; Musical Example... more information

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Era Industries, Culver City, California, (1980), Ist printing.. 92 pp, oblong 24 mo. (5 3/4" H x 8 1/2" L), soft cover. A reproduction in b&w of a nineteenth century German toy catalogue. Shows doll houses, stores, fire stations, shops, stables, etc. with accompanying notes. Interior - clean and tight with no. previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear/rubbing, light soiling and browning to covers, spine lightly browned, flat and uncreased. VG. ... more information

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Aurum, (London, 1998), Ist British printing.. 240 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1854105736 Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with reproductions of book jackets, magazine covers, paperback covers, posters, movie props, film stills, etc., etc. "Forest J. Ackerman's . World of Science Fiction presents his take on the pioneers who created this genre and the personalities who keep it thriving...heavily illustrated with classic sci-fi book jackets; great, colorful ... more information

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His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1946, revised edition.. 91 pp, 9 1/2" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Chapter headings: Part I. Nursery Work - Introduction; The Growing of Seedlings; The Production of Transplants from Seedlings; General. Part II. Plantation Work - Preparation; Establishment of Planta. tions; Thinning; General. Part III. Utilization. Part IV. Financial Questions. Interior - small tears at staples on first and last page, otherwise clean and tight with no other owne... more information

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Dent, Melbourne, 1987, reprint.. 246 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0867700580 Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, reproductions, maps. "There was a romance about railways in the days of steam that made legends of the trains and the men w. ho ran them. Little of Australia's workaday or social life was not affected by the lonesome whistle that winkled its way into every corner of the land. A train whistle; the sound that probably more than any ... more information

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Hamish Hamilton, London, (1968), first edition.. 157 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations, march. "A Regiment forms a corporate body which takes on a life of its own, often rising above the weaknesses and inadequacies of its human fabric to perform seemingly superhuma. n deeds such as the 'Immortal Stand' of the 24th Foot at Rorke's Drift during the Zulu War...Since their birth as Dering's Regiment in March 1689, the 24th (which in 1881 became t... more information

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Pan, London, 1992.. 308 pp, mass market paperback. B&w photos. "...examines every facet of the modern arms race from the use of conventional weapons by terrorists such as the IRA, and the acquisition of atomic weaponry by Pakistan, India, Israel and South Africa, to . the development of chemical and bacteriological warfare and the inexorable progress towards an 'ultimate weapon'. With his unique insights into this undercover world James Adams opens our eyes to a potentially explosive sit... more information

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Royal Signals Institution, London, 1970.. 122 pp, 10" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated in color, b&w, and monotone with photographs, reproductions. Contents: Prior to 1870: Early army signalling; Telegraph Units RE, 1870-1884; The Telegraph Battalion RE, 1884-1899; The South African W. ar, 1899-1902; The Royal Engineer Signal Service, 1902-1914; The Great War 1914-1918: France and Flanders; The Great War 1914-1919: Lesser Theatres; Royal Signals: The first twenty years; The Second World Wa... more information

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Daw, New York, (1986, 2nd/1989, Ist printing).. 381 pp, 486 pp, paperbacks - 2 volumes. "When the Lady Hanna, a telepath of the planet D'neera, survived an encounter with a potentially deadly race of aliens and averted an interstellar war, she was claimed by the human worlds - whether she wished. the honor or not - as their chosen expert in first contact situations. Now, with the unexpected arrival of beings from the far-distant planet of Uskos, Hanna was once again embarking on a mission of p... more information

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Town of York Historical Society, Toronto, 1987, no. 65 of a limited edition of 250 copies.. 20 pp, 11" H, card covers with cerlox binding. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - tiny speck on front cover. Near Fine. ... more information

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McClelland and Stewart, (Toronto, 1974), Ist edition.. Unpaginated, small 4to, HC in dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY JOHN WILLARD ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. "The story of Ontario's Barge Boards, also called Verge Boards and by the unversed, Gingerbread." A wond. erful look at a whimsical architectural decorative form - a type of folk art popular in the second half of the nineteenth century. Page edges browning lightly, a few tiny dints to b... more information

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Rizzoli, New York, (1993).. 175 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0847816702 Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions. Contents: Wicker in History; The Emergence of an American Industry, 1840-1873; The Great Rivals: Wakefiel. d Rattan Company and Heywood Brothers and Company, 1874-1897; Victorian Wicker and the American Home, 1876-1900; The Search for New Materials, Styles, and Meanings in the Progressive Era, 1893-1914; Novel Uses, Technologi... more information

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Barnes & Noble, New York, (1993).. 264 pp, sm 8vo, HC. The author has brought together many scattered historical and anecdotal details of literary London down through the centuries. Text is illus. by 59 drawings of famous London houses and sites by Frederick Adcock. NF/NF. ... more information

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