Authors starting with P from Capricorn Books

Ryerson, Toronto, (1947), Ist edition.. 295 pp, 8vo, hard cover - no dust jacket. A collection of Canadian stories, beginning with a selection of 'Indian Tales' and continuing through the works of Joseph Howe, Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Susanna Moodie up those of Morley Callaghan, R. aymond Knister and P.K. Page. Interior - endpapers and pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear to boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom ... more information

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North-South Books, New York, 1994.. Unpaginated, 13 3/8" H, hard cover in mylar dustjacket. ISBN 1558582525 Bookmark consisting of a thick cut-out of the Moon's face that can be inserted in various places throughout the book, on brown string. An imaginative and brightly coloured st. ory of how the Moon comes down to watch a troop perform a circus-like play. The actors are clowns, cats, pigs etc. and there is a section of 3-part flip pages where the faces/bodies/legs of the actors can be inter... more information

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Nord-Sud (North-South), Zurich, 1995.. Unpaginated, folio (13 5/16" H), hard cover in clear plastic dust jacket. ISBN 3314209304 Another wonderfully colourful and quirky picture book by Czech artist Kveta Pacovska. French text. "LE SOIR, AU CREPUSCULE, UN VIEUX REVE DEVIENT REALITE: . DEUX TOURS S'ENVOLENT FAIRE UN TOUR, ET AVEC ELLES DECOLLENT LA LUNE, LA GENOUILLE, LE RHINOCEROS ET BIEN D'AUTRES ENCORE ET MOI AUSSI. ET POURPOI PAS TOI? MAIS CHUT, TOUT CECI ET UN SECRET." Slig... more information

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Arrow, (London, 1979).. 352 pp, mass market paperback. "1880. The Empire - using the might of the Royal Navy - is engaged in a fierce struggle to acquire rich African territory. These are the cruel days of the slave trade, of native uprisings, French arms dealing and Ge. rman ambition: all linked to create a web of intrigue and violence. Enmeshed in that web is Guy Greville, a young Intelligence Officer serving on HMS Dulcinea. Soon Greville finds himself involved in a mystery that leads him fr... more information

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W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1938, Ist edition.. 807 pp, large 8vo, hard cover (green boards, gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. 334 b&w illustrations (photographs, x-rays, drawings, diagrams). Contents: Study and Diagnosis; Anatomic Considerations Related to Examination and Treatment; A. sepsis and Materials of Surgery; Wound of the Soft Tissues; The Complications of Wounds; Injuries of the Bony Framework; Injuries of the Teeth and the Alveolar Processes; Fracture of the Upper Jaw and the... more information

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Boston Mills Press, Erin, Ontario, 1989.. 192 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1550460064 Pictorial endpapers, b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "This book is a combination of stories about the Canadian Avro Lancaster bomber. It is a description of those pla. nes built in Malton, Ontario, by the Victory Aircraft Ltd., and the lives of two aircraft in particular. The first story is that of KB726, now known as the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster, and its crew. Th... more information

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Guild Publishing, London, (1989), book club edition.. 192 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Many b&w photographs. "After a vividly-described journey up the Taff, the author evokes the very smells and sounds of the railways with a series of thematic chapters, such as on moving the coal, . weekend excursion seaside traffic, engine sheds large and small, valley sheds and stations. Rural byways, the LMS in the valleys and the railway ports are all informative, entertaining and ill... more information

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Avon, New York, (1996), Ist printing.. 131 pp, Trade paperback. B&w illus. "This is the chronicle of one woman's evolution from reluctant fly-fishing student to devout angler." Interior - number written over bar code on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - spi. ne flat and uncreased. This is a new, unread book. VG+. ... more information

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Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1985.. 191 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0195405064 B&w illustrations by the author. "P.K. Page has selected her finest work for this unusual collection. In addition to her best-known poems, it includes work previously published only in literary mag. azines, and several unpublished poems. Two short essays about poetry and nine original drawings (under her painter's name, P.K. Irwin) complete this important volume." Interior - gift inscripti... more information

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Norman W. Henley, New York, 1948, new, revised and greatly enlarged edition. (also stamped at bottom of t.p. General Publishing Co. Limited, Toronto, Canada.). 896 pp (collated), small 8vo (7 5/8" H), hard cover (medium blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated throughout with b&w technical drawings, photographs. Title page continues: "Maintenance an. d Lubrication. Includes Up-to-date, Thorough and Easily Understood Instructions on Che... more information

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Penguin, (London, 1995), 3rd. printing.. 214 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H), soft cover. ISBN 0679731180 "Demonic beings or fallen angels are virtually absent from the Hebrew Bible. (The author)...shows it was among some early Jewish groups and followers of Jesus that the figure of Satan bega. n to achieve a new importance, emerging as the chief symbol of the continual struggle between God's spirit and the demons. Influenced by the Gospels, they identified their opponents, whether Jews, pagan... more information

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Robert Hale, London, 1950, first edition.. 307 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, fold-out map at rear. "...Leicestershire is geographically the Heart of England, the speech of its country people is probably the purest in the land, and Leicester itself has the . distinction of having traditionally been founded by King Lear. Of the authors, Guy Paget is a Leicestershire man born and bred. His love of his native county is apparent in every page, whether he is dis... more information

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Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1989, reprint.. 752 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. Tables, graphs. ISBN 063115762X "This book brings together some of the most significant recent contributions to the debate (on work and society) to provide a thorough coverage of important issues. In part I the pa. st experience of work is examined - the emergence of the male breadwinner and collective mass worker, and the whole concept of unemployment and the unemployed. These patterns of work and attitudes to it last... more information

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Van Nostrand Reinhold, Toronto, 1978, 1st. edition.. 548 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0442298293 Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. "Never before has Canadian furniture been illustrated so lavishly or so completely; the 1450 plates (249 in colour) portray. the best examples of Upper Canadian furniture so that they can be identified and evaluated. And never before has the furniture been written about with such clarity and authority....(This) is... more information

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Avery, Garden City Park, New York, (1991), 2nd printing.. 175 pp, small 4to, soft cover. B&w drawings and photos. "...the definitive book for people who want to use tofu in their everyday lives, but just don't know how...provides all the essential information you need to make tofu part of your balanced d. iet. Its highly illustrated text covers tofu's rich and celebrated past; explains why tofu is good for you; and tells you how to shop for and store tofu, and even how to make it a... more information

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Heirloom Library, London, 1957.. 255 pp, 8vo (8 5/16" H), hard cover (patterned green boards) in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers, 8 colour plates plus b&w drawings. "In this exciting new version, specially written for the Heirloom Library, Robin pits his wits against the Norman . tyrants - Prince John, his barons, Oswald Montdragon and Guy of Gisborne, and the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham - in a series of exciting escapades. An ambush in the green depths of Sherwood, which leaves the Sheri... more information

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Macmillan, Toronto, (1978), 2nd ed.. 412 pp, small 4to (10" H), soft cover. ISBN 0770516645 The definitive work on traditional French-Canadian furniture. A valuable sourcebook of basic information on the design and workmanship of French-Canadian furniture from the 17th C. to the fir. st half of the 19th C. Over 600 b&w photos and numerous pen and ink drawings. Interior - previous owner's bookplate on free front endpaper, bump/crease to top corner of pages - mainly at front half of book. ... more information

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Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1948.. 314 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. INSCRIBED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER - "TO DOROTHY MASSEY WITH BEST WISHES FROM ELEANOR PALFFY." Dorothy Massy was the wife of actor Raymond Massey. "Mary Elizabeth Trotter, of the Boston Trotters, was in Paris. in 1928 buying the trousseau for her wedding to a perfectly Proper Bostonian, when she met Count Bela Palody, who had never heard of Beacon Street. But Bela knew all about the women he loved, the peasants tha... more information

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Dover, New York, (1990), reprint.. Unpaginated, 4to, soft cover. "Reprinted from a rare original edition, this fascinating book presents 'practical designs of low and medium priced houses' offered in 1878 by the Bridgeport, Connecticut architectural firm of Palliser, Palliser & Co. . Most of the (forty) designs are in the cottage style, and range from two-room dwellings to multilevel structures with space for libraries, pantries, porches, storage cellars, sculleries, and dressing rooms. ... more information

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Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, N.Y., 1931, 1st edition.. 282 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 4 pages of b&w photos. "Almost single-haded Greta Garbo has altered the technique and style of the motion-picture. She is perhaps the greatest screen actress of our generation. In a few ye. ars she has risen from a frightened little Swedish girl seeking a tiny part on the Stockholm stage, to a woman whose name is known all over the world, but her personality has remained a c... more information

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