Authors starting with W from Capricorn Books

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1975.. 40 pp, 10" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w illustrations. Contents: A Polenburgh in the National Gallery of Canada; The Monumental Style of Fontainebleau and its Consequences: Antoine Caron and "The Submission of Milan"; "Christ and Saints . Alexander and Agatha": A Russian Icon in the National Gallery of Canada. The main text is in English with 'Resumes' in French, captions in English and French. Small gallery shop l... more information

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Mosaic Press, (Oakville, Ontario, 1982), Ist pb edition.. 86 pp, 8vo, soft cover. The author's first collection of short stories - 14 in total - "...draws upon themes which affect us all - love, death, lonliness, childhood - in settings as various as Winnipeg, Montreal, Jerusalem and Harrisburg, Pennsylva. nia." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, sticker mark at top corner of front cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG. ... more information

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Cordillera, Vancouver, B.C., 1994, first edition.. 256 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 189559006X B&w photographs, maps. INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR: "FOR HEATHER VERY BEST WISHES FRANK WADE MARCH 2001". "(This book) takes the reader to and behind the battle line. s of modern naval warfare. Frank Wade's first appointment following graduation from his training ship was to the battleship 'Queen Elizabeth', flagship of the Royal Navy in... more information

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Rigby, (Adelaide, 1982), reprint.. 320 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos and drawings. "563 color photographs, 131 superb paintings cover every known species of Australian birds...Superb action photographs...24 habitat photographs...Orga. nised for easy reading and rapid reference...Each family of birds is covered by a complete section of the book. This contains a general text describing the family, action illustrations of each species, and fully... more information

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Purnell & Sons, Cape Town, 1965, first edition.. 242 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Color and b&w photographs, drawings by the author. "The first section of the book deals in general terms with all aspects of frog life, legends, mating habits, homing instincts, calls, and thei. r many and varied enemies. Their different food requirements are discussed, and especially the value to mankind of those species whose main diet consists of agricultural pests, and mosquitoe... more information

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Alvin Redman, London, (1960), Ist ed.. 234 pp, 8vo, HC. "A practical, yet elegant and scholarly guide for the tourist. Provides general and historical background; details on resorts; explores the wild mountainous interior and gives details and information on hotels, beaches, fishing, f. ood, drink, etc." Illus with b&w plate and maps, including a large fold-out map at rear. Top of text block has some light foxing, a few pages have creases at top corner, eps have some moderate brownin... more information

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Flying - W- Publishing, n.p., (1987).. 202 pp, 8vo, soft cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Gordon Wagner traces his family history (including William Faulkner and Edna Staebler) then reminisces about his school days, surveying career, etc., concluding with 12 poems. Interior - cl. ean and tight. Exterior - minor edgewear/rubbing, spine flat and uncreased. VG. ... more information

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(Titan Book, London, 1988), Ist printing.. Unpaginated, mass market paperback. B&w comics. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear at top/bottom of spine. VG. ... more information

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Macmillan, London, 1978.. 187 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Ex-library. "The story of one man's journey through a war....including the funny bits, frightening bits and idiotic bits. That is how John Wainwright approaches the subject of how he came to fly . - and to survive - no less than seventy-two night bombing raids in Lancasters in the second world war. It was theoretically seventy-three raids - but he explains the circumstances that made the number officially even gre... more information

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Crecy, n.p., (1994), first edition.. 142 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN: 0947554513 B&w photographs. Contents: A Day to Remember; The Yanks are Coming; Over Here; Trouble in the Camp; Bolero in the West Country; American Wings Over Wessex; Airfields of the. Nineth Air Force; The USAAF at Filton; Clifton College; Beggars Bush Field; The Invasion Plan; Hospitals; D-Day; A Fond Farewell; Appendices - First US Army Units in the West Country, 31 May 1944; Ninth US Air F... more information

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Crecy, (Somerton, Somerset, 1992), reprint.. 256 pp, lg 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0947554203 B&w photos, maps, drawings. "With the British air defence system supreme by day, the Luftwaffe turned to concentrate their attention towards nocturnal bombing missions on major. cities and ports. For this purpose they perfected the technique to become known as 'pathfinding' - the illumination of the target area by a special force as a forerunner to an intense bombin... more information

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Readers Union, Newton Abbot, 1974, book club edition.. 321 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, maps. "The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 was a European conflict fought by proxy in Korea, Manchuria and the South China Sea. Its origins lay in a Europe stalemated by military . alliances. The Trans-Siberian Railway gave the traditional rivalry between Russia and Britain yet another dimension. Russia now had access to the Pacific; her imperial presence in Asia threa... more information

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Whitecap, Vancouver, 1991.. 222 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 1895099927 B&w drawings. "From White-Throated Sparrows to Red-Bellied Woodpeckers, this welcome guide reveals 55 of the most common varieties of birds that can be found in Ontario throughout the winter months.. A thorough profile of each species is provided, along with sound and specific advice on setting up feeders and shelters, selecting feeds and seeds, how to deal with predators, winter nesting, the cold-weather physio... more information

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Standard Printing & Publishing, Huntington, West Virginia, 1935.. 71 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H), hard cover (dark blue boards with gold lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. Color illustrations. "It is our purpose in this book to trace the History and the Evolution of 'Old Glory' from the first fla. g that was ever flown on the continent, through the Flags of America down to the present stars and stripes and by means of color illustrations and text to show the part t... more information

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George Allen and Unwin, London, 1956, second impression.. 64 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "....the Nine Songs (third century B.C.), (have been) recognized by the Chinese as shaman songs since the second century A.D. These are not only of striking beauty as poetry, but also throw much . light on a form of religion widely spread in the whole of the Far East. In this little book Mr. Waley translates the poems with a commentary telling what is known of the various deities whom t... more information

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Leo Cooper, London, (1993), first edition.. 169 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Maps. ISBN 0850523206 "Between the years 1948 and 1960, British armed forces were involved in six campaigns overseas, in Malaya, Korea, Cyprus, Suez and South Arabia. In order to provide . the manpower for these operations, fixed-term universal male peacetime conscription was instituted for the only time in this country's history. Of the million and a half men called up on reaching the ag... more information

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Universe, New York, 1998, first U.S. edition.. 154 pp, small 4to (10 7/8" H), soft cover with self-flaps. ISBN 0789301431 Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs (including close-ups of details) and drawings. "When Diana, Princess of Wales, announced the auction of eighty of h. er evening gowns - most of them designed by Catherine Walker - the French-born, London-based designer was thrust into the spotlight she had long eschewed. In an elite industry considered a 'los... more information

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Michael Joseph, London, (1977).. 192 pp, 8vo, HC. "Two boys from Leeds went out for a day's fishing and happened to save a miserable scrap of a mongrel pup from drowning. That was the first drama in Banjo's life. After a spell with the RSPCA, he was rescued by Paul from the summ. ary end awaiting him if a home could not quickly be found. These were the beginnings of a great friendship, whose interruption so demoralised poor Banjo that he became a delinquent in the back streets of Leed... more information

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Key Porter, Toronto, 1991, 1st edition.. 310 pp, 4to (11 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE: "WITH BEST WISHES FROM THE AUTHOR HUGH WALKER OCT 4/92". "Since its opening in 1960, the O'Keefe Centre has been Canada's premier theatre: home of the National Ballet of . Canada and the Canadian Opera Company, the chief venue for Broadway musicals and plays, international artists, modern and classical dance companies - everything glorious in the performing arts... more information

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Baen, (Riverdale, N.Y., 1997), Ist printing.. 308 pp, mass market paperback. "It all started with a Viking raid: When he is captured and forced into slavery, Ailill the Irishman must pretend to be a priest or die. Better to be a high-value priest than a low-value corpse, he thinks, and so it . happens that a failed novitiate (he loved women too well) is taken up by Norway's first Christian lord, Erling Skjalgsson to bring the Word to his people...It's going to take a miracle for Ailill to suc... more information

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