Titles starting with N from John Lord's Books

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1974. pp: [viii], 301. Dust jacket has two half-inch closed tears to bottom edge. Author's first novel.. ISBN: 0919630510. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Fiction, Thriller.. ... (more information)

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New York: Dell. 1970. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. 7" X 4 1/4". pp: 220, [4, ads]. Reading crease to front joint.. FICTION, EROTICA.. ... (more information)

Subjects: FICTION / Erotica;

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Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill Co., 1974. pp: [x], 203. Index. Crease across head of spine. One-inch taped tear to top edge of front panel of dust jacket. A Book Club binding using the sheets from the stated first edition. The author investigates the people upon whom Doyle based his characters.. ISBN: 0672519143. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Fiction, Detective, Sherlockiana.. ... (more information)

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New York: Grove Press / Evergreen Black Cat . 1966. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 7" X 4 1/4". pp: xlvii, 255. The first paperback edition of the Grove press edition.. FICTION. FICTION-FIRST EDITIONS. ... (more information)

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London: Macmillan London Ltd., 1980. pp; [x], 209. Dust jacket has light wear to the extremeties; quarter-inch tear to top of front hinge; some creasing to top edge. Willis writes a thrilling story based on a true incident during WW II when over 1000 Japanese POWs stormed the wire at a POW camp near Cowra in New South Wales, Australia. Two hundred and thirty-one were killed , most by Australian bullets, but many committed suicide. The story follows the hunt for the escapees. Willis is best known to us older... (more information)

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Nanaimo, BC.: Nanaimo Family Historical Society., 1991. pp:[ii], 43. An alphabetical index.. Cerlox Binding.. Fine. 4to. Canada, British Columbia, Genealogy.. ... (more information)

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap. pp: [vi], 216. Frontispiece. Pink endpapers. Bound in green cloth, decorated and titled in puprle to top board and to spine. Owner's name to title page. Light to moderate shelf wear to binding. Wear to extremities of dust jacket with chips to head and tail of spine and to ends of flap-folds. Titles on front flap go to Rainbow Riddle.. Later Printing.. Decorative Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Pelagie Doane.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fiction, Myster... (more information)

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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. pp; xiv, 271. Index. A fascinating look at how many of the names of Canadian places came to be.. ISBN: 0802069908. First Paperback Edition. Illustrated Card Covers.. Fine. 8vo. Canada, Trivia.. ... (more information)

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London: Oxford University Press, 1957. pp: [vi], 166. Illustrated with sketches by Ribbons, map endpapers. Bibliography, index. An ex-school library copy with all the usual markings. Text is clean and tight. A biography of Nansen directed towards the young adult.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ian Ribbons.. Tall 12mo. Ex-Library ( School). Biography, Travel, Exploration.. ... (more information)

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London: Thames & Hudson., 1966. pp: 160. 175 b&w illustrations taken ( mainly) from contemporary sources. Chronology, notes, index. Several small stains to the top of pp. 14 & 15. Two half-inch closed tears to the top edge of the front panel of the dust jacket; light chipping to head of spine; small chip to top edge of rear panel. . Second Impression.. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Very Good/Very Good. Tall 8vo. History, Biography, Military, Napoleon.. ... (more information)

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London: Andre Deutsch,, 1967. pp: 318. Sixteen pages of b&w illustrations, five maps. Map endpapers. Notes on sources, bibliography, index. Crease to top edge of pages 7-23. Remains of sticker to front pastedown. Quarter-inch tear to top of rear flap-fold, with creasing. Full wrap-around art work taken from The Battle of Borodino by Lejeune. The author takes a different look at Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. . First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Very Good/Very Good, Price Clipp... (more information)

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Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company.. pp: 200.One drawn plan to text. Bound in blue cloth tiled in gilt to the spine and in white to the top board.The top board also contains the legend " Morse's Mottled Series". Advertising to both sets of endpapers for Heliotrope soap from John Taylor & Co. Toronto and for R. & T. Watson Confectioner's 75 Frnt St East, Toronto.The binding lightly worn to the extremities with some toning to the spine and some soiling. No indication of publication or... (more information)

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London: Paddington Press, 1977. pp: 106, [107 - 112], [1, blank], [2]. Illustrated with facsimiles of the Will and with six pages of b&w illustrations. Two double-page illustrations of the endpapers from the hardcover edition. Published simultaneously in hardcover and paperback. Originally published by Club du Livre, Paris, 1969.. ISBN: 0448221861. First English Language Edition.. Illustrated Card Covers.. Fine. 4to. History, Military, Napoleon, France.. ... (more information)

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New York / Tunbridge Wells.: Hippocrene Books / Spellmount Ltd, 1988. pp: 200. Fully illustrated with b&w and colour reproductions of art works, maps. Appendices, chronology, glossary, index, bibliography. The author presents an analysis of the factors that went towards making Napoleon one of the greatest military commanders in history.. ISBN: 0870525492. First U. S. Edition.. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Fine/Fine. 4to. History, Military, Napoleon.. ... (more information)

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New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., 1974. pp: [vi], 228. Eighteen pages of b&w reproductions of portraits, eight maps, one double-page. Bibliography, index. Owner's embossed stamp to first printer's blank. Minor wear to edges of dust jacket with 2mm. nick to top edge of front panel and quarter-inch tear to top of rear panel with very small loss. A reappraisal of the victories and defeats of Napoleon's Marshals in the Iberian campaign. Originally published by Macdonald, UK, in 1973.. ISBN: 08... (more information)

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London: Arms & Armour Press., 1982. pp: 191. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates and over 400 monochrome illustrations, fifteen maps. Colour plates of uniforms are by Baron Louis de Beaufort. Foreword by David G. Chandler. Appendices, chronology, bibliography, list of sources, index. A lavishly illustrated reconstruction of Napoleon's Peninsular campaigns by one of the greatest French Napoleonic historians. Originally published by EditionsCopernic, Paris, 1978.. ISBN: 0853685061. First Engli... (more information)

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London:: John Murray, , 1839. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp; vii, 488, Appendix A (15), Appendix B (38), Adverts (8). Rebound in green cloth covered boards, original title piece glued to spine. There is light soiling and staining on the prelims. Sir Francis Bond Head was appointed lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada in 1835. His term was rife with controversy and, although he resigned in September, 1837 no one was immediately appointed to replace h... (more information)

Subjects: HISTORY / Canada / General;

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London: The Folio Society,, 1977. pp: [1 - 7], 9 - 359, [360]. Twelve pages of colour lithographs by Martens. Map endpapers. Full wrap-around cover illustrtion of HMS Beagle in Murray Narrows, Beagle Channel. The text is an abridgement of FitzRoy's Narrative..... togther with extracts from his logs, reports and letters; additional material from the diary and letters of Charles Darwin, notes from Midshipman Philip King and letters from Second Lieutenant Bartholomew Sullivan. . First Folio Society Editio... (more information)

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Boston, Ma.: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1946. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 47pp. Bulletin No. 67A. The wraps have wear at the edges and some soiling. Owner's name on reverse of front wrap.. RAILWAYS. ... (more information)

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New York: Philatelic Book Publishers, Inc., 1970. pp: x, 305. Index. Half-inch closed tear to top edge of front panel of dust jacket; half-inch square loss of surface to rear panel ( probably from label removal). Having had a quick flip through this book I get the feeling that the reader will have the same " you bought that for that!!!!" feelings that bibliophiles have when they read the biographies of old - time bookdealers and scouts.. Signed and Inscribed By Author.. Fourth Printing.. Cloth, Gi... (more information)

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