Titles starting with N from Ghost River Books

Praha: Orbis, 1970 254 pp. Dust jacket has a bit of edge rubbing, a couple of wee tears. Orange cloth on boards binding has a bump to bottom front corner and back bottom corner. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. B/W photos.. HC and DJ. Good/Good. 8 x 5 1/2. ... more information

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Praha: Orbis, 1975 143 pp. Dust jacket has some edge wear, a few short tears. Blue cloth on boards binding has white illustration of water shining on ocean. Clean, one dent to bottom edge, bends to corners. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. Blue endpapers with maps in white.. HC and DJ. Good/Good. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4. ... more information

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Luchterhand, 1988 183 pp. No creases to corners or spine. No former owner's name. Text is very clean, tight and unmarked. A very nice copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. ... more information

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Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999 332 pp includes bibliography and index. A personal perspective on Humanity and the global Ecocrisis. Authors believe that a clear and present environmental danger is staring us in the face, a danger which is all the greater in view of our confidence in the strength and the speed of our technological advances. Softcover has no creases or tears and minimal edgewear. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. First Impression. Soft Cover. Very Good. 9 x 6. ... more information

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N. Y.: Viking, 1992, 1992 HC and DJ. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4. ISBN:0-670-84462-4. 162 pp. Subtitled: Tales of a Revealing Nature. Rita Rudner is an ex-dancer turned stand-up comedian. She has had her own comedy specials o n HBO and A & E. Winner of the 1990 American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Stand-up. She writes about love, parents, old boyfriends, marriage, men and their cars and having children. A very funny b ook by a very funny woman. DJ is purple with colour photos of Rita Rudner on Fro... more information

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N. Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959 HC and DJ. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4. 248 pp. Jacket design by Vincent Pepi. A romantic novel of the great Spanish painter, Francisco Jose de Goya and his tempestuous liason with his favouite model and mistress, the beautiful Duchess of Alba. The Naked Maja is a blend of art and romance, politics and adventure. At the centre of it all is Goya - bullfighter, duelist, drinker, and romantic advent urer - from an obscure, ambitious and talented boy in Saragossa to a worl... more information

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Toronto: Greywood Publishing, 1969 Or how Pierre Elliot Trudeau gave his all to the Canadian Public. Photos of Trudeau with captions added. Soft cover has some scuffing but no creases. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. Greywood Publication #123.. Stapled Softcover. Good. 6 x 8. ... more information

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Montreal, PQ, Canada: Nostrand House, 1999 288 pp. "Stephen King meets Danielle Stell meets Carl Jung and it works!" "It's a little like reading the darkside of the 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' series. Bewitching brew is nourishing food as well." Softcover has very minimal wear, bright clean , however has a crease to bottom front corner. No former owner's name. Text is exceptionally clean and tight. Gently read if at all. A nice copy.. Soft Cover. Good. 8 x 5 1/2. ... more information

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N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 1948 Hard Cover. Presumed First. 7 7/8 x 6 5/8. 26 pp. A Little Golden Book, presumedly a first edition - has letter A near spine, inside rear cover. Brown and yellow stylized vining leaf and flower motif on spine, and rear cover border. Inside the border are the lists of other Little goldens, beginning with 1 through to 59, plus 10 others, out of the sequential order. Front cover is pale yellow with d elightful illust of calico cat tangled in blue yarn, by Rojankovsky. Wear to cev... more information

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London: Faber and Faber, 1980, 1980 HC and DJ. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2. ISBN:0-571-11442-3. 190 pp. "What future is there for a man who begins to question the validity of the world he inhabits and doubts its most fundamental values? No future, pr obably, but that of outcast or madman." This is the dilemma for Thomas Bolt in this first novel by Ned Crawford. A brown and orange illustrated DJ has creases to bottom front corner and slight bumps t o top corners. DJ looks bright and fresh in its new mylar cover.... more information

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Cleveland and N.Y.: The World Syndicate, 1921, 1921 Hard Cover. 7 1/2 x 5. 242 pp. Subtitled: or Strange Adventures Among the Orange Groves. The Nan Sherwood Series features a group of girls who are presemably in their mid to late teens who have great adventures, solve mysteries and generally have a splendid time. "At Palm Beach" begins at a boarding school - Lakeview Hall, not far from Lake Huron, where the girls engage in various sports- bobsledd ing and skating, albeit in long skirts and pursue... more information

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N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1985 216 pp. The food-loving, crime-solving Mrs. Potter is back. Dustjacket has minimal edge rubbing, crease to back flap, bright and clean. A bit of scuffing on author's photo on back of dj. Tan paper on boards binding is in lovely condition. Recipes on endpapers. No former owner's name. TExt is clean and unmarked.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). HC and DJ. V. Good/Good. 8 1/2 x 6. ... more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1896 320 p. Glassine covered frontispiece. Maroon coated cloth on boards has rubs to corners. Dust soiling and a few spots of stain to pages' edges. No former owner's name. Text is unmarked. Evidence of hinging at page 225. Text is secure.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8 1/47 x 6. ... more information

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London: Columbus Books, 1984 240 pp. B/w photos. Subtitled: A Memoir by Her Sister. Dj has front colour photo of actress. Author photo in b/w on rear. The frank biography of the Hollywood star who started her acting career at the age of 5. Tells of love affairs, family fights, stormy marriages, bitter divorces and her drowning at the age of 43. Dj has very little wear. Not price clipped. New mylar cover. Burgandy paper on boards binding in lovely condition. No former owner's name. Text is clean, secure ... more information

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N. Y.: Harper & Row, 1964 107 pp. Introduction by Robert Kennedy. Light blue paper on boards binding is in nice clean condition, no jacket. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8 x 5 1/2. ... more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: House of Anansi Pr, 1998 256 pp. includes notes on contributors and notes. Thirty essays on aboriginal self government, sovereignty or assimilations, specific claims policy, land stewardship, justice for First Nations, etc. Cover is in wonderful condition, no creases, bright, clean. Former owner's name on first page, a few notations in pen in text and table of contents.. Trade Paperback. Good. ... more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1973 256 pp includes index, references and bibliography. The CIO, the Communist Party, and the Canadian Congress of Labour, 1935-56. Traces the evolution of industrial unionism in Canada from the depression years of the 1930s to the 1950s. Soft cover has wee bumps to corners, bright, clean, no creases. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. V. Good. 9 1/4 x 6. ... more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974 211 pp. includes list of further readings. A reader in regional ethnic relations. Documents and original essays from Atlantic native peoples earliest contact with the Vikings to their present(1974) difficulties adapting to modern Canadian societies. Soft cover has minimal wear, no creases, no tears. Former owner's name neatly on first page. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. A nice copy.. Mass Market Paperback. V. Good. ... more information

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Canada: Dominion Forest Service, 1949 292 pages includes index. This wonderful vintage book illustrates through b/w photos and accompanying text the many native trees of Canada. Includes a checklist which includes botanical name, English name and French name. Has a note on Nomenclature and changes in Nomenclature and a listing of Botanical Authorities that are used throughout in abbreviated form. This is a very useable book with clear, concise photos, measurements included. Softcover has some edgewear, a cr... more information

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N.Y.: Golden, 1982, 1982 Hard Cover. 9 1/4 x 8 1/4. ISBN:0-307-11960-2. The story of the nativity beautifully retold by Juliana Bragg. A Golden Storytime Book. Wonderful coloured pencil (I believe) illustrations. A wee bit of wear to corners and to top and bottom of spine but the book is in very good condition. Former owner's name (inscription) on title page.Text is very clean and secure. A lovely copy. Overall cond: v. g ood+++. ... more information

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