Titles starting with Z from Ghost River Books

Praha: Mlada Fronta, 1963 170 pp. Dust jacket has some edge wear, short tears. Looks good in new plastic cover. No former owner's name. Cream coloured cloth on boards binding has black illustration. Text is clean and unmarked.. HC and DJ. Good/Fair-good. 8 1/4 x 6. ... more information

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Praha: Orbis, 1975 190 pp. B/W photos. Dust jacket has some edge rubbing, a couple of wee tears. Pale blue cloth on boards binding with blue and brown illustrations (masks) is lovely and clean, wee bump to bottom corners. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. HC and DJ. Good/Good. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4. ... more information

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Pluto Press, 1985. 272 pp. "Aid has become our new imperialism" An interesting concept for retrospective analysis. "This book ...gives concrete examples of our aid schemes and is bitter in its criticism. However, it also describes ways in which the Third World can fight back. Soft cover has some edge rubbing, a small crease to front top corner, some faint creasing to back top corner. No former owner's name. Text is unmarked. . Trade Paperback. Good. ... more information

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Jordan Station, Ontario: Jordan Station, Ontario: Paideia Press, 1982, 1982 Trade Paperback. 190 pp. Zarco signs on as mate apprentice aboard the fleet of Bartholomew Diaz who discovers the Cape of Good Hope. Zarco experiences the problems of colonial empires, problems that will change and shape history for centuries. Soft cover has a verrtical crease along front edge and some creasings to the back corners. Gift inscription to former owner on first page. Text is clean and unmarked. No noticed corner folds o... more information

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Jordan Station, Ontario: Paideia Press, 1982 190 pp. Zarco signs on as mate apprentice aboard the fleet of Bartholomew Diaz who discovers the Cape of Good Hope. Zarco experiences the problems of colonial empires, problems that will change and shape history for centuries. Soft cover has a verrtical crease along front edge and some creasings to the back corners. Gift inscription to former owner on first page. Text is clean and unmarked. No noticed corner folds or tears.. Trade Paperback. Good. ... more information

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Auburn, Maine, U.S.A.: Childs Play Intl Ltd, 1990 Can the Zebra survive? Vanessa Vargo poses the question in inescapable graphic form. Soft cover has small corner rubs, no creases. Bright and clean. No former owner's name. Text is clean, unmarked. A nice copy.. Stapled Softcover. V. Good. 7 1/2 x 9. ... more information

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Montreal, PQ, Canada: Vehicule Press, 1996 141 pp. Louis Dudek's first major collecion of Lyric poems since The Transparent Sea (1956). ".the lyrical observer of everyday events, the satirizer of culture and socity, the meditative poet." Softcover has a crease vertically down side of front, spine label and crease to back bottom corner. School stamp on front free endpaper and date due paper on back inside cover. Text pages are clean but 2 noticed corner folds. Copy is very readable and secure t... more information

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Markham, Ontario: Paperjacks, 1980 240 pp. Fiction. Described by Barbara Amiel as "..letters of a sex-crazed journalist." Soft cover has some edge rubbing, wee bumps to corners, a couple of creases to spine. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. No noticed corner folds or tears.. Mass Market Paperback. Good-. ... more information

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Obzor, 1971 222 pp. Cover of book has a crease to bottom front corner that extends to first two pages of text. Small crease to top front corner. Spine tilt. Creasing to spine. Former owner's name has been torn from top of title page. Text is unmarked. Mass Market Paperback. Poor. ... more information

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Wydawnictwo Slask, 1977 222 pp includes bibliography. Trylogia indianska Tom II. Illustrated paper on boards has a bit of rubbing to edges, bright. No former owner's name. Text has browned but is clean and unmarked. Brown and white photos.. Hard Cover. Good. 8 x 6. ... more information

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Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1971 220 pp. Zoe won her very first contest and receives a pet a month for a whole year as the prize. Dust jacket is laminated, spine label. Pocket and date due paper at back. Text is quite nice, clean, no noticed folds or tears.. Second Printing. HC and DJ. Fair-good/Fair. Illus. by Leonard Shortall. 8 3/4 x 6. ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1986 335 pp. Two men find themselves in the Vietnam War. A story of how they coped and the antics that helped them through. ".told with sardonic humor". Dj has little wear, a few faint dots of stain to back cover. Not price clipped. Ecru paper on boards binding with fushia cloth spine in v. good condition. No former owner's name. Text is clean, tight, unmarked. Perhaps unread.. First Edition. HC and DJ. Near Fine/Very Good. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2. ... more information

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London: Fontana Paperbacks, 1973, 1973 Mass Market Paperback. 7 x 4 1/4. ISBN:0-00-612979-X. 160 pp. First published by Wm. Collins in 1970 as First Catch Your Tiger. An account of a vet appointed to the London Zoo in 1951, of his often un ruly and unusual patients and their unpredictable and often hilarious antics. Softcover has a small crease to bottom corners and a crinkle from reading- a wee bit of sticker pull to upper front corner - a small tear to bottom spine front. Cover is generally quite nice tho... more information

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Harper & Row, 1974 240 pp includes index and annotated bibliography. Over 100 animals of every culture, era and corner of the earth fill the myths, legends, fables, and tales of the book. Encyclopedic in scope, it show how animal mythology, folklore and symbolism has left an impact on the various arts..Dust jacket has been laminated, bright and clean, spine label, jacket taped to inside of covers, Not price clipped. Back flap has been removed to accommodate the pocket and has been taped to the front fre... more information

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Scholastic, 1983 Great b/w pencil illustrations. Soft cover has a bit of rubbing to edges, bright and clean, wee bumps to corners. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Ken Nutt. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4. ... more information

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N.Y., Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Inc, 1947, 1947 HC and DJ. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2. 268 pp. New mylar cover. Walter Karig is Captain Karig, the editor and co-author of the Battle Report series, the authorized narrative of the U.S. Navy in Worl d War II. His first novel Lower Than Angels, pub in 1945 was well received. Zotz is a witty satire about a shy professor in a southern theological seminary who accidently acquires the power of taking life by a modest finger gesture. He is confronted also by ... more information

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