Search Results: Books on Books from Black Sheep Books

Chico, California: Scholars Press. Soft cover. Very Good-. Book is No. 6 of The American Philological Association's American Classical Studies, edited by John Herington. This study is the author's attempt to understand the artistic intent of Euripides in his play, the Andromache. Illustrated green soft cover with white titling on spine and front, 117 pages. Minor edge wear, spine and edges sunned, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Calgary, Alberta: Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. Blue hard cover with gilt titling on spine, list of errata taped to end paper, 499 pages, fold-out black and white map at back of book. Upper text block edge has a couple of pale smudges, cover has minor shelfwear, end paper foxed where errata was taped in, otherwise book is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good/-. 'Baroque Horrors' turns the current cultural and political conversation from the familiar narrative patterns and self-justifying allegories of abjection to a dialogue on the history of our modern fears and their monstrous off-spring." Glossy soft cover, black titling to front and white titling to spine, 177 pages. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1988. Hardcover. As New/As New. A concise bibliographical checklist of the Oz books by L. Frank Baum and his successors by Douglas G. Greene and Peter E. Hanff. Founded and Continuing the Baum Bugle Checklist by Dick Martin, James E. Haff and David L. Greene. Red cloth, black titling to front and spine, frontispiece, a cluster of black and white plates with reproductions of covers and dustjackets, 146 pages. The book is still in the publisher's shrink wrap. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Amsterdam, the Netherlands: IOS Press. Soft cover. Very Good. Book is a collection of essays on science publishing by multiple authors. Colourfully illustrated brown soft cover with white titling on spine and front, 312 pages. Cover has minor shelf wear, there is a very pale smudge on leading text block edge, otherwise this handsome book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Volume 93. Book has a new Introduction by Walter Donlan. This volume of reprints of "The Classical World" bibliographical surveys contains articles published from 1953 to 1976 on Homer, the greek lyric poets, and the major Athenian dramatists. Grreen cloth with gilt titling on spine. 339 pages. Light wear to corners and edges, Malaspina College Library stamp on all three text block edges, two small white remnants of sticker to spine end plus the ghost of this previous sticker, Library sticker on front endpaper, no other library markings. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Montreal, QC: Delta Canada, 1966. Card Cover. Very Good/-. Being an Index to the contents of 'Contact' a little magazine edited by Raymond Souster, together with notes on the history and the background of the periodical by Michael Gnarowski plus "Some afterthoughts on 'Contact' Magazine" by Raymond Souster. Light shelf wear and light sunning to front and spine. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfred Laurier University Press. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Book is an original, absorbing, and long-overdue critical examination of the way Canadian female poets have written against the grain of the male elegiac tradition. Colourfully illustrated glossy hard cover with black, white, red, yellow titling on front, black and yellow titling on red spine, 269 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, otherwise this very handsome book is in great condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Toronto, Ontario: Descant Art & Letters Foundation, 2014. Soft cover. Very Good/-. Cartooning Degree Zero: The Graphic Literature Issue. Descant 164, Spring 2014, Volume 45, Number 1. A quarterly publication Glossy white soft cover with line drawing illustration, blue ffep, illustrated throughout, 258 pages plus 14 pages of advertisement. Minor edge wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

San Jose, California: Library Research Associates, 1967. Soft cover. Very Good. Subtitled: An Author-Title index to more than 2,200 stories of ghosts, horrors, and the macabre appearing in 190 books and anthologies. Tan cover with brown titling on front and spine, brown illustration on grey in an oval cut-out, grey end papers, unpaginated. Cover is basically clean with a few small, pale smudges, light shelf wear, small spots of light smudging or discolouration to parts of text block edge, owner's name in ink on grey end paper, light stain near top of second free end paper, otherwise book is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/-. A comprehensive survey of the Huntington Librarys's research collections of British hiistorical manuscripts, which range in date from the eleventh to the twetnieth century. Green cloth with gilt titling to front and spine, 448 pages. Minor shelf wear. On some orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover overweight packages, or international tracking and insurance, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Carlton Press, Inc, 1978. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good. Book is inscribed by the author. Book is a study of the famous British man of letters, an astute observer of human nature, local customs, literature and history, giving the reader a remarkable complete portrait of an enigmatic and intriguing figure. Blue cloth with black titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, 224 pages. Edges and spine ends slightly sunned, book is clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has edge wear and shelf wear with rubbing, chipping, etc., is sunned. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Urbana: Universaity of Illinois Press, 1972. Soft cover. Good to Very Good. Science Fiction Special." Book contains articles on various aspects of culture, popular poetry, and science fiction. Illustrated red soft cover with black titling on spine and front, 241 pages. Cover has light edge wear, light shelf wear, spine lightly sunned, book is clean and bright, binding is tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Cambridge University Press, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good-. Off-white boards with an over-all orange design, green cloth spine with green titling on white spine label, leading and bottom text block edges are untrimmed, many pages uncut, 175 pages. Cover has light edge wear and is lightly sunned around edges, text block edges darkened, spine, including label, are sunned, lower spine end has more significant wear, end papers foxed, owner's name in ink on end paper. This is a very handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Hungry Tiger Press, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good/-. Signed by Editor David Maxine & Assistant Eric Shanower. Some of the stories in this volume: 'Ozma sees herself' by Edward Einhorn, 'Buffalo Dreams' by Jane Mailander, 'King, King! Double King!' by Ruth Plumly Thompson, 'The Glass Dog' by Frank L. Baum and many more. Glossy illustrated soft cover, illustrated with drawings by Eric Shanower and others, 127 pages. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

1992. Card Cover. Good+ to Very Good-. A personally chosen anthology of poetry and prose, printed for private circulation, limitation unstated, by Ralph Maud, Department of English, Simon Fraser University, on the occasion of his mother's 91st birthday. Brown card cover with black titling and illustration within a simple border on front, 137 pages. Spine lightly sunned, stained spot on front, two on back, some small sections of border on front haves lost their colour, tiny speck of colour to upper text block edge, interior of book is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Provincial Paper, Limited,. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This short book does not pretend to be an exhaustive guide to the history and techniques of book design and production.The publisher felt that there was a need for a handy reference work to which neophyte editors, designers and production personnel could refer." Red cloth with white titling on front, decorated red and white end papers, black & white and colour illustrations, 88 pages. Minor wear to spine ends and corners, page edges slightly darkened, otherwise this handsome book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. This book is "to be used with the 11th edition of Sears list of subject headings, published in 1977." Brown cloth with green titling on spine and front, 50 pages. This is an ex-library book with the usual library markings, very minor wear to spine ends and corners. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1976. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+ to Very Good-. Hunter maintains that the impact of the Protestant Reformation on the Elizabethan mind was in great part resonsible for the emergence of the outstanding tragedies of the age. Brown cloth, gilt titling to spine, 208 pages. Minor shelf wear with a minor bump to bottom free corner. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine, some chipping to edges and corners, and it is price-clipped. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Dallas, Texas: The Bridwell Library, 1991. Card Cover. Very Good/-. The Birdwell Fine Bindings Series. Sobota: Design Binder, 21 June - 7 September. A Catalogue of an exhibition in the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries. Introduction by Jarmila Sobota. Marbled card cover, staple binding, black and white as well as full colour photographs, altogether 35 examples of Jan Sobota's body of work, unpaginated. In very good condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" Tall - Oblong