Search Results: Authors starting with A from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection - Coles Publishing, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 280 pp. Trade paperback format. Originally published by William Briggs in 1905. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white line drawings and photographs. The Contents are: The First Settlements; Early Experiences of the Settlers; Preparatory Work of the Settlers; Travelling Conveniences; Ways and Means of Communication; Social and Industrial Conditions; Some Phases of Early Country Life; Some Phases of Early Social Life; Home Surroundings; Household Appurtenancews; Clothing and Dress; Domestic Industries; Domestic and Farm Work; Farm Work; Co-Operative Gatherings; Early Pastimes; Country Amusements; Courtship and Marriage; Farm Scenes; Country Scenes; and Forest Life..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Gold Medal - Fawcett Books, 1961. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 160 pp. Gold Medal S1164. Light edgewear with a crease at the lower left corner on the back cover; a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This was a TV series that ran from 1961 to 1965, starring E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as a father and son team of lawyers. Some of the guest stars in the series were: Ossie Davis; J. D. Cannon; William Shatner; Joan Hackett; Martin Sheen; Jack Klugman; Robert Duvall; Arthur Hill; Brenda Vaccaro; Fritz Weaver; Dennis Hopper; Carroll O'Connor; Leslie Nielsen; Dustin Hoffman; Larry Hagman; Darren McGavin; James Earl Jones; Gene Hackman; Lillian Gish; Peter Fonda; Milton Berle; James Coburn; Robert Redford... The list goes on and on..

Boston: Little Brown Canada, 1990. Book. Illus. by Alan Witschonke;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 308 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with some faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Alan Witschonke..

New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. (x) 194 pp. Ballantine Book 75. Light edgewear with some creasing on the corners of the front cover and a crease on the spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Introduction by Theodore Morrison; The Blue Winged Teal by Wallace Stegner; Breach of Promise by Jessamyn West; The Return of Corporal Greene by May Sarton; Shadow of Turning by Warren Beck; A Game of Catch by Richard Wilbur; Ebbie by A. B. Guthrie Jr; A Domestic Dilemma by Carson McCullers; The Sorceror's Son by Josephine Johnson; A Ride on the Short Dog by James Still; Bontemps by Stanford Whitmore; Sally by Isaac Asimov; The Flower by Miriam Rugel; The Hungry Sister by Josephine Winn; and Going Home by ruth V. Goodwin..

Toronto: AMA Graphics Incorporated, 2003. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (xii) 274 pp. Signed on the title page by Alvin Abram. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing at the corners with a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. This story collection contains: A Stitch in Time; Midnight Madness; Touched by Love; It's Never Too Late to Dream; Road Rage; The CC Caper; A Story in Two Words; Flight; Under Suspicion; A Dog Gone Crime; Memories; The Coat That Wouldn't Die; Forbidden; Jonas: The Baker; Promise: Come Home; Kugler; Forgive Me; and The Eugene Joseph Story..

New York: Anchor Books, 2011. Book. Illus. by Edel Rodriguez;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 88 pp. Trade paperback with French flaps. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by Edel Rodriguez. He wanted to cross the Niger River to the city of Asaba, but he did not have the money to pay for the ferry ride. With the help of a friend, he embarked on a series of adventures to help him get there. Along the way, he was exposed to a range of new experiences that were both thrilling and terrifying..

New York: Anchor Books, 1994. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 214 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The simple story of a strong man whose life is dominated by fear and anger... Uniquely African and, at the same time, simply human....

Toronto: NC Press Limited, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo. 112 pp. Trade paperback format. Signed by Milton Acorn on the front endpaper. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a slightly faded but uncreased spine; minor rubbing on the front cover; aside from the poet's signature, no interior markings. There are too many poems here to list them all, but some of the highlights are: Bethuniverse; Poem on Life Insurance and Combat; I'll be a Statue to Myself; At Dawson Creek Hotel; It's the Last Stormtime; The Dolphin Knight; In Ottawa Streets; When the Ship of Villainy Went Down; To the Canadian Ruling Class; Ode to the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church; The Sleeping Giant; My Love's Been Bitten; The Schooner Blue Goose; The Man All Sprocketed with Shadows; War Bonnet; Gentle Goddess; and many more..

New York: Zebra Books - Kensington Publishing, 1993. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (x) 214 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on teal boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Preface; Sports As Business The Real World of Minor League Baseball; The Art of Investing in Minor League Baseball; Life on the Farm; and Baseball Owners and Operators: Business Men and Others; followed by appendices and a index..

New York: Perennial Library - Harper and Row, 1990. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xiv) 110 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with diagrams. The Contents are: Preface; Models and Their Limitations; The Flight of the Baseball; Pitching; Batting the Ball; and Properties of Bats; followed by an index..

London: Tandem Books, 1976. Book. Very Good+. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 189 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Originally written during World War II, this a fictionalized version of the author's experiences in the RAF....

New York: Washington Square Press, 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 622 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; store stamped; small ink mark on the lower edge of the text block. This story collection contains: Verlie I Say Unto You; Winter Rain; Ripped Off; The Swastika on Our Door; Flights; Beautiful Girl; Home Is Where; A Pale and Perfectly Oval Moon; Roses Rhodendendron; For Good; Snow; Greyhound People; By the Sea; An Unscheduled Stop; The Girl Across the Room; Lost Luggage; Berkeley House; Legends; At the Beach; Truth or Consequences; To See You Again; Alaska; Return Trips; La Senora; New Best Friends; A Public Pool; Waiting for Stella; Barcelona; Separate Planes; Molly's Dog; Mexican Dust; Elizabeth; Sintra; My First and Only House; 1940: Fall; The End of the World; Fog; Tide… Read More

Secaucus, New Jersey: Warner Bros. Publications, 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. Folio. 7 pp. Light edgewear. Sheet for piano and guitar, along with the lyrics for (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, from the movie Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. The front cover features Kevin Costner and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in a scene from the movie, which was filmed in 1991, directed by Doug Milsome and starring, along with Costner and Mastrantonio, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman and others..

Ottawa, Ontario: Canada Post, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. A booklet of eight self-adhesive stamps featuring four different Canadian recording artists: Bryan Adams, featured on the cover; along with Edith Butler, Robert Charlebois and Stompin' Tom Connors. Unused and new..

London: Henry Frowde - Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Book. Illus. by Leonard Skeats;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 408 pp. followed by a 16-page catalogue of titles from the publisher. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Light blue cloth with a dark blue, white and pale yellow pictorial on the front panel and spine; lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine; blue edged all round. Light edge and corner wear with some rubbing on the covers; previous owner's name and a book plate on the front free endpaper; the front hinge is slightly loose; the rear hinge is only partly loose near the lower corner; both gutters are intact. Illustrated with colour plates (all present) by Leonard Skeats..

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 12mo. (viii) 309 pp. Blue cloth decorated in black and gilt on the front panel and spine; decorated endpapers; black and white frontis. Light wear on the corners; some darkening on the endpapers; no interior writing; the front hinge is slightly loose, the rear hinge is tight; both gutters are intact; as issued, no dustjacket. The Chapters are: Sir Philip Sidney: The Elizabethan Gentleman; Francis Bacon - Lord Verulam: Philosopher and Statesman; Robert Blake: Puritan Soldier Seaman; George Monk - Duke of Albemarle: General and Admiral; and William Penn: The Founder of Pennsylvania..

United States: Night Shade Books, 2012. Book. Illus. by Cody Tilson;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (iv) 557 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Cody Tilson. This anthology contains: Foreword by Lev Grossman; Introduction by John Joseph Adams; Porridge on Islac by Ursula K. Le Guin; Nothing Personal by Pat Cadigan; The Rose Wall by Joyce Carol Oates; Mrs Todd's Shortcut by Stephen King; The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr by George R. R. Martin; Moon Six by Stephen Baxter; A Brief Guide to Other Histories by Paul McAuley; Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage by Seanan McGuire; An Empty House with Many Doors by Michael Swanwick; Twenty-Two Centimeters by Gregory Benford; Ana's Tag by William Alexander; The Thirteen Texts of Arthyria by John R. Gultz; Ruminations in an Alien Tongue by Vandana Singh; Ten Sigmas by Paul Melko; Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link; A Ghost Samba by Ian McDonald;… Read More

San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2010. Book. Illus. by David Palumbo;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 496 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by David Palumbo. This anthology contains: Introduction by John Joseph Adams; Alone Together - a novelette by Robert Kirkman; Danger Word - a novelette by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due; Zombieville by Paula R. Stiles; The Anteroom by Adam Troy Castro; When the Zombies Win by Karina Sumner-Smith; Mouja by Matt London; Category Five by Marc Paoletti; Living with the Dead by Molly Brown; Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco by Seth Lindberg; The Mexican Bus by Walter Greatshell; The Other Side by Jamie Lackey; Where the Heart Was by David J. Schow; Good People by David Wellington; Lost Canyon of the Dead by Brian Keene; Pirates vs Zombies by Amelia Beamer; The Crocodiles - a novelette by Steven Popkes; The Skull Faced City by David Barr Kirtley; Obedience by Brenna… Read More

New York: Harper Perennial, 1998. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 166 pp. (vii) Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings. The Chapters are: Here's the Plan; It's in the Bag - or Sometimes It's the Arrow not the Archer; The Short Road to Success; Course Management for Dummies - and a Few Tips on the Subject for Smart People Like You; The Full Shots - Getting Ready is the Most Important Part; Swinging for Power - You Swing the Club and the Club not You Hits the Ball; Practice - Forget the Excues We've Heard 'em All - If You Don't Practice You Won't Improve - Here's How to Do It Without Wasting Your Time; and It's Time to Stop Reading and Start Doing..

New York: Signet Books, 1986. Book. Illus. by Ken Kelly;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 368 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Beyond the Black River - a novella by Robert E. Howard; Sand Sister - a novella by Andre Norton; Swords Against the Marluk - a novelette by Katherine Kurtz; The Other One by Karl Edward Wagner; Scylla's Daughter - a novella by Fritz Leiber; Stone Man - a novelette by Fred Saberhagen; Swordsman of Lost Terra - a novelette by Poul Anderson; The Were-Wolf - a novelette by Clemence Houseman; Not Long Before the End by Larry Niven; Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson by George Alec Effinger; Thurigon Agonistes by Ardath Mayhar; Vault of Silence - a novelette by Lin Carter; and The Age of the Warrior by Hank Reinhardt..