Search Results: Authors starting with A from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Montréal, Quebec: Printed for the Compiler by John Lovell, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. ix, [12-71]. 8vo., measuring 6" x 8.5". Bound in original pebbled, stamped cloth with gilt rules, lettering, and ornamentation to the spine, and front board. Engraved frontispiece of the young prince accompanied with its original tissue-guard. Light edgewear, some fraying to the head and tail of spine, period ink inscription to the ffep, text-block remarkably well-preserved with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; very good. See OCLC #301338752.

Guildford, Connecticut: Opus Publications Inc., 1986. Spiral Bound. pp. viii, 303.; p. 24. 4to., measuring 8.5" x 11". Illustrated, stiff, card covers held with black spiral binding. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white drawings, illustrations, diagrams, charts, tables, etc. Lightest rubbing to the covers, else, fine. Contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. Scarce in commerce. A Facsimile Reproduction of the Original 1838 Edition.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: [Conference Co-ordinators], 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. v, 42. 12mo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Two pages bear some marginal ink notes (unaffecting text), else, bright, clean, and unmarked. Overall, very good+.

Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 4to. Neat ink name to the ffep else, near fine in fine dustjacket. Appears unread; as new.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 248. Square 4to. Publisher's black boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked and housed in fine, unclipped, dustjacket; as new. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Association copy beloning to Harold Buchwald, prominent Jewish-Canadian lawyer, and member of the Order of Canada.

Calcutta, India: Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. Irregularly paginated [pp. 97]. 12mo. Tan cloth over boards. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the author. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good+ dustjacket showing some edgewear. Overall, very good+. Scarce in commerce.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Aboriginal Education Directorate & Aboriginal Friendship Committee (Fort Garry United Church) | Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat, Manitoba Aboriginal and Northern Affairs, 2013. Eighteenth Edition. Spiral Bound. pp. 104. 4to., measuring 85" x 11". Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Contents include sections on: Aboriginal Rights, Treaty Status, Local Governments; Departments of the Federal and Provincial Government; Friendship Centres; Children and Youth; Child and Family Services; Support Services; Alcoholism and Related Services; Medical Services; Education; Vocational Training and Employment; Housing; Communications; Church Sponsored Groups; Arts and Crafts; Professional Services; Justice System, et a. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Urban Shaman Gallery, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 3. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated card covers measuring 8.5" x 5.5", when folded, and 5.5" x 25" when unfolded. Thrice-folded exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibiton held at the Urban Shaman Gallery on October 27 - Decemebr 1, 2006 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rare in commerce, and unrecorded in OCLC. Not in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Manitoba Legislative Library, et al.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Urban Shaman Gallery, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 3. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated card covers measuring 8.5" x 5.5", when folded, and 5.5" x 25" when unfolded. Thrice-folded exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Urban Shaman Gallery on October 27 - December 1, 2006 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rare in commerce, and unrecorded in OCLC. Not in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Manitoba Legislative Library, et al.

Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd., 2012. First Edition. Softcover. pp. 175. Slim 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. "Indigenous methodologies have been silenced and obscured by the Western scientific means of knowledge production. In a challenge to this colonialist rejection of Indigenous knowledge, Anishinaabe researcher Kathleen Absolon examines the academic work of fourteen Indigenous scholars who utilize Indigenous worldviews in their search for knowing. Through an examination not only of their work but also of their experience in producing that work, Kaandossiwin describes how Indigenous researchers re-theorize and re-create methodologies. Understanding Indigenous methodologies as guided by Indigenous paradigms, worldviews, principles, processes and contexts, Absolon argues that they are wholistic, relational, inter-relational and interdependent with Indigenous philosophies, beliefs and ways of life. In… Read More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart | Multiculturalism Directorate, Department of the Secretary of State, Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. viii, 259. 8vo. Publisher's navy-blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece accompanied with additional black-and-white photographic plates, portraits, illustrations, etc. Light bumping to tail of spine, else, near fine. Contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in original, unclipped, dustjacket showing some light wear along the edges of the panels. Overall, very good+.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: [Mother's Guild of St. Mary's Academy], April, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 114. 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Rich collection of recipes as contributed by members of the Mother's Guild of St. Mary's Academy (an all girls school in Winnipeg, Manitoba). All recipes accompanied with the names of their respective contributors. Sections include: Appetizers and Soups, Breads and Grains, Main Courses, Vegetables and Salads, Potpourri, Desserts and Sweets. A few faint spots to the front cover, contents clean, and unmarked; near fine. Corresponds to OCLC #873596977. Not in BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Guelph, McGill at time of cataloguing.

Montréal, Quebec: Libraire Gégérale Canadienne, 1954. Softcover. pp. 96. Slim 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white in-text line-drawings, photographs, illustrations throuhgout. Light foxing to the covers, neat ink name to the corner of the title page, otherwise, the contents remain without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+.

New York: Nan A. Talese, 2006. First American Edition. Hardcover. pp. 213. Small 8vo. Black hardcovers, gilt lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws, contents clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket.

New York: Schocken Books, 1974. Second Printing. Softcover. pp. 148. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. Softcover. pp. xlix, 281. Small 8vo. Appears unread; as new. "The Sexual Politics of Meat is Carol Adams' inspiring and controversial exploration of the interplay between contemporary society's ingrained cultural misogyny and its obsession with meat and masculinity. First published in 1990, the book has continued to change the lives of tens of thousands of readers into the second decade of the 21st century. Published in the year of the book's 25th anniversary, the Bloomsbury Revelations edition includes a substantial new afterword, including more than 20 new images and discussions of recent events that prove beyond doubt the continuing relevance of Adams' revolutionary book."

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: National Museum of Man, Mercury Series, 1977. A Diamond Jenness Memorial Volume. Softcover. Near Fine. pp. xii, 211. 4to. Terracotta card covers. Rich with many black and white maps, photographs, photographic reproductions, illustrations et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean and unmarked. Appears unread; near fine.

New York: Boni and Liverigh Publishers, 1927. First Thus. Hardcover. pp. ix, 334. Royal 8vo. Illustrated tan cloth over boards, blue and green lettering and decoration to the spine, and front board; illustrated endpapers, unrimmed page edges. Lovely wood-cut frontispiece. Replete with gorgeous wood-cuts throughout by William Siegel. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. A lovely, and handsome copy. Very good+ to near fine.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Roswell & Hutchinson, Printers, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 81. 12mo., measuring 4.6" x 7". Stiff, pebelled, lilac cloth covers with blint-stamped title and ornamentation to the front. Medical treatise on a variety of conditions particular to the female sex, including Dysmenorrhoea (Painful Menstruation), Displacements, Leucorrhoea ("The Whites"), Ulceration, Laceration, and Cancer. Light edgewear, some sunning to the spine and front cover, contents without blemish with firm, sound binding. Scarce in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #61532564.

Columbus, Ohio: A.R. Harding Publishing Co., 1935. Second Edition. Hardcover. pp. 222 + [3] pages of publisher's advertisements. 12mo., measuring 5" x 7". Charming, illustrated tan cloth over boards. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, et el., all demonstrative of the practise of raising mink, marten and fisher. Sections include: Raising Wild Mink, Selecting Mink Stock, Supply and Demand, Mink Pens and Nest Boxes, Sanitation, Breeding and Handling of Mink, Care of Mother Mink and Young, Q. and A. About Mink Diseases, Marten Raising, Fisher Raising, etc. Extremities show light rubbing, and some spotting to the boards, one small spot of foxing to the centre of the title page, else, text-block remains overhwlemingly bright, clean, and unmared with firm, sound binding; very good. Scarce in commerce in this edition, and state.