Search Results: Authors starting with A from Ghost River Books

Harmondsworth, England: Pelican, 1965. 189 pages. Cover has a bump to the bottom of front spine. A crease to back bottom corner. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Mass Market Paperback. Good-.

Baarn: Fontein, 2000. 137 pages. Een jonge vrouw komt de vermissing van haar vriend melden aan het aloude politiebureau aan de Warmoesstraat. Soft cover is bright and clean, no creases, very minimal wear. No former owner's name. Slight spine tilt. . Soft Cover. V. Good.

Mumbai: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 2002. 142 pp. b/w illustrations. Ephemera is a commercial photo. (unknown) Soft cover has very minimal edgerubbing, no creases, bright and clean. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Ninth Printing. Trade Paperback. V. Good.

Chicago: Moody Press, 1957. 127 pp. Soft cover has some edge rubbing, faint crease to bottom front corner, a pen mark on front near top of spine. Gift inscription to forme owner on first page. Text is unmarked.. Soft Cover. Fair. 6 3/4 x 4 3/4.

Ottawa: Department of The Interior Dominion Parks Branch, 1921. Ocavo in original pictorial wrappers with frontispiece and illustrations in text from photos. Scarce. 36 pages. Wee hole in back of cover.. Second Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good.

Toronto: Henry Frowde, 1912. Blue cloth on boards binding with bright gold gilt lettering. Paste down on front cover in lovely condition. A bit of shelf rubbing and rubs to corners. Small bumps to top corners. No former owner's name. Text is clean but has foxing throughout, a common flaw seen in this edition. a bit of soiling to bottom edge of pages'. Gold gilt to top of pages' edge.. Hardcover. Good-.

Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, 1988. Soft cover has wee rubs to corners. Text is clean and unmarked.. Paperback. Good.

N.Y.: Ballantine Books, 1975. 130 pp. A Ballantine Mystery Classic. With an introduction by P. G. Wodehouse. Also titled: The Problem of the Sholtos. Softcover has a wee bit of edgerubbing, wee bumps to corners, a small mark to bottom front cover, a bump to spine. No former owner's name. Text is clean.. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. 245 pp. A continuation of the life of physician, Dr. Laurence Carroll first introduced in A. J. Cronin's, A Song of Sixpence. ".the events which occur and the people that Dr. Carroll meets along the way serve to lead him back to himself, to the revelation of a truth, and to a surprising resolution - through roads never before imagined." DJ has a tear to top front at spine and a bit of edgewear and min. scuffing. Looks good in new mylar cover. Not price clipped. Gold tan on boards cover has very little wear. No former owner's name on endpapers - clean. Text is clean, secure, no corner folds. DJ cond: fair-good. Book cond: v. good.. First Edition. HC and DJ. 8 3/4 x 5 7/8.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1949 Hard Cover. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4. 294 pp. The author states in the preface that this book "is intended for all who want to know more about our native vegetation, what it consists of and how it came to be wha t it is,.we have to recognise that the whole of our natural and semi-natural vetetation is based on a number o f'plant communities' each determined by the particular conditions of the places in which it lives - heath, moor, fen, bog, salt marsh, hill grassland as well as the different kind of woodland." All the plants mentioned are referred to by their English names, scientific names usually add ed in brackets. Twenty-eight chapters and a very good indes. 142 photos (b/w) and eight drawn digures. This is a classic, authoritative text on Britain's flora. Binding is green cloth on boards. Excep tionally clean and tight. Some fading, but not to spine. Gilt lettering. Neat inscription and date on endpapers. Text is in superb cond. An… Read More

London: Mills & Boon, Limited, 1928 Hard Cover. Third. 7 5/8 x 5 1/8. 317 pp. Tan textured paper on boards cover has green lettering. Cover in nice condition. Slight bumps to corners but very little edge wear. A few tiny dots on cover. Former owner's name has been erased from endpaper. Dust soiling to top of paper edges. 2 small dot stains to side paper edges. Evidence of hinging where each section has been sewn in but the book is s till tight and intact. A good copy of this vintage book. Overall condition: good +..

Columbus, OH, U.S.A.: A. R. Harding, 1908. 367 pages. A book of valuable information for growers as well as collectors of medicinal roots, barks, leaves, etc. Hard cover has soiling, rubs to corners Front free endpaper has been removed, hinging inside front cover. Text is cleanl.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Poor-Fair.

N. Y.: Fawcett Publishers, 1956, 1956. Paperback. First Premier Printing. 4 1/4 x 7 1/8. 157 pp. A Premier Book from the Fawcett World Library. Author describes how the seas were formed, how land came into being and how the first life appe ared - a dramatic record of evolution and adaptation. Cover has interesting wrap-around illust of dinosaur, volcano and lush landscape. Line drawings throughout. Pages have yellowed slightly. A nice c lean edition. One small tear front bottom left, otherwise, excellent. Tight. Overall cond: v. good..

Vancouver: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1973. 64 pp. includes bibliography and film list. Former school name on front and on a couple of pages in text but cover and text show minimal signs of wear. A nice copy. . Stapled Softcover. Good- V. Good.

Vancouver: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd, 1973. Coated paper on boards cover is quite clean, small rubs to corners. Former school stamp at front top corner. Former school stamp on title page. Text is clean and unmarked.. Stapled Soft Cover. Good.

San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989. Cover has some edge rubbing, a few scuffs. No former owner's name. Text is clean, one noticed corner fold.. Stated first edition. Paperback. Good-.

N.Y.: Scholastic, 1998. Cat and mouse are best friends, when they have a fallling out, cat puts out an ad for a new best friend. Softcover is in lovely condition, very minimal wear, no creases. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy.. Stapled Softcover. V. Good. Illus. by Lynn Munsinger. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2.

Toronto: Dent, 1939. Cover is bright and clean, very minimal edge rubbing. Former owner's name on front free endpaper dated 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by E. Wallcousins.

London: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd. 190 pp. or Two Terms at St. Andrews. Undated; gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1932. Green binding has slight bend to bottom front corner, very clean, spine is bright and not faded. Text is clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. V. Good/No Jacket. 7 1/2 x 5 1/8.

Stoeger Sportsman's Library, 1978. 270 pages. Cover has a bit of edge rubbing, wee crease to top front corner. creasing to spine. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. Contents: Foreword by Arnold Gingrich, the fly rod, how to cast, the fly line, leaders, fishing the numph, fly fishing for bass, the dry fly upstream and down, stiff hackles and soft, how to cast beyond sixty feet, bucktails and streamer flies, the wet fly, panfish, about the fly patterns.. Trade Paperback. Good.