Search Results: Authors starting with E from Ainsworth Books

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1955. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, DJ has short tears, chipping, soiling with small section missing from front upper right. Sun-faded on spine. Blue cloth covered boards show slight fading along edges ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; A story of survival after a plane crash in the frozen tundra of Labrador. .

Toronto: Dundurn. Very Good+. 2012. First Edition. Paperback. 1459702190 . Signed by Author; Very light shelfwear on card covers. Very small number 6 written in ink on front fly leaf; A bright, solid book signed by the author on the title page. ; Mass Market PB; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 352 pages; "Undercover detective Jack Taggart infiltrates a Mexican drug cartel while investigating the disappearance of a young Canadian woman. Lily Rae is on holiday in El Paso, Texas, when she’s kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. El Paso borders on one of the most dangerous places in the world: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a city in the grip of a drug war. Going undercover to investigate her disappearance, detective Jack Taggart manages to penetrate the organization after discovering a Canadian link to the cartel. Taggart is sent to El Paso, where he is partnered with U.S. Customs special agent John Adams. Neither Taggart nor Adams know they have been paired for a secret purpose.… Read More

Toronto: Dundurn. Near Fine. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 155488893X . Signed by Author; Slight shelf wear is evident on card covers. Very small number 5 written in ink on front fly leaf ; A bright, solid book signed by the author on the title page. Appears unread ; Mass Market PB; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 436 pages; "Taggart investigates the murder of someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wiretap information identifies a shadowy gang member known only as “Cocktail” as being responsible. Taggart and his partner go undercover to join one of a coalition of gangs who are at war in British Columbia. Their mission is to identify Cocktail and gain evidence to convict him of murder. Taggart soon finds himself knee-deep in drive-by shootings, meth labs, retaliatory murders, and date rapes. An offer of a truce brings Taggart, along with gang bosses, to a remote location to discuss a peace agreement. But Cocktail has been a step ahead of… Read More

108 Mile Ranch, BC: Harbour Publishing. Very Good. 2008. Revised Edition. Softcover. 1550174150 . Light shelf wear to card covers.; A bright, solid book. Illustrations and maps throughout ; B&W Illustrations; 8.40 X 5.50 X 1.10 inches; 400 pages; With its island-studded Inside Passage, towering fjords, open-ocean beaches, quaint villages and sparkling cities, the BC coast is known as one of the world's great maritime cruising destinations. What many travellers may not realize is that you don't need to own a yacht or go on a cruise ship to explore it. This indispensable book shows how you can use BC's world-class ferry and coastal road system to reach the coast's most spectacular places in the comfort of your family car. And for those who want to go farther, lace on your hiking boots, grab a paddle, hop aboard a floatplane, or switch into four-wheel-drive and head off into the back of beyond--there's a lot more than just road travel in this book.Newly revised and… Read More

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc. Near Fine. 1990. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0393958620 . A bright, solid book, text unmarked; 9.10 X 6.30 X 1 inches; 325 pages; This is an excerpt from the 4-volume dictionary of economics, a reference book which aims to define the subject of economics today. 1300 subject entries in the complete work cover the broad themes of economic theory. This extract concentrates on time series and statistics. .

New York: W.A.E. Books. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 096516456X . DJ is near-fine, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographic plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 472 pages; This is both a family history and a personal history. First there is a brief history of the influential Eberstadt family in Germany from the 1600s in a Jewish ghetto throught to the rise of the Nazis and the family's escape to England. He tells of the branch of his family that was trapped in the Netherlands and Belgium and their correspondence which was all that survived. Finally he chronicles his personal experiences from Germany to wartime Britain where he served in the British army 1940-46 and finally to the US where he built a life starting in 1951. .

New York: Bantam. Very Good+. 1996. First Paperback Edition; Fourth Printing. Softcover. 0553378651 . Card covers show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 810 pages; "They came on foot and by horseback, in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score, restless, adventurous, enterprising, relentless, seeking a foothold on the future. European immigrants and American colonists, settlers and speculators, soldiers and missionaries, fugitives from justice and from despair—pioneers all, in the great and inexorable westward expansion defined at its heart by the majestic flow of the Ohio River. This is their story" .

New York: Konecky & Konecky. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Reprint. Hardcover. 1568520204 . Light wear to DJ edges, spine concave. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 794 pages; "A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames." .

New York: American Institute of Physics. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0883186225 . A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, text unmarked.; AIP Translation Series; 9 X 6.20 X 0.70 inches; 241 pages; This is an English translation of Kristalle, Elektronen, Transistoren originally published in German in 1986 .

Orlando, FL: Harcourt. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151008124 . Only slight wear to book & DJ ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.30 inches; 352 pages; Translated from the Italian by Martin McLaughlin. "n this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to reflections on the experimental writing of Borges and Joyce, Eco's luminous intelligence and encyclopedic knowledge are on dazzling display throughout. And when he reveals his own ambitions and superstitions, his authorial anxieties and fears, one feels like a secret sharer in the garden of literature to which he so often alludes.Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection exhibits the diversity of interests… Read More

Ottawa: Edmond Cloutier, Queens' Printer and Controller of Stationery. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume I has no dust jacket, the red coth covered boards, dated 1956, some shelf soil to page edges, top back corner bumped. Volume II, dated 1953, has chipped DJ, 1 inch tear bottom front panel and 2 inch tear top back panel. ; Fold-out maps in Vol. I and map endpapers appear undamaged, B&W and color illustrations in Vol II ; Color Illustrations .

New York: Del Rey. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345330064 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Malloreon: Book 5; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 399 pages; "Garion and his companions must locate his son before Zandramas uses the child in a rite that will raise the Dark Prophesy, in the series finale" .

New York: Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345373219 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Tamuli series #1; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 484 pages; "Danger stalked Queen Ehlana's realm. When an ambasador from the far-off Tamul Empire begged for help, Sparhawk, Ehlana's champion and Prince Consort, was the Emperor's last hope. For surely the knight who had killed the evil God Azash could prevail against the terror in Tamul. But waiting for him was a glittering court seething with corruption, treachery--and the greatest danger Sparhawk would ever face!" .

New York: Del Rey Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345370430 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Elenium: Book 2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 406 pages; "Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion, returns home to find young Queen Ehlana in terrible jeopardy, and soon embarks on a quest to find the one thing that will save her--a legendary jewel of magic" .

New York: Del Rey. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345356918 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Elenium # 1; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 448 pages; "Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and Queen’s Champion, returned to Elenia after ten years of exile, only to find his young Queen Ehlana trapped in a block of ensorcelled crystal. Only the great sorcery of Sephrenia, ageless instructor of magic, kept her alive—but the spell would last only a year, and its cost was tragically high. Now a Prince Regent ruled Elenia, the puppet of Annias, ambitious Primate of the Church who planned to seize power over all the land. As Sparhawk and Sephrenia set out to find a cure for Ehlana, Sephrenia revealed that there was only one person in the west who could defeat the evil plots against Ehlana. That person was Sparhawk." .

New York: Del Rey. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0345373243 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, DJ spine faded.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers ; Height: 9.5 Inches, Length: 7 Inches, Weight: 2.45 Pounds, Width: 2.25 Inch; 644 pages; "-the life story of Belgarath the Sorcerer and the great struggle that went before the Belgariad and The Malloreon. Only one man could tell of those near-forgotten times, when gods still walked the lands, giving comfort and counsel to their mortal children. Eddings joins forces with his wife, Leigh, on a journey to the awesome beginning of the desperate conflict between two mortally opposed Destinies." .

Tarragona: Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2011. Facsimile. Hardcover. 8484241912 . Boards show some shelf wear, light soiling. Small bump on top front board edge, small bumps to top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name heavily inked out on FFEP, which has bled through to first few pages. ; A tight solid book. ; 9.53 X 6.10 X 0.79 inches; 221 pages; Facsimile copy of 'Chemistry of Air', originally published in 1795 with notes by Grau and Bonet. Martí i Franquès was a 18th C. scientist who studied the properties of air. Text is in Spanish, Catalan and English .

Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Very Good+. 1997. Paperback. 0662257049 . Only light edge wear to card covers ; A bright, solid book. Text unmarked; 460 pages; Fold-out circumpolar map at front, maps and charts throughout. .

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket worn with chips and creases across top edge. Previous owner's stamp on front free end paper and blank page, light shelf soil bottom page edges. Dust soil top page edges.; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Only light wear to the reddish bown cloth covered boards with gilt design and maroon title, same on spine. Hinges intact. Stated first edition. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 514 pages; The focus of this historical chronicle is the protracted, complex struggle between France and England for the possession of North America (Canada and the US). The struggle crossed the borders as appears in the four parts he has divided the book into. Part one; - a detailed look at the growth and structure of French (or Lower) Canada, peculiar feudal nature of Canadian society, the functions of the Company of New France, the colony's relations with the… Read More

Boston: Little Brown. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1940. 1st. Hardcover. Small mark on front board, only light wear and bumping. Dustjacket shows some wear, chipping and short tears. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Red cloth covered boards, gilt design on front with gilt and black titles and design on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 548 pages; In 'Chad Hanna' he tells a story of the year 1836, a story of the (Erie) Canal country. Chad Hanna is a young orphan who rus away to find his fortune. He works various different jobs until he discovers the excitement of a traveling circus. His travels take him through all the little villages along The Erie Canal. .