Search Results: Authors starting with G from Homeward Bound Books

Pickering: Alcalanians of North American. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 09730119204 . 104, 12 p. 21 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light edgewear and rubbing. Author's inscription on title page, otherwise clean and unmarked. The reminiscences of a Filipino-Canadian woman about the town she grew up in, Alcala, Philippines. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Inscribed by the author to previous owner on the title page. .

Montreal: Roussan Publishers Inc.. Near Fine. 1998. Later Printing. Card Covers. 1896184324 . 175 p. 19 cm. Sound and square in illustrated, cardstock covers. Minor edge wear. A couple of light scratches. A historical novel for middle grade readers. Tells the story of an orphan from Manchester who heads across the ocean to become a bride in Victoria, Canada. On Time's Wing .

Philadelphia: John C. Winston. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 215 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to spine ends and corner tips. Top text block edge has light foxing. Inside pages are clean and unmarked with a hint of toning. Dustjacket has some edge wear, heaviest to spine ends and corners, and including chips, tears and creases. Rear white panel shows some soil. Price clipped. An adventure story about a teen-ager who goes to the Yukon with his father to look for his missing uncle. Illustrated at the chapter heads. .

New York: Scarf Press. Very Good. 1979. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0934386013 . 144 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards, with illustration to the upper board. Corner tips show some wear and softening. Bottom edge of lower board has a ding. Top and fore-edge of text block have some speckling. Boards have just a little soil and light scratches. A full colour comic strip retelling of stories from the Old Testament. Originally published in 1942. Publication was affiliated with Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Ottawa, Ontario: Canada Dept. of Agriculture Plant Research Institute. Very Good. 1966. Card Covers. 122 p. 24.5 cm. Sound binding in saddle-stapled cardstock covers. A little darkened along the edges. Stamp and name on the front cover. Light soil, overall. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. Presents a list of the plants collected by Dr. L.O. Gaiser in a survey of the flora of Lambton County. Compiled by Raymond J. Moore. .

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0771033001 . 28 cm. Sound and square binding in illustrated and laminated boards. A couple of scratch marks on the lower board. Minor wear to the corners. Dustjacket has light edge wear and rubbing. Not price clipped. A classic Russian folk tale about a young Prince who sets of on a quest to find the firebird who has been stealing his father's gold apples. Retold and illustrated by Hungarian Canadian author-illustrator Laszlo Gal. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 427 p. 22 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in gold, cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corners and edges. Top edge stain has faded and has a tiny spill spot on it. Bottom fore-edge of text block has a little soil. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked (with the exception of the author's inscription). Dustjacket has 1.5 inch chip across the head of the spine, and a 1.5" closed tear along the bottom of the rear spine fold. The spine is somewhat darkened overall. The folds and conrers have some soil, wear and softening. It is not price clipped. A study of the economics of corporations by noted American economist John Kenneth Galbraith. Continues on with the ideas first presented in his earlier work "The Affluent Society". The book has been inscribed to Murray R Chapman by the author on the front free endpaper. .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0689803230 . 156 p. 23 cm. Sound and square with cloth backed spine and paper covered boards. Minor wear to the corners. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little crinkling at the spine ends and a bit of corner wear. Slight shelf rubbing. An investigation of the Tunguska explosion which occurred in Siberia in 1908, and whether it was the result of a meteorite strike or near miss to Earth. .

London: The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Very Good. 1986. Softcover. 0900488980 . 83 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corners. Overall light soiling to the white panels. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A layman's guide to how metals are found and mined, covering the exploration and development side of the business. .

Toronto: Longmans Canada Limited. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 198 p. 24 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Rub wear along 2" of lower board bottom edge and at corners. Text block edges have some light stains. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. Dust jacket has some edge wear, including chips and tiny tears. Small stain near head of the spine. An account of the 1961 season of production at the Stratford Festival in Ontario. The author was a staff writer for the Festival at the time, and explains many aspects of the background work put into this successful season, when Coriolanus, Henry VIII, and Love's Labour's Lost were produced. The star of the season was award winning actor Paul Scofield. The book includes 6 double sided black and white photographic plates. Flat signed by the author on the title page. .

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Very Good. 1988. Softcover. 0771032722 . 133 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Spine faded. Light wear along the edges. Soft crease to bottom fore-corner and some faint impression marks on the front cover. Lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Part of the Generations: A History of Canada's Peoples series, published in association with the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada. .

Fergus, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Good. Stapled wraps. 76 p. 21 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Faint ring stain on front cover and a few tiny spots to both covers. Light wear to the corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The author's story of growing up in southwestern Ontario and Toronto in the early 20th century. .

Oro, Ontario: Township of Oro-Medonte. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0968501125 . 616 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A tiny ding to the bottom edge of the upper board. Else fine. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a hint of shelf rubbing. An extensive history of Medonte Township in south-central Ontario, with an emphasis on family history. Illustrated with many black and white archival photographs. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House. Very Good+. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0919431550 . 69, 69 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the corners. Lightly shelfed rubbed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Brief descriptions of each of Canada's peacekeeping missions and operations in the second half of the 20th century. Illlustrated with black and white photographs. Text reads in English on one half and in French on the other. .

Bewdley, Ontario: Clay Publishing Co. Ltd.. Very Good. 1999. Spiral bound. 0919634230 . 28 cm. Spiral bound with heavy paper covers. One corner slightly curled. Previous owner's sticker on rear side of the front cover. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A history of the Beatty Telephone System, founded by Dr. Beatty in 1895 in the village of Garden Hill, Ontario, now part of the Municipality of Port Hope. Dr. Beatty saw the potential use of the newly invented telephone in his doctor's practice and originally installed 4 telephones within a 10 mile radius of his village. Largely anecdotal as told by a former switchboard operator at the system. Signed by the author on the title page. .

Wilkes-Barre, PA: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. 1974. Spiral bound. [98] p. 28 cm. Bound with plastic spiral binding and heavy cardstock covers. Previous owner's name written on the front cover. Some light soil to both covers. The inside pages are clean and unmarked except for price erasures on the first page. Consists of black and white train and station related photos, timetables, advertisements, etc., all related to the Erie Railroad line. The compiler has created copies of these materials and bound them together to produce this volume, the second of two about this railway line. .

Wilkes-Barre, PA: Self Published By the Author. Very Good-. 1974. Spiral bound. [110] p. 28 cm. Bound with plastic spiral binding and heavy cardstock covers. Previous owner's name written on the front cover. Some soil to both covers. The inside pages are clean and unmarked except for price erasures on the first page. Consists of black and white train and station related photos, timetables, advertisements, etc., all related to the Erie Railroad line. The compiler has created copies of these materials and bound them together to produce this volume. .

Mountain Top, PA: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. N.D.. Spiral bound. [102] p. 28 cm. Bound with plastic spiral binding and heavy cardstock covers. Previous owner's name written on the front cover. Some light soil and a couple of sticker shadow marks to the covers. The inside pages are clean and unmarked except for price erasures on the first page. Consists of black and white train and station related photos, timetables, advertisements, etc., all related to the Central New England Railway line. The compiler has created copies of these materials and bound them together to produce this volume. .

Mountain Top, PA: Self Published By the Author. Good+. 1977. Spiral bound. [110] p. 28 cm. Bound with plastic spiral binding and heavy cardstock covers. Previous owner's name and photo caption written on the front cover. A couple of sticker shadow marks and overall light soil. The inside pages have occasional underlining or marking, but still completely legible. Consists of black and white train and station related photos, timetables, advertisements, etc., all related to the Rock Island Lines. The compiler has created copies of these materials and produced this companion volume to the history of the line (Volume 1). Scarce. .

London: Puffin Books. Very Good. 1978. Hardcover. 18 cm. Boxed set of four mass market paperback editions, all 1978 printings. Each book has very light edge wear. Sound of Coaches and Smith have soft crease to the upper right front corner. The spines are lightly faded. Jack Holborn has a previous owner's name on the first page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The box has a bit of rubbing, and a short gouge mark, possibly done in manufacture. A collection of four children's historical novels by English author Leon Garfield. .