Search Results: Authors starting with K from Homeward Bound Books

Ontario County Medical Association. Very Good. 1934. Hardcover. 128 p. 23.5 cm. Bound in blue, cloth-covered boards. Front hinge has split and been repaired with white cloth tape. Light wear to the corners and edges. The spine appears to have been shellacked and it has a library call number on it. Pull mark and library marking on the inside covers and pages. Otherwise, text is clean and unmarked except for one ink notation. A record of doctors who practised in Ontario County including the Whitby and Oshawa hospitals in the 19th and early twentieth centuries, with brief biographical information for each, somewhat more detailed for the earlier doctors. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Ex-Library .

Ottawa, Ontario: Canada Department of Mines. Mines Branch. Good. 1915. Softcover. 69, xx p. 25 cm. Bound in cardstock covers. Some paper loss at spine ends and top of spine tape repaired. Spine and edges are darkened. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Part III of a research report on cobalt and cobalt alloys conducted at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario for the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines of Canada. Mines Branch No. 334 .

Toronto: Ginn and Company. Good+. Hardcover. 176 p. 23 cm. No publication date but circa the mid 1960s based on the copyright dates for the stories included. Sound and square binding in illustrated, cloth-covered boards. Worn through at the corners. Spine a little faded. Both boards show some light soil and rubbing. Previous owner's name and a room notation on the front endpapers. Both sets of endpapers are lightly toned. Inside pages have occasional light soil. The bottom edges are rippled from having been damped, with some pages showing a moisture line. One leaf has a small tear and crease to the front edge. Still perfectly legible if not the prettiest copy. A Level 3 reader from the Ginn Intergrated Language Program. This reader features Mr. Mugs in some of the stories. Illustrated in colour. .

Self Published By the Author. Very Good+. 1997. Hardcover. 332 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. A couple of light scratches to the boards. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. "A PhD thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of English University of Toronto." This book is heavy and will require extra postage to most destinations. Please ask for shipping rates before ordering. .

Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1551110458 . 185 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Virtually no discernible wear. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and has some light crinkling to the spine ends and corner tips. Appears lightly, if ever, read. A collection of folk stories and fairy tales by Irish-Canadian storyteller Alice Kane, who signed the book beneath her portrait opposite the title page. .

Toronto: Musson Book Company Limited. Very Good. 1969. Hardcover. 15 x 22 cm. oblong Sound and square binding in red, cloth-covered boards. Shows a little shelf rubbing. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Pencil sketches by Paul Kane the noted Irish-Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West .

New York: Julian Messner, Inc.. Very Good. 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 68 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in green, cloth-covered boards. Light wear to edges and corners. Rear top forecorner bumped. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Occasional soiling to inside pages, and a couple of leaves have binding creases. Slightly age toned. Dustjacket has rub wear along the spine and flap folds, light edge wear, and is age toned on rear panel and reverse side. Price clipped. A retelling of the story of Baron Munchhausen, a storyteller character. Illustrated with vibrant full page colour artwork and in-text pen and ink drawings. .

Toronto: Groundwood Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0888992165 . 171 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Minor wear to the spine ends. Tiny speck on the lower board. There is a largish pull mark on the rear pastedown endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a bit of crinkling at the spine ends and is lightly rubbed. It has a soft 2.5" crease on the front panel. Not price-clipped. Appears unread. A mystery story, featuring an eleven year old girl named Sara, who travels with her grandmother and brother to the North Pole, a place her brother believes is a portal to time-travel. .

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company. Good. ©1951. Hardcover. 32 p. 16.5 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in illustrated, paper-covered boards. Pulling at the staples in inner hinges. Corner tips and spine ends are worn through. Rub wear to all edges. Both boards show some rubbing, light soil and light scratches. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, but paper has tanned. Tell-A-Tale book 80715. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

London: Pan MacMillan. Very Good. 1990. Paperback. 1852832916 . 96 p. 17 cm. A bit of edgewear. A few scratches and light rubbing. B&W Photographs 850 trivia questions about the long-running British soap-opera "Coronation Street". .

Clifton, New Jersey: Augustus M. Kelley. Very Good+. 1973. Hardcover. 0678001448 . 616, 540 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Top edges a little dusty. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Lightly read. Reprint of an 1850 work about education and the labouring classes in England and Europe, particularly Germany. These books are heavy and package will require extra postage to most destinations. .

Toronto: The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. Very Good+. 1993. Softcover. 0969149131 . 108 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Spine is lightly sunned. Minor wear to the edges. Previous owner's initials on the title page. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Fifteen papers on aspects of Ontario vernacular architecture, presented at the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Conference in 1992. Black and white photographs and drawings. Will include a separate, nineteen page "Selected Bibliography" on the same subject prepared for the Conference by Angela Carr. .

Toronto: Coach House Books. Very Good. 2013. First Edition. Softcover. 1552452662 . 176 p. 20.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the edges and corners. A sprinkling of foxing to the text block edges. Appears unread. Traces the development of urban politics in Toronto post-amalgamation of the boroughs. .

New York: Penguin Group. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 9780803728189 . 28 cm. Sound and square binding in glossy, illustrated boards. Virtually no discernible wear. Dustjacket has minor edge wear and a bit of rubbing. A reworking of the fairy tale of the Pied Piper and his efforts to free a city of rats. Peterkin, a poor elf, receives the gift of a magical pipe which transforms the rats into something new. .

Picton, Ontario: Kellough Productions. Very Good. 2006. Second Edition. Spiral bound. 0973112212 . 110 p. 22.5 cm. Sound wire spiral binding with cardstock covers. Covers appear to be somewhat faded. A little wear to top edge of the first page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Brief stories of local legends in Prince Edward County, Ontario. .

Saskatoon: School Publications and Specialties Limited. Very Good. 1943. Stapled wraps. 42 p. 18 cm. Centre stapled with heavy paper covers. Some edge wear and soiling. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with light age toning. A booklet of performance exercises: a play, a drill, a tableau, an action song, and a shadow play for primary school children. Shipping costs will be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

Regina: Centax Books/Publishing Solutions/PW Group. Very Good. 1999. Softcover. 1894022297 . 208 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Spine is somewhat faded. Light wear to the edges. One corners has tiny crease mark. Slight shelf rubbing. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The story of an RCMP officer's wife which also provides a broader look at the role and experiences of many wives and their mountie husbands. Includes a few pages of black and white photographs. The book is part of a series of titles from this publisher to recognize the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. RCMP Millenium Projects .

St. John's: Institute of Social and Economic Research. Very Good+. 2019. Second Printing. Softcover. 1894725409 . 466 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to edges and corner tips. Slightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A comprehensive collection of musical compositions, recitations, poems and narratives written by, for, and about twentieth-century woods workers in Newfoundland and Labrador. (from back cover) Includes introductory essays and black and white photographs. .

Toronto: Natural Heritage / Natural History Inc.. Very Good+. 1991. Card Covers. 0920474608 . 160 p. 26 cm. Sound and square in laminated card stock covers. Laminate lifted slightly along bottom edges. Lightly rubbed. Text block edges are foxed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with black and white photographs, diagrams, and advertising reproductions. Includes buyer's guide and Canadian piano serial numbers. .

Regina: Centax Books/Publishing Solutions/PW Group. Very Good. 1999. Softcover. 1894022319 . 192 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges. Slight shelf rubbing. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An account of the RCMP's role in protecting the war effort from saboteurs during World War II. The author was part of the RCMP Black Market Squad which investigated black market and security risks in Ontario. He and his wife have written this book about what this time period was like for an RCMP officer. The book is part of a series of titles from this publisher to recognize the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. RCMP Millenium Projects .