Search Results: Authors starting with M from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Kenya: D. A. Hawkins, 1968. Book. Illus. by C. T. Astley Maberly;. Very Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 221 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edgewear with some creasing on the spine and a diagonal crease on the lower right side of the front. Illustrated by the author..

Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 356 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. December 6, 1917 when the French cargo ship, SS Mont-Blanc, laden with high explosives, collided with the SS Imo, a Norwegian vessel in the Narrows, which runs between the Halifax Harbour and the Bedford Basin... The explosion was the worst man-made non-nuclear explosion ever. Much of Halifax was flattened and a few thousand people were killed, thousands more injured. The Chapters are: A Short History of Halifax; Wednesday; December 6, 1917: Winter Morning; Black Smoke, White Smoke; A Word on Explosions; Minutes Later; Far from the Harbor; Scramble at City Hall; The First Responders; Duggan Walks Home; Nightfall; Friday Night and Folly Mountain; Saturday: Reorganizing the Relief; Duggans… Read More

London: Collins, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Blue boards lettered in dark blue on the spine; blue upper edge. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges and a small stain on the front panel; chipped on the upper right of the rear panel; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper..

London: Collins Clear Type Press, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 16mo. 888 pp. Red cloth decorated in gilt on the spine; ribbon marker; burgundy endpapers; black and white frontis of Lord Macaulay. Lightly rubbed at the corners; no interior markings. This essay collection contains: Machiavelli; Southey's Colloquies on Society; Mr Robert Montgomery's Poems; Civil Disabilities of the Jews; Moore's Life of Lord Byron; Croker's Edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson; Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress; War of the Succession in Spain; Lord Bacon; Gladstone on Church and State; Von Ranke; Leigh Hunt; Frederic the Great; Madame D'Arblay; and The Life and Writings of Addison..

New York: Bantam Spectra, 1985. Book. Illus. by Robert Hunt;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 340 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; store stamped. Cover art by Robert Hunt. A contemporary man, John Thornburn (a meek, non-violent and unpredictable artist) and woman, Derval (his tough, confrontational, strong and warrior-like lover) time travel to ancient Ireland to avenge a Viking attack. The story centres around one of the most famous and beautiful illuminated manuscripts in history, the legendary but entirely real Book of Kells. Celtic history blends with magical fantasy for a strange and immersive tale of adventure..

New York: Bantam Spectra, 1985. Book. Illus. by Robert Hunt;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 340 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Robert Hunt..

New York: Bantam Spectra, 1987. Book. Illus. by Charles DeMar;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 247 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the front cover and spine; some aging but no interior markings. Cover art by Charles DeMar. The Grey Horse chronicles a time when the Irish people suffered under harsh English overlords who sought to destroy their culture and way of life. Into the Irish town of Carraroe, a magnificent, completely grey stallion appears. The horse brings with him the promise of better times and magical happenings, for he is actually the shape-shifted form of Ruairi MacEibhir, journeyed to such a time of danger in order to win the hand of the woman he loves..

Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection - Coles Publishing, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 230 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Originally published by William Briggs in Toronto in 1898. The story of the rebellion, of Louis Riel and the Metis, of Fort Edmonton and the Legislative Assembly and much more..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. Book. Illus. by Uta Strelive;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with maps and with line drawings by Uta Strelive. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Man the Modifier; The Passenger Pigeon; The Starling; The Wild Turkey; The House Sparrow; The Prairie Chicken; The Hungarian Partridge; The Pheasant; The Wapiti; The Cougar; The House Mouse; The Norway Rat; The European Hare; The Cottontail Rabbit; The Coyote; The Ontario Salmon; The Carp; The Goldfish; The Rainbow Trout; The Brown Trout; The Sea Lamprey; The Rainbow Smelt; The Alewife; The White Perch; The Chinook Salmon; The Coho Salmon; The Kokanee Salmon; The Chum and Pink Salmon; and The Splake and Other Hybrids; followed by a bibliography and an index..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. Book. Illus. by Uta Strelive;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with maps and with line drawings by Uta Strelive. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Man the Modifier; The Passenger Pigeon; The Starling; The Wild Turkey; The House Sparrow; The Prairie Chicken; The Hungarian Partridge; The Pheasant; The Wapiti; The Cougar; The House Mouse; The Norway Rat; The European Hare; The Cottontail Rabbit; The Coyote; The Ontario Salmon; The Carp; The Goldfish; The Rainbow Trout; The Brown Trout; The Sea Lamprey; The Rainbow Smelt; The Alewife; The White Perch; The Chinook Salmon; The Coho Salmon; The Kokanee Salmon; The Chum and Pink Salmon; and The Splake and Other Hybrids; followed by a bibliography and an index..

New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. Book. Illus. by Gervasio Gallardo;. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. (xiv) 210 pp. Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series - book 02874. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Gervasio Gallardo. This story collection contains: Introduction: The Dubious Land by Lin Carter; The Wise Woman; The Carasoyn; and The Golden Key..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1958. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 207 pp. Fawcett Gold Medal T2290. Lightly rubbed on the corners with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Her name was Cindy and she was his neighbor's wife, the woman next door in the kind of suburbia that didn't make headlines. And two real nice people became creatures of passion and guilt....

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1957. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 160 pp. Fawcett Gold Medal M2850. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; store stamped. He was a bounty hunter. Usually, he brought them in alive, sometimes not..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Gold Medal Books, 1965. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Gold Medal Book T2134. Lightly rubbed on the corners with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings..

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1988. Book. Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 287 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; this is an ex-library copy with the normal library markings. This story collection contains: Introduction by Martin H. Greenberg; The Mechanical Answer; Dance of a New World; Ring Around the Redhead; A Child Is Crying; Flaw; But Not to Dream; The Miniature; Spectator Sport; Half-Past Eternity - a novella; The Big Contest; Susceptibility; Common Denomiator; Game for Blondes; Labor Supply; The Legend of Joe Lee; and The Annex; followed by an afterword where MacDonald explains his early involvement with Science Fiction..

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1945. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. Second Printing. 12mo. 34 pp. Brown cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine. Mostly illustrated in black and white but with a tipped in colour plate by J. E. H. MacDonald. Some fading..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Gold Medal Books, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Gold Medal Book K1405. Lightly rubbed on the corners with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1957. Book. Very Good-. Paperback. Later Printing. 160 pp. Fawcett Gold Medal T2619. Light edgewear with some creasing on the corners and spine; store stamped. Out of his job, out of his marriage to a round-heeled lush and it was a really big caper and simple....

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1955. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 160 pp. Fawcett Gold Medal D1635. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing at the spine; no interior markings. Her veneer was Big City but one look and you knew that her instincts were straight out of the river shack she came from. She liked to toy with men....

New York: Pyramid Books, 1966. Book. Illus. by Paul Bacon;. Very Good. Soft cover. First American Paperback Printing. Pyramid Book R-1282. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Cover art by Paul Bacon..