Search Results: Titles starting with L from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Rocklin, California: Prima Publishing, 1998. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 189 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs..

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Goodread Biographies - James Lorimer, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 279 pp. (xviii) Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Labrador Fishing Station: A Child's Perspective; Grenfell's People; North West River; The Widening World; More Education; Over the Bounding Main; Doctor Curtis and St Anthony; A Labrador Cruise; Winter at Cartwright; Journal of a Winter Dog Team Trip; Return to North West River; Storm; Home and Hearth; A Hospital Reborn; School Days; Bush Flying; Labradorians; and The Final Years..

Erin, Ontario: Why Not Books, 2012. Book. Illus. by Maxfield Parish;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 301 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The cover features Contentment by Maxfield Parish. The year was 2035 and she owned the hottest nightclub in town. All was fine, until one day a strange man chased her down a dead-end alley....

Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Underwood Miller, 1993. Book. Illus. by Stephen Fabian;. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 136 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Blue boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband; illustrated endpapers. Very lightly rubbed on the corners; price intact; no interior markings..

New York: Pinnacle Books, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 212 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; previous owner's name on the inside of the back cover; no other interior markings. The Contents are: Janice Buttrum; Rosalie Grant; Judith Ann Neelley; Priscilla Ford; Sharon Faye Young; Karla Windsor; Velma Barfield; Attina Marie Cannaday; Patricia Ann Thomas Jackson; Annette Louise Stebbing; Lois Nadine Smith; and Andrea Felice Hicks Jackson..

St. John's, Newfoundland: Jesperson Press, 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 139 pp. Signed by the author, Mary Walker and by Horace the Trapper. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine. The Contents are: Arrival; Dated Entries from Saturday October 7, 1989 to Saturday March 16, 1990; Facing the Last Day; and The Day Out; followed by an animal glossary..

Lincoln, Ontario: W. F. Rannie, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 164 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. The Chapters are: The Lady and the Manor; Dr Frank Simpson Pepperdene: World Stature Radiologist; A Name Revered in a Great Sport - David Forsyth; Beamsville's Irish Connection; The Cave that Wasn't Lost; Two Distinguished Micheners; The Drill Shed and Fenian Raiders; A Case of Usurpation; The Tragic Story of Theresa Gowanlock; Cooking with Gas; The Rise and Demise of a Jewish Congregation; Robert Runchey and the Coloured Company; Jim Konkle's Cider Mill; Craftsmen in Terra Cotta at Beamsville Brickyard; Two Cyrus Sumners; C. Andrew Lawson: Preacher Extraordinary; Temples on the Mountain; Charles E. Riggins: Drugs and Justice; Inventors Who Were Right for Their Day: Alanson Harris and Norman Millet Bartlett; Doctoring in Lincoln;… Read More

New York: Dell Books, 1969. Book. Illus. by Krauss;. Very Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. Dell Book 4618. Lightly rubbed on the corners with some faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Krauss..

Ottawa, Ontario: Prospero Books, 2001. Book. Illus. by Thomas Wilmer Dewing;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (vii) 313 pp. Quarter-bound in blaci cloth on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; beige endpapers; headband. The dustjacket features The Spinet by Thomas Wilmer Dewing, courtesy of the National Museum of American art. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of the central characters caused this controversial book, now considered a masterpiece, to be banned as pornography until 1960..

London: Victor Gollancz, 1996. Book. Illus. by Terry Pastor; Steve Crisp;. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Editions. 8vo. 288, 320, 336 pp. Lady in Gil and Scion's Lady have both been signed on the title page by Rebecca Bradley; Scion's also has a personalized inscription from Rebecca Bradley to editor/publisher/writer Raymond Alexander. Purple boards lettered in gilt on the spine; black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. The first two books have light rubbing on the corners of the dustjackets; the only interior markings were put there by the author; the first book has a small ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; Lady Pain has a bit more wear at the corners and around the edges of the dustjacket; all have the prices intact. To be clear, the three books here are: Lady in Gill; Scion's Lady; and Lady Pain..

London: Vista - Cassell Group, 1997. Book. Illus. by Terry Pastor;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Paperback Printing. 288 pp. Signed by Rebecca Bradley on the title page; inscribed by Rebecca Bradley to well-known book collector, John Anderson, on the half-title page. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. Cover art by Terry Pastor. For more than seventy years the magical statue of the Lady in Gil has lain hidden as the island kingdom groans under the barbed heel of the accursed Sherank, barbarian invaders who have raped the country of its wealth to finance their subjugation of the rest of the civilised world....

London: Fleetway House - Amalgamated Press, 1958. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 64 pp. Digest format. Sexton Blake Library 404. Some wear along the spine; previous owner's name inside..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Gold Medal - Fawcett Books, 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 156 pp. Gold Medal Book 755. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings..

New York: Kensington Books, 1999. Book. Illus. by Yvonne Gilbert;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 372 pp. Quarter-bound in lavender on beige boards; headband. Wraparound dj art by Yvonne Gilbert. Lightly rubbed on the corners; price intact; ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings..

New York: Kensington Books, 1995. Book. Illus. by Yvonne Gilbert;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 593 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a very faint crease on the spine; previous owner's name inside. Wraparound cover art by Yvonne Gilbert..

New York: Kensington Books, 1995. Book. Illus. by Gregg Gulbronson;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 593 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Gregg Gulbronson..

New York: Tor Books - Tom Doherty Associates, 1992. Book. Illus. by David Heffernan;. Very Good+. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. (xiii) 210 pp. Very lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by David Heffernan. This story collection contains: Foreword by Jane Yolen; The Lady or the Tiger; The Discourager of Hesitancy (a continuation of The Lady or the Tiger); The Griffin and the Minor Canon; The Sisters Three and the Kilmaree; The Bee-Man of Orn; Old Pipes and the Dryad; The Castle of Bim; The Magician's Daughter and the High-Born Boy; Ting-a-Ling; Ting-a-Ling and the Five Magicians; and Ting-a-Ling's Visit to Tur-il-i-ra..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 276 pp. Gray boards lettered in blue on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. A mixture of light and dark shadow, laughter and tears, this deals with the heart of darkness, with aging, and with love....

China: Lanhuahua Paper Cutting Culture Art Company, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Presented in a slipcase. Actually undated - circa 1990. This binds a series ten paper cuts from Shaaxi Province. Each page is a heavy board and each image is protected with a plastic overlay. The book itself is bound in heavy pictorial covers, gilt-edged all round, and presented in a gold satin-lined slipcase. Only light rubbing on the book; some wear around the edges of the slipcase. Paper-cut is a very distinctive visual art of Chinese handicrafts. It originated from the 6th century when women used to paste golden and silver foil cuttings onto their hair at the temples, and men used them in sacred rituals. Later, they were used during festivals to decorate gates and windows. After hundreds of years' development, now they have become a very popular means of decoration among country folk, especially women..

Hamilton, Ontario: W. L. Griffin, 1968. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 55 pp. Staple-bound in card covers. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings..