Search Results: Titles starting with R from Black Sheep Books

Victoria, B.C.: Thomas Leith Brock, 1985. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/-. Book says it is limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. This book is signed, and is No. 09 - Over-run. Red hard cover with gilt titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs, 563 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, gilt on spine very slightly rubbed, but is still bright, text block edges have light smudges, owner's book plate, ink date stamp and note on first end paper, otherwise this handsome book is in nice condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

New York: Walker and Company, 1976. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. Lydecker, Laura. A U.S. military history book written for children, by the author of "A Day No Pigs Would Die," "Path of Hunters," etc. Red hard cover with black titling on spine, illustrated title page, illustrated with black and white maps, black and white portraits of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, and attractive black and white illustrations with captions and borders, 56 pages. Cover has negligible edge wear. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has shelf wear, edge wear primarily to corners and spine ends, spine is sunned, white portions darkened and smudged. This is an attractive book - clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over… Read More

Prescott, Lancashire: T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd., 1968. Hardcover. Good+/Good. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs, 432 pages. Corners and edges have minor wear, owner's name in ink and blind-stamp seal on front endpaper. Dust jacket, which has been price-clipped, has some edge wear, spine and edges lightly sunned. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Milwaukee: American Motors Corporation. Soft cover. Technical Service Manual: Rambler Classic Six - V-8 and Ambassador V-8. The service procedures and specifications contained in this manual are outlined for the 1961 Series: Rambler Classic 6 - 10 Series; Rambler Classic V-8 - 20 Series; Rambler Ambassador V-8 - 80 Series. Red soft cover, illustrated throughout, page number are consecutive within each chapter. Some edge wear, scratching and smudging to cover and textblock edges as well as to some pages, model name writen to bottom of textblock edge. This is an overweight book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Parker, Randolph. A collection of paintings bySalt Spring Island artist Randolph Parker. Colourfully illustrated blue soft cover with white titling, illustrated throughout with colour photographs, 71 pages. This is a handsome copy - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong

Calcutta: Central Referenc Library, Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, 1972. A Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Bibliography of Indian literature issued in Sanskrit from1963 to 1967. Foreword in English, body of text in Sanskrit. Dark red cloth with gilt titling to front. Very minor edge wear. Dust jacket has some light creases to top and light wear to bottom. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Study by Monica Hunter Wilson, Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Cape Town, origianally was published in 1936. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, top edge of text block is blue, map on end papers, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white plates and diagrams. With the exception of a slightly musty odour, this book is without flaws. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, is lightly sunned. 582 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Tate Liverpool, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good-. Published to accompany the major Tate Liverpool exhibition March 30 to June 10, 2007, this book is the definitive guide to the most important and influential artists in China since 2000. Illustrated yellow soft cover with black titling on spine and front, illustrated throughout with colour plates, 207 pages. Light edgewear, discolouration to lower text block edge, shelf wear, light crease to upper front corner, sticker remnant on front, otherwise book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Whangamata, New Zealand: Imagist Publishing, 2000. Second Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good-. Toye, Gerar. Book includes "Catalyst for Change: A Journey of Personal Transformation." Quotes are written in English, French and German; all other text is English only. Gerar Toye is a "self-taught Photographic Artist from New Zealand who has spent 18 years of his life travelling the world with a camera.he uniquely expresses the truth he encounters by writing words of wisdom and humour that tie into the images. Gerar questions his reality and belief system daily and invites the viewer to do the same." Purple soft cover illustrated with black and white photographs, white titling, all pages are black with white text, illustrated with black and white photographs as well as sixteen pages of colour photographs, 88 pages. Cover has minor edge wear, light shelf wear, book is clean, bright and tight - a handsome copy. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional… Read More

Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1980. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. This study, written originally as a Doctoral Dissertation, is an investigation of one of the frontiers on the field of Buddhist studies, the thought of the Sautrantika-Svatantrika-Madhyamika, Bhavaviveka (ca. 490-570). Black cloth with gilt titling to front and spine. 321 pages. Barely visible scratch to back cover. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear, a 1/4 inch and 1/8 inch closed tear to top, light creasing to top edge. It is now protected in a Brodart cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Paris: Just Tessier, 1840. Quarter-Leather. Two Volumes, written in French. Black leather on black boards, raised bands and gilt-stamped ns and titling and decorations spine, marbled endpapers, both volumes 416 pages. Corners, spine ends and edges worn and boards rubbed, text block edges darkened, foxing spots in text, books have a musty odour. Books are in great shape, given their age. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Paris: Cercle Du Livre Precieux, 1964. Limited. . Leather. Very Good. Mitelberg, L.. Volume 5 of Oeuvres Completes de Franz Kafka, written in French, translated into French by Alexandre Vialatte and Marthe Robert. One of six thousand copies printed for subscribers of Cercle du Livre Precieux. Black leather cover with gilt titling and decoration on spine, a one-inch gilt "K" on blind-stamped field on front board, black end papers, red ribbon marker, attractive black and white illustrations are on slightly heavier-guage paper, throughout text and on frontispiece. Corners have extremely minor wear, some tiny foxing spots on text block edges, page edges very slightly darkened, otherwise this very handsome book is in great shape. 322 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any… Read More

London: Cassell and Companyu, 1921. Hardcover. Good. Book was edited by "The Master of the Temple." A memoir, chiefly autobiographic, of Dean Fremantle, born in England in 1831. Green cloth with gilt titling on front and spine, simple blind-stamped border on front, black and white frontispiece and two more black and white photographs in text, 180 pages. Light edge wear primarily to spine ends, corners slightly bumped, spine significantly sunned, light sunning to adjacent and upper edges, text block edges are darkened, have foxing spots and a dark mark to bottom edge, ink inscription on end paper, foxing spots to first and last end papers and occasionally in text, spine lightly cracked following the two illustrations but binding is generally tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us… Read More

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1906. Card Cover. The Red Gum: with a Discussion of The Mechanical Properties of Red Gum Wood" Introduction: "Only in the last few years has enough southern red gum been marketed to warrant the National Hardwood Manufacturers' Association in giving it a class and a special grading. Previously to this time the manufacture of gum was in an experimental stage, owing chiefly to its tendency to warp and twist, and also to the fact that the supply of other hardwoods was so large that there was no incentive to work so low-priced and supposedly unstaisfactory a wood as gum." Card cover, black titling, fold-out map at front, some black and white photographs and drawings, 56 pages. Previous owner's stamp to front and some handwritten numbers, punched in holes for filing. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This book is inscribed by the author to renowned Hollywood film director George P. Cosmatos and his wife: "Dearest George + Birgitta - Another one! with all my love, as ever Hugh" and dated "London 20/10/79". Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, 156 pages. Bottom free corner is lightly bumped, otherwise fine. Dust jacket show minor edge wear and is not price-clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver, B. C.: Grunt Gallery, 1989. Good to Very Good. Printed in conjunction with an exhibition of artist, Kathryn Walter, centered around redevelopment, held at grunt gallery, Vancouver, during the month of October, 1989. A white envelope with a sticker that reads: Redevelopment: An Intervention, Represented by Kathryn Walter, grunt gallery, which contains a four page description of Walter's installation, with a black and white map on cover showing the area involved, staple binding. Also enclosed are nine (of an original twenty) black and white postcards, each being a photograph of a different Development Permit Application, and each paired with a different phrase from a Harlequin romance novel placing them as footnotes to the signs, representing different power relationships, both of which act to reinforce the socio-economic system of capitalism. Cards are clean and in nice condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for… Read More

Hong Kong: Wai Szeto, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Szeto, Wai. A book of paintings and drawings of Wai Szeto and is a sequel to the 1980 edition. Included in the book is a Christmas card which appears to be signed by Szeto's wife. Tan cloth with black titling on spine, black end papers, illustrated throughout with handsome colour plates, 259+ pages. With the exception of slightly weak hinges, this lovely volume is in nice condition. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear and light edge wear, but is otherwise in good shape - an attractive book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall, Oblong

Regina, 1912. Card Cover. Rossie, Photographer. A photographic account of the 1912 tornado in Regina. Green and black illustration on tan card cover (used to be pale green), green and black titling, illustrated with twenty-one black and white plates. 24 pages. Back cover missing, spine repaired with clear tape and masking tape, edges worn with some chipping, cover darkened, particularly around edges, colour and titling still clear, page edges have some wear with closed tears and chipping, some repaired with clear tape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall - Oblong

London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1995. Soft cover. Supplement to the Register of Ships, New Entries to the Register of Ships and Classification Survey Dates Supplement. Unpaginated. Light edge wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. A Hard Cover. 2 vol. set of Lloyd's Register of Ships 1954-55. Vol. 1: blue leather with gilt titling, number 6799, "United States Navy", Seattle and stamp on front and gilt titling on spine, blue textblock edges. Vol. 2: green leather with gilt titling and stamp on front and gilt titling on spine, green textblock edges, white part of right textblock edge to mark the list of shipowners. Green endpapers, red cloth tape over hinges to reinforce. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall