Search Results: Titles starting with V from Post Horizon Booksellers

Wheaton, Illinois: Wheaton College, Illinois, 1984. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 121pp. Wrap is clean showing very light shelf wear. Binding square and not creased. Tribute to John Sullivan K.S.G. (Mackey). The Psychology of the Self in MacDonald's Phantastes (Sutton). Worlds Apart: The Importance of Double Vision for MacDonald Criticism (Triggs). Postscript: A Reply (Holbrook). Charles Williams and Thomas Cranmer at Centerbury (Dixon). Tolkien's Platonic Fantasy (Cox). The Detective Fiction of Dorothy L. Sayers: A Source for the Social Historian? (Scowcroft). Jack the Giant-Killer (Nuttall). C.S. Lewis and T.D. Weldon (Moynihan).

Montreal, Canada: J. Morgan Jones Publications, Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Four sections w individual pagination. Red cloth w gold lettering on cover and spine. Tiny wear to corners, bumping to head and tail. Binding square and sound. Eighth Canadian (English) edition, stated. Hospital stamp on endpapers and title page. Order card and notice from the publisher laid in. Section I (White) - Monographs of Professional Products (320pp). Section II (Yellow) - Classified Index - Therapeutic and Pharmacologic (108pp). Section III (Pink) - Alphabetical Index - Firms and Products (44pp). Section IV (green) - General Professional Information (32pp).

Vernon, BC, Canada: The Kalamalka New Writers Society, 1988. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 61pp. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Octavo. This is the first collection of poetry by Nance Holmes. Kalamalka New Writers Series, No. 2. This collection parallels the voice of a modern North American woman with a series of Victorian voices. The blend is sensuous in both life and vision

London, England: Ian Allan, 1964. 2nd Edition . Booklet. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 56pp w maps and layouts by A. L. Thomas. Includes brief bibliography. Illustrated with historical bw photographs. Photo illustrated card wrap is clean with light surface wear commensurate with age. Very faint damp stain on back cover. Stapled binding sound. Revised edition. Reduced shipping may apply. "This booklet is not intended as a complete history of the railway but as the established histories are out of print, this booklet includes basic historical data in the hope it may be of use to enthusiasts for reference purposes.

Hamden, CT, USA: Library Professional Publications, 1987. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 298pp w indices. Blue cloth w gold lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Illustrated DJ is clean but heavily sunned, in laminate library cover. Octavo. Standard library markings.

Lantzville, British Columbia, Canada: Oolichan Books, 1993. First Canadian Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 295pp. Tangerine flyleaves. Colour illustrated wrapper w French flaps is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased, showing mild sunning to spine. A first novel from the winner of the 1992 F.G. Bressani Literary Prize for the short story collection, A Planet of Eccentrics.

Brighton, Massachusetts, USA: Fifth House / Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2007. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 344pp. Historical bw photos, ports., reproductions, maps. Mapped endpapers bearing CP logo. Red cloth w crisp silver lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Quarto: 305 x 225mm. A Railfare Book, originally published in 1974 and first published in the United States in bearing this ISBN by Fitzhenry & Whiteside (Brighton, Mass., 2007).

A Railfare Book / Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1977. First Canadian Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 304pp w appendices and index. Illustrated w historical bw photographs, reproductions and maps. Cartographic endpapers. Red-brown cloth w gold lettering on cove and spine. Small bumping to tail, no edgewear. Binding is sound. Colour illustrated DJ shows moderate soiling and wear commensurate w age and handling. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Small folio: 31 x 23cm. A Railfare Book distributed by Fitzhenry & Whiteside. First published by Railfare, 1974, this is a second printing, 1977, stated.

New York, NY, USA: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1932. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Van Loon, Hendrik, Willem. [xx], 525pp w index. Many indexed illustrations in text; thirty-eight indexed, unpaginated colored and wash illustrations, all by the author. Red cloth w color plate tipped on front cover, bronze lettering on spine. Very light rubbing at corners and tail, no other edgewear. Binding square and sound. Illustrated wrapper shows surface wear to fore edges, chipping to corners, head and tail, surface wear to joints, and moderate soiling commensurate w age and handling. World map drawn by the author on DJ verso. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover.

Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2006. First Canadian Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 177pp. Full-wrap photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Book appears unread. Reduced shipping may apply. Also available, the author's trilogy: A Bit Perverse, A Fou King Elf, and Zlosty's Dick.

Langley, BC, Canada: Mr. Paperback, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 180pp. Illustrated w maps and historical bw photos. Stamp on title page. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear. Binding square and sound, not creased. Reduced shipping may apply.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1950. No Binding. Very Good. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 50-26. Folded map shows refolding. Titled envelope shows light handling. Reduced shipping may apply.

Parksville, British Columbia, Canada: Arrowmaker Graphics, 1985. First Canadian Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ranger, Al. 115pp. Illustrated throughout w the sketches of the author and artist. Signed on fly-leaf by Al Ranger. Illustrated wrap is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Accompanying book mark laid in.

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, 2009. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 250pp w index. Illustrated throughout w bw photographs and colour photo plates. Signed by seven of the contributing chefs on photo illustrated title page. Striped endpapers. Photo illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Quarto - 27 x 19cm. Foreword by Vicki Gabereau. In four sections - local food, international flavors, rising stars and pioneering chefs, Vancouver Cooks 2 celebrates the key elements that have forged Vancouver's unique culinary culture and made this city a world-class dining destination.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1987. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xi, 487pp w appendix, notes, bibliography and index. Red endpapers. Prev owner stamp on endpapers. Off-white cloth w white lettering on spine. Very light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. DJ clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Quarto - 26 x 18cm This ground-breaking work presents an analysis of the influence of British politics and economics on the evolution of postwar naval policy in Great Britain. This study clearly demonstrates how cabinet-level decisions have shaped the Royal Navy

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA: E. M. Hale and Company, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Barnum, Jay Hyde. 58pp. Colour and grey-tone illustrations, many full-page. Colour illustrated boards. Library binding. Light bumping to the head and tail. Spine lightly sunned. First Cadmus Edition: this special edition is published by arrangement with the publishers of the regular edition, Ariel Books.

New York, NY, USA: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Unpaginated. 179 indexed bw photographs w commentary. Photo illustrated wrap is clean, showing tiny bumping at corners. Binding square and sound, not creased. First paperback edition, stated. Square quarto - 31 x 31cm

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 433 clean, tightly bound pages. Author's inscription top title page. Med blue boards with gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Colour illustrated covers clean and without wear "Canada is rapidly on the way to becoming a totally dominated colony of the United States. An organized and well-financed corporate and political elite is pushing us to abandon our dollar and border. In short, they want to merge Canada with the U.S. Ultimately, this powerful book is about whether or not you care about the survival of Canada. Mel Hurtig says its not too late to save Canada, but for this to happen, very important changes will have to be made soon.

Cranbury, NJ, USA: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1971. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 128pp w glossary and index. Indexed historical bw photos and drawings. Cream yellow cloth w gold lettering on spine. Bumping to bottom corners, no edgewear. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Octavo.

Jakarta, Indonesia: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2002. Booklet. Near Fine. 46pp. Twenty full-page colour photo illustrations. Colour photo illustrated wrap is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Indonesian language pudding recipes. From the series, Seri Makanan Favorit. Reduced shipping may apply.