Search Results: Titles starting with V from Reading Rat

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1995. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 134 p.; VG+/VG; small hardcover volume in black boards, very nice, minor wear, no interior marks. DJ unclipped, has very slight edgewear, small closed tear on back. Repaired with archival tape. A collection of several of Louis L'Amour's western short stories. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nanoose Bay, BC, Canada: Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited, 2000. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. NEW/No Jacket. NEW paperbound book; 192 p. incl. index & bibliography; glossy pictorial covers. "An anthology of 50 stories about British Columbia's Lower Mainland in the early years of the twentieth century. These stories grew out of a prized collection of picture postcards: not just any old postcards, but particularly appealing 'real photo' cards that for almost a century seemed to have waited to have their stories told." 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto: Macmillan, 1981. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good- . 392 p.; tradepaper; VG-, edges of cover somewhat rubbed, mild reading wear, interior clean. #25 in Laurentian Library series. Orig. pub. 1973. "Mitchell's honesty and compassion make The Vanishing Point a superb book about Indians, and a painful exploration of the desert areas in the white Canadian soul". - Saturday Night

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, 1998. First. Pictorial Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 94 p, incl. notes. VG+, has minor corner bumping, otherwise very nice clean solid copy. Attractively produced by The Muses Company, series editor Catherine Hunter. "Continuing his defiance of the 'poetry police', Steven Michael Merzensky has smuggled into the world a new collection of poems that insist on the subversive power of the imagination to set us free. Against the tyranny and despair of the twentieth century, Berzensky offers light and liberation." Berzensky (aka Mike Burrs) moved to Canada from California in 1965 and was Yorkton's first writer-in-residence (1985-86). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Penguin Books Canada, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 221 p.; incl. index, glossary, chronology. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Sally Armstrong was one of the first Western journalists to visit Afghanistan in 1997 and report on the plight of Afghan women and girls.

Rosser MB: Venus Rising Writing Group, 1997. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 47 p;, staplebound; VG; poetry and prose by Margaret Ann Anderson, Sherry Bailey, Jocelyn Boileau, Laurie Potovsky Beachell, Jane Walker, Monica Ziegler

Toronto: Tundra books, 2006. Apparent First. Paperback. Vg+. 198 p; TP; VG=. Set in small town Ontario c. 1941, 13 yr old Rosalind Kemp has to learn to live with a family gift/curse of clairvoyance.

Danbury, CT, U.S.A.: Scholastic Library Publishing, 1973. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Garo, Harry (illustrator). 63p. incl. index. Ex-library, some corner wear, minor edge wear. VIP series. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1986. First Edfition. Mass Market Paperback. Fair/No Jacket. 72p. Jem! book listed as fair. Age darkening, corner looks as if it's been wet, spine is fine, no rips or tears. You are Jem in this "Find your Fate" young girls novel. Mystery and adventure. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Konemann, 1997. Stated First. Perfect Bound. Very Good +/No Jacket. 80 p.; magazine format; photos and essays on contemporary architecture in Vienna; text in English, French & German. VG+, slight shelfwear, remainder mark on ISBN on back cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Butte Montana: McKee Printing Co., 1950. 12th printing. inti. Good. 269 p; paperback; incl foldout map (1881 Capt. D. H. Heap). Fair to good condition; pages age darkened, some wear and pencil notations. Incl. short bio of Dimsdale himself, who died in 1866 at the young age of 35. His account of the Vigilante efforts to dispense justice in the Montana territory was originally published in 1865 and is reprinted here in its original form.

Keewatin ON: Lake of the Woods Historical Society, 1988. Apparent First. Spiral_bound. Very Good +. Iris Sweet MacGarva. Unpaginated; spiral bound digest size compilation of sketches originally appearing in the Society's newsletter. Printed in sepia, with line drawings on facing pages. Items include jewelry, dishes, coal-oil lamps, a map case and sextant, nurse's uniform, doll, and historic buildings. Nice reference for 19th century Ontario life and culture

Winnipeg: Frances McColl, 1981. First printing. Paperback. Very Good- . Small 52 p. paperback. Front cover somewhat worn, ovell VG-. A collection of letters written by frances McColl's mother Edith Durand mccoll between 1912 - 1926. Illustrated with Edith's sketches. Delisghtful portrait of middle class life in Winnipeg's Wolseley neighbourhood.

Oakville Ontario: Frederick Harris Music Co. Limited, c. 1928. Apparent first edition. Staplebound. Very Good +. Paperbound and stapled; 81/2 x 11 inches, 53 pages. Words and music; English translation by J. Murray Gibson; arrangements by Achille Fortier, Alfred Laliberte, Oscar O'Brien, Leo Smith and Ernest MacMillan. No publication date but a number of songs are copyright by Frederick Harris Music Co. 1928. Very nice clean copy, some wear along stapled spine.

New York: Vintage Books: Alfred A Knopf Inc., 1962. First Vintage Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Fritz Kredel. 318p. incl index. Vintage Original V-216 A link between two ways food is written about. The Philosophical and the technical. Food is at the essence of society. This book contains many recipes along with anecdotes and other philosophical perspectives on food. Star sticker on the front cv. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg MB: Manitoba Writers' Guild, 1996. First Edition. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. Patrick O'Connell (cover image). 42 p.; VG+; white card covers with photo image of young woman. A collection of short fiction and poetry from the Manitoba Writers' Guild Emerging Writers Mentor Program. Writers include David Spratt, Janine Tschunky, Tanya Ho, Wendy Mooney, Cecile Brisebois Guillemot, and Priscilla Reimer. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lantzville BC: Oolichan Books, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 263 p., trade paper, VG+ condition, has gift inscription of ffep (Christmas 1993). Laid-in card noting that author was one of three finalists for Governor Generals award. Authors first book, collection of short stories set on the west coast, some prev. published elsewhere. Winner of 1993 Bumbershoot Weyerhaeuser Award. SIGNED by author on title page. VG+ overall condition.

Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 88 p.; large (8.5 x 12") landscape format softcover; catalogue of a special exhibit at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, featuring drawings, paintings, and other art works by artists living and working in Manitoba. Extensive biographical information on the artists. VG overall condition; some delamination on front cover and lower corner is bumped. Interior clean and unmarked, binding solid

Geological Association of Canada, 1977. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 475 pages; VG+, has p o name on ffep, very slight shelfwear, interior clean and solid. Special Paper Number 16. The proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Volcanology Division of the Geological Association of Canada and held at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario, May 16-17, 1975. 24 articles in 6 sections, with associated maps, graphs, photos, bibliographies, etc. Email for further information. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper Collins, 2010. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 150 p. PB; remainder mark; minor shelf wear. The author is a journalist and comic strip writer living in Buenos Aires. "Voltaire's Calligrapher is described as an historical thriller, a philosophical work and an adventure.