Search Results: Reference from Ainsworth Books

Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Very Good+. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 0847675564 . Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 344 pages; "This dictionary, consisting of almost 500 short essays on major and minor British and American women writers, is a major contribution to the field of women's literature...Recommended for undergraduate or graduate libraries, especially those serving women's studies programs.," .

Toronto: ECW Press. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Paperback. 1550221515 . Card covers show light shelf wear, top for corner has shallow crease.; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages; "This comprehensive collection includes biographies of Margaret Atwood, Clark Blaise, Frances Brooke, Ernest Buckler, Morley Callaghan, Leonard Cohen, Matt Cohen, Ralph Connor, Robertson Davies, Sara Jeannette Duncan, Marian Engel,Mavis Gallant, Hugh Garner, Dave Godfrey, Frederick Philip Grove, Thomas Haliburton, Robert Harlow, Jack Hodgins, Hugh Hood, William Kirby, Raymond Knister, Robert Kroetsch, Margaret Laurence, Stephen Leacock, Norman Levine, Hugh MacLennan, John Metcalf, W. O. Mitchell, Susanna Moodie, Alice Munro, Martha Ostenso, Gilbert Parker, Thomas Raddall, John Richardson, Mordecai Richler, Charles G. D. Roberts, Leon Rooke, Sinclair Ross, Ernest Thompson Seton, Robert Stead, Audrey Thomas, Catharine Parr Traill, Sheila Watson,… Read More

London: Running Press. Very Good. 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 076240258X . Card covers show light shelf wear, bottom fore corner bumped.; A bright, solid book. Color illustrations throughout ; Trade PB; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 176 pages; "Demonstrates intaglio printing, lithography, woodcut, linocut, monoprint, drypoint, etching, and screenprinting with film stencils, and discusses composition, color, pattern, and themes" .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312158971 . Slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1049 pages; An excellent sourcebook for anyone interested in the writers of Fantasy and their works. .

London: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 1854797964 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, a couple of dings by DJ spine short tear top of spine.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and colour illustrations ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 144 pages; Covers such illustrators as Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle and many more. .

Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1995. Hardcover. 1563080869 . Ex-library with usual library marks, card pocket on FFEP, tape on spine, some bubbling of glossy surface where tape removed. ; A tight solid book. ; Ex-Library; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 245 pages; "Designed for individuals who need information about graphic novels and for those interested in acquiring them, this book will especially appeal to librarians, booksellers, collectors, bookstore owners, educators working with teen and reluctant readers," .

Kingston, ON: Queen's University. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889114730 . Extremities bumped, otherwise tight and solid ; Presentation letter with university letterhead signed by both editors who are both archivists. ; 0.5 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 137 pages .

Victoria, BC: Rockland Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 0968326005 . Signed by Author; Dark red cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles and decoration on front and gilt stamped titles on spine, clear celluloid jacket. This is #48 out of 500. It was signed in my presence at a book fair in March 1998. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 315 pages; This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Western Canadian history. I have referred to it many times while researching our inventory. .

Dearborn, MI: Misfit Press. Very Good. 1978. 1st Thus. Stapled wraps. Card covers show light shelf wear and discoloration.; A tight solid book, encased in clear plastic book cover. ; 121 pages; Includes the Hugo awards from 1953-1978 and the Nebula awards 1965-1978 .

Ottawa: Fitzhenry and Whiteside. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 1550414089 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. B&W and colour illustrations. ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 64 pages .

Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0873381262 . green cloth covered boards show very light shelf wear. ; A tight solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 98 pages; This is a bibliography plus index but only of the works published during the stated period. .

Paris, France: Librairie Orientaliste/Paul Geunther. Very Good-. 1926. Paperback. The grey card covers show light wear with some creasing of the corners.; Pages untrimmed, tissue guard page front and back ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 68 pages; This is a 11" trade paperback in French, 68 page syllabary of the Akkadian language. The Akkadians were one of the earliest civilizations in the area of Mesopotamia .

London: Letts's Diaries Company/Cassell & Company. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. ca.1880. Hardcover. Corners bumped and worn. Light wear to head and tail of spine, one tiny tear. This book has possibly been rebound using original boards and marbled end papers. Reinforcing tape sewn into inner hinges extends under front and back pastedown. Book is solid and tight. Some foxing of page edges but not on pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Not dated but appears to have been published circa 1880's. The maroon cloth covered boards are blind stamped front and back with gilt title front and spine still bright. There are a few pages at the beginning devoted to ads for other Letts publications. .

Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0895943018 . Boards show some shelf wear to extremities. Ex-library with library withdrawn stamp on FFEP and sticker remnants on front pastedown. ; A tight solid book. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 193 pages; A bibliography with short biographies of the authors and reviews .

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870445103 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, short tears in DJ top of spine. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and color illustrations throughout ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 606 pages; "This reference tool turns a collection of National Geographics into a comprehensive encyclopedia and also presents the exciting story of the National Geographic Society in words and hundreds of pictures. Spanning issues from January 1947 through December 1983, the volume catalogs the more than 2,500 articles that have appeared during the period, making their diverse subject matter immediately available." .

Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, Publishers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1942. Second Edition. Hardcover. Cloth boards show light shelf wear, light soiling, light tanning of pages.. ; A tight solid book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages; A reference book for the collector of books about the American Northwest, with reviews of over 1100 books .

Toronto: Delacorte Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385257392 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Outlander; 9.50 X 7.40 X 1.90 inches; 577 pages; ¸ Full synopses of Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn¸ A complete listing of the characters in all four novels, including extensively researched family trees and genealogical notes¸ Professionally cast horoscopes for Jamie and Claire¸ A comprehensive glossary and pronunciation guide to Gaelic terms and usage¸ The fully explicated Gabaldon Theory of Time Travel¸ Frequently asked questions to the author and her (sometimes surprising) answers¸ An annotated bibliography¸ Tips, personal stories -- even a recipe or two!¸ Essays about medicine and magic in the eighteenth century, researching historical fiction, and more .

Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0195411676 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1199 pages; "This exciting new edition reflects this vivid flowering, adding more than 360 new entries as well as updating material from the original to reflect recent publications and changes in the biographies of writers previously included. As before, the entries cover fiction, prose, poetry, and drama, prominent writers, literary magazines, and publishers." .

Martinsburg WV: Self Published. Very Good. 1993. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Light shelf wear and soil to both volumes ; Top stapled paperbacks ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages; A somewhat outdated reference but quite thorough. .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good+. 1996. Reprint. Paperback. 0521447704 . Card covers show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages; "Although the importance of the advent of printing for Western civilisation has long been recognised, it was Professor Eisenstein, in her monumental, two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, who provided the first full-scale treatment of the subject. This illustrated and abridged edition of Professor Eisenstein's study gives a stimulating survey of the communications revolution of the fifteenth century. It begins with a discussion of the general implications of the introduction of printing, and then explores how the shift from script to print entered into the three major movements of early modern times: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science." .