Search Results: Literature from Kukuchai Books

Written by Eleanor H. Porter, the author of Pollyanna. Boards are a little cracked at half title page. Old price stamped on ffep. Illustrations by Helen Mason Grose. Edges and spine tips are bumped.

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1968. 170 pages. Includes 'The Peach Thief' by Emilian Stanev, 'Land' by Elin Pelin, 'Last Journey' by Dimiter Talev, and 'My Father' by Pavel Vezhinov. Translated by Radost Pridham and Jean Morris. Old price sticker on front cover of dust jacket. Minor rubbing on lower left of front dust jacket. Otherwise jacket and book are very clean and unmarked. Edges and corners hardly rubbed. A very nice book.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. 570 pages. Spine has a small rip at bottom. Spine a little creased with a red pen mark on it. Corners and edges scuffed and a little bumped. Binding cracked at pages 102-107 but still holding well. Previous owner's name on first page. Interior clean and bright.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Modern Library, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York: The Modern Library, 1928. 348 pages. Leatherette binding cracked but not broken. Spine bumped top and bottom with gilt lettering. Publisher's logo in gilt on cover. Book looks like it may have sustained some moisture damage at some point. Previous owner's name on front inside endpaper. Sticker in upper left hand corner of inside front cover. Endpapers imprinted with publisher's logo. front hinge cracked at title page. A few pages have some light pen markings; otherwise, clean. Binding intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1909. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1909. Brown boards with gold lettering on front cover and black lettering on spine. Hinge cracked at half title page, page 60 and page 90. 202 pages. Some writing on inside endpaper. Old price and an initial on ffep. Corners bumped. Shelf wear. Some yellowing. Binding loose but intact. Interior pages clean.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Vancouver, B.C.: Growing Room Collective, 1978. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Vancouver, B.C.: Growing Room Collective, 1978. 164 pages. The Quebecoises Issue with translated contributions from Nicole Brassard, Monique Bosco, France Theoret, Cecile Cloutier, and others. Introduction by Eleanor Wachtel. Some light bumping and tanning. Small stain on spine. Interior and binding in very good condition. Bookstore stamp on Contents page.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Frank L. Packard was born in Montreal, Quebec and educated at McGill University and the University of Liège. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing many railroad stories. This is one of them. 304 pages. Blue covers with gold printing on front cover and spine. Spine tips are bumped and slightly torn. Corners are bumped. Previous owner's name on half title page Half title page has a 2 inch tear at bottom seam. Small worm hole visible.

London: University of London Press Ltd., 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: University of London Press Ltd., 1965. 383 pages. Dickens' popular novel about the French Revolution. Former high school textbook from Montreal, Quebec. Edited with a critical commentary by Barbara Osbourn, M.A. Navy boards with silver lettering. Corners rubbed and bumped. Spine a little faded. Very minor writing on two pages only. Interior clean with a very good binding.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Dark green boards with faded gold lettering on spine. 372 pages. Gift inscription on ffep. Binding cracked at front and back. Spine slightly cocked. Interior pages are clean for the most part except for some spillage on pages 69-73.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. 624 pages. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Some underlining in the book. Spine a little stained. A little shelf worn. Interior and binding in good shape.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1966. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. New York: Random House, 1966. An anthology of plays by George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, and others. Front cover separated from spine from top for about 1.5 inches. Spine not creased but discoloured and a little stained. White covers show a little aging. Interior still clean and bright and unmarked with a tight binding. 692 pages. Thick heavy book.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

England: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. England: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., 1966. 148 pages. Spine and edges yellowed. Remnant of glue from old price sticker on front cover. Light blue boards are minimally bumped. Small stain on spine. Interior very clean and bright with a tight binding.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Lockwood Kipling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. 329 pages. Red/brown cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering on spine. Cream coloured cameo on cover with elephant and swastika. Top edge gilt. Deckled side and bottom edges. Former library copy. Spine shows where former library label was fixed. Spine cracked at front and back. Inside front cover has library envelope for card. Flyleaf has stamp "Presented to Glenlyon School" and Date Due sheet. Title page has the same stamp at bottom of page. Interior in good shape. All tissue papers in place.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Lockwood Kipling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. 386 pages. Red/brown cloth inscribed with gilt lettering and illustrations on spine. Cover has cream coloured cameo with elephant and swastika. Top of spine ripped. Tissue for frontispiece illustration is missing. Nice looking Ex Libris plate for D.L. Weston on inside front cover. Top edge gilt. Deckled side and bottom edges. Interior clean; binding holding well.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Lockwood Kipling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. 202 pages. Red/brown cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering on spine. Cream coloured cameo on cover with elephant and swastika. Top edge gilt. Deckled side and bottom edges. Attractive Ex Libris plate for D.L. Weston on inside front cover. Cream coloured end papers in good shape. Top of spine chipped. Frontispiece tissue missing. Interior in nice shape. Binding holding well.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Lockwood Kipling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. 553 pages. Red/brown cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled side and bottom edges. Cream coloured cameo on cover with elephant and swastika. Attractive Ex Libris plate for D. L. Weston on inside front cover. Top of spine ripped. Tissue for frontispiece missing. Spine cracked just before frontispiece. Small rip to edge of page 535 and 537. Boards are slightly scuffed and marked. Cream coloured end papers in good shape. Interior and binding good.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Lockwood Kipling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. 368 pages. Red/brown cloth inscribed with gilt illustrations and lettering on spine. Cover has cream coloured cameo with elephant and swastika. Top edge gilt. Deckled side and bottom edges. Attractive Ex Libris plate for D.L. Weston on inside front cover. Cream coloured end papers in good shape. Interior pages clean. Tissue missing from frontispiece. Binding holding very well.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Lockwood Kipling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. 292 pages. Red/brown cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering on spine. Cream coloured cameo on cover has elephant and swastika. Top edge gilt. Deckled side and bottom edges. Attractive Ex Libris plate for D.L. Weston on inside front cover. Binding at front end paper cracked but still holding. Rear end papers good with some small signs of cracking at binding. Top of spine ripped with pieces missing. Frontispiece tissue missing. Some corner bumping and scuffing. Interior in very good shape. Binding holding well.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Lockwood Kipling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. 228 pages. Red/brown cloth boards with gilt illustrations and lettering on spine. Cream coloured cameo on cover with elephant and swastika. Top edge gilt. Deckled side and bottom edges. Frontispiece tissue missing. Attractive Ex Libris plate for D. L. Weston on inside front cover. Cream coloured end papers in good shape. Interior clean; bindings holding well.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Lockwood Kipling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. 307 pages. Red/brown cloth inscribed with gilt illustration on spine and gilt lettering. Cover has cream-coloured cameo of elephant and swastika. Small smudge on back cover of unknown origin. Top of spine cracked and small piece missing. Nice looking Ex Libris plate for D.L. Weston on inside front cover. Tissue missing from frontispiece illustration. Top edge gilt. Deckled side and bottom edges. Cream coloured end papers in good shape. Interior of book is clean and binding is intact and in good shape.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.