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A Time of Gifts

Fermor, Patrick Leigh; Daniel Whistler [Illust.] · 1999

CA$28.89 (€18.38 | $20.26 | £15.33 | ¥3,234)

London The Folio Society pp. 292. 8vo. Bound in light blue cloth with gilt and silver lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Map endpapers and black and white illustrations. No detectable flaws; near fine in near fine lightly rubbed slipcase.

Empires of the Ancient Near East (Four Volumes in one Slipcase); The Babylonians; The Egyptians; The Persians; The Hittites

Saggs, H.W.F.; Alan Gardiner; J.M. Cook; O.R. Gurney · 2002

CA$101.11 (€64.32 | $70.89 | £53.66 | ¥11,317)

London The Folio Society 8vo. Black and white maps, photographs and illustrations. Each title in a different colour cloth; all with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front boards. Map endpapers. Negligible general shelfwear; very good+, in lightly rubbed slipcase spli...

An Autobiography

Christie, Agatha · 1977

CA$21.72 (€13.82 | $15.23 | £11.53 | ¥2,431)

London Collins pp. 542. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear, bookplate to ffep; very good in good+, price-clipped dustjacket with large tear to front, now in protective Brodart sleeve.

Psychology and Psychic Culture

Halleck, Reuben Post · 1895

CA$28.89 (€18.38 | $20.26 | £15.33 | ¥3,234)

New York American Book Company pp. 358. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated. Scuffing and sunning to extremities, wear to corners and spine ends, hinges cracked with mull exposed at front endpapers, ink name to ffep, underlining and annotations ...

The Age of Revolution; Europe 1789-1848

Hobsbawm, E. J. · 1977

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

London Abacus pp. 413. 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Scuffing to spine, stubborn stickers to covers, crease to rear; very good.

The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi; Anna Karenina Volume I-II; Anna Karenina Volume III

Tolstoi, Lyof N. [Leo Tolstoy] · 1899

CA$57.78 (€36.76 | $40.51 | £30.66 | ¥6,467)

New York Kelmscott Society pp. ix, 349; 379. 8vo. Uniformly rebound in dark brown leather with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece to each volume with torn tissue guards. Soiling to page edges, scuffing to gilt top edge, child's ink drawings and scribbles to m...

The Complete Works of William Shakspeare, with Dr. Johnson's Preface; a Glossary, and an Account of Each Play; and a Memoir of the Author

Shakspeare, William; Samuel Johnson [preface]; William Harness · 1842

CA$130.00 (€82.70 | $91.15 | £68.99 | ¥14,551)

London Scott, Webster, and Geary pp. xxxvi, 929. Royal 8vo. Boun din red leather with gilt lettering, decoration and four raised bands to spine. Gilt decoration to boards. Page edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait from the Chandos picture engraved by Cochran, numerous engravings ...

The Land of the Midnight Sun; Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland, with descriptions of the inner life of the people, their manners and customs, the primitive antiquities, etc.

Du Chaillu, Paul B. · 1899

CA$93.95 (€59.77 | $65.87 | £49.86 | ¥10,516)

London George Newnes pp. vii, 759. Royal 8vo. Bound in burgundy leather with gilt lettering and decoration, and five raised bands to spine. Gilt "Heron Prize" insignia to front board. Page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Replete with illustrations, including fold-out frontispie...

Barnaby Rudge and Edwin Drood

Dickens, Charles; F. Barnard [ills.] · 0

CA$28.89 (€18.38 | $20.26 | £15.33 | ¥3,234)

New York Thomas Y Crowell & Company pp 837. 8vo. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and portrait to spine. Black lettering and decoration to front board. Illustrated plates. Light wear to boards, soiling to page edges, ink name to ffep, front hinge cracked, binding sound...

A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

Dickens, Charles; John Leech [ills.]; G. K. Chesterton [intro.]; B. W. Matz [preface] · 2018

CA$17.33 (€11.02 | $12.15 | £9.20 | ¥1,940)

London Arcturus Publishing pp. xviii, 166. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with embossed boards. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Gilt page edges. Facsimile illustrations and engravings by John Leech. Light shelfwear; very good+. A facsimile of the 1922 edition.

Ancient Trees; Trees That Live For 1000 Years

Lewington, Anna; Edward Parker · 1999

CA$21.72 (€13.82 | $15.23 | £11.53 | ¥2,431)

London Collins & Brown pp. 185. 4to. Colour photographs. Bumps to board edges, light shelfwear; very good- in good, discoloured dustjacket with chips and tears to edges.

Street World; Urban Art and Culture from Five Continents

Gastman, Roger; Caleb Neelon; Anthony Smyrski; Alex Lukas (drawings) · 2007

CA$21.72 (€13.82 | $15.23 | £11.53 | ¥2,431)

New York Abrams pp. 384. 4to. Replete with colour photographs. Light shelfwear, minor spine slant, discolouration to bottom edge; very good.

Canaanite Myths and Legends

Gibson, J.C.L. · 1978

CA$57.78 (€36.76 | $40.51 | £30.66 | ¥6,467)

Edinburgh T. &. T. Clark Second Edition pp. 167. Small 4to. Bound in burgundy cloth. Text in Ugaritic and English. Light shelfwear, rear board completely loosened from pages, blind stamps to first few pages, ink lettering to ffep; good+, protected in plastic sleeve. Originally...

American Cookery

Beard, James · 1972

CA$57.78 (€36.76 | $40.51 | £30.66 | ¥6,467)

London Hart-Davis, MacGibbon pp. 877. 4to. Illustrations by Earl Thollander. Light shelfwear, discolouration to foredge and occasional pages; good+ in good+ dustjacket with a few chips and tears to extremities, protected by plastic sleeve.

All the King's Men

Warren, Robert Penn · 1981

CA$36.17 (€23.01 | $25.36 | £19.20 | ¥4,048)

New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich pp. 546. 8vo. Illustrations by Warren Chappell. Two toned cloth binding. Light shelfwear, slight slant to spine; very good in very good slipcase.

The Ghosts of Medak Pocket; The Story of Canada's Secret War

Off, Carol · 2004

CA$20.22 (€12.86 | $14.18 | £10.73 | ¥2,263)

Toronto Random House pp. 310. 8vo. Light shelfwear, minor discolouration to foredge; very good in very good dustjacket, stubborn sticker to rear panel.

The Confessions / The City of God / On Christian Doctrine

Saint Augustine · 1952

CA$19.47 (€12.39 | $13.65 | £10.33 | ¥2,179)

Chicago Encyclopaedia Britannica / The Great Books pp. x, 698. 8vo. Light shelfwear, scuffing and minor discolouration to foredge; very good-.

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet; The First Forty Years

Wyman, Max · 1978

CA$21.72 (€13.82 | $15.23 | £11.53 | ¥2,431)

Toronto Doubleday pp. 275. Small 4to. Black and white photos. Light shelfwear, ink gift inscription to ffep. Dustjacket scuffed and considerably nicked and torn to edges; very good in good- dustjacket.

Hitch-22; A Memoir

Hitchens, Christopher · 2011

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

New York Hachette Book Group pp. xiv, 434. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good+.

Fashion Designers A-Z; The Collection of the Museum at FIT

Steele, Valerie · 2020

CA$108.39 (€68.95 | $76.00 | £57.52 | ¥12,132)

Koln Taschen pp. 716. Heavy 4to. Replete with colour photographs. Light scuffing and minor discolouration to boards, internally clean and bright; very good.