Places And People from Spafford Books

Pretoria: University of South Africa [0 86981 287 4] 1983. (hardcover) x, 454pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Primarily concerned with the background of the French settlers who came to South Africa and adjacent territories in the first century of White colonization. Mapped endpapers. The jacket, lightly rubbed, shows some wear along… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society NONE [NONE] 2008. (hardcover) xv, 324; xi, [3], 327-702pp. Fine. 4to. 2 volume set, sold as such. Housed, as issued, in sturdy black slipcase, photograph of archival image to one panel. Red buckram, gilt title to spine and ornate gilt decoration to both boards. Full colour photographs. Both tomes are in… Ler mais sobre este item

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: Éditions du Blé NONE [NONE] 1977. (Mass market paperback) x, 161pp. Very good. 8vo. French text. Card wrappers, printed in turquoise blue, white, and black. Explores the poetry of a young Louis Riel. Covers lightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy..

Bucharest, Romania: Meridiane Publishing House NONE [NONE] 1986. (hardcover) XLIV, 328pp. Very good. 8vo. English text. Cover shows some wear, with tears at the spine head and heel, and other surface scuffs. Internally clean and bright..

Toronto: National Executive Committee Ukrainian Canadian Association NONE [NONE] 1945. (Mass market paperback) 24pp. Very good. 8vo. Booklet format, stapled. Kraft brown wrappers. One fine red line inked to the lower edge, front cover, otherwise clean and bright..

Boston: The Page Company NONE [NONE] 1914, 1st impression. (hardcover) xviii, 396pp. Very good. 8vo. Dark green decorative covers, illustrated (stamped and embossed) with gilt, blue, and lighter green to front and spine. Titles stamped in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Lightly starting at inside front hinge. Richly illustrated with plates, black and white historical photographs as… Ler mais sobre este item

Canberra, Australia: Government of Australia; Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission NONE [NONE] 1994. (Mass market paperback) 50pp. Very good. 4to. A guide to the findings and recommendations made by the National Inquiry into the thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and homes. Top corner at… Ler mais sobre este item

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: Les Éditions des Plaines [0-920944-04-3] 1979. (Mass market paperback) 51pp. As new. 8vo. French text. Writings of Louis Riel, the father of Manitoba, which date back to his exile in Montana in 1879 and in which he denounces those he held responsible for the Métis uprising at Red River. This is a copy… Ler mais sobre este item

Worcester, Massachusetts: Antipode / Clark University NONE [NONE] 1981. (Mass market paperback) 47pp. Very good. 4to. White card wrappers, stapled. Graphs. Figures..

Worcester, Massachusetts: Antipode / Clark University NONE [NONE] 1981. (Mass market paperback) 46pp. Very good. 4to. Ivory-coloured card wrappers, stapled. Map..

Regina: Bibliographic Services - Provincial Library 1972. (Mass market paperback) 66pp. Very good. 66p, 4to, wraps..

Paris: Sipuco 1952. (Mass market paperback) 309pp. Good. 8vo. In original crème wrappers, printed in blue and red. Wrappers worn; chipping at head and heel of spine; soiled; lettering on spine faded; wrappers toned. Address in ink to top cover. Wrappers beginning to separate from textblock, starting at front gutter, remaining secure. Edges roughcut; some… Ler mais sobre este item

Clark University (School of Geography) 1973. (Mass market paperback) 88pp. Very good. Minimal wear..

Montréal: Les Éditions Chantecler 1953, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) 205pp. Very good plus. 12mo. In original crème wrappers, printed in red and black. Wrappers quite bright, with minimal toning. Spot of dirtying towards fore-edge of top cover. Else with only light rubbing, shelfwear. Edges roughtcut; leaves unopened. Internally tight, bright, and clean. Peel(3)… Ler mais sobre este item

Montréal: Les Éditions Chantecler 1953, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) 205pp. Good. 12mo. In original crème wrappers, printed in red and black. Wrappers with notable wear; rubbed, edgewear, reading creases to spine, splitting at head and foot of spine. Wrappers toned, dirtied from rubbing. Possible ex-lib, with only evidence being tape at the foot of… Ler mais sobre este item

London, UK: Hamish Hamilton NONE [NONE] 1958. (hardcover) xiv, 593pp. Very good. Issued without dust jacket. 4to. Sturdy, weighty tome, cream coloured buckram. Italian crest to front and spine; gilt title to spine. Two publishers listed, with Hamish Hamilton printed to an erratum to the title page; the other is noted as Gourmet… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Doubleday 978-0-385-36412-6 [978-0-385-36412-6] 1992. (hardcover) 250pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. English. A tale of family life, romance and recipes. Fine / Fine..

Paris: Société Des Éditions Denoël NO ISBN [NO ISBN] 1947. (hardcover) 337pp, [1]. Very good plus. 12mo. Brown half-leather over speckled, brown paper boards. Spine with raised bands, title compartment lettered in gilt. T.E.G. Marbled EPs. Boards rubbed, shelfwear. Leather chipped at head of spine. Textblock age-toned, more deeply at margins. Textblock clean. Trade… Ler mais sobre este item

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker 1902. (hardcover) L; 476pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 16mo. French. Red cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Marbled edges. There are 19 fold-out maps and 32 plans. Blue ribbon marker. Page XLIX - L is folded (corner creased); the folded piece is not clipped to size. Lightly age-toned; else is… Ler mais sobre este item

Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum NONE [NONE] 1971, reprint. (Mass market paperback) 123+. Very good. 8vo. Reprint. Beige card wrappers, with black title to front.There is a name penned to the inside front cover and to the last page, as well as two notations on rear paper blank. A single word is underlined on… Ler mais sobre este item