Dora Hood (39 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 145 pp. DJ shows some wear but is in good condition. Hardcover likewise shows rubbing in corners and shelf wear. Binding is tight, text block seems clear.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Possible Book Club Edition, no price to flap. Wear and tattering to edges of jacket, with a number of chips and small tears. Light rubbing/bumping to edges of boards. Mother's Day gift inscription to front endpaper, interior otherwise clean and unmarked.…

Condition: new.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. In 1929 a fossilized skull found in Peking was named Sinanthropus pekinensis, Peking Man. Dr. Davidson Black, a Canadian anatomist and anthropologist, was responsible for finding and identifying this important clue to the nature of the ancestors and development of modern Man. Although he won world renown for this discovery, until now little has been written about the distinguished scientist. In this, the first full account of his life, Mrs. Hood describes Dr. Black's education-at the Toronto Model School, where he was one of the many pupils who distinguished himself in later life; at Harbord Collegiate in Toronto; and at the School of Medicine of the University of Toronto where he first began to show a marked interest in the study of anatomy. She follows his career then to a teaching position at Western Reserve University, and through the usual sequence of opportunities that eventually led him to China. It was while Dr. Black was on the staff of the Peking Union Medical College that he was able to pursue his interest in a promising area of human prehistory, and these investigations culminated in the discovery of Peking Man. Mrs. Hood has succeeded in bringing together with care and perception the story of Dr. Black and his work, which was scattered in many places, and does so with an ease and simplicity of expression which will attract readers. The fascination of Davidson Black's devotion to the exploration of the mysteries of human pre-history has been well rendered.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn and Torn Dust Jacket. Plain black cloth binding with gilt title, author and place of publication on spine. 145pp Content clean and sound. Illustrated with Photos (illustrator).

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Davidson Black: A Biography. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Book has been personally inscribed by author below the image of her and her daughter, adjacent to the title page. Both book and jacket are in good condition with a fair bit of wear to jacket. Previous owner's address sticker inside first page. Additional photos available upon request. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dustjacket price clipped. Slight wear and slight soiling to spine, cover, corners and dustjacket.; With frontispiece. Dustjacket price clipped. Slight wear to spine, cover, corners. Some wear and slight soiling to dustjacket.; 15x13x2 cm; 145 pages.…

x+146pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, faded on spine and bumped on corners. Name stamped on ffe. A very good copy. B/w plates.

Condition: New. 1964. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: New. 1964. paperback. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This book is bound in bright brown boards with bright gilt letters on the spine. There is very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. The dust jacket has 1 cm chips off the spine tips, two 1 cm chips + creases on the top edge of the front cover and wear along the other edges and flap creases.…

Cloth in dust jacket. Condition: Very good. ix,238 Pp. Frontis photo of author.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Canadian anthropologist who discovered the fossilized skull 'Peking Man', unmarked, 145pp, NF/NF. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Memoir of the pioneering Toronto bookseller Dora Hood who built up one of the largest mail-order book businesses in Canada. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the brown buckram boards. Interior is clean and unmarked. Some edge wear to the jacket. Spine is sunned and faded, but else very good. Now wrapped in protective plastic cover. Signed by the author on the frontis. Signed by Author(s). …

1964, Physical Anthropology, University of Toronto Press, 145 p., very good cloth and dust jacket, jacket is slightly yellowed.

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorBy Dora HoodKlappentextIn this, the first full account of his life, Mrs. Hood has succeeded in bringing together with care and perception the story of Dr. Davidson Black, a Canadian anatomis.

hardcover. Condition: Good. ex-library copy with usual markings. no dj.

[1958]. (Hardcover) Very good in good dust jacket. 238pp. Index. Ex-library, stamps, dust jacket spine faded and worn. Locale: Canada; Ontario; Toronto. (Books About Books, Autobiography, Booksellers).

Paperback. Condition: New. In 1929 a fossilized skull found in Peking was named Sinanthropus pekinensis, Peking Man. Dr. Davidson Black, a Canadian anatomist and anthropologist, was responsible for finding and identifying this important clue to the nature of the ancestors and development of modern Man. Although he won world renown for this discovery, until now little has been written about the distinguished scientist. In this, the first full account of his life, Mrs. Hood describes Dr. Black's education-at the Toronto Model School, where he was one of the many pupils who distinguished himself in later life; at Harbord Collegiate in Toronto; and at the School of Medicine of the University of Toronto where he first began to show a marked interest in the study of anatomy. She follows his career then to a teaching position at Western Reserve University, and through the usual sequence of opportunities that eventually led him to China. It was while Dr. Black was on the staff of the Peking Union Medical College that he was able to pursue his interest in a promising area of human prehistory, and these investigations culminated in the discovery of Peking Man. Mrs. Hood has succeeded in bringing together with care and perception the story of Dr. Black and his work, which was scattered in many places, and does so with an ease and simplicity of expression which will attract readers. The fascination of Davidson Black's devotion to the exploration of the mysteries of human pre-history has been well rendered.…

Condition: Very Good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp. 145, b/w photographs, Black received world acclaim for his discovery and identification of "Peking Man" in 1929. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 238 pages. Index. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of author and her daughter. "The story of Dora Hood's experiences as owner and proprietor of Dora Hood's Book Room in Toronto from 1928 to 1954. Mrs. Hood writes glowingly about book collectors for she was convinced that, by and large, they are among the most delightful people one can meet." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket protected in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Tape marks on endpapers from former dust jacket cover. A sound copy of this precious account of used book selling in Canada prior to the internet. Bibliographic reference: Amtmann H-1081. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…