Whitteker Byng (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Titus, Doris (illustrator). First Edition. Stiff cardboard covers creased and lightly smudged, rubbed on ends of spine and on corners, else very good plus. Pages spotless and binding tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Doris Titus (illustrator). 1st Edition. Softcover with stiff illust.card covers; Inside is clean & unmarked, no loose torn pages to main text but there is a hole and tear through free back end page; Covers are creased through the middle with overall slight discolouration/rubbing; A sound copy generally; Stories based on the CBC daily programme for children from the 50's Small Types Club which aired from Toronto on CJBC.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Titus, Doris (illustrator). First Edition. Cardboard covers. Front cover has faint vertical creases down the middle, front top corner and spine creased, very lightly rubbed along edges, small (1/16 inch) scrape on rear, thumb marks on last two pages, else very good plus. DJ chipped and torn along top and bottom edges - overall, good. Protected in mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/Good. Presume 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription.

Cardboard Covers. Condition: Very Good. Doris Titus (illustrator). Inscribed and signed by author, "Mr. Byng" on front free endpaper. Lower front right corner of cover has a 1.0" piece missing. Some light edgewear and light soiling of cover. Some spotting on pages. A couple of black marks on front free endpaper. Size: 8vo (8" to 9").

Condition: Acceptable.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Arbuckle, Franklin (cover art); Dallison, Ken; Price, Arthur; (illustrator). First Edition. 88 pages. Features: Cover art by Franklin Arbuckle features the Black Diamond Lighthouse at the eastern entrance to Canso Strait, with Lloyd Grant tending the beacon; Can-Car one-page colour ad features their Jet Mentor Trainer; Divorce does more harm than good; Burroughs colour-photo one-page adding machine add features two of their chunky blue machines; London Letter - How Canadians are taking over in Britain i.e. Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly; Vintage one-page RCA Victor ad shows several of their Hi-Fi units; Nine pages of colour photos by John deVisser intended to argue against "Toronto the Dull"; What I Remember of Hitler - fascinating photo-illustrated article by Putzi Hanfstaengl, who introduced Hitler to polite society, played the piano when the fuhrer was troubled, and saw him battle his private demons; I Like Being Fat - and here are my reasons; Nobody's Too Big for Ted Lindsay - hockey's scrappy little all-star leftwinger has battled the largest and toughest men on the ice, and now, as President of the new player's union, he may be taking on his toughest opponents of all - the NHL owners - photo-illustrated article; Florencia Bay (part 2 of this novel); How to Live with a Neurotic; Bill (William) Shatner's Adventures in Hollywood - photo-illustrated article on his early days on the west coast; Labatt's 50 colour ad shows 'modern' Canadians; Rexall centrefold features dozens of their products and their 1957 prices; Molson's Crown & Anchor colour beer ad features older folk enjoying slike show; Mavor Moore recalls his most memorable meal; Nice one-page A.V. Roe ad entitled "Ingenious Devices That Challenge the Imagination" includes several illustrations of their products; Nice colour Dow beer ad shows man presenting box of beer to man watching TV football; Vintage half-page Long-Distance telephone ad features young college lady and several of their price rates; What art lost when Hitler took up politics; One-page colour ad for Sunbeam brand automatic frypans, and saucepan/deep fryer; Back cover colour Coke ad features illustration of scene at Maharaja's Palace in India; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.