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paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority. David Roach; John McCrea; Matt Brooker; Ian Gibson; Colin MacNeil; Cam Kennedy; Ben Willsher; Shaun Thomas; Duke Mighten (illustratore).…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.…

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Illustrated Softcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Reprint. 1994, xii, 250pp. "The Reformation was an international movement, but at the same time it achieved strikingly different levels of success in different parts of Europe. The Early Reformation in Europe explores these contrasts and comparisons through a series of specially commissioned essays by leading specialists in European history. These will serve both as a lucid and clearly written introduction to the Reformation in different parts of Europe, and as an introduction to recent debates on the success and failure of the movement as a whole." This book contains maps. It shows signs of slight shelfware, but is in excellent condition. No inscriptions.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to corners; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; Jean Coulthard was one of Canada's best loved composers of the 20th century. Born in Vancouver to a musical family, Coulthard composed resolutely Canadian music that maintained the values of the great European classical tradition. Through text, music, and images, this book explores her careers as composer, teacher, wife and mother. Coulthard studied with Vaughan Williams, Schoenberg, and Bartok, then mentored two generations of composers, all the while creating her own evocative music in every genre. For 92 years she watched her city grow from pioneer beginnings to become a major economic and cultural centre. Jean Coulthard's eight decades of astonishing creativity are remarkable in themselves, but then, she was by any standard an extraordinary Canadian.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. SUBTITLED : A Life in Music '. In 1928, at the age of twenty, Jeran Coulthard won a Vancouver scholarshio that allowed her ti study musuic in England. Read more about : New England Conservatory, Vancouver Women's Musical Club, Frederick Chubb, Cologne, Kathleen Long, piano, composition, vaudeville, soprano, sonata, and Nelly Melba. These 216 pages - includes INDEX - cover her musical accomplishments and contributions. A goodly number of b/w photographs accompany text. Both authors have flat signed (2005) the title page. Volume is tight, bright and crisp throughout. No marks, no tears. Giftable ! Quote (p.97) : " ._.-. and still another in the salons of the day. Since the mid-seventeenth century, the learned and the wealthy (sometimes the same people ) had organized weekly or monthly gatherings of intellectuals and artists in Paris receiving rooms. For the young, it was ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustratore). Signed by Author(s). …

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine, Wraps with French flaps, 102pp, B&W photos and illus. Published by the Vancouver Symphony Society, under the direction of the VSO 100th Anniversary Planning Committee, with the support of archivist Andréa Tarnawsky, VSO staff members, and musician alumni, 'VSO 100: A Century of Memorable Moments' is book consisting of 100 carefully curated moments of VSO history in vignettes that capture the rich history, traditions, and little-known perspectives of the orchestra.(1.6 JM HOZ 402/1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".…

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine, Wraps with French flaps, 102pp, B&W photos and illus. Published by the Vancouver Symphony Society, under the direction of the VSO 100th Anniversary Planning Committee, with the support of archivist Andréa Tarnawsky, VSO staff members, and musician alumni, 'VSO 100: A Century of Memorable Moments' is book consisting of 100 carefully curated moments of VSO history in vignettes that capture the rich history, traditions, and little-known perspectives of the orchestra.(1.6 JM LVR 202/b4 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".…