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SONGS OF THE SEA: THE TALES AND TUNES OF SAILORS AND SAILING SHIPS.

By: Hugill, Stan.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Maidenhead, McGraw-Hill: 1977

Seller ID: 20016

ISBN: 0070311382

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

198 pp, small 4to (10" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with reproductions, photographs, musical notation. "Life was short, brutal, lonely and joyless for the 'jolly tar', except for strong drink, women - and the solace of song. So he sang: short, rhythmic, onomatopoeic chants to time his backbreaking work at capstan and halyard, the famous 'shanties'. Or longer, ribald or forlorn ditties for idle moments, called 'forebitters' after the metal bollards on the fo'c's'lehead. He sang bravura songs when outward bound; yearning, sexier songs for the homeward reach; warning songs of pira...
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THE MICE WILL PLAY.

By: Phillips, Edward O. Inscribed.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Riverbank Press: 1996

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 20646

ISBN: 189633203X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

233 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H). Inscribed on title page: "For ____ and ____ - to read between sets - much love - Ted, 11/9/96". "Gemma Johnstone's intimate charms have earned her just about every material comfort a woman about town could wish for. But when her latest admirer expires in full flight of physical affection, she must suddenly face the realities of being middle-aged, single, and without further material prospects. Temporary solace appears in the form of Helen Chisholm, a bed-ridden older woman who is in need of care and companionship while her redoubtable daughter goes away on a two-...
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THE EMPEROR OF PARIS.

By: Richardson, C.S.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Doubleday Canada: 2012

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27667

ISBN: 0385670907

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

278 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H). "An intricate and graceful story of the beginnings of an unlikely romance between an illiterate Parisian baker and a woman hiding in a world of books and art. Octavio Notre-Dame comes from a long line of bakers. Working the ovens of the eighth-district establishment known throughout the neighbourhood as the cake-slice, he produces baguettes and brioches with timeless perfection. Nutured by his father, Octavio discovers his imagination in stories, but like generations of Notre-Dame men before him, Octavio bears the shame of being unable to read. Isabeau Normande is ...
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THE LOVED ONE: AN ANGLO-AMERICAN TRAGEDY.

By: Waugh, Evelyn.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: (London, 1948), Chapman & Hall: 1948

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30055

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

144 pp, 7 1/2" H. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, top edge dark blue. Blue marble-look endpapers, b&w drawings, including decorative initial capitals. The undated (1948) first printing. "This is a nightmare induced by the unfamiliar diet of Southern California. That region, where all men are displaced persons, is unique only in the splendid elaboration of its graveyards, and to these Mr. Evelyn Waugh turned for solace and inspiration during a brief visit. Against the background of embalming-rooms and incinerators he has contrived a neat tragedy of Anglo-American manners which...
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DRAGONLANCE. VILLAINS SERIES - 6 VOLUME SET. VOLUME I. BEFORE THE MASK. VOLUME II. THE BLACK WING. VOLUME III. EMPEROR OF ANSALON. VOLUME IV. HEDERICK THE THEOCRAT. VOLUME V. LORD TOEDE. VOLUME VI. THE DARK QUEEN.

By: Williams, Michael, Williams, Teri, Kirchoff, Mary, Niles, Douglas, Severson, Ellen Dodge, Grubb, Jeff.

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: TSR, (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1993/2nd, 1993/4th, 1993/1st, 1994/1st, 1994/1st, 1994/1st).:

Seller ID: 5959

Binding: Mass Market Paperbacks

Condition: Very Good+

312 pp, 314 pp, 308 pp, 310 pp, 313 pp, 313 pp - 6 volumes - 7" H "The Villains Series explores the corrupted origins of the malevolent minions of Takhisis, Queen of Darkness ." Interiors - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exteriors - minor/light edge wear/rubbing, tiny area of surface paper loss at top of spine of vol 5, a few tiny corner creases, spines are flat with very light creases on vol. 5. Overall, a very attractive set. VG+
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Image for DRAGONLANCE. VILLAINS SERIES VOLUME 1-4 & 6. VOLUME I. BEFORE THE MASK. VOLUME II. THE BLACK WING. VOLUME III. EMPEROR OF ANSALON. VOLUME IV. HEDERICK THE THEOCRAT. VOLUME VI. THE DARK QUEEN. 5 BOOKS IN TOTAL.

DRAGONLANCE. VILLAINS SERIES VOLUME 1-4 & 6. VOLUME I. BEFORE THE MASK. VOLUME II. THE BLACK WING. VOLUME III. EMPEROR OF ANSALON. VOLUME IV. HEDERICK THE THEOCRAT. VOLUME VI. THE DARK QUEEN. 5 BOOKS IN TOTAL.

By: Williams, Michael, Williams, Teri, Kirchoff, Mary, Niles, Douglas, Severson, Ellen Dodge.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Lake Geneva, WI, TSR:

Seller ID: 30653

Binding: Mass Market Paperbacks

Condition: Very Good

5 volumes of the Villains Series - 1-4 & 6 - 7" H. **Please Note: This grouping does not include Volume 5. Lord Toede.** "The Villains Series explores the corrupted origins of the malevolent minions of Takhisis, Queen of Darkness." 1. Before the Mask, by Michael & Terri Williams, 312 pp, 1993 1st printing, ISBN 1560765836. "In the bleak Khalkist Mountains on a stormy winter night, a child is born amid hard words, ill will, and the ominous prophecy of a druidess. Young Verminaard grows up unlovely and unloved, trading friends and family for a dark romance with an evil, mysterious Voice and t...
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Keyword: Solace

SONGS OF THE SEA: THE TALES AND TUNES OF SAILORS AND SAILING SHIPS.

THE MICE WILL PLAY.

THE EMPEROR OF PARIS.

THE LOVED ONE: AN ANGLO-AMERICAN TRAGEDY.

DRAGONLANCE. VILLAINS SERIES - 6 VOLUME SET. VOLUME I. BEFORE THE MASK. VOLUME II. THE BLACK WING. VOLUME III. EMPEROR OF ANSALON. VOLUME IV. HEDERICK THE THEOCRAT. VOLUME V. LORD TOEDE. VOLUME VI. THE DARK QUEEN.

DRAGONLANCE. VILLAINS SERIES VOLUME 1-4 & 6. VOLUME I. BEFORE THE MASK. VOLUME II. THE BLACK WING. VOLUME III. EMPEROR OF ANSALON. VOLUME IV. HEDERICK THE THEOCRAT. VOLUME VI. THE DARK QUEEN. 5 BOOKS IN TOTAL.