Thomas V Simpkins (4 results)

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 94p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a good dustjacket. The book itself is like-new. The jacket has noticeable wear at the corners, and the bottom inch of spine is torn off. Otherwise intact. A book of poems about boxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Very Good dust jacket. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed. Norwell, Massachusetts: The Christopher Publishing House, 1986. RARE TITLE that includes poems about the sport of Boxing. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket with two closed tears that have been reinforced with clear tape on the jacket's blank side. NO chips or fading. NOT priced or clipped. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked with NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. Poems by the author of Rhymes of the Ring and Potpourri and Rhymes of Puppy Love: and Others, Including Negro Dialect. This book includes poems on a boxing theme among other subjects. The author was a former professional welter-weight boxer who fought under the name of "Whirlwind Vito." Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Complete with dust jacket. . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 156pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. A short tear to the front fold, and a small chip to the head of the spine. A small tear to the rear pastedown endpaper. Publisher's price of $4.00 on the front flap. A poetry collection celebrating the sweet science. OCLC records only one copy.; 84 pages.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Me and My Family - The Story of the Conachers, one of Canada's most famous families - with photos (part 1); Franklin Arbuckle cover illustration of the ice-canoe race across the St. Lawrence, a highlight of Quebec's annual Winter Carnival; Every nation is a bully at heart; Inside the Iron Curtain; Two-page colour-photo ad for Domil fabrics; Nostalgic colour ad for General Electric Filter-Flo automatic washer (teal in colour); I'm sick of being a good listener (humour); How red tape is stalling our refugee program - article with colour photos; The Inn of the Two Adventurers; Why our boom has the experts scared; Robert Stanfield - The Tory who wouldn't stay dead - article with nice photo; Remember when kids had real fun? - they had no radio or TV; Edith Read's ungentle formula for raising young ladies - Branksome Hall in Toronto; Nice colour Chrysler centerfold ad shows the tail fins of one of their 1957 models; Nice colour photo ad for Studebaker-Packard; and more. 56 pages. Center page holding by one staple. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage example.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, March 2, 1957 Every nation is a bully at heart; Inside the Iron Curtain; Two-page colour-photo ad for Domil fabrics; Nostalgic colour ad for General Electric Filter-Flo automatic washer (teal in colour); Me and My F. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin (cover art); Simpkins; Furofsky;Lessing, Erich; Long, Jack V.; Harrison, Lois; Sebert, John; Fraser,Blair; Macpherson, Duncan; Whalley, Peter (illustrator).…