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By: Swan, Susan.
Price: $16.20
Publisher: Toronto, Canada., Alfred A. Knopf.: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 31864
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 237 pp. First Canadian edition. Murder, shocking and wickedly funny, in a girls' boarding school is the very basic storyline for this novel, which was made into a film in 2001, "Lost and Delirious". Swan, a journalist, writer, performance artist, retired university professor, coined the term "sexual gothic", a descriptor for this novel. Signed by Swan on the title page. Paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Remainder mark on bottom of text block, othe... View more info
By: Symons, Harry.
Price: $180.00
Publisher: Ontario, Canada., Privately published.: 1947
Seller ID: 28583
8vo - 22 x 16 cm.; viii - 294. First published in 1946, this is the second printing. Published by the author and distributed by Ambassador Books Limited. Winner of the 1947 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. A collection of humorous essays about summer holidays in the Georgian Bay area. Boards have very minor edgewear; volume clean and tight. Dust jacket has some foxing and closed tears. View more info
Price: $9.60
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto Press.: 1975
Seller ID: 19470
8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; xl - 210 pp. First published as "Pour la Patrie: roman du XXe siecle" by Cadieux & Derome of Montreal in 1895. Introduction by A. I. Silver and the translation is done by Sheila Fischman. Mild wear and soiling to the covers with a clean interior and a solid binding. View more info
By: Theriault, Yves.
Price: $10.80
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., The Ryerson Press.: 1963
Seller ID: 29970
8vo - 22 x 14.5 cm.; (8) - 229 pp. Off-white cloth over boards with dark brown lettering on the spine and black Eskimo art on the front board. First published in French and English (translated by Miriam Chapin) in France in 1958, the first Canadian edition in French was the same year and this copy, 1963, is the first Canadian English edition. Minor wear to the spine tips and the text block edges are a tad darkened / soiled. The book is otherwise clean with a sound bindin... View more info
By: Thomas, Audrey.
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Oberon Press.: 1977
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24243
8vo - 20.5 x 12.5 cm.; 159 pp. A collection of 11 short stories, some of which had been previously published in various literary journals or had been broadcast on CBC radio. Signed by the author on the title page. The covers show mild though general wear and scuffing. Otherwise the book is clean and tight.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Thomas, Audrey.
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Vancouver, BC., Talonbooks.: 1973
Edition: First Edition Thus
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24248
12mo - 19.5 x 15 cm.; 232 pp. First published by Bobbs-Merill, this is the first Talonbooks softcover edition. Signed by the author on the on the title page. A collection of short stories and some of which are more reflections than stories divided into two groupings: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. The covers show some light wear to the edges and the back white panel is lightly soiled, otherwise clean and tight.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Thomas, Audrey.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Vancouver, BC., Talonbooks.: 1974
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24252
8vo - 20.5 x 15 cm.; 547 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. The cover edges show mild shelf wear, the text block edges are a tad soiled, the spine is darkened and covers are mildly and generally soiled. Previous owner's name on the first page.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Thomas, Audrey.
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Viking.: 1993
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24405
8vo - 21.5 mx 13.5 cm.; [12] - 317 - [7] pp. Two tone paper (like a '57 Chevy no less) over boards, gray on the boards, light green on the spine with gray lettering on the spine. First edition and first printing as per the copyright page. Signed and dated with the year by the author on the title page. The dust jacket is not clipped.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Thomas, Audrey.
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Stoddart.: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24428
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; [6] - 282 pp. Black cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on spine. First edition as per the copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page and signed again with a dated inscription (Ottawa) to "Sylvia" on the front free end paper. Both book and the unclipped dust jacket show a trace of wear with that on the book being at the spine tips and on the jacket, being on the head edge.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Thomas, Clara.
Price: $6.30
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland & Stewart Ltd.: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5061
8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; [8] - 212 pp. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Previous owner's address label on front free end paper. The dust jacket (unclipped and in Brodart) shows shelf wear and rubbing, and with a 1" closed tear on front tail edge. A major critical work looking at Laurence's 5 fictional works set in the Canadian West. View more info
By: Thomas, Clara.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Tecumseh Press.: 1994
Seller ID: 23762
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 380 pp. A collection of author's essays on various writers including Margaret Laurence, Martha Ostenso, Anna, Susanna and Catharine Parr Traill, Sara Jeannette Duncan, Jean Rhys, Marian Engel, Evelyn Eaton, L.M. Montgomery, Gabrielle Roy, Gene Stratton Porter. Thomas was a long time professor of English, ending her career at York University in Toronto. Creasing on card stock cover, some soiling on text block edges and some pages; binding sturdy, text... View more info
Price: $9.60
Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., University of Ottawa Press: 1979
Seller ID: 14255
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 158 pp. Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. A collection of articles on Crawford including a listing of her works. Sunning, creasing on cover, former owner's name on verso of front cover; text pages clean. View more info
By: Torgov, Morley
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys.: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 22432
8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; 270 pp. In this story, lawyer Torgov "paints a wonderfully humorous picture of a world he knows a great deal about - the power and greed of Bay Street. In so doing, he gives us a secular saint for our times: Farb, an ordinary, honest man trying to cope with the worst of all possible Fridays." Green paper-covered boards with white spine lettering. Light edgewear on boards; a clean and sturdy text. Dust jacket has a bit of rubbing. View more info
By: Torgov, Morley.
Price: $4.80
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Lester and Orpen.: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 25205
8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; (8) - 175 pp. Blue cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. First edition as per the copyright page. The book shows mild wear to the externals and that to the spine tips with a trace of wear to the board corners. The unclipped dust jacket is worn on the head and tail edges with discreet tape repairs made on the inside to small closed tears. View more info
By: Torgov, Morley.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Lester & Orpen Dennys.: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 25218
8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; 270 pp. In this story, lawyer Torgov "paints a wonderfully humorous picture of a world he knows a great deal about - the power and greed of Bay Street. In so doing, he gives us a secular saint for our times: Farb, an ordinary, honest man trying to cope with the worst of all possible Fridays." Green paper-covered boards with white spine lettering. Light edgewear on boards; a clean and sturdy text. Dust jacket has a bit of rubbing. View more info
By: Tudor, Dean with Nancy Tudor and Linda Biesenthal. (editors)
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Peter Martin Associates.: 1077
Seller ID: 29086
4to - 25 x 17 cm.; (10) - 389 pp. Mustard yellow cloth over boards with black lettering on the spine and the front board. The reviews are grouped as follows: Reference Materials, Humanities and Applied Arts, Literature, Social Sciences, and Science and Technology with subgroups within each. Six page listing of the contributors followed by a 9 page author index, a 10 page title index and lastly a 6 page subject index. The library markings are a label ghost on the lower sp... View more info
By: Turcotte, Elise.
Price: $6.40
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Coach House Press.: 1993
Edition: First Edition Thus
Seller ID: 23776
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 153 - [7] pp. First published as "Le bruit des choses vibantes" in 1991 and translated unto English by Sheila Fischman. First English edition and so stated on the copyright page. This is Elise's first novel. View more info
By: Turgeon, Pierre.
Price: $6.40
Publisher: Montreal, Quebec., Editions du Jour.: 1970
Seller ID: 21821
8vo - 20 x 13.5 cm.; 171 pp. The text is in French. Mild shelf wear to the cover edges with like scuffing. The interior is very clean and the binding is solid and sound. View more info
By: Urquhart, Jane.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland & Stewart.: 2005
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 25176
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; (10) - 371 - (3) pp. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. First edition as per the copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page. The dust jacket is not clipped.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Urquhart, Jane.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland & Stewart.: 1989
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 25207
8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 237 - (3) pp. First published in 1986, this is the second printing. Signed by the author on the title page. The cover edges show very slight edge wear, specifically the top fore corner on the front has a partial dog eared crease best seen in reflected light, otherwise fine.; Signed by Author View more info
