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Selected Tales of Jacques Ferron.

By: Ferron, Jacques.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., House of Anansi Press.: 1984

Seller ID: 23972

ISBN: 0887841406

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 245 pp. First published in French in 1968 as "Contes: édition intégrale" and translated into English by Betty Bednarski. Ferron is the founder of the absurdist Rhinoceros Party of Québec and also a winner of the Governor General's award for literature. This collection consists of 37 tales with an introduction and biographical notes. Mild shelf wear to the cover edges, otherwise clean and tight.
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Quince Jam.

By: Ferron, Jacques.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Coach House Press.: 1977

Seller ID: 28986

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 20.5 x 11 cm.; 262 pp. Blue wraps with white lettering and french-folded flaps on the fore edges. Issued in an edition of 1000 copies. Translated from the French edition, "Les Confitures do coing" of 1971 by Ray Ellenwood. The 4 works included are "Papa Boss", "Quince Jam", "Credit Due" and "Appendix to Quince Jam or The Sacking of Frank Archibald Campbell". This edition is the English equivalent of the previously published Partipris edition of 1971 which comprised all 4 works. Minor shelf wear to the externals, the beginning of a reading crease in...
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The Penniless Redeemer.

By: Ferron, Jacques.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Exile Editions.: 1984

Seller ID: 28987

ISBN: 09204282854

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 341 - (3) pp. First published in 1969, this English edition is translated from the 1979 French edition "Le Ciel de Québec" by Ray Ellenwood. This edition inludes the translator's 4 page afterword and extensive 10 pages of notes on characters and events. Previous owner's name on the inside of the front cover and the covers show very mild shelf wear to the edges. Otherwise very clean with a sound binding.
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The Best of Friends.

By: Fielding, Joy.

Price: $240.00

Publisher: New York., G. P. Putnam's Sons.: 1972

Seller ID: 24442

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; 214 pp. Red cloth over boards with black lettering on the spine and the front board. First edition as per the copyright page. The author's first novel with this, the first edition, published simultaneously in Canada by Longmans Canada of Toronto. The text block head edge is lightly dust soiled. The clipped dust jacket shows some light wear to the spine tail and moderate wear to the spine crown which has two small closed tears, a chip and associated creases.
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Je me souviens / I Remember: A collection of writings from persons originating in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

By: Figueredo, Joseph. (senior editor).

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec., Golden Agers of Montreal.: 1983

Seller ID: 27524

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; xvi - 404 pp. Blue wrappers with black art work and lettering and gilt titling on a black panel on the front cover. Foreword by Hugh MacLennan. A collection of some 101 pieces of writing; from essays, to reflections; to stories and a poem or two with a variety of illustrations and art work throughout all done by nearly as many contributors. The only criteria was that the stories had to be personal. A mammoth editing task to be sure. Four letters of congratulations and commendations from various personages in the preliminary pages. Previous owner's dated gift inscription on...
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Poems.

By: Finch, Robert.

Price: $11.20

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Oxford University Press: 1946

Seller ID: 14388

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

12mo - 18.5 x 12.5 cm.; 51 pp. Finch (1900-1995) was a Canadian academic and poet and recipient of a Governor General's Award for his poetry. Card stock covers with yapped edges. Some edgewear, former owner's name in pencil on first blank page, bit of thinning on same page from an erasure. Dust jacket is soiled, sunned on spine, edgeworn with some chipping.
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Dust to Dust. Stories.

By: Findley, Timothy.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Harper Collins.: 1997

Seller ID: 24306

ISBN: 0002244098

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; [8] - 225 - [5] pp. Brown paper over boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Pictorial end papers with the dust jacket art work reproduced on them. A collection of nine short stories some of which had been previously published in various literary journals. First edition and so stated as per the copyright page. Signed by the author on the head margin of the title page. Both the book and the unclipped jacket show a trace of wear to the spine crown or head. Otherwise, fine.; Signed by Author
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Inside Memory. Pages from a Writer's Workbook.

By: Findley, Timothy.

Price: $11.20

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., HarperCollins.: 1990

Seller ID: 24354

ISBN: 0002156970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 23.5 x 15.5 cm.; [10] - 325 pp. Black paper over boards with purple cloth on spine and copper gilt lettering on both. First edition and first printing as per the copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page. The unclipped dust jacket is a tad faded on the spine.; Signed by Author
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The Piano Man's Daughter.

By: Findley, Timothy.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., HarperCollins.: 1995

Seller ID: 24361

ISBN: 0002243792

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; [12] - 461 - [7] pp. Blue paper on boards with black cloth and silver gilt lettering on the spine with the author's signature in silver gilt on the front board. First edition and so stated on the copyright page. Inscribed by the author with his initials and also signed in full, both on the title page. The dust jacket is unclipped.; Signed by Author
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The Stillborn Lover.

By: Findley, Timothy.

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba., Blizzard Publishing.: 1993

Seller ID: 25437

ISBN: 092136833X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; 92 pp. Gray cloth over boards with no external lettering on the spine or boards as issued. First edition as per the copyright page. Signed by the author with a personal inscription on the title page. Both the book and the unclipped dust jacket appear to have been used very little if at all.; Signed by Author
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Seeker of Stars.

By: Fish, Susan.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Embrun, Ontario., Winding Trail Press.: 2005

Seller ID: 25261

ISBN: 0973363282

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; vi - 105 pp. A tale of mythic proportions about the Star of Bethlehem. Susan Fish is from Waterloo, Ontario and writes a regular column for the Mennonite-Brethren Herald newspaper. Signed by the suthor on the title page.; Signed by Author
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Butterfly Lovers.

By: Foran, Charles.

Price: $8.80

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., HarperCollins.: 1996

Seller ID: 23998

ISBN: 0002243903

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; [8] - 308 pp. Red paper on boards with black cloth and copper gilt lettering on spine. This is the second printing of the first edition in the same year as first publication. Signed by the author on the title page. The dust jacket is not clipped.; Signed by Author
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Kitchen Music.

By: Foran, Charles.

Price: $8.80

Publisher: Dunvegan, Ontario., Cormorant Books.: 1994

Seller ID: 24282

ISBN: 0920953735

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; 337 - [7] pp. The author's first published novel and second published book, the first being a collection of stories, "Sketches in Winter". The top fore corners of the covers show very slight wear.
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No Man in the House.

By: Foster, Cecil.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Random House.: 1991

Seller ID: 24076

ISBN: 0394221125

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 23.5 x 15.5 cm.; [6] - 217 pp. Black cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on spine. Signed and dated by the author along with an inscription on the front free end paper. The unclipped dust jacket shows very mild wear to the spine tips.; Signed by Author
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Island Wings: A Memoir.

By: Foster, Cecil.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., HarperCollins.: 1998

Seller ID: 24077

ISBN: 0006384978

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 21 x 13 cm.; [6] - 313 pp. First soft cover edition and so stated, the same year as the hardcover. Cover illustration by Clemente Botelho.
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Dry Bone Memories.

By: Foster, Cecil.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Key Porter Books.: 2001

Seller ID: 24078

ISBN: 155263311X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 460 pp. Photographic wraps with frenched flaps on the fore edges. Signed by the author on the title page. The book is clean and sound with some very mild shelf wear to the cover edges though the binding is quite cocked (spine lean) with reading creases.; Signed by Author
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The Motor Trade and The Affections of May

By: Foster, Norm

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Playwrights Canada Press.: 1993

Seller ID: 25750

ISBN: 0887544916

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 215 pp. The text of two plays by the Canadian playwright, Foster. Signed by Foster on title page. Light wear to card stock edges; otherwise, a clean, tight volume. ; Signed by Author
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Crimes a la glace.

By: Fournier, Pierre-Sylvain.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec., Les Editions de l'Actuelle.: 1971

Seller ID: 28322

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

12mo - 19 x 12 cm.; 94 - (10) pp. The text is in French. Fournier won the "Prix de l'Actuelle-Jeunesse" in 1971. Signed by the author with an inscription on the first page. Mild wear and scuffing to the covers, otherwise very clean with a sound binding.; Signed by Author
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The Candy Factory.

By: Fraser, Sylvia.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts., Little, Brown and Company.: 1975

Seller ID: 29015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; (8) - 294 pp. Aqua blue paper with a faux leather finish over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. The first American edition and so stated on the copyright page. Published simultaneou sly as the Canadian edition from McClelland and Stewart. Very minor wear to the spine tips, else fine. The dust jacket has mild wear to the head and tail edges and with light and general scuffing.
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The Emperor's Virgin.

By: Fraser, Sylvia.

Price: $9.60

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland and Stewart.: 1980

Seller ID: 29033

ISBN: 0771031750

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 384 pp. Brownish red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. First edition as per the copyright page. The book has slight wear to the spine tips and the tail edges of the boards, else fine. The unclipped dust jacket has mild wear to the edges with moderate wear to the spine crown.
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Category: Canadian Literature