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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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Pandora.

By: Fraser, Sylvia.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland and Stewart.: 1972

Seller ID: 29036

ISBN: 0771031777

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 255 pp. Beige cloth over boards with dark brown lettering on the spine and art work on the front board. A first edition of Sylvia Fraser's first novel. Illustrated with 6 black and white drawings by Harold Town, one of which is a frontis piece and another of which is reproduced on the front board and one more reproduced on the front panel of the dust jacket. Minor wear to the spine tips and a previous owner's name on the front free end paper. The clipped dust jacket has a sticker scar on the front panel and general minor wear and light scuffing.
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Moving Fingers Write: an Anthology.

By: Freeman, Nancy. (editor).

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Mount Pleasant House: 2001

Seller ID: 15661

ISBN: 0968926509

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 131 pp. Cover art by "joey" - Jo Seggie-Fleming. A collection of works by 12 Ottawa authors that explore the creative process. Gift inscription by Jennifer on first page. Authors include: June Coxon, Helen Deachman, Ron Dicks, Patrick Fitzgerald, Nancy Freeman, Jennifer Haney, Nickolas Haramis, Louise McDiarmid, Bill Penfold, Jo Seggie-Fleming (joey) , Radhika Sekar, and Frank Symons. ; Signed by One Author
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Atmospheres Apollinaire.

By: Frutkin, Mark.

Price: $8.80

Publisher: Erin, Ontario., Porcupine's Quill.: 1988

Seller ID: 23985

ISBN: 0889841209

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 14.5 cm.; 193 - [7] pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A few selections have been previously published in various literary journals, the translations (the majority of) of Apollinaire's poetic works are by Roger Shattuck and a final editing of the complete work was done by Geoff Hancock and Doris Cowan. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. The tips of the fore edge corners of the front cover and several pages following are 'splayed' or bumped and dog-eared. Otherwise very clean and tight.; Signed by Author
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Invading Tibet.

By: Frutkin, Mark.

Price: $16.00

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

Seller ID: 23986

ISBN: 0394221958

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; [8] - 215 pp. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. From the dust jacket flap: "Based on the 1904 British invasion of Tibet, and also set in present day Montreal and London, the book traces the adventures of Edmund Candler, foreign correspondent for the London Daily Mail". Signed by the author on the title page. The book appears to have been used very little if at all and can be described as clean, tight and bright. The unclipped dust jacket shows a trace of shelf wear on the head and tail edges at the spine tips.; Signed by Author
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In the Time of the Angry Queen.

By: Frutkin, Mark.

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Random House.: 1993

Seller ID: 23987

ISBN: 0394223144

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; [6] - 232 pp. Black cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on spine. Adapted from the dust jacket flap - Frutkin uses the mythical world of chess to mirror the struggles between men and women, art and high finance, the artist and his work. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the title page. The book appears to have been used very little if at all and can be described as clean, tight and bright. The unclipped dust jacket shows a trace of shelf wear on the head and tail edges at the spine tips.; Signed by Author
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The Lion of Venice.

By: Frutkin, Mark.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Vancouver, BC., Porcepic Books / Beach Holme Publishing.: 1997

Seller ID: 26192

ISBN: 0888783787

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 213 pp. Full colour illustrated covers with french folded flaps on the fore edges. Stated first edition. Signed, with no inscription, by the author on the title page. The text pages show some age toning or browning on the margins, otherwise fine.; Signed by Author
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Category: Canadian Literature