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By: N/A
Price: $7.20
Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba., Winnipeg Free Press.: 1956
Seller ID: 2112
8vo - 20 x 12.5 cm.; 256 pp. Green-blue cloth over boards with black lettering on spine. The dust jacket (unclipped and in Brodart) shows moderate wear to the edges and folds. A collection of editorial pieces and essays which appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press in 1955-56. The Winnipeg Free Press, during that time period was a bastion of independent thinking founded in the deep roots of prairie ruggedness. There is a library discard stamp on the back free end paper with ... View more info
By: (Marian Engel, Al Purdy, Ben Shek, Ruth Nichols, Irma McDonough, Bill Sault, Robert Weaver)
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Ministry of Colleges and Universities.: 1974
Seller ID: 21647
4to - 25 x 17 cm.; 56 pp. Saddle-stapled booklet. Contents: Canadian Writing Today (Engels); Some Opinions on Canadian Poetry (Purdy); The French-Canadian Novel 1967-1972 (Shek); Creative Literature for Children in Canada (Nichols); Making Modern Canadian Children's Books (McDonough); The Oral Tradition of Canada's Native Peoples (Sault); Discovering and Encouraging Canadian Writiers (Weaver); Panel Discussion; Annotated Bibliographies. Minor wear on cover; a clean, stur... View more info
By: Adams, Ian.
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Canada., Gage Publishing.: 1977
Seller ID: 31860
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 176 pp. A novel about the Canadian police force by Adams, a journalist and a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Golden yellow cloth-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise, a clean and sturdy volume. Some wear along top edge of dust jacket. View more info
Price: $9.60
Publisher: Erin, Ontario., Porcupine's Quill.: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24082
8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; 155 - [5] pp. A collection of 10 stories, one of which, "Oil and Dread" has been previously published in the fifth Journey Prize Anthology. Signed by the author on the title page.; Signed by Author View more info
Price: $9.60
Publisher: Erin, Ontario., Porcupine's Quill.: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24171
8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; 155 - [5] pp. A collection of 10 stories, one of which, "Oil and Dread" has been previously published in the fifth Journey Prize Anthology. Signed by the author on the title page.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Alexis, Andre.
Price: $6.00
Publisher: New York., Henry Holt and Comapny.: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 28973
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; (10) 259 - (3) pp. Mustard yellow paper over boards with copper gilt lettering and light beige cloth on the spine. A stated first edition of the author's first novel and is set in Petrolia, southern Ontario. Very minor shelf wear to the spine tips of the book and the unclipped jacket, else fine. View more info
By: Ali, Ansara.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Etobicoke, Ontario., Ascension Books.: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 26825
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xiii - 361 pp. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Mapped end papers. Illustrated with 36 black and white drawings by Astara Ali. From a review by Publisher's Weekly: ". . . in this quirky novel about Lucky the Indian, an Easterner comes to America to seek a new life and to find the mystical Seven Pearls of Wisdom. The zaniness begins almost at once . . . but the headliner is Petr the Pole, a cabbie whose sole mission is to gl... View more info
By: Allen, Ralph.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Macmillan.: 1954
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 24008
8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; [6] - 270 pp. Light tan cloth over boards with black lettering on spine. A novel about the future of public broadcasting via the CBC in Canada. The title is a line from Shakespeare's Henry V: "The air, a chartered libertine, is still, and mute the wonder lurketh in men's ears" The book shows mild shelf wear to the externals and the text block edges are darkened. The unclipped dust jacket is moderately worn on the edges with light and general ... View more info
Price: $28.00
Publisher: London, UK, Secker & Warburg.: 1961
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20161
12mo - 19.5 x 13 cm.; 288 pp. Green cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on spine. A novel based in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Malaya and founded in part on the author's own life after his capture in the fall of Hong Kong. Interesting to note that the author kept a copious dairy of prison life, meticulously guarding it all through his trials only to have a friend unwittingly toss it into the ocean two days before liberation. The book shows minor dust soil... View more info
By: Anderson, Doris.
Price: $13.50
Publisher: Toronto, Canada., McClelland and Stewart.: 1981
Seller ID: 31935
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 221 pp. A novel by Canadian journalist, novelist and women's rights activist, Anderson (1921-2007). Bi-coloured boards, brown and ivory, brown endpapers. Former owner's inscription on front free-endpaper, otherwise, a tight and clean copy. Dust jacket has minor edgewear, light spine sunning. View more info
By: Anderson, Doris.
Price: $10.80
Publisher: Toronto, Canada., Macmillan of Canada.: 1978
Seller ID: 31936
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 243 pp. A novel by Canadian journalist, novelist and women's rights activist, Anderson (1921-2007). Blue paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Former owner's name on front free-endpaper, a small cut into the back hinge paper, otherwise, a tight and clean copy. Dust jacket has a closed tear on the front, some edgewear. View more info
By: Anderson, Doris.
Price: $10.80
Publisher: Toronto, Canada., Doubleday Canada.: 1988
Seller ID: 31937
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 248 pp. A novel by Canadian journalist, novelist and women's rights activist, Anderson (1921-2007). Blue paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering; a clean, tight copy. Dust jacket has a bit of edgewear. View more info
Price: $5.40
Publisher: Kitchener, Ontario., Self Published: 1996
Seller ID: 7943
8vo - 19.5 x 13.5 cm.; 175 pp. A retired Naval commander, this is Andrew's fourth book. A collection of true stories all connected with Victoria, BC. Minor wear to the cover edges with a clean interior and a solid binding. View more info
By: Bailey, A. G. (Alfred G. Bailey).
Price: $6.40
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland and Stewart: 1973
Seller ID: 15127
8vo - 23 x 14 cm.; 96 pp. A collection of poetry by the scholar, historian, anthropologist and poet, Alfred Bailey, a founder of "The Fiddlehead" magazine, editor of "A Literary History of Canada" and former Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick. Dark grey-green cloth-covered boards with silver spine lettering, green endpapers. Slight soiling on text block, otherwise a tight and clean volume. Dust jacket has very minor soiling on it. View more info
By: Baird, Irene.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Macmillan.: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 25296
12mo - 19.5 x 13 cm.; 255 pp. Blue cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. First edition as per the copyright page. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. The spine tips show light wear and more so at the crown while the text block head edge is dust soiled, previous owner's address label on the head margin of the half title page; otherwise, clean and tight. The unclipped dust jacket shows light wear to the head edge and is a tad darkened on ... View more info
By: Barfoot, Joan.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Macmillan.: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 25302
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 243 pp. Light blue cloth over boards with black lettering on the spine. First edition and first printing as per the copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page. Small bump in the tail edge of the front board and the same place on the unclipped dust jacket. Otherwise, 'tis fine.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Barfoot, Joan.
Price: $11.20
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Macmillan.: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 25325
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 252 pp. Light purple cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. First edition and first printing as per the copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page with an inscription to the previous owner. The bottom fore corner of the back board has a small impression on it as though someting had rested on it for awhile, otherwise the book itself is fine. The unclipped dust jacket had mild wear to the edges and a small closed tear on the head... View more info
Price: $13.50
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Alfred A. Knopf Canada.: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 31441
8vo - 21.5 x 14.5 cm.; 311 pp. A black comedy set in Montreal during the October Crisis, 1970. Published as part of Knopf Canada's New Faces of Fiction series and winner of the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2004. Signed by Basilieres on title page. Both book and dust jacket are in fine condition. ; Signed by Author View more info
By: Beaudoin, Rejean
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Quebec, Boreal.: 1989
Seller ID: 19384
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 209 pp. Text is in French. Footnotes. A clean, tight copy. View more info
Price: $6.40
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Exile Editions: 1978
Seller ID: 14230
8vo - 22 x 14.5 cm.; 102 pp. Translated from French by Ray Chamberlain. Card stock covers are lightly soiled with some sunning, former owner's name on verso of front cover. View more info
