BOWERING, GEORGE

The Box

Vancouver BC: New Star Books, 2009. Softcover. ISBN: 1554200458. Light edge wear, book store stamp on inside front cover, remainder mark bottom page edges ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; A short story collection of Bowerings writings. Very Good .

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Book number: 21603

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 1554200458 Short Fiction British Columbia Fiction::Short Stories

CARNEY, PAT

On Island Life Among the Coast Dwellers

Victoria, BC: Touchwood Editions, 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1771512105. A near-fine volume. ; 8.5 X 5.7 X 1.1 inches; 304 pages; "In this collection of short stories, Pat Carney follows the rhythms of day-to-day life in coastal BC. Featuring a revolving cast of characters —the newly retired couple, the church warden, the musician, the small-town girl with big city dreams —Carney’s keen observations of the personalities and dramas of coastal life are instantly recognizable to readers who are familiar with life in a small community. With her narrative of dock fights, pet shows, family feuds, logging camps and the ever-present tension between islanders and property-owning “off-islanders,” Carney’s witty and perceptive voice describes how the islanders weather the storms of coastal life.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 20058

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian::Short Stories

Keywords: 1771512105 British Columbia Short Fiction Vancouver Island Fiction::Short Stories

COYOTE, IVAN E.

One Man's Trash Stories

Vancouver BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1551521202. Signed by Author; Minor scuffing.; Inscribed by Author on title page - "To Ruth, regards Ivan Coyote". A bright, solid book.; 8.20 X 5.80 X 0.50 inches; 136 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 15906

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 1551521202

DOCTOROW, E. L.

Sweet Land Stories

New York: Random House, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1400062047. Book and boards are near-fine, DJ shows light shelf wear along bottom edge.; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.4 X 6.5 X 0.9 inches; 147 pages; "Ranging over the American continent from Alaska to Washington, D.C, these superb short works are crafted with all the weight and resonance of the novels for which E. L. Doctorow is famous. You will find yourself set down in a mysterious redbrick townhouse in rural Illinois (“A House on the Plains”), working things out with a baby-kidnapping couple in California (“Baby Wilson”), living on a religious-cult commune in Kansas (“Walter John Harmon”), and sharing the heartrending cross-country journey of a young woman navigating her way through three bad marriages to a kind of bruised but resolute independence (“Jolene: A Life”). And in the stunning “Child, Dead, in the Rose Garden,” you will witness a special agent of the FBI finding himself at a personal crossroads while investigating a grave breach of White House security. Two of these stories have already won awards as the best fiction of the year published in American periodicals, and two have been chosen for annual best-story anthologies.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19893

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 1400062047 Fiction::Short Stories

EGGERS, DAVE

Mcsweeney's Issue 24

New York: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0241143926. Illustrated by Decorative endpapers. Only slight wear to cloth covered boards ; Dark blue and black imprinted design on cloth covered boards. The book's unique binding divides the book in half in a 'z' with 2 spines and 2 front boards. Pasted onto the back of the front free end paper is a booklet featuring a story by Milton Kaufman, excerpted from a future book. For obvious reasons the binding could never have a dust jacket. ; 8.35 X 6.54 X 1.18 inches; 320 pages; A collection of short fiction from such authors as: Christopher Howard, Joe Meno Jonathan Ames, Aaron Gwynn, Philippe Soupault and Eric Hanson. The reverse side of the book is devoted entirely as a tribute to Donald Barthelme "including remembrances from Ann Beattie, David Gates, and Oscar Hijuelos, and some of Barthelme’s barely published and never-collected early work". Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 18114

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 0241143926 donald barthelme Short Fiction LITERATURE Fiction::Short Stories

FRASER, GEORGE MACDONALD

Mcauslan in the Rough

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0214200108. Ex-library with typical library stamps on FFEP, page edges and title page. Card pocket has been removed from BFEP, taking some page surface with it, red cloth boards have library tape residue present. DJ is price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 219 pages; "McAuslan in the Rough is the second collection of short stories by George MacDonald Fraser featuring a young Scottish officer named Dand MacNeill. It is a sequel to The General Danced at Dawn and concerns life in a Highland regiment after the end of the Second World War. It is slightly more comical in tone than that first collection. Some of the stories are set in North Africa; other in Scotland after the regiment's return to Scotland and the retirement of the old Colonel.". Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17942

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 0214200108 scotland Short Fiction

HARRIS, JOHN

Small Rain

Vancouver BC: New Star Books, 1989. First Paperback Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919573940. Light shelfwear to card covers. Crease on lower foredge of front cover, includes half-title page.; A tight solid book. ; A collection of stories about a post-boom boomtown.. Very Good .

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Book number: 16912

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian::Short Stories

Keywords: 0919573940 British Columbia short stories Fiction::Short Stories

HARTE, BRET

The Twins of Table Mountain

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards show some shelf wear, small corner bumps. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 249 pages; A book of short stories, originally published in 1879. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18975

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: Short Fiction Fiction::Short Stories Fiction::Historical

KING, STEPHEN

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories

New York: Scribner, 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1501111671. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 495 pages; "The masterful #1 New York Times bestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King that includes twenty-one iconic stories with accompanying autobiographical comments on when, why and how he came to write (or rewrite) each one.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21475

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 1501111671 Fiction::Short Stories Fiction::Horror

KREISEL, HENRY

The Almost Meeting and Other Stories

Edmonton, AB: Newest Publishers, 1981. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0912316136. Signed by Author; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages; Dust jacket in Mylar. Light wear, a couple of small dints front cover. Author inscription 'For Ruth Brown with all good wishes Henry Kreisel' on title page. Eight short stories in this 148 page book.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 5321

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian::Short Stories

Keywords: 0912316136 Short Stories Fiction Signed Fiction::Canadian Fiction::Short Stories

LAU, EVELYN

Fresh Girls & Other Stories

Toronto: Harpercollins, 1993. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0002240157. Signed by Author; Only slight wear ; Signed by author on title page. A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. Stated first edition but number line 2-10. ; 8.30 X 5.50 X 0.60 inches; 109 pages; "A collection of stories by the author of the critically acclaimed Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid draws on her shocking, seductive memories of the dark underside of life to probe the lives of women on the edge of society, sexuality, and sanity.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 15753

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 0002240157 Short Fiction Signed Canada

LEACOCK, STEPHEN

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1962. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Grant MacDonald. DJ has some soiling, tape-repaired tears and chipping. Previous owner's name and bookplate on inside front board. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A replica of Leacock's presentation copy bookplate produced by a bookstore in Orillia, Leacock's home town, on front free endpaper. Newspaper article laid in back of book ; Two-colour illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages; Classic Canadian humor pieces written about a fictional small town in Ontario, Mariposa, by Canada's premier humorist.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 17232

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories::Humor

Keywords: HUMOUR Mariposa Ontario Canada Fiction::Canadian HUMOR

LESSING, DORIS

A Man and Two Women; Nineteen Stories

London: Granada Publishing, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0246110449. DJ and boards show light shelf wear and soil, price-clipped with previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.40 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 304 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18780

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 0246110449 Short Fiction

LITTLE, GEORGE

The Many Deaths of George Robertson

Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0864921241. Signed by Author; Light wear to extremities of white glossy pictorial card covers ; Unpersonalized inscription on front fly leaf. A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; 8.30 X 5.50 X 0.20 inches; 137 pages; In this his first collection of stories, George Little examines the lives of parents, siblings, friends and politicians, offering fleeting glimpses into the moral complexity of contemporary relationships. In the title story, "The Many Deaths of George Robertson," a man rediscovers himself by rewriting his past; in "Marooned," an old woman is haunted by the memory of a shipwreck and her lost child; in "The Beauty of Holiness," a leather-bound book evokes memories of a man's boyhood relationship with his strict Presbyterian grandmother.Throughout these stories, George Little probes the gathering storm of moral dilemma where indecision is illuminated by flashes of astonished laughter. George Little was born and raised in Law, Scotland, and immigrated to Canada in 1964. He is the former leader of the New Democratic Party in New Brunswick and a teacher at Simonds High School in Saint John. His poems and stories have been published in several magazines and he regularly broadcasts his own humorous essays on CBC Radio.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16416

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian::Short Stories

Keywords: 0864921241 short stories Fiction::Canadian Fiction::Short Stories

MACLEAN, ALISTAIR / SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE / DAVID NIVEN

Call to Arms Classic War Stories

London, UK: Octopus, 1984. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0706419642. Light wear to dust jacket ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book ; 9.37 X 6.30 X 1.26 inches; 352 pages; This exciting anthology combines in one volume many of the best war stories ever written, both real-life and fictional. From the romantic grandeur of the Napoloenic era to the dehumanising horrors of the two World Wars, from Europe to Africa, the collection spans two centuries and even extends into the future.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15724

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 0706419642 Fiction Military War stories Militaria Fiction::Short Stories