BAERLEIN, HENRY

Box O' Lights

London: Leonard Parsons Ltd, 1923. First English Edition. Hardcover. A tight solid book. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 251 pages; Blue cloth boards have sun-fading, corners bumped. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. This is a series of short stories, mostly reflecting mostly historical - ancient Greece, Roman, mediaeval Europe, et al.. Good+ .

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Book number: 1648

Catalogue: Short Fiction

Keywords: FICTION Greece Rome Mediaeval short stories FICTION Fiction::Short Stories

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

COHEN, MATT

Too Bad Galahad

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1972. Later Printing. Paperback. Illustrated by Margaret Hathaway. Light edge wear to extremities of this book, short split top back spine edge ; French flaps over card covers, humourous illustrations throughout. ; A humorous homage to the legend of the knight, Sir Galahad. This is an early short story by Matt Cohen, one of Canada's most beloved modern fiction writers who was first published in 1969 and continued with many novels, collections of poetry, short stories. After his death in 1999 it came out that he has wrote children's books under the name Teddy Jam. This is not from the limited edition first printing.. Very Good .

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Book number: 16233

Catalogue: Short Fiction

Keywords: POETRY King Arthur Sir galahad Canada Fiction::Short Stories

COYOTE, IVAN E.

Loose End

Vancouver BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005. Second Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 155152192x. Signed by Author; Minor scuffing.; Inscribed by author on title page. A bright, solid book. ; Trade PB; 8.30 X 5.50 X 0.60 inches; 176 pages; Inscribed by the author "to Ruth - all the best. Ivan Coyote".. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 15905

Catalogue: Short Fiction

Keywords: 155152192x Short Fiction Fiction::Canadian

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

COYOTE, IVAN E.

The Slow Fix

Vancouver BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2008. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1551522470. Signed by Author; Minor scuffing.; Inscribed by author on title page. A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8.27 X 5.43 X 0.31 inches; 152 pages; Inscribed by the author, "To Ruth: nice meeting you. Ivan Coyote".. Near Fine .

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Book number: 15907

Catalogue: Short Fiction

Keywords: 1551522470 Short Fiction Canada Fiction::Canadian

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