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  The Canadian Magazine
Toronto, Southstar. 1976, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. weekend magazine from the Toronto Star, etc. - typical of the period, great articles, Layton on anti-semitism & Richler on the ballet as a bolster to the " postpubescent retail sales value " of Westmount matron's daughters - where's the fun anymore ? - vg bright copy with the now-famous burning Vietnamese orphan's photo cover . Very Good.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 9004
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  Scales of Justice - the Compleat Authorzed History of Keelhauling
Hamilton ?..etc. Self Published. 2000, First Edition. Original Wraps. Ill.: Stephanie Barta. first edition - a long and completely tedious pot-headed conceit - ie..not funny - 56 pp. - some information on it's stated purpose - fine in cerlox bound wraps .
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 8382
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  The Tamarack Review - #'s 1 to 5
Toronto, The Editors. 1956, First Edition. Original Wraps. - the first 5 issues of this influencial Canadian little magazine edited by variously Dobbs, Toye, Weaver, Reaney,Woodcock and untold other selfless labourers - these initial issues foreshaddowing a glorious if sometimes troubled future - contributors to these initial volumes include - ETHEL WILSON, BRIAN MOORE, FINDLEY, WOODCOCK, MACPHERSON, AVISON, RICHLER, MUNRO, REANEY, GOTLIEB, JOHNSTON, HAIG-BROWN, SMITH, HINE, WEAVER, JOYCE CARY,ROY, SCOTT, BIRNEY, WADDINGTON, WHALLEY, WILKINSON, etc. - 5 volumes vg to fine in wraps.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 8006
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Acta Victoriana.
1959, First Edition. Original Wraps. Atwood contributes two poems and a book review to Victoria College undergrad mag, Dec. 1959. One poem under a joint pseudonym with Dennis Lee as "Shakesbeat Latweed." Artistic wraps. Bit dusty on rear panel else about fine. Scarce. Fine.
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 6422
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Alias Grace.
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1996, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. Signed by Atwood. Winner of the Giller Prize. Very fine / very fine dust jacket. /Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author.
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 39.25 | JP¥ 5737] Book number: 7259
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  The Blind Assassin.
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 2000, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition of this year's Booker Prize novel. Very fine / very fine dust jacket. Has gone through several printings to this point. /Dust Jacket Included.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 519
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Bodily Harm
[Toronto], [M&S]. 1981, First Edition. Original Wraps. first edition , advance proof in printed wraps , lightly rubbed else fine.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 7640
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Cat's Eye.
London, Bloomsbury. 1989, First Edition. Cloth. 1st British edition. Signed & inscribed by Atwood. Booker short-listed novel. Fine / fine price-clipped dust jacket. /Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author.
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 39.25 | JP¥ 5737] Book number: 7271
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Dancing Girls, & Other Stories.
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1977, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. Black paper boards [also done in green; priority unknown]. Fine copy in very nearly fine price-clipped dust jacket; red lettering on spine a little faded else fine. /Dust Jacket Included.
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 39.25 | JP¥ 5737] Book number: 431
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ATWOOD, MARGARET`  Lady Oracle.
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1976, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. Signed by Atwood. Fine copy in very good or better dust jacket - just minor edgewear for a jacket that shows use easily. /Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 7273
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Lady Oracle.
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1976, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. Fine / very good dust jacket; lightly rubbed at the edges as usual. 3rd novel. Fine/Very Good.
USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 | £UK 36.25 | JP¥ 5295] Book number: 433
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Lady Oracle
Toronto, McClelland and Stewart. 1976, FIRST CANADIAN EDITION. (ISBN: 0 7710 0815 5) Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - the printer & binders copy with a white printed tag affixed to the front board stating " T. H. Best Printing company limited - LIBRARY SAMPLE - giving the date of Aug. 9 / 76 " handwritten, with check & location number - appears to be the finished book otherwise - an artifact of production. Very Good/Very Good.
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 8643
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Life Before Man.
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1979, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. Inscribed proof sheet of the title page laid in ( proof sheet is on a different paper - vertical textured and printed with a lighter inking - on both sides - these occassionally have appeared with Atwood's papers at Fisher - I don't know that they have an actual purpose beyond gifts to Atwood friends ) - Christmas inscription on half-title else very good in very good dust jacket; a little rubbed at the tips else very good without nick or tear. /Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author.
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 39.25 | JP¥ 5737] Book number: 481
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Survival - a Thematic Guide. . . .
Toronto, Canada, Anansi. 1972, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - correct first issue, without the usual blurbs / reviews on the rear panel - this is the small first printing, before it was tipped as a University text, & reprinted many times, the second printing also has a full number line, & ends with ' 72 ' - this copy with Atwood's early signature in green ink on the fly-leaf, the red of the spine, still red, lightly rubbed at the edges, still a good looking copy - and very scarce, in the correct first issue & signed. Very Good. Signed by Author.
USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 | £UK 51.25 | JP¥ 7502] Book number: 9628
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ATWOOD, MARGARET  Wilderness Tips
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1991, First Edition. Original Wraps, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Galley/Proof, proof copy in large format 9 X 12 " - typeset photo - duplicated sheets bound into a gray die-cut folder - publicity sheet title page - labeled uncorrected proof - 247 pp. - a few copies for important reviewers, some for in-house uses - fine copy - and very scarce - [ unlike the US or British proofs which were produced in commercial quantities for mass consumption ] . Fine.
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 | £UK 90.25 | JP¥ 13239] Book number: 8003
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BADAMI, ANITA RAU  Tamarind Mem
Toronto, Viking Penguin. 1996, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - correct first edition, French flaps, trade paper wraps - first novel by this Indo - Canadian writer of considerable merit - paper tanning as usual, else a fine copy. Fine.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 11150
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BISSOONDATH, NEIL  A Casual Brutality
New York, New York, U.S.A. Clarkson Potter. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0 517 572028) Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first American edition - advance copy in pictoral wraps with review material laid in - very fine copy . Fine.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 8585
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BISSOONDATH, NEIL  On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows
Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys. 1990, First Edition. Original Wraps, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Galley/Proof, cerlox ring-bound proof copy - the body is type - set to 271 pp. - title page & prelims. not yet set - an early form of the text with an editors check & question marks in pencil in margins ( a few ) - the only proof from any country we have encountered - rare - fine condition . Fine.
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 | £UK 75.25 | JP¥ 11032] Book number: 8743
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BLAIS, MARIE - CLAIRE  Manuscrits de Pauline Archange
Paris, Editions Bernard Grasset. 1968, First Edition. Cloth. first editon - minor horizontal crack lower spine else a fine copy of the proper first edition.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 8302
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BLAIS, MARIE-CLAIR  Tete Blanche.
Quebec City, P.Q. Institut Litteraire du Quebe. 1960, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. 2nd book. Translated into English under the same title in 1961. Stiff wraps in printed dust jacket. 'Massey College' blindstamp on the title page else very good in very good dust jacket. Scarce. /Dust Jacket Included.
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 4597
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BLAKE, W. H.  A Fisherman's Creed
Toronto, Can. Macmillan. 1923, First Edition. Cloth, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. - fisherman's philosophy by a Canadian fisherman - tan paper boards, printed wrap-around label. Fine.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 10506
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BOWERING, GEORGE  Autobiology
Vancouver, Georgia Straight. 1972, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - minor spine crease, else fine. Fine.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 10855
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BOWERING, GEORGE  Concentric Circles
Coatesworth, Ont. Black Moss Press. 1977, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - new fiction, a new direction - fine copy. Fine.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 10857
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BOWERING, GEORGE - ED.  Imago # 7
London, ON. Bowering. 1966, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. little mag of some note although poorly proof read, if at all - Anselm Hollo's ink notes correcting his poem, cont' by Kearns, Olson, BBBBbowering, featuring Ted Enslin & with a rare appearance by Indian beat/hungry generation poet Malay Roy Choudhury - wraps a bit dusty o/w near fine. Near Fine.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 8555
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BOWERING, GEORGE  The Man in Yellow Boots
Mexico, el corno emplumado. 1965, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Roy Kiyooka. - " J. Edgar Hoover hates beatniks and perverts and niggers and Brazilians and socialists and presidents from the lunatic Left that is Harvard University " - bi-lingual ed. - vg copy of his 2nd major book. Very Good.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 10249
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