ATWOOD MARGARET

Three Volumes: The Edible Woman, Surfacing, Good Bones

McClelland & Stewart, 1989. Mass Market Paperback. Three Mass Markets, all in fine condition. Tightly bound with bright, unmarked pages. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 650 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 26310

Catalogue: Canadian Fiction,Classics

Keywords: Canadian Fiction Classics Fiction Canadiana Classics

KIRBY WILLIAM

Golden Dog: A Romance of Old Quebec

The Montreal News Co, 1897. Hardcover. Blue Hardcovers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. Gilt/red illustration to the cover. A sound binding, former owner's inscription and time book store stamp to the front end paper. Otherwise a clean, unmarked interior. Frontispiece with tissue paper, a few illustrations through the book. Wear to the cover and spine corners. "This novel is based upon three works by James MacPherson Le Moine: The Golden Dog, Château Bigot and La Corriveau. It draws upon the historical background of the city of Quebec for its characters, and tells its story through two intertwining plot lines. The first is of the lady Angélique de Méloizes, Madame De Péan, while the second is of Colonel Pierre Philibert, the son of a prosperous merchant." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 624 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26686

Catalogue: Classics, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Quebec

Keywords: Canadian Literature Classics Fiction > Quebe Fiction Culture Anthologies Short Stories

KIRBY, W.

Golden Dog . A Romance of Old Quebec.

Musson Book, 1950. Hardcover. Red Hardcovers, gilt/green titles to the cover and spine. Very Good with a sound binding, clean & unmarked pages. Previous owner's name written on the front end paper and some water markings to the back cover bottom edge. The DJ is Good with traces of water damage on the inside & outside of the cover and spine end chipping. "The novel's action takes place just before the fall of New France, when the supporters of the popular Chien d'Or trading house, headed by the bourgeois Philibert, struggle against the decadent and corrupt Grand Company of the Intendant Bigot. Two ill-fated romances are interwoven: that of Amélie de Repentigny with Philibert's son, Pierre; and that of Le Gardeur (Amélie's brother) with the self-seeking Angélique des Meloises, who eventually persuades him to kill Philibert. "; Le Chien D'or; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 528 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26731

Catalogue: Classics, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Quebec

Keywords: Canada > Quebec Canadian Literature Classics Fiction Canada Classics Literature