ATWOOD, MARGARET

The Handmaid's Tale

McClelland & Stewart, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008139. First Edition. Tan/brown hardcovers, tan titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with a sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. Light wear to the spine ends. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good+ condition. Small tears to the top spine end, cover rubbing and edgewear. With the book are a few newspaper clippings about the book. "The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 324 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26882

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Dystopia, Science Ficiton, Feminism

Keywords: 0771008139 Fiction > Classics Science Fiction > Dystopia Femnism Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Classics Feminism & Feminist

BARICCO, ALESSANDRO

Océan Mer

GALLIMARD, 2002. Pocket Book. ISBN: 2070419584. A Fine Paperback with a sound binding, clean & unmarked pages, an uncreased spine. "Au bord de l'océan, à la pension Almayer, « posée sur la corniche ultime du monde », se croisent sept personnages au destin étrange et romanesque, sept naufragés de la vie qui tentent de recoller les morceaux de leur existence. Mais leur séjour est bouleversé par le souvenir d'un hallucinant naufrage d'un siècle passé et la sanglante dérive d'un radeau. Et toujours, la mer, capricieuse et fascinante...Avec une époustouflante maîtrise, Alessandro Baricco nous offre à la fois un roman à suspense, un livre d'aventures, une méditation philosophique et un poème en prose." ; Collection Folio; Vol. 3710; 6.7 X 4.3 X 0.8 inches; 288 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 26183

Catalogue: French Books, Sea Stories, Ficiton

Keywords: 2070419584 French Books, Sea Stories Fiction Fiction Boats, Ships, Sailing & Boatbuilding

BARNES, JULIAN

Porcupine

Random House Canada, 1992. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394223241. Black Hardcover, black cloth spine covering. In Fine+ condition. The DJ is unclipped and also in Fine+ condition. " Barnes trains his laser-bright prose on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range from corruption to political murder. Petkanov's guilt -- and the righteousness of his opponents -- would seem to be self-evident. But, as brilliantly imagined by Barnes, the trial of this cunning and unrepentant dictator illuminates the shadowy frontier between the rusted myths of the Communist past and a capitalist future in which everything is up for grabs. "; 7.6 X 5.3 X 1.5 inches. Fine+ .

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Book number: 24254

Catalogue: Historical Ficiton, Politics, European Literature

Keywords: 0394223241 Historical Ficiton Politics European Literature Politics Historical Fiction Europe

BATEMAN, COLIN

Cycle of Violence

Harper Collins, 1995. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0006479359. Very Good +, tightly bound and unmarked with light tanning to the interior page edges. "Drunken journalist Miller is sent as a punishment from his Belfast newspaper to small-town Crossmaheart as a replacement for someone who has disappeared. Once there, he falls is love with the missing man's girlfriend." ; 7.48 X 5.04 X 0.79 inches; 261 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 14037

Catalogue: Ficiton

Keywords: 0006479359

BOVA BEN & POGUE BILL

Trikon Deception, the

New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book / TOR, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312850247. Very Good/Very Good, Black boards, top and bottom of spine and upper right hand corner slightly bumped. Remainder mark on bottom edge, no other markings. Good, clean, tight copy. Dust jacket is not price clipped, some minor bumping on the top and bottom of spine . ; Remainder; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 309 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 303

Catalogue: Science Ficiton

Keywords: 0312850247 Space Stations Genetic Engineering Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

BRAGG MARY LEE

Shooting Angels

Gatineau, Quebec: Baico Publishing, 2004. Paperback. ISBN: 1894494695. Signed by the author on the title page. In Fine+ condition, bright, unmarked pages with a solid binding. " Shooting Angels, the first novel by Ottawa writer Mary Lee Bragg, sets a story of personal disintegration and renewal against the background of Ottawa on the eve of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Roy Brown, a news photographer, leaves Bosnia for Canada when his parents are killed in a car accident. His childhood home in a quiet Ottawa neighbourhood offers a needed refuge after too long in the war zones. But as Roy sifts through the traces of his parents’ lives he finds that appearances can be deceiving." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages; Signed by Author. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26500

Catalogue: Ficiton, Canada, Quebec Referendrum

Keywords: 1894494695 Quebec > Referendrum Canada > Fiction Historical Fiction Fiction Politics Canada Historical Fiction

BRAGG MARY LEE

Shooting Angels

Gatineau, Quebec: Baico Publishing, 2004. Paperback. ISBN: 1894494695. Signed by the author on the title page. In Fine+ condition, bright, unmarked pages with a solid binding. " Shooting Angels, the first novel by Ottawa writer Mary Lee Bragg, sets a story of personal disintegration and renewal against the background of Ottawa on the eve of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Roy Brown, a news photographer, leaves Bosnia for Canada when his parents are killed in a car accident. His childhood home in a quiet Ottawa neighbourhood offers a needed refuge after too long in the war zones. But as Roy sifts through the traces of his parents’ lives he finds that appearances can be deceiving." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages; Signed by Author. Fine+ .

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Book number: 27430

Catalogue: Ficiton, Canada, Quebec Referendrum

Keywords: 1894494695 Quebec > Referendrum Canada > Fiction Historical Fiction Fiction Politics Canada Historical Fiction

CAMPBELL GRACE

Thorn - Apple Tree

Toronto, Ont: Collins, 1943. Cloth. Illustrated by Franklin Carmichael. Light brown cloth covers with brown titles and illustrations to the cover and the spine. Spine ends and corners are worn, light soiling to the covers with edgewear. Illustrated end papers, the interior illustrations were designed and engraved on wood by Carmichael. Tightly bound, no interior marks. "This Scottish-Canadian idyll of pioneer days in glengarry is a homespun tale of rare beauty, with an atmosphere as winsome as it is wholesome. "; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Shelved. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 9182

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics

Keywords: Frontier & Pioneer Life History Sociology

CAMPBELL GRACE

Thorn - Apple Tree

Toronto, Ont: Collins, 1943. Cloth. Illustrated by Franklin Carmichael. Light brown cloth covers with brown titles and illustrations to the cover and the spine. Spine ends and corners are worn, light soiling to the covers with edgewear. Illustrated end papers, the interior illustrations were designed and engraved on wood by Carmichael. Tightly bound, no interior marks. "This Scottish-Canadian idyll of pioneer days in glengarry is a homespun tale of rare beauty, with an atmosphere as winsome as it is wholesome. "; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Shelved. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 9182

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics

Keywords: Frontier & Pioneer Life History Sociology

CLARKE AUSTUN

More

Toronto, Ont: Thomas Allen, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887623530. Red hard covers with silver titles to the spine, in Fine condition, tight, bright, unmarked. Very light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped, in very good+ condition with light scuffing and a crease to tthe back spine flap. An introduction letter from the publisher with Tour Information, with the book. "At the news of her son BJ's involvement in gang crime, Idora Morrison, a maid at the local university, collapses in her basement apartment. For four days and nights she retreats into a vortex of memory, pain, and disappointment that becomes a riveting exposÉ of her life as a Caribbean immigrant living abroad. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 300 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 9983

Catalogue: Ficiton

Keywords: 0887623530 Immigrants Fiction

CONNOR RALPH

Rock and the River, the a Romance of Quebec

Toronto, Ont: McClelland & Stewart, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Blue cloth covers with darker blue titles to the cover and spine. Light foxing to the cover edges, with spine end and corner bumping. A tightly bound copy with an unmakred text, previous owner's name written on the front free end paper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 377 pages; Box 16 / shelved. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 9959

Catalogue: Classic Ficiton

Keywords: Quebec War of 1812 Canada History Classics Collectibles War

CULLEN, BOB & ROBERT CULLEN

A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe

Harpercollins Canada, 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060185546. Grey Hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. First Edition with a number line indicating a First Printing. A solid binding with a bright, unmarked text, light spine end bumping and sharp corners. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition with moderate cover wear. "Hilarious and heartwarming, Cullen's novel is an unforgettable tale in which the most humbling of sports--golf--illuminates the human capacity for both heartbreak and joy. As a blind man sets out to win the PGA Championship, lessons will be learned about the true meaning of "vision" in competition, friendship, and love." ; 9.30 X 6.40 X 1.30 inches; 388 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18049

Catalogue: Ficiton, Sports, Golf

Keywords: 0060185546 Golf Fiction Sports & Recreation

DAVIES, ROBERTSON

Lyre of Orpheus. Vol. 3 of the Cornish Series

McClelland and Stewart, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771599196. A signed First Edition in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, a bright, unmarked text. Light spine end bumping with light cover wear. The DJ is Very Good+, unclipped, light cover rubbing and edgewear. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26271

Catalogue: Ficiton, Canada, Literature, Classics

Keywords: 0771599196 Fiction > Classics Canada Literature Music Music Canada Classics Literature

DE BRUNHOFF, JEAN & MERLE S. HAAS, TRANSLATOR

Story of Babar, the. The Little Elephant

Random House, 1960. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394805755. Pictorial Hardcovers in Very Good condition. The binding is tight and the pages are bright & clean. Spine end and corner bumping with wear to the spine hinges and cover edges. The bottom right hand page corners have light staning. "An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but he eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants." ; 11.42 X 8.46 X 0.50 inches; 48 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 21360

Catalogue: Children's Ficiton, Classic

Keywords: 0394805755 Fiction Classics Children

DELDERFIELD, R. F.

Farewell the Tranquil Mind

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1967. Paperback. ISBN: 0340027878. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Tightly bound and unmarked with some discolortion to the covers and with light cover edgewear. "A sweeping drama amind the flames of the French Revolution, Farewell The Tranquil Mind begins in 1794 at Exeter Castle in Great Britain. "; 6.85 X 4.33 X 1.10 inches; 320 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 15731

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classic

Keywords: 0340027878 Fiction Classics France