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  Northward Journal - A Quarterly of Northern Arts: Number 16
Moonstone, ON, Penumbra Press. 1980. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 77 pages. Features a collection of material by Yvonne McKague Housser. Unmarked. Moderate wear and soiling. Good+/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 35809653
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ACKERMAN, MARIANNE  Jump : Novel
Toronto, ON, Canada, McArthur & Company. 2000, First Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 155278133x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 349 pages. Funny, moving and wonderfully insightful, JUMP is both a love story and a cri de coeur from Canada's most romantic city, caught, like Myra, in the throes of change. Touch of curl to front cover. Attractive illustrated covers. Fine/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 51507460
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ANGUS, TERRY  The Prairie Province - Themes in Canadian Literature Series
Toronto, MacMillan. 1975. (ISBN: 0770512607) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former School Text, 122 pages. The selections here represent the multifaceted response to the prairies, and together, they aim at re-creating the prairie experience. Several school stamps, etc, else unmarked. Moderate wear. Nice solid copy. Good+/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 35800747
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ANN, KATHRYN  Snakes and Ladders
Canada, Impertenent Press. 1993, First Printing. (ISBN: 189534901x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 132 pages. "Exposes the perils of lesbian relationships in this collection of 10 provocative and unusual stories. Author writes convincingly about loss, longing, betrayal, and even the occasional lucky break. Weaving the corporeal with the spiritual, she demonstrates that love is, ultimately, the bond that holds the universe together." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Very Good.
CAD 44.95 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.52 | £UK 25.75 | JP¥ 3753] Book number: 86903450
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ARMSTRONG, LUANNE  The Colour of Water
Prince George, BC, Canada, Caitlin Press, Incorporated. 1998. (ISBN: 0920576702) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 302 pages. A novel which probes the depth and complexity of human emotions that shape people's lives. Prior owner's details upon half-title page else unmarked. Light wear. Clean. Nice copy in illustrated glossy covers. Very Good/No Jacket.
CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 35800248
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ARNASON, DAVID: EDITOR  Nineteenth Century Canadian Stories
Toronto, MacMillan. 1976. (ISBN: 077051345x) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 212 pages including biographical notes. "Modern Canadian writing is far more rooted in the past than we usually care to admit." - from introduction. Crisp and clean with very light wear. Very nice copy. Near Fine/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 86902354
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 - ARTHUR, ALAN  Battle On! - A Collection of Short Stories Set on the Battle River
Canada, Wilson Freelance. 1997. (ISBN: 0968302009) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Berryman, Jason (illustrator). 128 pages. Stories include: Clambake, The Engineer, The Cowboy Hat, Elmer Saves the Day, and many more. Ink stamp atop title page else unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sound working copy. Good.
CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 869a6910
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ATKINSON, RON  A Fire in the Rain
Lantzville, BC, Canada, Oolichan Books. 1991. (ISBN: 0889821062) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 117 pages. A collection of 52 contemplative essays celebrating the seasonal cycles of island life. He seeks a life free of despair by discovering the extraordinary in the ordinary and by learning to see the unity of life dwelling in all embodied existence. Smoke, apple pressing, clam-digging, driftwood, rocks, or roses become inspirations for his celebrations of the specific. Good/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 51506419
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 - ATWOOD, MARGARET: COMPILER  The Canlit Foodbook: From Pen to Palate - a Collection of Tasty Literary Fare
Canada, Totem. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002179083) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Atwood, Margaret. 216 pages. Index of recipes. "..This may not be the most useful foodbook you will ever read. On the other hand, it may be the most eclectic.. A civilized literary symposium on the subject of food, containing, as it does, a great many extracts selected from Canadian poetry and prose, past, present, and coast-to-coast, on the subject of some of the things people put into their mouths with a view to ingestion. Viewed another way, it's a collection of recipes preceded by some amusing verbal shenanigans." - from back cover. Bit of writing inside front cover and atop half-title page. Average wear. Bit of curl to front cover. A sound copy. Good.
CAD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.25 | £UK 28.5 | JP¥ 4171] Book number: 758c5697
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 - ATWOOD, MARGARET  The Handmaid's Tale SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Toronto, ON, Canada, McClelland & Stewart. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0771008139) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 324 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon half-title page. Set in the near future in a locale resembling Cambridge Massachusetts, this work describes life in what was once the United States. "A Clockwork Orange, as seen by women." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with modest wear. Binding sound. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy. Good/Good. Signed.
CAD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 284 US$ 425.7 | £UK 256 | JP¥ 37572] Book number: 869c6541
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BARTON, JOHN  Hidden Structure
Victoria, BC, Canada, Ekstasis Editions. 1984. (ISBN: 0969128959) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Lowry, Miles. 40 pages. "Poetry investigating the theme of dual sexuality with both sensitivity and courage, and relates it to the even larger themes of the nature of individual human identity.. In its combination of the confessional and the philosophical, and in its fusion of the meditative and narrative modes, this book is a step forward in author's poetry and therefore a step forward for poetry in Canada." - Robin Skelton. Very light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Near Fine/No Jacket.
CAD 54.95 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 US$ 51.98 | £UK 31.25 | JP¥ 4588] Book number: 35800252
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BEASLEY, DAVID  Hamilton Romance : A Hamilton-Toronto Nexus - Special Sesquicentennial Edition
Simcoe, ON, Canada, Davus Publishing. 1996, Special Sesquicentennial Edition. (ISBN: 0915317052) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 220 pages. "It is V.E. Day in Hamilton, Ontario. Tom Davis, 20 year-old law student at Osgoode Hall, runs into Skip Burke, his ice-hockey hero before the War, invites him to dinner, and introduces him to dinner, and invites him to Hamilton society with romantic consequences - complicated by perceptions of class." Very light wear. Attractive illustrated covers. One inch crease to bottom corner of back cover. Gift greetings beneath introduction signed by "Viola and Dave." This may be a presentation copy from author and his wife. Excellent copy. Near Fine/No Jacket.
CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 2869] Book number: 35800075
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 - BEGAMUDRE, VEN  A Planet of Eccentrics SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Lantzville, British Columbia, Canada, Oolichan Books. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0889821003) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 196 pages. "A complex, contemporary voice." - Edna Alford. Author's signature upon half-title page else tight and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Good. Signed.
CAD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.25 | £UK 28.5 | JP¥ 4171] Book number: 515a9424
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BERGE, MARILYN; ET AL  Common Ground - Stories By Women
Vancouver, B.C. Press Gang Publishers. 1980, First Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 0889740143) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 173 pages. A personal and revealing selection of twelve new stories by Canadian women. Ranging from warmth and grace to the bitingly angry, these stories share the clarity and honesty of women describing women's lives. Average wear. Unmarked. Good/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 35809289
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 - BIRNEY, EARLE  Big Bird in the Bush
Canada, Mosaic Press. 1978. (ISBN: 0889620857) . Ex-Library, 95 pages. "This is a first collection of my prose narratives and essays. The ten pieces roam about from the B.C. coast to the Peruvian Andes." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Sound copy. Good/Good.
CAD 44.95 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.52 | £UK 25.75 | JP¥ 3753] Book number: 515a9824
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BISSOONDATH, NEIL  The Innocence of Age
Canada, Knopf. 1992, First Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 039422289x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 308 pages. "Takes us into the heart of a city, into the lives of men and women struggling with the lives of everyday life, with the lure of corruption and high living, and with the meaning of faithfulness, betrayal and love." - from dust jacket. Book virtually as new; clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Dust jacket in excellent condition but for one inch by one-half inch chip from base of back panel. Very nice copy overall. Fine/Very Good+.
CAD 51.32 [Appr.: EURO 32.5 US$ 48.55 | £UK 29.25 | JP¥ 4285] Book number: 86904016
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BRANDEN, VICTORIA  Flitterin' Judas - from the McClelland and Stewart Signature Series
Toronto, McLelland & Stewart. 1985. (ISBN: 0771015089) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 305 pages. "The bittersweet, marvellously comic story of the turbulent relationship between a woman with a dream.. and a man with a scheme." - from back cover. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name atop half-title page. Solid copy. Good.
CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 86903466
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 - BRANDIS, MARIANNE  The Sign of the Scales
Canada, Porcupine's Quill, Incorporated. 1990. (ISBN: 0889841039) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 222 pages. "The third novel is a series of historical novels.. Takes Emma, now nearly 16, out of the hotel and she meets Abner Freeman, the shopkeeper, his invalid wife Rose, and their teen-aged son Charlie." - from back cover. Ink stamp to half-title page else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Good+.
CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 869a6907
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BREWSTER, ELIZABETH  A House Full of Women
Canada, Oberon Press. 1983. (ISBN: 0887504876) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 104 pages. "Most of these stories deal with the lives of women and the relationships of women to women, mothers, daughters, aunts, cousins. These are the relationships that endure, the things that ultimately matter." - from back cover. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Fair/No Jacket.
CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 86902286
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BROWN, MAE HILL  The Stump II - Fall 1977 Vol. 1, No. II
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, Creative Writing Club, Malaspina College Student Council. 1977. Stapled, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Sherwood, Debbie. 70 pages. With contributions from: Ellen Rose, T.E. Alcorn, Mildred Macleod, J.B. Harestad, B.W. Grome, Myrtle Bergen, Earla-Kim McColl, Tracy Addison, Noreen Elliott, Winona Baker, Mildred Tremblay, Mae Hill Brown and Ethel Layer. Some writing in red pen atop title page. Good+/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 51506725
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BROWN, MAE HILL  The Stump III - Spring 1978 Vol. 2, No. I
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, Creative Writing Club, Malaspina College Student Council. 1978. Stapled, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Sherwood, Debbie. 51 pages. With contributions from: T.E. Alcorn, Mildred Macleod, J.B. Harestad, B.W. Grome, Myrtle Bergen, Tracy Addison, Winona Baker, Mae Hill Brown, Ethel Layer, Keven Roberts, Sharon Fearon, Louise Monette, Andy Mathisen, Donis Ruf, John Tutlis and Tim Merrill, Some writing in red pen atop title page. Good+/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 51506726
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BRUCE, ANTHONY A.  To Taunt a Wounded Tiger
Saltspring Island, BC, Canada, Glendambo Publishing. 1997. (ISBN: 0968178707) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 155 pages. It can happen anywhere: random violence, terrorism, cruelty, but there are some who will not go gently into that dark night. Superb.. an international thriller right out of today's headlines. Very Good+/No Jacket. Signed by Author.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 51506179
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CAMP, MIKE  Tales of a Handyman - A Collection of Poems, Essays and Short Stories
Canada, Self-Published. 1992. (ISBN: 0920225039) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 120 pages. Author's inscription and signature upon title page. Author has laboured as a welder, blacksmith, carpenter, boat builder, logger, commercial fisherman, art teacher, wilderness fur trapper, hard rock miner, and homesteader. During the same 25 year period he has maintained a serious commitment to the arts of both painting and sculpture. These experiences are the raw material from which these poems were forged. Cover features photo of author's welded sculture named "Raven Lady.". Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 51506885
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CAMPBELL, MARIA; GRIFFITHS, LINDA  The Book of Jessica : A Theatrical Transformation
Toronto, ON, Canada, Playwrights Canada Press. 2000, Reprint. (ISBN: 0887545351) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 175 pages. Part dialogue, part narrative, part playscript, this unique book contains the award-winning play Jessica, as well as the extraordinary story of its making. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Very Good/No Jacket.
CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 35800069
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CAPLETTE, JIM  Haywire
Madeira Park, BC, Canada, Harbour Publishing Company, Limited. 1993. (ISBN: 1550170848) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 223 pages. A collection of stories by a natural born recycler, do-it-yourselfer, tinkerer and packrat. Basic survival in the world of Haywire includes beat-up old Pintos, guitars, bottles of rum, etc. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Fine.
CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 86902715
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