LAURENCE, MARGARET & ADELE WISEMAN

Stone Angel, the

New Canadian Library / McClelland & Stewart, 1993. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0771099894. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Pages are tight & unmarked, covers had moderate edgewear and scuffing. "Hagar Shipley, a proud and irascible nonagenarian, retreats in the face of her approaching death and the bitter squabbling of her son and his wife to reflect on her past - her childhood marriage to tough-talking Bram Shipley, her two sons, the harshness of farm life on the prairie, her own failures and the failures and betrayals of others. A bloody minded and independent woman to the end, she embarks on a final wild escapade. "; 6.80 X 4.50 X 1 inches; 316 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 18692

Catalogue: Fiction, Literary, Women

Keywords: 0771099894 Canadian Author Literary Fiction Women Canada Classics

TENNANT, HAL; ROCKETT, PAUL AND BEVERLEY; WISEMAN, ADELE; JOHNSTONE, KEN; BODSWORTH, FRED; ADAMS, JJACK; GRAY, GRATTAN; PORTER, M.; METCALFE, R.; RUSSELL, F.; GARDNER, R.; ET AL

Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, January (Jan. ) 7, 1961: Whistler's Ski Potential / the Richardsons Are World Curling Champs (Cover Photo)

Montreal: Maclean Hunter, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Brown, Huntley; Norris;. 88 pages. Features: Fantastic fold-out two-panel colour cover photo of the four Richardsons of Regina who are world curling champions; Brief article on how Nanaimo Realty paid its realtors to lose weight - and sales increased!; Nice one-page black and white Volkswagen photo ad entitled "Who backs up the Volkswagen?"; Nice one-page colour photo ad for Florida orange juice shows smiling girl wearing white ear muffs; What Winter Does to Canada - and vice versa; What to wear to a Fashion Opening - photo-illustrated article; Duel in the Kitchen (fiction); The Return of the Winter Carnivals; The Simple Joys of Camping in a Snowdrift; Hockey Isn't As Rough as it Used to Be - Part 1 of Jack Adams' "My 43 Years in Hockey" - photo-illustrated article (with large photo of Howie Meeker pounding a limp Canadien); The Second Splendid Discovery of Spices; How to Gain Entree to the Social Pages; Canada's world champions of Curling - Ernie Richardson and the Richardsons of Regina; Population Explosion on the Ski Slopes; Skier's Dream - two-page colour-photo-illustrated brief article with two maps describe how Franz Wilhelmsen and the Garibaldi Olympic Committee seek to have the massive potential of Whistler Mountain developed for the Winter Olympics of 1968; Best and Worst Movies of 1960; Escape to the Sun - Robert Thomas Allen's road trip from California to Florida; Seagrams ad features colour painting of winter carnival by Henry Simpkins; Large colour ad for Apollo Beach waterfront real estate development near Tampa; Canadian Club colour-photo one-page ad features Walter Gonnason falling into an ice crevasse on Mount Victoria Glacier in Alberta; Why color TV isn't here yet - and when it may be; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features skating couple; and more. Discrete six-inch clear archival tape repair to bottom left corner of front cover, otherwise unmmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, January (Jan.) 7, 1961: The Richardsons of Regina - World Curling Champs (cover photo) Black Comb Ski Resort British Columbia fold-out two-panel colour cover photo of the four Richardsons of Regina who are world c. Good .

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WISEMAN, ADELE

Crackpot New Canadian Librry # 144

McClelland and Stewart, 1982. Paperback. ISBN: 0771092598. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition with a tight binding and a clean, unmarked text. Tanning to the interior page edges, with moderate cover wear. "The extraordinary story of a woman whose life revolves around bleak but often comic circumstances." ; 7 X 4.30 X 0.80 inches; 304 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 15767

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0771092598 Canadian Author Fiction Canada

Wiseman, Adele

Crackpot. Signed

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Canadian author Adele Wiseman on the front free endpaper. "For Hugo & Louise (McPherson), a long wait my dears, but a good read in the end, n'est ce pas? Love to you. Adele Wiseman Stone. Sept. 8, 1974." 8vo. 300 pp. A near fine copy in maroon paper covered boards, silver titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with a few rubs and light use. Excellent Copy. [McPherson - Noted English professor, and Hawthorne Scholar, headed the Communication Department at McGill.]. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 29514

Catalogue: Can Lit & Other Greatness

Keywords: CAN/LIT HIGHLIGHT Presentation & Inscribed Copies Association & Dedication Copies Electronic List TBCL

WISEMAN, ADELE

Old Woman at Play

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 077201230x. 148 pages. Chaika Wiseman is 82 now - a Ukrainian Jew who came to Canada in the 1920s. In childhood and now again for several decades she has been making dolls - an outpouring of "naive" art that is astonishing in its variety and profusion, and also astonishing for what it tells us about Chaika Wiseman's own history and vision of life. Relates Chaika's tough, idiosyncratic family; a childhood in Russia - the river, the village people, the pograms - and the struggle to make ends meet during the Depression in Winnipeg. Then, leads readers into the mystery - why the dolls and where they came from. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear. Minor moisture stain to top edge of text. Dust jacket bears three 1" tears to back panel and average wear. Nice copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wiseman, Adele Old Woman at Play Dollmakers Ukrainian Jews 148 pages. Chaika Wiseman is 82 now - a Ukrainian Jew who came to Canada in the 1920s. In childhood and now again for several decades she has been making dolls - an outpouring of "naive" art t. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 46501015

Keywords: 077201230x 148 . 82 1920s. "" Biography

Wiseman, Adele

Old Woman at Play. Signed

Toronto, Clarke, Irwin, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of this unique homage to the author's beloved mother and a sensitive exploration of artistic creativity, Inscribed by Canadian author Adele Wiseman on the half-title page and additionally Signed by Chaika Wiseman, Adele Wiseman's mother. "For Hugo & Louise (McPherson), from us all here at play. Love, Adele Wiseman Stone." A fine copy in dark beige cloth, brown titles and decorations in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. Square 8vo. 148 pp. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. [McPherson - Noted English professor, and Hawthorne Scholar, headed the Communication Department at McGill.]. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 29500

Catalogue: Can Lit & Other Greatness

Keywords: CAN/LIT HIGHLIGHT Presentation & Inscribed Copies Association & Dedication Copies Electronic List TBCL

WISEMAN, ADELE

The Sacrifice

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1956. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover. First edition. Jacket is marked and slightly tanned. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. One centimetre tear on front upper leading corner. Minor score on front board. Hardcover spine head and rear upper edge are lightly bumped. Page block is lightly marked. Sticker on front pastedown. Pastedown hinges are slightly split but binding remains intact. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HJW. Acceptable/Acceptable.

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Book number: 427849

Catalogue: Literature

Wiseman, Adele

The Sacrifice;

Viking Press. Hardcover , Condition: Good.

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Wiseman, Adele

Testimonial Dinner. A Play. Signed

Toronto, Prototype Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Canadian author Adele Wiseman on the title-page. "Louise & Hugo, (McPherson), with love, Adele Wiseman Stone." A near fine copy in the publisher's illustrated white stiff card wrappers, as issued. Slim 8vo. 58 pp. Excellent Copy. [McPherson - Noted English professor, and Hawthorne Scholar, headed the Communication Department at McGill.]. .

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Book number: 29513

Catalogue: Can Lit & Other Greatness

Keywords: CAN/LIT HIGHLIGHT Presentation & Inscribed Copies Association & Dedication Copies Electronic List TBCL