ALEXIS, ANDRE

Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa

McClelland & Stewart, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0889104786. Stated First Edition. Trade Paperback with French Flaps. Very Good+ with a solid binding, bright, unmarked pages. A small black mark to the bottom edges. Light corner bumping and cover rubbing. "These eight stories reveal a world that's both recognizable and strange: cities of anxiety and violence, where quiet inhabitants lead outwardly banal lives that conceal sinister interiors. The premises, both fantastic and surreal, are also eerily plausible; they often follow the logic of dreams where the real can appear in disguise. Though geographically rooted, the setting - from Ottawa to Toronto and the South of France - take on an ephemeral dimension: the geography is of the subconscious." ; 5.5 X 0.75 X 8.5 inches; 229 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27341

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Ottawa, Canada, Short Stories

Keywords: 0889104786 Fiction > Trinidad and Tobago Ottawa, Ontario Short Stories Fiction Canada Culture Short Stories

ATWOOD MARGARET

Alias Grace

Toronto, Ont: McClelland & Stewart, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 077100835X. Original tan boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Minor bump on bottom spine. Near fine. DJ unclipped with minor edgewear and rubbing. "Margaret Atwood writes about a notorious Canadian murder case of the 1840s in this historical novel. She takes the facts of the Grace Marks case and uses them to delve into the psyche of the convicted murderer and the social milieu that she lived in. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 470 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 2065

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada

Keywords: 077100835x Fiction Crime & Prisons Canada Mystery & Detective

ATWOOD MARGARET

Dancing Girls & Other Stories

McClelland & Stewart, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008104. First Edition. Black Hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good++ condition with a sound binding, the pages are all clean & unmarked with light age tanning. A small bump to the front cover top edge. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good, intact, without any tearing to the edges. Some veining (bubbling) to the back cover. Contents: The war in the bathroom. --The man from Mars. --Polarities. --Under glass. --The grave of the famous poet. --Rape fantasies. --Hair jewellery. --When it happens. --A travel piece. --The resplendant Quetzal. --Training. --Lives of the poets. --Dancing girls. --Giving birth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Box 47. Very Good .

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Book number: 23630

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Short Stories

Keywords: 0771008104 Fiction > Short Stories Fiction Canada Short Stories

ATWOOD, MARGARET

Moral Disorder

McClelland & Stewart, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008708. Grey Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. In Fine condition, no loose pages, a clean & unmarked interior. The DJ is unclipped, some discoloration to the spine hinge area. Light cover edgewear and rubbing. "In these ten interrelated stories Atwood traces the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it, while evoking the drama and the humour that colour common experiences — the birth of a baby, divorce and remarriage, old age and death. With settings ranging from Toronto, northern Quebec, and rural Ontario, the stories begin in the present, as a couple no longer young situate themselves in a larger world no longer safe. Then the narrative goes back in time to the forties and moves chronologically forward toward the present." ; 5.8 X 0.9 X 8.4 inches; 240 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 26881

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Short Stories, Literature

Keywords: 0771008708 Canada Fiction > Literature Short Stories Fiction Canada Literature Short Stories

BASILIERES, MICHEL

Black Bird

Vintage Canada, 2004. Paperback. ISBN: 0676975283. A Fine Paperback, tight, bright & unmarked. "Holed up in a shambling house at the base of Mount Royal is the family Desouche: three generations of English- and French-Canadians caught in the gears of a national crisis. When one of the eldest, an Anglo Montrealer, dies at the hand of one of the youngest, a militant separatist, so begins a transformative year of misfortune." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 26823

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Humor, Montreal

Keywords: 0676975283 Canada > Montreal

BIRNEY EARLE

Turvey: A Military Picaresque

McClelland & Stewart, 1966. Mass Market Paperback. Mass Market in Very Good+ condition. A sound binding with bright, unmarked pages. Light age tanning, spine browning and a faint number written on the top of the front cover. "Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody’s idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney’s comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war. "; New Canadian Library; Vol. 34; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 286 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26833

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Humour, Military

Keywords: Canada > Fiction Humor Military

BLAIS, MARIE-CLAIRE

St. Lawrence Blues

Bantam, 1976. Mass_Market. ISBN: 0553025724. A Very Good Mass Market. A sound binding with clean & unmarked pages with age tanning. Offsetting to the inside of the covers. An uncreased spine and cover rubbing. "The electrifying novel of the night people of Quebec. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 203 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26832

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction

Keywords: 0553025724 Canada > Fiction Fiction Canada

BOWDRING PAUL

Roncesvalles Pass

St John's Newfoundland: Breakwater Books, 1989. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0920911595. Very Good++ condition, tight, bright , unmarked with light cover wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 138 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 13866

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada

Keywords: 0920911595 Canadian Author Fiction Canada

BRAND, DIONNE

What We All Long for

Knopf Canada, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780676971675. Stated First Editoin, First Printing ( Number Line) Red Hardcovers with silver titles to the spine. In Fine+ condition, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "Tuyen is an aspiring artist and the daughter of Vietnamese parents who’ve never recovered from losing one of their children while in the rush to flee Vietnam in the 1970s. She rejects her immigrant family’s hard-won lifestyle, and instead lives in a rundown apartment with friends—each of whom is grappling with their own familial complexities and heartache." ; 6 X 1.14 X 8.53 inches; 336 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26852

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Gay / Lesbian, School

Keywords: 9780676971675 Canada > Fiction Gay & Lesbian School Fiction Canada Gay and Lesbian

BROWN MARGARET A.

My Lady of the Snows

Toronto, Canada: William Briggs, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon Hardcovers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. A pictorial inlay ( a woman) to the front cover. The front end paper has been removed and the first two pages are halfway loose from the spine. The interior text is unmarked. Wear to the spine ends and corners. A small name written on the back of the frontispiece. Four full color plates through the book, each having a tissue guard. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 518 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26727

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, History

Keywords: Fiction Canada Historical Fiction Fiction Canada Historical Fiction

BUCKLER ERNEST

Mountain and the Valley

McClelland & Stewart, 1961. Paperback. A Very Good- Paperback. The binding is tight, unmarked pages with age tanning. Heavy cover edgewear and rubbing. "an affectionate portrait of David Canaan, a sensitive boy who becomes increasingly aware of the difference that sets him apart from his family and his neighbours. David’s desire to write is the secret that gives this haunting story its detailed focus and its poignant theme." ; New Canadian Library; Vol. 23; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 302 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26841

Catalogue: Canada, Classics, Fiction

Keywords: Canada > Fiction Classics Fiction Canada Classics

CALMAN, CLAIRE

Lessons for a Sunday Father

Harpercollins Canada, 2001. Paperback. ISBN: 0006391982. Trade Paperback. Very Good+, pages are tightly bound, clean & unmarked. Some corner wear and a black mark to the bottom edges. "Lessons for a Sunday father explores the ragged edges of a marriage break-up from a family's four radically different viewpoints. Scott is a husband and father who hopes that his accidental "fling" (a one-hour stand, more like it) will be forgiven. After all, these sorts of things happen all the time, don't they? Gail is a wife and mother who is fed up with being the responsible one. She wonders if the best-before date on her marriage to Scott expired a long time ago and, if so, can she get a refund?"; 8.40 X 5.50 X 1.20 inches; 435 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 22105

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction

Keywords: 0006391982

COHEN, LEONARD

Perdants Magnifiques

Christian Bourgois, 2002. Paperback. ISBN: 2267016397. A Fine + Paperback, tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. One crease to the spine and a stamp to the foreedge. "J'aurais voulu vivre dans le folk song comme Joe Hill, pleurer pour les innocents que ma bombe aurait mutilés, remercier le vieux paysan qui nous aurait nourris pendant notre fuite. J'aurais voulu avoir une manche vide retenue par une épingle double, et voir les gens sourire tandis que je saluais de la mauvaise main. (...) J'aurais voulu avoir ma tête portée à Pékin, avec un poème écrit sur mon épaule." ; LES; 7.75"; 308 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 27650

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Native Indians, Canada, Quebec

Keywords: 2267016397 Canada > Quebec Historical Fiction Native Canadian Indians

DE LA ROCHE MAZO

Return to Jalna, Variable Winds at Jalna, Centenary at Jalna

Pan Books, 1965. Paperback. Three Paperbacks in Very Good condition. A tight binding, markings to the chronological pages, otherwise a clean text. Age tanning. A number at the top of the spine and small tears to the spine bottom hinges. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 380 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27922

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Domestic Fiction, Family & Realtionships

Keywords: Canada > Domestic Fiction Family & Relationships Romance Fiction Romance Canada Historical Fiction Family & Relationships

DOYLE, BRIAN

Easy Avenue

Toronto, Canada: Groundwood Books Ltd, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888990650. Brown hardcovers, in Fine+ condition. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is in Fine condition. "Entering his first year of high school, Hubbo O'Driscoll is torn between loyalty to his poor but fun-loving family and friends and the shallow rich kids at school." ; 6.11 X 1.11 X 11.11 inches. Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26644

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Boys Juvenile Fiction, Humor

Keywords: 0888990650 Canada > Fiction Humor Boys Juvenile Fiction