AMIS, KINGSLEY

Jake's Thing

Hutchinson, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091343909. A Near Fine+ First Edition. Blue hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. Tightly bound, bright & unmarked with light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "In this hilarious, outrageous and wickedly funny story of Jake and his lost libido, Kingsley Amis does not pull any punches, but takes some well-aimed swipes at the crankier fringes of psychotherapy and at sex--1970s style. "; 8.4 X 5.6 X 1.1 inches; 285 pages; Box 50. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 24065

Catalogue: Fiction, Family & Relationships

Keywords: 0091343909 Family & Relationships Man - Woman Relationships England Fiction Family & Relationships

BUSHNELL CANDACE

4 Blondes

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0871138190. First Edition. Near fine, white cover and spine, very clean, tight copy. DJ unclipped, minor edgewear. These four stories about glamorous young 30-something women in New York are reminiscent of Bushnell's tales in SEX AND THE CITY. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 245 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 1646

Catalogue: Relationships, Dating, Fiction

Keywords: 0871138190 Fiction > New York Relationships Dating & Sex Fiction Women Family & Relationships

DEFOE DANIEL

Robinson Crusoe

Random House Value Publishing / Avenel Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517626322. A Fine blue Hardcover with a tight binding, bright, unmarked pages, the DJ is in Very Good++ condition, ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 394 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27551

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Relationships, Shipwrecks

Keywords: 0517626322 Fiction > Classics Family & Relationships Shipwrecks Action & Adventure Fiction Boats, Ships, Sailing & Boatbuilding Classics Family & Relationships Action & Adventure

FAST HOWARD

Immigrant's Daughter, the

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. Hardcover. Tan / red covers, black titles to the spine. Very Good condition, tightly bound, one name to the front end paper, otherwise, clean & unmarked. Spne end bumping. A Book of the Month Club book. The DJ is Good+, small tears to the top and bottom spine ends, cover rubbing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26314

Catalogue: Fiction, Family & Relationships

Keywords: Fiction Family & Relationships Fiction Family & Relationships

GLAISTER, LESLEY

Limestone and Clay

London, England: Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1993. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0436201399. A Very Good++ Trade Paperback with French Flaps. Tightly bound, unamrked with light cover wear. "Nadia is a potter, a creator who expresses herself in clay. Simon is a geography teacher and a caver, exploring the stone heart of the land. But Nadia doesn't understand his obsession; and it hurts him that she doesn't value what he considers the best part of him, his explorer's heart. " ; 8.43 X 5.35 X 0.63 inches; 185 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 13096

Catalogue: Fiction, Relationships

Keywords: 0436201399 Man - Woman Relationships Fiction Family & Relationships

JAMES HENRY

The Awkward Age the Novel Library

Hamish Hamilton, 1948. Hardcover. Tan decorative covers / green cloth covered spine in fine condition. Spine end bumping. A matching unclipped DJ in Very Good conditon. Spine end wear and a small tear to the back spine hinge. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 449 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27105

Catalogue: Fiction, London, England, Family Relationships

Keywords: Fiction > Classics London, England Family & Relationships 19th Century Fiction Classics Family & Relationships England

JOYCE JAMES

Ulysses

Modern Library. G52, 1946. Hardcover. Red Hardcovers, gilt titles pannelled in black, to the spine. In Very Good condition with a sound binding and a bright, unmarked text. Spine end bumping. The DJ is in fair condition, a number written on the front flap, spine end chipping, small pieces missing of off the top cover edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 768 pages. Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 27448

Catalogue: Fiction, Family & Relationships, City and Town Life, Classics

Keywords: Fiction Family & Relationships City and Town Life Classics Fiction Culture Classics Family & Relationships

MACDONALD, ANN-MARIE

Fall on Your Knees

Knopf Canada, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394281594. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author, in an inscription to the previous author, to the title page. Also included is a wedding picture where MacDonald is a wedding guest! Brown / black Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and is protected by a clear plastic covering. In fine condition. "At the start of the 20th century, James Piper sets fire to his dead mother's piano and heads out across Cape Breton Island to find a new place to live, eventually eloping with 13-year-old Materia Mahmoud, the daughter of wealthy, traditional Lebanese parents. And so, from early on, Ann-Marie MacDonald establishes some major themes: racial tension, isolation, passion and forbidden love, which will gradually lead to incest, death in childbirth, and even murder. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 566 pages; Signed by Author. Fine .

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Book number: 27409

Catalogue: Fiction, Domestic, Family & Relationships, Race Discrimination

Keywords: 0394281594 Fiction > Domestic Family & Relationships Race Discrimintaion Canadian Literature Fiction Family & Relationships Literature

MACLENNAN HUGH

Two Solitudes

Toronto, Canada: Colllins, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Maroon Hardcovers with silver titles to the spine. Very Good++ with a sound binding, clean unmarked pages. Spine end bumping with a small stain to the spine end top. The DJ is unclipped and is in Fair condition. Heavy edgewear and wear to the spine hinges. Tape repair to the inside of the spine hinges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 370 pages. Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 27605

Catalogue: Canada, Ethics, Fiction, Man - Woman Relationships

MUNRO, ALICE

Runaway

McClelland & Stewart, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 077106506X. First Edition. Cream colored Hardcovers, black titles to the spine. In Fine condition with a sound binding, the previous owner's blaind stamp to the front end paper, otherwise clean& unmarked. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good++ condition. "Miraculously, these stories seem to have been written by a young writer at the peak of her powers. Alice Munro’s central characters range from 14-year-old Lauren in “Trespass, ” through the young couple in “Runaway, ” whose helpful older neighbour intervenes to help the wife escape, all the way to a 70-year-old woman meeting a friend of her youth on a Vancouver street and sitting with him to recall their tangled lives fifty years earlier, through a web of cheerful lies." ; 6.34 X 1.05 X 9.23 inches; 344 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27506

Catalogue: Fiction, Short Stories, Women, Family & Relationships

Keywords: 077106506x Fiction > Women Family & Relationships Short Stories Literature Fiction Classics Family & Relationships Literature Short Stories

RICHARDS, DAVID ADAMS

The Bay of Love and Sorrows

Canada: Anchor Canada, 2002. Paperback. ISBN: 0385660057. A Fine+ Trade Paperback, glossy covers, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. "The Bay of Love and Sorrows is an unflinching story of ambition and betrayal. The novel begins as the once-strong friendship between Michael Skid, the privileged young son of a judge from town, and farmhand Tommie Donnerel collapses under the weight of a bitter misunderstanding." ; 5.2 X 0.85 X 8 inches; 320 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26869

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Mystery, Relationships

Keywords: 0385660057 Canada > Literarure Mystery Family & Relationships Man - Woman Relationships Fiction Canada Mystery & Detective Family & Relationships

RICHARDS, DAVID ADAMS

Friends of Meager Fortune

Doubleday Canada, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385660944. First Edition, First Printing ( Number Line ). In Near Fine condition, a sound binding with clean & unmarked pages. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine+ condition. "Teenaged Will Jameson has a temperament of iron, standing up to men twice his age when he takes over the Jameson lumber company after his father's death. His younger brother, Owen, is sensitive, literary, and fanciful. But when Will dies suddenly and Owen's beloved Lula rejects him, Owen's deeper character comes to light: joining the army in the hope of getting himself killed, instead Owen returns home a decorated war hero. "; 5.8 X 1.2 X 8.4 inches; 384 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26883

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Romance, Family Relationships

Keywords: 0385660944 Fiction > Canada Historical Fiction Romance Family & Relationships Fiction Romance Canada Historical Fiction Family & Relationships

RICHARDS, DAVID ADAMS

Nights Below Station Street. Vol. 2 of the Miramichi Trilogy.

McClelland & Stewart, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771074603. First Edition. Black hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition with tighlty bound and clean, unmarked pages. The DJ is Very Good+ with a removable gold "Governor General Literary Award." sticker. "Set in a small mill town in northern New Brunswick, it draws us into the lives of a community of people who live there, Joe Walsh, isolated and strong in the face of a drinking problem; his wife, Rita, willing to believe the best about people; and their teenage daughter Adele, whose nature is rebellious and wise, and whose love for her father wars with her desire for independence." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26884

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Literature, Family Relationships

Keywords: 0771074603 Canada > Fiction Canadian Literature Family & Relationships Fiction Canada Family & Relationships Literature

STEVENSON D. E.

Musgraves, the

Fontana Books, 1975. Paperback. ISBN: 0006139345. A Very Good+ Paperback with a tight binding, clean, unmarked pages. Cover edgewear and rubbing with a crease to the front cover. "The story of the Musgraves in their Cotswold home, their loves and hates, hopes and disappointments, is vividly recounted in this charming chronicle of family life." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 191 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26343

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Family & Relationships

Keywords: 0006139345 Family & Relationships Fiction > Classics Fiction Classics Family & Relationships Social Life & Customs

VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, EDITH GROSSMAN, TRANSLATOR

Notebooks of Don Rigoberto

Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1997. Paperback. ISBN: 0965594912. A Fine Trade Paperback, tightly bound with bright & unmarked pages. "The fantasies of a frustrated husband. The protagonist is a Peruvian insurance executive whose second wife had an affair with his son. He threw her out and is reduced to sleeping with her in his imagination." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 259 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 27072

Catalogue: Diary Fiction, Erotica, Man-Woman Relationships

Keywords: 0965594912 Diary > Fiction Erotica Man - Woman Relationships Peruvian Fiction Sex & Erotica Family & Relationships