Ackroyd, Peter

The Lambs of London: A Novel

New York, Nan A. Talese, 2006. First American Edition. Hardcover. pp. 213. Small 8vo. Black hardcovers, gilt lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws, contents clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. .

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Book number: 2711

Catalogue: Literature

Adams, H.C.; William Siegel (Illust.)

Travellers' Tales: A Book of Marvels

New York, Boni and Liverigh Publishers, 1927. First Thus. Hardcover. pp. ix, 334. Royal 8vo. Illustrated tan cloth over boards, blue and green lettering and decoration to the spine, and front board; illustrated endpapers, unrimmed page edges. Lovely wood-cut frontispiece. Replete with gorgeous wood-cuts throughout by William Siegel. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. A lovely, and handsome copy. Very good+ to near fine. .

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Book number: 2111

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: travel; art; woodcut illustrations; illustrated; history;

Aquin, Hubert; Alan Brown (Trans.)

Antiphonary

Toronto, House of Anansi Press, 1973. First Printing, First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 196. 8vo. Brown paper boards with gilt lettering to spine. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean and unmarked; fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed dustjacket. Overall, very good+ to near fine. Near Fine .

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Book number: 833

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: french literature; history; canadian history; canadiana;

Aragon, Louis; Simon Watson Taylor (Trans.)

Paris Peasant

Boston, MA, Exact Change, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. pp. xiv, 210. Square 8vo. measuring 6" x 8". Pictorial covers, map endpapers. No detectable flaws with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. .

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Book number: 5230

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: french language literature; french literature; history

Arsan, Emmanuelle; Anselm Hollo (Trans.)

Emmanuelle II

New York, Grove Press, Inc. 1974. First American Printing. Hardcover. pp. 321. Small 8vo. Full navy-cloth over boards, yellow lettering to the spine. Light bump to head of spine else, near fine. Internally, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed price-clipped dustjacket showing the occasional chip along the edges of the panels (dustjacket now housed in archival protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+. .

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Book number: 2619

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: french literature; history; francais; languages; erotica; gender studies; sexuality

Ashton, Helen Rosaline (1891-1958)

Doctor Serocold; a Page from His Day-Book

Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. pp. 305. 8vo. Original black cloth over boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine and front board, charming illustrated endpapers. Light bumping to the spine ends, fading of the gilt lettering on the spine, faint sticker residue to the ffep, else, contents without blemish; very good. The first major work of fiction by noted early British writer, physician, and biographer.

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Book number: 6801

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 20th century literature; women writers; english literature

Atwood, Margaret

Bodily Harm [First Edition, First Printing]

Toronto, Mcclelland And Stewart, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 301. 8vo. Lilac, and cream boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Touch of edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed unclipped dustjacket bearing original price of $16.95. A lovely copy. .

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Book number: 2925

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: the handmaid's tale; history; canadian history; women's studies; gender studies

Atwood, Margaret

Bodily Harm [First Edition, First Printing]

Toronto, Mcclelland And Stewart, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 301. 8vo. Lilac, and cream boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Touch of edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed unclipped dustjacket bearing original price of $16.95. A lovely copy. .

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Book number: 4815

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: the handmaid's tale; history; canadian history; women's studies; gender studies

Atwood, Margaret; Zoran Ancevski (Trans.); Katica Kulavkova; Slave Gjorgjo Dimoski (Ed.)

Selected Poems [English/Macedonian Edition]

Struga, Macedonia, Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 520, [18]. Square 4to. Pictorial boards. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Atwood. No detectable flaws, bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine and housed in fine dustjacket (now housed in protective BroDart mylar cover). Near fine. Scarce in commerce. Not in Peel. Text printed simultaneously in English, and Macedonian. Limited Edition of 600 copies.

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Book number: 3605

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: canlit; languages; macedonian; foreign languages; canadian literature

Bantock, Nick

The Forgetting Room [Signed]

New York, Byzantium Books | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 105. Square 8vo. Pictorial boards, marbled endpapers, publisher's maroon topstain. Beautifully illustrated throughout with many charming colour and black-and-white illustrations, pop-outs, fold-outs, etc. No detectable flaws, extremities and contents entirely without blemish; near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. Near Fine SIGNED by the Bantock to the title page.

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Book number: 4191

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: art

Bantock, Nick

Griffin and Sabine Trilogy [Complete Three Volumes]; Comprising of Vol. I: Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondce; Vol. II: Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues; and Vol. III: The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes]

San Francisco and Vancouver, Chronicle Books | Raincoast Books, 1991 - 1993. Hardcover. Square 8vo. Pictorial boards, and replete with black-and-white, and colour illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked. All three books in fine condition, and housed in fine dustjackets. As New .

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Book number: 2854

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: art; canadian art; epistolary; novel; canadiana;

Banville, John

Snow

Toronto, Hanover Square Press, 2020. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 299. 8vo. As new. .

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Book number: 2885

Catalogue: Literature

Barkman, Betty; [Barkman, Helena Plett, 1912-2002]

Laina: Of a Dual Grave; Runaway Cattle; a Shattered Heart; and a Love That Never Dies: A True Story Creatively Written

[Pansy, Manitoba], privately Printed by the Author, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 259. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread. As New SIGNED, and inscribed by the author to the title page.

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Book number: 4201

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: memoirs; manitoba history; local history; canadian history; canadiana; western canadian history; prairie; biography; autobiography

Barnes, Julian

A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

Toronto & New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. pp. 307. 8vo. Publisher's quarter green cloth over teal boards with gilt lettering to the spine; untrimmed page edges. Neat ink name and short inscription to the ffep, else, contents without blemish; near fine and housed in original, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, near fine. An entertaining melange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noah's Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities and tendencies.

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Book number: 6928

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: english literature; fiction

Belloc, Hilaire

The Mercy of Allah

London, Chatto and Windus, 1928. First Phoenix Library Edition. Hardcover. pp. 313. 12mo. Light blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and ornaments to spine. Very light edgewear, ink name to title page otherwise contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. "First published in 1922, The Mercy of Allah describes the civilization of the Arabs through the extraordinary tales a wealthy grandfather relates to his beloved grandchildren. .

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Book number: 182

Catalogue: literature

Keywords: aldous huxley;