ROY GABRIELLE

Cashier, the

Toronto, Canada: McCelland and Stewart, 1963. Paperback. A Very Good+ Paperback. A sound binding, a name plate on the inside of the front cover with a small name written on the half title page. The balance of the book is clean & unmarked. Moderate cover edgewear. "In Alexandre Chenevert, the Montreal bank teller trapped by his narrow environment and acutely aware of his loneliness, Gabrielle Roy has created a vivid and poignant portrait of an ordinary man and his attempts to transcend his circumstances and his fate." ; New Canadian Library; Vol. 40; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 219 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26816

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Literature, France, Nature, Classics

Keywords: Canada > Literature Nature Classics Canada Nature Classics Literature

ROY, GABRIELLE

Children of My Heart

Seal, 1980. Paperback. ISBN: 0770415849. A Very Good Paperback. An uncreased spine with clean & unmarked pages and a sound binding. Age tanning. A crease to the back cover top edge. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 167 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 27204

Catalogue: Canada, Prairie Provinces, Historical Fiction

Keywords: 0770415849 Canada > Prairie Provinces Historical Fiction Culture Manners & Customs Canada Culture Historical Fiction

SERVICE, ROBERT

Songs of a Sourdough

Ernest Benn Ltd, 1951. Paperback. ISBN: 9780510324216. A Good+ Paperback, tightly bound, no internal markings. Spine end bumping and creasing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 125 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27460

Catalogue: Poetry, Fiction, Canada, Humor, Adventure

Keywords: 9780510324216 Canada > Fiction Poetry Humor Adventure Fiction Canada Humour & Satire Action & Adventure

SHIELDS, CAROL

Stone Diaries

Random House Canada, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394223624. First Edition. Red Hardcovers in Near Fine condition. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages with light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Good condition with spine end and cover edgewear. "Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood and old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her own role, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her own story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 361 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27513

Catalogue: Domestic Fiction, Canada, Historical Fiction, Classics

Keywords: 0394223624 Historical Fiction Canada > Domestic Fiction Classics Fiction Canada Historical Fiction Classics

STARNES, JOHN

The Cornish Hug

Balmuir Book Pub, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0919511287. Trade Paperback. A sound binding with bright & unmarked pages. Light corner bumping. "This story culminates in the Battle of Penobscot Bay, an almonst forgotten sea battle that was the worst naval disaster in American history until Pearl Harbour." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26652

Catalogue: Canada, Historical Fiction, War

Keywords: 0919511287 Canada Historical Fiction War Fiction Historical Fiction War

TREMBLAY, MICHEL, FISCHMAN SHEILA, TRANSLATOR

Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant

Talonbooks, 1981. Paperback. ISBN: 0889221901. Very Good-, the binding is tight, there is one name to the half title page. The pages are clean & unmarked with age tannning to them. Wear to the cover edges & corners, cover rubbing, "It is the glorious second day of May, 1942. The sun is drawing the damp from earth still heavy with the end of a long Quebec winter, the budding branches of the trees along rue Fabre and in Parc Lafontaine of the Plateau Mont Royal ache to release their leaves into the warm, clear air heralding the approach of summer." ; 5.5 X 19 X 8.5 millimeters; 256 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26830

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, French Canadian Fiction, Pregnant Women

Keywords: 0889221901 Canada > Fiction French - Canadian Fiction Pregnant Women Fiction Canada

WALKER, ELLA JACOBY

Fortress North, Illustrations by the Author.

Toronto, Canada: Thomas Allen, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Brown Hardcovers, black titles to the spine. Very Good++, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Maps to the endpapers and black & white illustrations through the book. The DJ is Good, intact with some spine end chipping. "Fortress North is a series of short stories covering Edmonton from the first Fort to the heyday of the City Centre Airport in the 1940s." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 419 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27417

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Canada, Alberta

Keywords: Canada > Alberta Historical Fiction

WIEBE, RUDY & EVA-MARIE KROLLER

Blue Mountains of China, the

New Canadian Library, 1995. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0771034555. Mass Market Paperback in Near Fine condition. "The unforgettable story of a group of Russian Mennonites in search of a land what would give them religious freedom. Alive with the unforgettable journey that begins in the oppresive poverty of a Russian village and ends on the Canadian prairies." ; 6.80 X 3.90 X 0.60 inches; 296 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 15765

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada

Keywords: 0771034555 Canadian Author Canadian Prairies Fiction Canada

WINTERS, MICHELLE

I Am a Truck

Invisible Publishing, 2016. Paperback. ISBN: 1926743784. A Fine+ Paperback. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. "Agathe and Re´jean Lapointe are about to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary when Re´jean's beloved Chevy Silverado is found abandoned at the side of the road--with no trace of Re´jean." ; 5 X 0.5 X 8 inches; 160 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26854

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Humor, Adult, Mystery, New Brunswick

Keywords: 1926743784 Canada > Fiction Humor Adult Mystery New Brunswick Fiction Canada Humour & Satire Mystery & Detective