ATWOOD, MARGARET

The Handmaid's Tale

McClelland & Stewart, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008139. First Edition. Tan/brown hardcovers, tan titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with a sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. Light wear to the spine ends. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good+ condition. Small tears to the top spine end, cover rubbing and edgewear. With the book are a few newspaper clippings about the book. "The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 324 pages. Near Fine .

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N° du livre: 26882

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Dystopia, Science Ficiton, Feminism

Mots-clés: 0771008139 Fiction > Classics Science Fiction > Dystopia Femnism Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Classics Feminism & Feminist

CAMPBELL GRACE

Thorn - Apple Tree

Toronto, Ont: Collins, 1943. Cloth. Illustrated by Franklin Carmichael. Light brown cloth covers with brown titles and illustrations to the cover and the spine. Spine ends and corners are worn, light soiling to the covers with edgewear. Illustrated end papers, the interior illustrations were designed and engraved on wood by Carmichael. Tightly bound, no interior marks. "This Scottish-Canadian idyll of pioneer days in glengarry is a homespun tale of rare beauty, with an atmosphere as winsome as it is wholesome. "; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Shelved. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 9182

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics

Mots-clés: Frontier & Pioneer Life History Sociology

CAMPBELL GRACE

Thorn - Apple Tree

Toronto, Ont: Collins, 1943. Cloth. Illustrated by Franklin Carmichael. Light brown cloth covers with brown titles and illustrations to the cover and the spine. Spine ends and corners are worn, light soiling to the covers with edgewear. Illustrated end papers, the interior illustrations were designed and engraved on wood by Carmichael. Tightly bound, no interior marks. "This Scottish-Canadian idyll of pioneer days in glengarry is a homespun tale of rare beauty, with an atmosphere as winsome as it is wholesome. "; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Shelved. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 9182

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics

Mots-clés: Frontier & Pioneer Life History Sociology

DAVIES, ROBERTSON

Lyre of Orpheus. Vol. 3 of the Cornish Series

McClelland and Stewart, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771599196. A signed First Edition in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, a bright, unmarked text. Light spine end bumping with light cover wear. The DJ is Very Good+, unclipped, light cover rubbing and edgewear. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 26271

Catalogue: Ficiton, Canada, Literature, Classics

Mots-clés: 0771599196 Fiction > Classics Canada Literature Music Music Canada Classics Literature

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER

Vicar of Wakefield, the

Colonge: Airmont Pub Co, 1964. Mass Market. ISBN: 0804900523. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condiiton. Squared, tightlybound with an unmarked interior, light tanning to the interior page edges. "It depicts the fall and rise of the Primrose family, presided over by the benevolent vicar, the narrator of a fairy-tale plot of impersonation and deception, the abduction of a beautiful heroine and the machinations of an aristocratic villain." ; 0.4 x 7.1 x 4.1 Inches; 192 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 12310

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics

Mots-clés: 0804900523 Masculine Fiction Classics

HARDY, THOMAS

A Pair of Blue Eyes

MacMillan, 1983. Mass Market. ISBN: 0333334043. Mass Market Paperback in very good condition, tightly bound with an unmarked interior, light browning to the page edges. Light rubbing and edgewear. ; 1.42 x 7.01 x 4.41 Inches; 427 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 9739

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics

Mots-clés: 0333334043 Literary Collections Social Life & Customs Fiction Classics England

JOYCE JAMES

Finnegans Wake. Fragments Adaptés par André Du Bouchet. Introduction de Michel Butor. Suivis de Anna Livia Plurabelle.

Gallimard, 1962. Paperback. French text. Deckled edges with a tight binding, clean & unmarked pages. Very Good++ condition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 102 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 27494

Catalogue: French, Classics, Ficiton

Mots-clés: Fiction > Classics French Fiction Classics French Books

ROTH, PHILIP

La Tache Folio # 4000

Gallimard, 2004. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 2070315932. French text. An Near Fine Mass Market , tight, bright & unmarked. "Portrait d'une Amérique à la fois profonde et proche. Voilà le dessein de Philip Roth. Un portrait brossé sans mise à quatre épingles et à travers la figure centrale d'un professeur d'université, Coleman Silk, juif et noir à la peau claire, âgé de soixante et onze ans, accusé à tort de racisme puis à qui l'on reproche d'entretenir une relation avec une femme de trente-quatre ans, illettrée et agent d'entretien. De quoi faire tache dans la bonne conscience américaine, dans les Berkshires, où "il reste des gens, des péquenots comme des universitaires, qui n'auront jamais le bon goût de renoncer à leurs vieilles valeurs pour se mettre au pas de la révolution sexuelle. Des pratiquants étriqués, des maniaques des convenances." ; 6.7 X 4.3 X 0.8 inches; 479 pages. Near Fine .

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N° du livre: 25099

Catalogue: French Books, Ficiton, Classics, Literature

Mots-clés: 2070315932 French Books > Roman Fiction Classics Literature Jewish Fiction Literature French Books Judaism / Jewish

WILDE, OSCAR

Bedside Wilde: Classics for Pleasure

Chancellor Press, 1993. Hardcover. ISBN: 1851523596. Bright red borders with a cream colored insert with a black illustration and titles. In Fine condition, pages are tightly bound, unmarked with light age tanning to them. "Includes selected extracts from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest", and the complete and unabridged version of "The Happy Prince" and "The Ballad of Reading Gaol". ; 8.35 X 6.06 X 1.34 inches; 383 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 21482

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics, Literary Collections

Mots-clés: 1851523596 Literary Collections