LEACOCK, STEPHEN

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1962. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Grant MacDonald. DJ has some soiling, tape-repaired tears and chipping. Previous owner's name and bookplate on inside front board. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A replica of Leacock's presentation copy bookplate produced by a bookstore in Orillia, Leacock's home town, on front free endpaper. Newspaper article laid in back of book ; Two-colour illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages; Classic Canadian humor pieces written about a fictional small town in Ontario, Mariposa, by Canada's premier humorist.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 17232

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories::Humor

Keywords: HUMOUR Mariposa Ontario Canada Fiction::Canadian HUMOR

LECKIE, KEITH ROSS

Coppermine

Toronto: Viking, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670064637. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 446 pages; This is a novelized treatment of an actual crime that occurred in the Coppermine region of the Arctic in 1913. The trial in 1917 was the first jury-system trial of an Inuit in Canada and was widely covered by journalists. "The story begins when two missionaries disappear in the remote Arctic region known as the Coppermine in 1913. North West Mounted Police officer Jack Creed and Angituk, a young Copper Inuit interpreter, are sent on a year-long odyssey to investigate the fate of the lost priests. On the shores of the Arctic Ocean near the mouth of the Coppermine River, they discover their dismembered remains. Two Inuit hunters are tracked and apprehended, and the four begin an arduous journey to Edmonton, to bring the accused to justice. Instructing the jury to "think like an Eskimo," the defence counsel sets out to prove the Inuit acted in self-defence. They hear how the hunters believed the priests were possessed by demons about to kill them, and how, acting on this belief, they killed the men and ate their livers. The jury finds them not guilty. The hunters become celebrities, a parade is held for them, they visit a movie theatre and an amusement park, and become guests of honour at socialite dinners. They are given new suits, fine cigars, and champagne. But Rome is outraged that the murderers of its martyred priests will go free. As secrets of Jack Creed's past in the trenches of Europe are revealed, Jack tries to save his two friends, and himself. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18795

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian::Historical

Keywords: 0670064637 Inuit Coppermine Fiction::Canadian

LEE, STAN & STUART MOORE & ANDIE TONG

The Zodiac Legacy Convergence

Glendale, CA: Disney Press, 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1423180852. Illustrated by Andie Tong illustrator. Light wear to dust jacket, lightly creased base of spine ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.30 X 5.90 X 1.60 inches; 464 pages; "Stan Lee presents a brand new, magical, super-powered adventure! When twelve magical superpowers are unleashed on the world, a Chinese-America teenager named Steven will be thrown into the middle of an epic global chase. He'll have to master strange powers, outrun super-powered mercenaries, and unlock the mysterious powers of the Zodiac." This is the first in a series.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18280

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 1423180852 Series

LEON, DONNA

The Temptation of Forgiveness a Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802127754. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, lower front fore corner lightly bumped, 1/2" tear on bottom of DJ on back. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers. ; Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries #27; 9.2 X 6.4 X 1.1 inches; 300 pages; "In the twenty-seventh novel in Donna Leon's bestselling mystery series, a suspicious accident leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing unintended consequencesThe memorable characters and Venetian drama that have long captivated Donna Leon’s many readers are on full display in The Temptation of Forgiveness. Surprised, if not dismayed, to discover from his superior, Vice-Questore Patta, that leaks are emanating from the Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is surprised more consequentially by the appearance of a friend of his wife’s, fearful that her son is using drugs and hopeful Brunetti can somehow intervene. When Tullio Gasparini, the woman’s husband, is found unconscious and with a serious brain injury at the foot of a bridge in Venice after midnight, Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boy’s behavior. But the truth, as Brunetti has experienced so often, is not straightforward.". Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 19178

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Keywords: 0802127754 Venice Fiction::Mystery

LESSING, DORIS

A Man and Two Women; Nineteen Stories

London: Granada Publishing, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0246110449. DJ and boards show light shelf wear and soil, price-clipped with previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.40 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 304 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18780

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 0246110449 Short Fiction

LESSING, DORIS

The Sirian Experiments the Report By Ambien II, of the Five

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0224018914. Only light wear & scuffing to glossy B&W dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Canopus in Argos: Archives #3; 8.60 X 5.40 X 1.20 inches; 288 pages; The Sirian Experiments is a 1980 science fiction novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It is the third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series and continues the story of Earth's evolution, which has been manipulated from the beginning by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. This book relates directly to the first book in this series, Shikasta which is the history of the planet Shikasta (an allegorical Earth) under the influence of three galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their mutual enemy, Puttiora. Shikasta is told from the Canopean viewpoint. The Sirian Experiments (subtitled The Report by Ambien II, of the Five) tells the story of Shikasta from Sirius's point of view and describes their activities on the planet and their strained relations with Canopus. Lessing stated in an afterword in the next book in this series that The Sirian Experiments and The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 were inspired by her 50-year fascination with the ill-fated 1910-13 Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott.The Sirian Experiments is a 1980 science fiction novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It is the third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series and continues the story of Earth's evolution, which has been manipulated from the beginning by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1981. This book relates directly to the first book in this series, Shikasta which is the history of the planet Shikasta (an allegorical Earth) under the influence of three galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their mutual enemy, Puttiora. Shikasta is told from the Canopean viewpoint. The Sirian Experiments (subtitled The Report by Ambien II, of the Five) tells the story of Shikasta from Sirius's point of view and describes their activities on the planet and their strained relations with Canopus. Lessing stated in an afterword in the next book in this series that The Sirian Experiments and The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 were inspired by her 50-year fascination with the ill-fated 1910-13 Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16192

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 0224018914 canopus in argos doris lessing Science Fiction Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

LETHEM, JONATHAN

Chronic City a Novel

New York: Doubleday, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385518633. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.5 inches; 467 pages; "Chase Insteadman, former child television star, has a new role in life—permanent guest on the Upper East Side dinner party circuit, where he is consigned to talk about his astronaut fiancée, Janice Trumbull, who is trapped on a circling Space Station. A chance encounter collides Chase with Perkus Tooth, a wily pop culture guru with a vicious conspiratorial streak and the best marijuana in town. Despite their disparate backgrounds and trajectories Chase and Perkus discover they have a lot in common, including a cast of friends from all walks of life in Manhattan. Together and separately they attempt to define the indefinable, and enter into a quest for the most elusive of things: truth and authenticity in a city where everything has a price. ". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19328

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0385518633 FICTION

LETHEM, JONATHAN

The Fortress of Solitude a Novel

New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385500696. Only slight wear to book and dustjacket ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 511 pages; "This is the story of two boys, Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude. They are friends and neighbors, but because Dylan is white and Mingus is black, their friendship is not simple. This is the story of their Brooklyn neighborhood, which is almost exclusively black despite the first whispers of something that will become known as "gentrification." This is the story of 1970s America, a time when the most simple human decisions—what music you listen to, whether to speak to the kid in the seat next to you, whether to give up your lunch money—are laden with potential political, social and racial disaster. This is the story of 1990s America, when no one cared anymore. This is the story of punk, that easy white rebellion, and crack, that monstrous plague. This is the story of the loneliness of the avant-garde artist and the exuberance of the graffiti artist. This is the story of what would happen if two teenaged boys obsessed with comic book heroes actually had superpowers: They would screw up their lives. This is the story of joyous afternoons of stickball and dreaded years of schoolyard extortion. This is the story of belonging to a society that doesn't accept you. This is the story of prison and of college, of Brooklyn and Berkeley, of soul and rap, of murder and redemption.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18789

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0385500696 comic books 1970s redemption FICTION

LEVINE, DAVID D.

Arabella of Mars

New York: Tor Books, 2016. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0765382814. Front board bottom edge has very small nick, otherwise Near-fine. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Adventures Of Arabella Ashby #1; 8.3 X 5.9 X 1.5 inches; 350 pages; "Since Newton witnessed a bubble rising from his bathtub, mankind has sought the stars. When William III of England commissioned Capt. William Kidd to command the first expedition to Mars in the late 1600s, he proved that space travel was both possible and profitable. Now, one century later, a plantation in a flourishing British colony on Mars is home to Arabella Ashby, a young woman who is perfectly content growing up in the untamed frontier. But days spent working on complex automata with her father or stalking her brother Michael with her Martian nanny is not the proper behavior of an English lady. That is something her mother plans to remedy with a move to an exotic world Arabella has never seen: London, England. However, when events transpire that threaten her home on Mars, Arabella decides that sometimes doing the right thing is far more important than behaving as expected.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19883

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0765382814 Mars Science Fiction London Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

LEWIS, SINCLAIR

It Can't Happen Here; a Novel

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards show some edge wear, gilt print on spine somewhat worn but still legible (no fraying apart from one corner), corners bumped, some shelf soil on boards. Pages lightly yellowed. ; Stated 1st edition, a tight solid book, hinges intact. Deckled fore edges, blindstamped design on front board ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 458 pages; "It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical 1935 political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis, and a 1936 play adapted from the novel by Lewis and John C. Moffitt. Published during the rise of fascism in Europe, the novel describes the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a politician who defeats Franklin Delano Roosevelt and is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values. After his election, Windrip takes complete control of the government and imposes a plutocratic/totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force, in the manner of Adolf Hitler and the SS. The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime and his subsequent struggle against it as part of a liberal rebellion. Reviewers at the time, and literary critics ever since, have emphasized the connection with Louisiana politician Huey Long, who was preparing to run for president in the 1936 election when he was assassinated in 1935 just prior to the novel's publication." Current events in the US, i.e. Donald Trump and company, have made this book into a must read for anyone concerned about the future of the US.. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18250

Catalogue: Fiction::Political

Keywords: dystopian fascism bigotry Populist donald j. trump FICTION Political Science

LíNQUEZ, JATVíGO; INGE OTT (EDITOR)

Der Cid; Das Leben Und Die Heldentaten Des Berühmten Spanischen Ritters Rodrigo Díaz Von Vivar

Würzburg: Arena-Verlag, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 3401037307. Light edgewear, short tears bottom of DJ spine ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 220 pages; This is a rewrite of the El Cid legend.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 14393

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Keywords: 3401037307 Spain El Cid Fiction::Historical

DE LINT, CHARLES

Spiritwalk

New York: Tor Books, 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312852045. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, dj has 1 short tear, light chipping. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; "Tamson House, in modern urban Ottawa, is a rambling, eccentric curiosity of a house - and a place of hidden power. Built at a point where the leylines meet, upon land that was once a sacred site, it is the gateway to a spirit world where Celtic and Native American magic mingle and leak into our own. In the overgrown garden of Tamson House, a Coyote Man waits, green children walk, and music rises to greet the moon. From the garden, a vast and primal wood is just one spirit-step away...and in that wood is something that threatens the very existence of Tamson House and all who dwell within." This continues the story begun in Moonheart.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21896

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0312852045 moonheart Celtic Ottawa Fiction::Canadian Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

DE LINT, CHARLES

Under My Skin

Toronto: Razorbill Canada, 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670065331. Illustrated by Decorative endpapers. Wildlings Book 1; 9.10 X 6 X 1.70 inches; 416 pages; "For the past six months, something has been happening to young people in Santa Feliz. Week after week, there’s news of another teen changing shape, transforming from human into wild animal and back again. Josh Saunders has seen the news reports, but he’s still unprepared when it happens to him. One minute he’s arguing with his mother’s boyfriend—and the next he has transformed into a mountain lion. Trusting only his best friends Des and Marina with his secret, Josh tries to return to normal life. But an encounter with Elzie, another Wildling, brings him unwanted attention from the authorities. And when an accidental betrayal reveals Josh’s secret, his carefully constructed cover is ripped apart. Josh’s friends must grudgingly put their trust in outsiders, including other Wildlings - and, most challenging, in each other - if they ever hope to save him.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18883

Catalogue: Fiction::Fantasy

Keywords: 0670065331 Fantasy Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

DE LINT, CHARLES

Widdershins

New York: Tor Books, 2006. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0765312859. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, short closed tear top front panel of DJ.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6 X 1.375 X 9 inches; 560 pages; "Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell. Since they were introduced in the first Newford story, "Timeskip," back in 1989, their friends and readers alike have been waiting for them to realize what everybody else already knows: that they belong together. But they've been more clueless about how they feel for each other than the characters in When Harry Met Sally. Now in Widdershins, a stand-alone novel of fairy courts set in shopping malls and the Bohemian street scene of Newford's Crowsea area, Jilly and Geordie's story is finally being told.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20856

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0765312859 Newford Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

LITTLE, GEORGE

The Many Deaths of George Robertson

Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0864921241. Signed by Author; Light wear to extremities of white glossy pictorial card covers ; Unpersonalized inscription on front fly leaf. A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; 8.30 X 5.50 X 0.20 inches; 137 pages; In this his first collection of stories, George Little examines the lives of parents, siblings, friends and politicians, offering fleeting glimpses into the moral complexity of contemporary relationships. In the title story, "The Many Deaths of George Robertson," a man rediscovers himself by rewriting his past; in "Marooned," an old woman is haunted by the memory of a shipwreck and her lost child; in "The Beauty of Holiness," a leather-bound book evokes memories of a man's boyhood relationship with his strict Presbyterian grandmother.Throughout these stories, George Little probes the gathering storm of moral dilemma where indecision is illuminated by flashes of astonished laughter. George Little was born and raised in Law, Scotland, and immigrated to Canada in 1964. He is the former leader of the New Democratic Party in New Brunswick and a teacher at Simonds High School in Saint John. His poems and stories have been published in several magazines and he regularly broadcasts his own humorous essays on CBC Radio.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16416

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian::Short Stories

Keywords: 0864921241 short stories Fiction::Canadian Fiction::Short Stories