BIRD, WILL R.

The Passionate Pilgrim

Toronto, ON: The Ryerson Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket quite worn with chips, creasing and short tears, some sticker removal damage lower front panel of DJ. Light yellowing of pages, only light wear to book. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Red cloth covered boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19636

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: Canada Acadians Nova Scotia

BIRNEY, EARLE

Turvey; a Military Picaresque

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ chipped and worn, light soil, short tears with some creases, only light wear to book ; DJ in Mylar, tight solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; A humorous novel about life in the army by one of Canada's most distinguished poets.. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12736

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: Military Canada FICTION Fiction::Canadian

BLACKSTOCK, CYNTHIA & HOFBAUER JACKET ART

When the Sun Goes Down

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Hofbauer jacket art. Price clipped DJ has a short tear bottom back edge, a little sticker residue on FFEP ; DJ in Mylar, a tight solid book. ; 254 pages; A young woman goes to Thailand to investigate her brother's death. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 10832

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery

Keywords: Mystery River Kwai bangkok Fiction::Mystery

BLESZINSKI, CLIFF & JOSHUA ORTEGA & ROD FERGUSSON

Sous la Surface: Une Plongée Dans le Monde de Gears of War 2

Epic Games, 2008. Hardcover. Illustrated by Chris Perna. Glossy pictorial paper covered boards, as new. ; Color Illustrations; Oblong 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is the French language version of Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2 and would have been included with the Frech language version of the game. It gives some background for the game. Part number X15-05135-02. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17119

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction::Games

Keywords: Gears of war French Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

BLISSETT, LUTHER

Q

Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2004. First English Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0151010633. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a VG+ DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Translated from Italian by Shaun Whiteside ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 750 pages; "1517 Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, and a dance of death begins between a radical Anabaptist with many names and a loyal papal spy, known mysteriously as "Q." In this brilliantly conceived literary thriller set in the chaos of the Reformation-an age devastated by wars of religion-a young theology student adopts the cause of heretics and the disinherited and finds himself pursued by a relentless papal informer and heretic-hunter. What begins as a personal struggle to reveal each others' identities becomes a mission that can only end in death.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20053

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Keywords: 0151010633 Martin Luther wittenberg heretic lutheran Fiction::Historical

BLONDAL, PATRICIA

A Candle to Light the Sun

Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ worn, chipped creased with a few tears, small ink mark top FFEP ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar, black cloth covered boards with silver and red titles on spine ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages; This first novel was published posthumously after the author, a young mother, died of cancer. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 10103

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: Canada FICTION Fiction::Canadian

BLUNT, GILES

Forty Words for Sorrow

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679310576. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; John Cardinal series #1; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 326 pages; "When four teenagers go missing in the small northern town of Algonquin Bay, the extensive police investigation comes up empty. Everyone is ready to give up, except Detective John Cardinal, an all-too-human loner whose persistence only serves to get him removed from homicide. Then the mutilated body of thirteen-year-old Katie Pine is pulled out of an abandoned mineshaft. And only Cardinal is willing to consider the horrible truth: that this quiet town is home to the most vicious of killers. With the media, the provincial police and his own department questioning his every move, Cardinal follows increasingly tenuous threads towards the unthinkable. But time isn't only running out for him: there's also another young victim tied up in a basement wondering how and when he will die.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18745

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Keywords: 0679310576 John Cardinal Lise Delorme

BOLL, HEINRICH & LEILA VENNEWITZ (TRANSLATOR)

Adam and the Train

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. First English Edition. Hardcover. Light discoloration and wear of glossy dust jacket, only slight wear, slight soil of page edges ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Wraparound jacket art ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages; "Works by the contemporary German novelist portray Nazi soldiers facing defeat and certain death in Hungary and at the Polish Front". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21025

Catalogue: Fiction::WWII

Keywords: hungary Nazi soldiers Poland FICTION Fiction::Historical

BOOTH, MARTIN

The Jade Pavilion

London: Hutchinson, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091680905. Boards and DJ show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.27 X 5.12 X 1.57 inches; 466 pages; "Sean Mulrenan is an Anglo-Irish piano player and adventurer in Hong Kong. His mistress is Alice Soon, half-Chinese, ex-prostitute. It is 1937, and war is about to upset the complex rituals of the colonials. Sean becomes rich in the black market and flees to India. Alice retreats to neutral Macao and waits out the war. Although events intrude on both, Booth is concerned with the factors by which they measure themselves. Alice uses adversity to become strong; Sean's Anglophobia and self-hatred eventually bring about his spectacular fall. This vivid picture of social expectations and self-realization should be an essential purchase for its penetrating visions of Europeans and Chinese." (Lib. Journal). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18473

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0091680905 Hong Kong macao British Fiction FICTION

BOOTH, MARTIN

The Jade Pavilion

London: Hutchinson, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091680905. Boards and DJ show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.27 X 5.12 X 1.57 inches; 466 pages; "Sean Mulrenan is an Anglo-Irish piano player and adventurer in Hong Kong. His mistress is Alice Soon, half-Chinese, ex-prostitute. It is 1937, and war is about to upset the complex rituals of the colonials. Sean becomes rich in the black market and flees to India. Alice retreats to neutral Macao and waits out the war. Although events intrude on both, Booth is concerned with the factors by which they measure themselves. Alice uses adversity to become strong; Sean's Anglophobia and self-hatred eventually bring about his spectacular fall. This vivid picture of social expectations and self-realization should be an essential purchase for its penetrating visions of Europeans and Chinese." (Lib. Journal). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20466

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0091680905 Hong Kong macao British Fiction FICTION

BOWERING, GEORGE

The Box

Vancouver BC: New Star Books, 2009. Softcover. ISBN: 1554200458. Light edge wear, book store stamp on inside front cover, remainder mark bottom page edges ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; A short story collection of Bowerings writings. Very Good .

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Book number: 21603

Catalogue: Fiction::Short stories

Keywords: 1554200458 Short Fiction British Columbia Fiction::Short Stories

BOWERING, GEORGE

Caprice

Markham, ON: Viking, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670812072. Slight edge wear, crease on front flap. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 266 pages; It's the mid 1890s in Kamloops, British Columbia. Two men argue over a bottle of whisky and Frank Spencer, an American outlaw-turned-farmhand, kills Pete Foster. Enter Caprice. Almost six feet tall, with black stallion, flaming red hair, long legs, and a lethal bullwhip, she sets out to avenge her brother's murder. Caprice leaves an indelible impression on the people she encounters: Gert, the whore with a heart of gold; Gert's son, for whom she provides affirmation, and not the least Frank Smith, her lover, a teacher and amateur baseball player who wants her to leave the law enforcement to the professionals and marry him.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15765

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 0670812072 british columbia kamloops Western Fiction::Canadian

BOYLAN, CLARE

Beloved Stranger

London: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316848077. Only light edge wear to book and dust jacket. Previous owner has trimmed the top of the title page, probably to remove a name. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 9.30 X 6.20 X 1.20 inches; 309 pages; "Dick and Eunice have been married for 50 years. Eunice believes that they have achieved the point of real love but then Dick takes a terrifying plunge into insanity and enters a world of imaginary enemies, fantastic opportunities and sexual rivals.". Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16209

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 0316848077 Love FICTION

BRADBURY, RAY

Quicker Than the Eye

New York: Avon Books, 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0380973804. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, DJ is crisp and clean, Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; 8.30 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 261 pages; "The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favored him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over. ". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17817

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 0380973804 Science Fiction short stories

BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER

The Forest House

New York: Viking, 1994. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670844543. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Avalon #2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 417 pages; Avalon is a prequel to Bradley's classic Mists of Avalon series. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21606

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0670844543 avalon Eilan Gaius Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy