Contains material from Lesley Choyce, George Elliott Clarke, M. Anne Mitton, Don Polson, Peter Van Toorn, and many others. Wanda Taylor interviews John Hirsch, the Artist Director at Stratford. Mitton has signed her story ("For Brian---/Anne"). 32 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear. View More...
"This book is intended to be a definitive (almost) record of Copper family songs," and contains the words and music to 65 of them Signed on title page by four family members. 113 pages, illustrated. Corner/edgewear, crosscrack, light general wear. View More...
Sequel to 'The Beautiful.' No longer human, Sebastien Saint Germain is, in this one, "cursed to walk the earth forever, hungry for blood" (gross, but still better than walking the earth forever, hungry for liver and onions). Purple boards w/black spine lettering, 401 pages + three pages of acknowledgments. An unread copy in pristine condition. View More...
Tells of the World War 2 exploits of the DFC-recipient author and RCAF's 418 Squadron. Published in a first edition of 1,000 copies, 399 of which were numbered and signed by author and collaborator. This is copy #242. Dark grey cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 339 pages, illustrated. Somewhat cocked, mild wear to corners/spine ends, tanned top edge, in edgeworn dust jacket w/light chipping, scratches, 1" diagonal tear to top right corner of rear panel, 1/2" tear to top left corner of front panel, 1" tear to top left edge of front flap, general wear. Uncommon signed by both author and collaborator... View More...
The story of Alecson's perfectly formed baby girl, born "with massive irreversible brain damage" from oxygen deprivation while in the womb, and the subsequent moral and legal battle by the parents to let their baby die rather than be kept alive through technological means. Pink boards w/cream cloth backstrip, silver spine lettering, 207 pages (including selected bibliography and list of resources for parents). Moderate general wear, light soil, in like dust jacket. View More...
The son of a man who was born poor "and stayed that way all of his ninety-three years on this earth" in Fredericton, New Brunswick, tells his father's stories, some of which are true. 198 pages, illustrated. Light general wear. View More...
1st printing w/complete number sequence. Comes with a homemade (by the author and her husband) bookmark with a handwritten notation to that effect on reverse. White boards w/silver foil spine lettering. An unread copy. View More...
The third title in Armentrout's Origin series, itself a spin-off from her earlier Lux series. In this one, Evelyn must keep control of her powers, or put everyone in her secret community of alien Luxen at risk of destruction. 510 pages + acknowledgments. An unread copy in pristine condition. View More...
A novel set in WWI. Inscription reads, "To Gerry/with memories/Orvill E. Ault." Blue cloth w/silver spine lettering, 108 pages. Previous owner's gold foil stamp on front end paper, in dust jacket w/light chipping to top corners/top spine, sticker shadow to top right corner of front panel, some smudging to rear panel. View More...
Ault's second novel, being "The hilarious adventures of a million-dollar lottery winner and the girls who help him spend it." Maroon leatherette w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 204 pages. Glue stains to pastedown edges at spine, light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/impressions/scratches, mild chipping to spine ends/corners, diagonal 1" tear to top right corner of rear panel. View More...
A former Tibetan political prisoner offers a brief account of the atrocities he and others experienced during incarceration at the hands of Chinese authorities. Signed with inscription and date beneath photograph of author and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 54 pages, illustrated. A bit of edge and corner wear. View More...
#478 of 500 copies. Poet's third book. Also contains poems from four guest writers: Larry Cole, Kay Vincent, Bob Ruby, and Doug Richards. Now a Canadian citizen, the author was born in North Wales, and won the 1982 June Fritch Memorial Award from the Canadian Authors Association. 40 pages. This copy bears a small handwritten "478" in the top left corner of inside front cover, and is inscribed, signed and dated by author on title page. Some scuffing to covers, slight discolouration at right edge of back cover. View More...
Collects the work of a distinguished Canadian historian and poet. Inscription (on reverse of score for "Miramichi Lightning") reads: "To John Blaney/with best wishes/and in appreciation/of your recent kindness/Alfred Bailey". 187 pages (including biographical note). Wear to corners, short tear to bottom left edge of front cover, a fair bit of rubbing, faint edge soil. View More...
"A Bicentennial Project of The University of New Brunswick," limited to 700 numbered copies, this one being 177. Inscription is to colleague and fellow author Robert Gibbs, and reads, "To Bob Gibbs/with warmest regards/Alfred Bailey/22 Feb. 1984." Additionally, Gibbs has signed this copy at top of front end paper. Red cloth w/gilt illustration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 173 pages (including glossary of names, index), illustrated. Mildly cocked, lightly foxed top edge, light general wear. View More...
Poetry presented in both German and English, translated from the former into the latter by Astrid Brunner. Red cloth w/tipped-on cover illustration, 93 pages, red ribbon bookmark, red cloth slipcase. A bit of scuffing/spotting. A nice, clean, internally tight copy. View More...
1 of an edition limited to 1500 copies. Edited by Harold Hatheway. An intriguing collection of black-and-white photographs (or, as the publisher calls them, 150 line halftones) from a respected scientist and ecologist. Cream cloth w/gilt spine lettering, unpaginated. Bumped corners/spine ends, in like dust jacket w/light edgewear, scratches to rear panel. Size: Quarto -- from 9.75" to 12" tall View More...
First printing w/complete number sequence. The Reader's Guide Edition to Baldwin's well-received 1996 book of stories "dramatizing the lives of Indian women from 1919 to the present." The book won the 1996 Friends of American Writers Award. Afterword by Kuldip Gill. 216 pages. A hint of wear to corners. A nice, unread copy, internally tight and clean. View More...
First printing w/complete number sequence. The Reader's Guide Edition to Baldwin's well-received 1996 book of stories "dramatizing the lives of Indian women from 1919 to the present." The book won the 1996 Friends of American Writers Award. Afterword by Kuldip Gill. 216 pages. A hint of wear to corners. A nice, unread copy, internally tight and clean. View More...
Barfoot's third novel, probing "the unique and enduring bond that unites mother and daughter." Signed on title page. Maroon cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 252 pages. Gently bumped corners/spine ends, light general wear, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/impressions/thin scratches. View More...
The authors "take a hard look at the present condition of public education," and "find that most of the charges levelled at Canadian schools are unfounded," which isn't too surprising when you consider that if the authors have accurately assessed the situation, most of those charges come from big business (which stands to make a fortune if people are kept poorly educated and stupid), and the religious right (which is neither religious nor right). 276 pages (including notes and index). Square, tight and clean, with mild general wear. View More...
Set in a mid-Ulster rural community, against the backdrop of World War I, a confirmed bachelor who is Protestant becomes involved with a Catholic woman who is "a big bawdy widow with 14 children," and who doesn't give a rat's ass about local morals (always a wise position to take). Winner of the 2001 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award for the best Irish fiction. 276 pages. Slightly cocked, reading creases to spine, light general wear. Internally still fairly tight and clean. View More...
Originally published in 1975. The story of a runt-of-the-litter pig, and how "his great naughtiness and cleverness" kept a family cheerful and united through a difficult period in their lives. This copy inscribed and signed ("To Pat, with thanks/from Nina [Bawden]"). Uncommon signed. Moderate general wear. View More...
Originally published in 1969. A friendless orphan who never attends school becomes the centre of attention when an adventure involving hidden treasure and a mysterious secret surfaces after strangers arrive on the island where she lives. This copy inscribed and signed ("Best wishes to Pat/from Nina Bawden") on title page. 156 pages. Moderate handling wear, 3/4" tear to top edge of front cover, another tear (3/4" vertically before 3/4" horizontally) to top edge of first end paper. View More...
The story of "a people, all over, slipping into dangerous history under the increasing dominance of a few." This copy signed and dated ("Will Beale/author/Calais, Me/December 1949") on front free end paper. Grey cloth w/maroon lettering, 304 pages. A bit cocked, wear to corners/spine ends, dusty/soiled edges, previous owner's name ("Lewis") across top edge of front end paper, a bit of internal soil, in edgeworn dust jacket w/chipping, edge tears, general wear. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve. View More...
One of modern rugby's most famous players relates his life story. Initialed by Beaumont ("See you in NZ/BB") on title page. Black cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 208 pages, illustrated. Bent corners, bumped spine ends, mild slant, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/light rubbing, scratches, some corner wear. View More...
Beirne's first novel, telling the story of a man who becomes obsessed with learning the identity of a dead Eskimo caught in fishing nets off the northwest coast of Ireland. 331 pages. Moderate general wear. View More...
Beirne's first novel, telling the story of a man who becomes obsessed with learning the identity of a dead Eskimo caught in fishing nets off the northwest coast of Ireland. 331 pages. Rubbing/thin scratches to covers, moderate surface wear, corner wear, thin reading creases to spine. View More...
After failing to escape her domineering father's need to influence and shape everything around him, a woman is drawn into his scheme to arrange the life of his eldest daughter, her half-sister. Dust jacket illustration by Karen Johnson. This copy inscribed and signed on title page ("For S---- and D---/affectionately,/Connie B-Howe"). A bit of slant, top corners bumped/worn, gently bumped spine ends/bottom corners, previous owner's surname in small black magic-marker letters to top edge of front end paper. Lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/rubbing, thin scratches, impressions. View More...
