Search Results: Language and Literature from Reading Rat

Iowa City, IA: Naked City International, 1993. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 58 p., staplebound in card wraps, VG. A journal initiatedand published by participants of the 1993 International Writing Program. Designed as a forum for literary exchange, each issue focuses on a different theme. Short pieces by 55 authors from many countries, each on some aspect of the body, in many languages. Oneor two sentence bios.of the writers are included.

London UK: Pan, 1973. Fourth printing. Paperback. Good +. 224 p. incl. index and suggestions for further reading. The third of three books on the nature, practice and problems of written English - the first two being, not surprisingly, Good English and Better English. Using examples from great literature, Vallins discusses vocabulary, use of figures and imagery, quotation and allusion, rhythm, and other techniques of English composition. Good overall condition, some underlining and notations.

New York: ECCO/HarperCollins, 1984. Not stated. Paperback. Very Good +. 101 p.; VG+; small paperback. "The story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence." Winner of PenFaulkneer Award. Tobias Wolff is also the author of This Boy's Life.

Winnipeg: Jesse James Press, 1997. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 24 p.; staplebound; five short stories; VG condition. Cover illustration in the style of boy's adventures. Released at the Heaven Art and Book Cafe, Winnipeg, July 31, 1997

Toronto: Brick/Linda Spalding, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 166 page literary journal; features reviews, commentary, and literary appreciation by notable writers including Jane Jacobs, Zacharias Kunuk, Margaret Atwood, Pico Iyer, and others. VG+

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart (A Douglas Gibson Book), 1999. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. 360 p; Tradepaper edition 1999; orig. HC published in 1998; VG; "a riveting exploration of the dark, brooding presence of the First World War in the lives of the inhabitants of a 'soldier's settlement' on Vancouver Island. From out of a stubbon, desolate landscape studded with tree stumps, the settles of Portuguese Creek have built a new life for themselves. . . . told by several of its citizens, including a boy trying to recover from the loss of his father and a former teacher haunted by what happened to the soldiers he led in France."

New Haven CT: Twayne Publishers, 1963. First. Trade Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Probable first edition; 173 p. incl. index, notes & bibliography. VG-, no jacket. Cover is faded and considerably rubbed along edges and spine, has price of 95c in felt pen on upper corner of front. Solid and square in binding and interior is clean, bright and unmarked. Part of Twayne's United States Authors Series. Includes biographical sketch of Constance Fenimore Woolson as well as a discussion of her writing, including her friendship with Henry James. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001. Later edition. Hardcover. VG/very good. Unpaginated; small HC, VG in VG unclipped DJ. Gift inscription on ffep. Originally published in 1963, this edition of the classic love story of the Dot, the Line and the disreputable Squiggle is illustrated with (besides the dramatis personae) mathematical and historical images. A romance for the ages.

Winnipeg: Jesse James Press, 1997. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 24 p.; staplebound; poetry and short fiction; VG condition. s. Released at the Heaven Art and Book Cafe, Winnipeg, June 12, 1997

Brooklyn NY: Small Beer Press, 2000. First printing. Staplebound. Very Good. 62 p., staplebound in brown card covers, VG, 7 short stories and poems. First Printing November 2000. Some previous published in literary magazines.

London UK: Harrap, 1923. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 320 p; HC/DJ; VG overall condition, slight edge & corner rubbing, interior clean & tight. A selection of essays from three of Papini's collections, ranging from Dante to Walt Whitman to Don Quixote to Papini himself.

Winnipeg: Pachyderm Press, 1992. Apparent First. Staplebound. Very Good. 17 p. staplebound; VG. Short stories/narratives in which guns appear. One of a series of chapbooks published by St. John's College, University of Manitoba ISBN handwritten in red ink on inside front cover.

Winnipeg: Jesse James Press, 1997. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 20 p.; staplebound; four short stories; VG condition. Released at the Heaven Art and Book Cafe, Winnipeg, June 12, 1997

Toronto ON: INK Magazine, 1995. First edition thus. Staplebound. Very Good. 44 p,; staple bound, literary magazine. Contents include interview with Andre Alexis, fake postcard from George Bernard Shaw, poems, short fiction, reviews etc.

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. #49 in TWAS (Twayne's World Author Series). Ex-library with usual stamps, library pocket, some tape residue on endpapers. VG/VG; book clean, no notes, underlining, dogears. Slight yellowing at edges. DJ clean, protected in plastic cover, not price clipped. "This book is the first detailed, critical interpretation of the works of the Canadian writer James Reaney." Alvin A. Lee was a professor of English at McMaster University. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Christchurch NZ: AUMLA, 1996. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good +. 188 p.; soft cover; digest size academic journal. Includes articles on Robert Graves, The Satanic Verses, Andre Gide and much more. Additional details supplied on request. VG+, clean and sollid.

Palmerston North NZ: Department of English, Massey University, 1986. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good +. 86 p.; soft cover; digest size academic journal. Articles on Robin Hyde, Allan Curnow, Frank Sargeson and more. Additional details supplied on request. VG+, clean and sollid.

Christchurch NZ: AUMLA, 1995. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good +. 140 p.; soft cover; digest size academic journal. Includes articles on Elizabethan/Jacobean court drama, P. D. James, and much more. Additional details supplied on request. VG+, clean and sollid.

London UK: Virago Press, 1987. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Very Good. 180 p; VG overall condition; described as "China's first political novel"; orig. pub 1980 Beijing; intro by translator.

London UK: Virago Press, 1987. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Very Good. 180 p; VG overall condition; described as "China's first political novel"; orig. pub 1980 Beijing; intro by translator.