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Kent State University Press (©1971).. Stated First Edition.. Brown cloth hardcover. VERY GOOD ex-library (cloth faded; spine gilt rubbed; rear pocket, title-page & p69 stamped; otherwise clean & sound). 104 pages; 22cm.. more information

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London: Ruper Hart-Davis, 1964 (©1964). . First Edition.. Black hardcover. 218 pages: frontis + 10p illustrations on coated paper hors-texte; 22cm. Appendices, Bibliography, Index. Book NEAR FINE (spine foot bumped). Dustjacket VERY GOOD (price clipped, slight wear to spine ends & tips, short tears spine foot). more information

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NY/Toronto/London: McGraw-Hill (©1955). . Blue hardcover. Gwyas Williams (title-page). . 258 pages: illustrated title-page, 8p black/white photo section on coated paper hors-texte; 21cm. Book VERY GOOD PLUS (clean, bright & sound; wear at spine ends & tips otherwise Near Fine). Dustjacket GOOD (price clipped; edgewear with chips & tears, however, still presentable). "Here are all the eccentricities of this delightful personality: his fantastic room at the Royalton, his travels and nighttime perambulations, his dislike of machines and exercise, and the unending Birds vs Benchley war." Will ship under 1 kg. more information

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Vancouver: Raincoast Books, (©1996). First Printing. Softcover. As New. Anthony Jenkins.. Profiles of 14 British Columbians from various communities including political, artistic, sports, and business: Nicola Cavendish, Celia Duthie, Vicki Gabereau, Rick Hansen, Vicky Husband, Joy Kogawa, Umberto Menghi, Jack Munro, Frank Ogden, Myfanwy Pavellic, Svend Robinson, Bill Vander Zalm, Roy Henry Vickers and L.R. Wright. 146 pages; 23cm. 259g. [A] more information

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Edmonton: Hurtig (©1979).. No additional printings.. Green cloth hardcover. Book NEAR FINE (name free-front endpaper). Illustrated dustjacket VERY GOOD (slight edgewear, no chips or tears; slightly rubbed). 335 pages; 24cm.. more information

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Edmonton: Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, 1977. Occasional Publication Number 8-3. . Softcover. Near Very Good. This volume covers the years 1974-1975. There are 685 entries, of which 257 are from 1974, 251 from 1975, 158 from previous volumes. Includes periodicals, books, reports and unpublished material. NEAR VERY GOOD ex-library (spine reinforced with clear tape, spine sticker, university book plate, otherwise marks kept to a minimum, no pocket; cover slightly soiled, slight creasing; interior clean & sound). [D] 408 pages; 27cm. 995g.. more information

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London: Macmillan (©1971).. First Edition.. Black cloth hardcover. NEAR VERY GOOD ex-library (usual marks & stickers, spine sticker removed; cloth slightly scuffed; very light edgewear, mostly at spine head; paper lightly tanned; otherwise clean & sound). No dj. 241 pages; 22cm. Index.. more information

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Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw (©1988).. First Printing.. Brown cloth hardcover. Book VERY GOOD PLUS (clean, bright & tight; slight spine roll). Dustjacket VERY GOOD PLUS (light edgewear, no chips or tears). The Wheaton Literary Series "explores the Christian elements in modern literary works...". 209 pages; 22cm. Bibliography, Index.. more information

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Montreal: Harvest House (©1974).. First Thus.. Softcover. Allan Harrison (cover art).. NEAR FINE (light wear; clean & very tight). Autobiographical novel by a Canadian writer and critic. 187 pages; 19cm.. more information

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NY: American Library Association, (©1973). Blue cloth hardcover. Near Very Good ex-library (spine sticker, front endpaper sticker, copyright page stamp, rear pocket removed, otherwise clean & sound). Covering the United Nations and Other Intergovernmental Organisations." 301 pages; 26cm. [D] more information

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Québec/Paris: L'Université Laval é Lib. C. Klincksieck, 1966 (©1966). . Pale yellow stiff wraps. VERY GOOD PLUS (light edgewear, spine ends & tips lightly bumped; otherwise clean & sound). Series E: Langue et Littérature Francaises au Canada. 166 pages; 23cm. Indexes.. more information

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San Francisco: Harper & Row (©1990). . Yellow cloth-backed hardcover. Book NEAR FINE (clean, tight & bright; name blacked-out free-front endpaper otherwise Fine). Dustjacket VERY GOOD PLUS (price clipped; light edgewear, no chips or tears). Twenty-two sermons delivered by women, both from the past and contemporary. Will ship 1 kg. 247 pages; 21cm. Notes, Bibliography. . more information

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New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1915 (©1915).. First Printing, limited to 500 copies.. Hardcover. Grey paper-covered boards, black printing. GOOD ex-library (usual library stamps, stickers, marks; spine-back & front top tip missing, edgewear; binding is tight, interior clean, sound & Near Fine). 30 pages; 23cm.. more information

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Berlin: P. Keppler Verlag (©1967). Numbers 1 - 10, published each month except once in July/Aug & once in Jan/Feb.. Dark blue hardcover. Stiff wraps rebound in three dark blue hardcover bindings with gilt spine titles, containing 10 issues, about 100 pages each issue, well illustrated. Bindings VERY GOOD PLUS, the journals are NEAR FINE minimal ex-library (spine labels, library stamp rear endpaper, ink stamp & embossed stamp on cover of each issue, no pockets; clean & tight; light shelfwear to cloth). This journal was established in 1863 and is chock-a-block full of information, written in German with English as well as some French. 31cm.. more information

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Berlin: P. Keppler Verlag (©1968). Numbers 1 - 12, published monthly.. Dark blue hardcover. Stiff wraps rebound in three dark blue hardcover bindings with gilt spine titles, each volume containing four issues, 1006 total pages consecutively numbered, well illustrated, tipped-in ads. Binding VERY GOOD PLUS, the journals are NEAR FINE minimal ex-library (spine labels, library stamp rear endpaper, ink stamp & embossed stamp on cover of each issue, no pockets; clean & tight; light shelfwear to cloth). This journal was established in 1863 and is a wealth of information, written in German with English as well as some French. 31cm.. more information

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Berlin: P. Keppler Verlag (©1966). Numbers 1 - 6, published 6 times per year.. Hardcover. Stiff wraps rebound in two dark blue hardcover bindings with gilt spine titles, each volume containing three issues, about 100 pages each issue, well illustrated. Bindings VERY GOOD PLUS, the journals are NEAR FINE minimal ex-library (spine labels, library stamp rear endpaper, ink stamp & embossed stamp on cover of each issue, no pockets; light shelfwear to cloth; spanky clean & tight). This journal was established in 1863 and is chock-a-block full of information, written in German with English as well as some French. 31cm.. more information

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P. Keppler Verlag (©1969). Numbers 1 - 12, published monthly. Berlin. Dark blue hardcover. Stiff wraps rebound in two dark blue hardcover bindings with gilt spine titles, each volume containing six issues, 1036 total pages consecutively numbered, well illustrated, ad tipped-in. Bindings VERY GOOD PLUS, the journals NEAR FINE minimal ex-library (spine labels, library stamp rear endpaper, ink stamp & embossed stamp on cover of each issue, no pockets; clean & tight; light shelfwear to cloth). This journal was established in 1863 and is a wealth of information, written in German with English as well as some French. 31cm.. more information

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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969 (©1963). Second printing.. Dark red cloth hardcover. Book VERY GOOD ex-library (endpaper pockets, title-page & p169 stamped, endpaper flaps glued down; otherwise clean & sound). Tan with green dustjacket VERY GOOD PLUS (spine faded, spine sticker; has been protected in library cover). 454 pages: frontis; 22cm. Appendix, Index.. more information

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Toronto: General Pub. (©1966). . Stated First Canadian Edition.. Grey cloth hardcover. Writings Check List, Books Consulted, Index. VERY GOOD PLUS (light edgewear, name free-front endpaper; clean & sound). No dj. 239 pages: map, photos in-texte; 23cm.. more information

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Kitchener: Dumont Press, 1973.. Stated First Printing.. Softcover. VERY GOOD minimal ex-library (sticker on cover, stamp free-front endpaper & title page, no other library marks, no pocket; slight edgewear mostly top-edge rear cover; clean & sound). 169 pages + 16p; 25cm. Index.. more information

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NY: Ballantine / Del Rey (©1989). . Stated First Edition, first printing.. Black cloth-backed hardcover. Michael Whelan (jacket art).. Appendices, Bibliography, Index. Book NEAR FINE (tips slightly bumped otherwise Fine). Illustrated dustjacket VERY GOOD (slight edgewear, one tiny tear spine head otherwise no other tears or chips; shelf rubbed). 281 pages: black/white photos in-texte; 24cm.. more information

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New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1936 (©1936).. First Edition.. Hardcover. Dark red cloth with gilt spine titles. Book VERY GOOD ex-library (cloth & gilt bright, bottom tips bumped; endpaper pockets & glue residue; title-page & p169 stamped; otherwise clean, bright & tight). Dustjacket NEAR VERY GOOD (spine sticker removed; slightly soiled; one 1" tear taped inside; one short tear & one small chip; top-edge tanned). 221 pages; 24cm. Addenda, Index. . more information

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University of Toronto Press (©1967).. First Edition.. 304 pages: 12p black/white photos on coated paper hors-texte; 23cm. Book VERY GOOD (used but not abused; gift inscription free-front endpaper). Dustjacket GOOD (all edges worn; small chips & tears at spine ends & fold taped inside; one 1" tear taped inside front panel). "Published for the Canadian Federation of University Women" on the Centennial of the Canadian Federation. C more information

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Viking, 1992.. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).. Red wraps, black titles. VERY GOOD PLUS or better (spine very slightly darkened; bottom outer corner lifting slightly). 234 pages; 21cm.. more information

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St. Armand: Gallimard, 1990. Facsimile reprint.. Printed wraps (softcover-broché). Very Good Plus (clean, tight, & uncreased; light edgewear, endpaper "Discarded" stamps). A special number of the Revue fully dedicated to the international novelist, diarist, literary critic, and translator: "Présentation de Valery Larbaud - L'Homme - Rencontres - Autour de l'écrivain - Le voyageur en divers pays. Textes inédits". 246 pages: black/white illustrations on 2 leaves hors-texte; 23cm. 291g. [C] hronological bibliography (1896-1957) and index. [B] more information

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Toronto: ECW Press, (©1988). Softcover. Very Good Plus (clean, bright, tight and uncreased; slight edgewear). A study of the short stories and novels by Clark Blaise. 243p; 23cm. 420g. [C] more information

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NY: New Directions Publishing (©1995). . Blue cloth hardcover. Book VERY GOOD PLUS (bright & tight; faint inoffensive tan stain top, bottom, & fore edges otherwise Near Fine). Dustjacket VERY GOOD PLUS (light shelfwear, no chips or tears; same light stain bottom edge). Will ship under 1 kg. 148 pages: 21cm. . more information

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London: Constable (©1947). . Blue cloth hardcover. Introduction, Biographical Note and Summary of Events and Writings, The Story of My Heart, Bibliographical Note, Notes to the Story of My Heart, First Draft of the Author's Manuscript, Notes to the Draft, Changes in the Text of the Draft and Variant Headings. NEAR VERY GOOD (slight wear to cover; spine rolled 1/4"; occassional underlining in pen otherwise text is clean & sound). No dj. First Constable printing. Will ship under 1 kg. 182 pages: frontis + 7 black/white illustrations; 19cm.. more information

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Overland Park, KS: White Brain, 1993. . Stated First Edition.. Softcover. New. Jonathan Dixon.. Question & Answer format, easy to understand & read. "Captures the fun and excitement of book collecting". [A] 78 pages: drawings; 21cm. 153g.. more information

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Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, (©2004). First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine (clean and very tight, no defects)/Near Fine (minor shelfwear, no chips or tears). Sara Facio, photographer.. Suffering from failing eyesight, Jorge Luis Borges invited the young Alberto Manguel to read to him in the evenings and this is a description of those visits. 106p: portrait photographs; 18cm. 159g. [A] more information

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Markham: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd, (©1997). Second printing, 1999. Softcover. Very Good Plus (clean, tight, and uncreased, light shelfwear, light lines indented into cover photo, interior Fine). An autobiographical memoir by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" of her childhood and early years as a writer, "it originally appeared as a series of magazine articles in 1917". 96p; 23cm. 143g. [A] more information

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Toronto: Key Porter Books , (©1992). First Printing.. Grey cloth-backed hardcover. Near Fine (clean, bright & sound; faint fore-edge soiling)/Very Good (slight edgewear, one short tear spine foot; slightly rubbed). Through original letters and connecting narrative, Mowat captures the shock and despair of war and the exhilaration that followed victory." Printed on acid-free paper. 340 pages: map, 8 page black/white photo section on coated paper hors-texte; 24cm. Abbreviations, Military Glossary. [C] more information

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Toronto: New Press, 1972 (©1972). . First Printing.. Tan cloth hardcover. A collection of essays by popular Canadian authors exploring Canada's identity in Canadian literature. Book NEAR FINE (clean, bright & sound). Pictorial dustjacket GOOD PLUS (edgewear with short tears & chips; spine & edges faded, rubbed). [C] 282 pages; 22cm. Index.. more information

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London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (©1960). . First Edition.. Coral hardcover. Robert Macbryde (cover art). . Book VERY GOOD PLUS (clean, bright & sound; top tips slightly bumped; bookplate free-front endpaper). Illustrated dustjacket VERY GOOD (price clipped; slight edgewear mostly top edge; spine darkened; rear panel slightly soiled). First published book by this radical poet who had spent the 1930s & 1940s distributing his poetry at political rallies and pubs. Will ship under 1 kg. 223 pages; 22cm. . more information

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Detroit: Gale Research Company (©1975). . No additional printings.. Yellow cloth hardcover. Good Plus. 599 pages; 21cm. Index of Institutions, Index of Names and Titles, Subject Index. GOOD PLUS (ex-library with usual marks stamps, stickers and rear pocket, sticker removed rear board, otherwise Very Good). No dj. [C] 599p; 21cm. 782g.. more information

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Lennoxville: Bishops University, (©1996). Softcover-souple. Very Good Plus (clean, uncreased, and unmarked; minor shelfwear, covers slightly 'open'). This special issue of the JETS/RECE is a tribute to Ralph Gustafson (1909-1995), Canadian poet who made his home in the beautiful rolling hills of North Hatley, Quebec, which is just north of Vermont. 159p: photographs; 23cm. 272g. [A] Bilingual - English/French. more information

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Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, (©1997). Softcover. Near Fine (minor shelfwear, interior Fine). ...fifteen lively essays on general problems of literary theory and academic practice as well as the appreciation and interpretation of specific writers and their works". 224p; 22cm. 397g. [C] more information

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NY/London: W.W. Norton (©1988). . Stated First American Edition.. Grey cloth-backed hardcover. Book FINE. Dustjacket VERY GOOD (price clipped; light edgewear, no chips or tears). "This book is not so much an autobiography as a series of snapshots that show a life dominated partly by the quirks and oddities of chance, partly by the mundane harassments of everyday existence, but at the same time full of interesting, curious, and amusing events and anecdotes." Will ship under 1 kg. 206 pages: 8p black/white photos hors-texte; 22cm. Index. . more information

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Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press , (©1968). 2nd printing 1969. Blue cloth hardcover. Very Good (slight wear, faint erasure free-front endpaper, otherwise clean & sound). A selected list of 11,000 published references. 441p: double columned; 26cm. Index. 1050g. [D] more information

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1965.. First Edition.. Red cloth hardcover, gilt. Book VERY GOOD ex-library (minor edgewear; no pockets; tape residue front & rear endpapers; title-page & p169 stamped; otherwise clean, bright & tight). Dustjacket VERY GOOD PLUS (spine sticker otherwise near fine, has been protected in a library cover). Synopsis of each novel, biographical dictionary of 172 characters, a précis of each published short story, brief biographo of Faulkner and history of Yoknapatawpha County 259 pages; 23cm. Bibliography, Index, Appendix.. more information

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NY: Harcourt, Brace & World (©1965). . Green cloth hardcover. Book VERY GOOD (clean & sound, lightly used; gilt spine titles rubbed; tips lightly bumped; name free-front endpaper). Dustjacket GOOD (edgewear with chips & tears; some sunning & soiling; price clipped). Recollections of an interesting life spent in the first half of the 20th Century. Will ship under 1 kg. 260 pages: black/white frontispiece; 22cm. Index. . more information

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London, Ont: Univ. of Western Ontario (1984). . Green wraps (softcover). Very Good ex-library. 314 pages; 24cm.. more information

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Chicago, IL: American Library, 1986 (©1986). . Green cloth hardcover. Abbreviations. VERY GOOD PLUS ex-library (clean, bright & tight, minimal library marks: stamp free-front endpaper, rear pocket). No dj. 777 pages: double-columed; 26cm. Index. . more information

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Cambridge/London: Harvard University Press, (©1995). First thus. Softcover. Very Good Plus (clean & sound; slight edgewear, mostly at tips). Revised versions of three lectures delivered at Harvard University in 1983. 104p: 10-page photo section; 23cm. 211g. [A] more information

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Toronto: ECW Press (©1992). . No additional printings.. Softcover. Very Good. What these letters document ...is a period of great importance in the development of Canadian poetry." VERY GOOD (top half is somewhat bent, erasure upper tip, otherwise clean and sound). [C] 362p: photos; 23cm. Biographical Ref, Index. 650g. more information

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NY, etc.: McGraw-Hill (©1990). Second printing.. Softcover. VERY GOOD (slightly rubbed, rear tip bumped, top-edge slightly soiled; uncreased & unmarked). 428 pages: illustrated; 23cm.. more information

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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press (©1961). Second printing 1964. , (©1961). Second printing, 1964.. Burgundy hardcover. Very Good ex-library (clean & tight; library numbers on spine, university library book plate, discard stamp, & bar code sticker front endpapers; no pocket) . Indiana Social Science Series No. 19. 626 pages; 26cm. Index. 1269g. [D] more information

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Dunvegan, Ontario: Quadrant (©1981).. No additional printings.. Softcover. Very Good Plus. Margaret Peterson (cover art).. 159 pages; 23cm.. more information

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Toronto: Penguin Books (©1985).. No additional printings.. Softcover. Unpaginated [90p]: cartoon-like drawings nearly every page; 18cm. VERY GOOD PLUS (used but not abused; black line bottom edge next to spine). Well seasoned literary humour with a twist, example: "Spuds Lonigan - a very realistic look at what it means to be a potato." more information

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