Short Stories

Dundee: D. C. Thomson & Co., 1987 VERY GOOD+ Pictorial Hardcover. A crisp and clean copy, no markings, very slight spine lean, else FINE. 5.75" by 8.25", 173 pages. Yearly annual from People's Friend ladies story magazine contains 20 stories and color pictures by J. Campbell Kerr.. more information

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Dundee: D.C. Thomson & Co., 1984 NEAR-FINE First Edition pictorial hardcover. Brand new condition in all respects except for a hint of rubbing at spine tips. Crisp, clean, square, tight, no markings, very nice. 5.75" by 8.25", 173 pages, b&w line illustrations. Contains 20 short stories by various authors.. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2000 VERY GOOD 1st Printing Trade Paperback. Volume 12 in this series of fiction by new Canadian writers. Unmarked, nearly perfect covers, as-new interiors. 5.25" x 8.25", 212 pages. 12 stories in this volume. Among the stories are Amway recruiters, garage sales, manicured lawns, financial analyst, a surgeon who communicates with a comatose patient, and an antique dealer who learns something new about the nature of desire when she receives an unexpected gift. The authors are Andrew Gray, Timothy Taylor (3 stories), Lee Henderson, J.A. McCormack, Jessica Johnson, Karen Solie, R.M Vaughan, John Lavery, Andrew Smith and Nancy Richler. . Soft Cover. more information

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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1988 FINE/FINE First Edition, unclipped DJ. Crisp, clean, solid, no markings, no wear to boards, binding or pages. Gift quality. 6.5" by 9.5", 240 pages. - - Features 12 of Archer's twisted short stories - a tapestry of intrigue, passion and fateful encounters. Stories include: The Perfect Murder, Clean Sweep Ignatius, A La Carte, Not The Real Thing, Just Good Friends, The Steal, Colonel Bullfrog, Checkmate, Honor Among Thieves, A Chapter of Accidents, The Loophole, Christina Rosenthal.. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Prairie Fire Press, 2000 FINE First Edition. 6" by 9", 192 pages, glossy pictorial wraps. This Autumn, 2000 issue contains a selection of 21 stories, prose and poetry by Icelandic-Canadian authors & poets - as well as 10 other selections. Contributors include: Fredrick D. Anderson, Jim Anderson, Marjorie Anderson, David Arnason, Freyja Arnason, Kirsten Brooks, Martha Brooks, Thorarinn Eldjarn, Lesley Peterson, W.D. Valgardson, George Bowering Sam Difalco, Brenda Hasiuk, Heather MacLeod, Ione Thorkelsson, Rog Winger and many more.. Softcover. more information

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Oberon Press, 2000 BRAND NEW First Edition. Perfect wraps, unmarked interiors, no creases, no wear. 5.5" x 8.5", 139 pages. This excellent book contains 6 stories: Sitting on the Stairs, Nothing's Going to Change My World, Falling Stars, The Eagle has Landed, The Secret of Success, A Brief History of Evasion. . Trade Paperback. more information

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Ecco Press, 1999 FINE/FINE First Edition (stated), 1st Printing. Crisp, unmarked, no wear, unclipped DJ. 5.5" by 8.5", 216 pages. - 19 original and clever stories in this collection. The author won three major literary awards for her five previous books.. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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Doubleday, 1951 FINE/VERY GOOD. A beautiful copy - the original 1951 book club edition with nearly perfect black boards, as-new interiors and binding, appears unread. Original 1951 DJ has a small rub on spine, trace of edge wear only. 5.75" x 8.5", 253 pages. Collection of 20 short stories by this author, demonstrating the freshness and quality which brought him widespread critical acclaim. . Hard Cover. more information

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Moose Jaw, SK, Canada: Coteau Books, 1986 FINE First Edition Softcover, 1st Printing in stiff card covers. An exceptional copy: crisp & clean, no markings, appears unread. 4.25" by 7", 350 pages. Original stories from thirty Canadian writers, both 'new' and 'established.' Contributing authors are: Merna Summers, Anne Campbell, Dianne Warren, Regine Haensel, Jackie Flanagan, David Carpenter, Sara McDonald, Edna Alford, Lee Gowan, Rick Hillis, Marlis Wesseler, Scot Morison, Ken Mitchell, Diana Schoemperlen, Eunice Scarfe, Peter Millard, Ven Begamudre, Jean Hillabold, Brenda Riches, Connie Gault, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Byrna Barclay, Lois Simmie, Lewis Horne, Pat Krause, Patrick Lane, Don Kerr, Carol Shields, Sandra Birdsell & Elizabeth Brewster. . Soft Cover. more information

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Vancouver, B.C.: Brock House Writers, 1991 FINE First Edition Trade Paperback. 5" by 8", 127 pages, one tiny corner crease on back cover, otherwise as-new: clean, tight, unmarked. - - - A moving collection of stories and poems by seniors.. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988 As-New/Fine First Edition, 1st printing. Crisp, clean, no markings, no wear, nearly perfect DJ, gift quality. 5.75" by 8.5", 216 pages. - - - Excellent book contains 9 short stories by this Saskatoon, SK, writer. This rich and varied collection includes : Crossing the Line, Life on the Edge, The Words of the Juice Woman, The Elevator, This World, Getting the Word, God's Bedfellows, The Father's Love and Protection. . Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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London, U.K.: Brockhampton Press, 1995 NEAR-FINE/NEAR-FINE. Clean, tight, short note on half title page, top corners gently bumped otherwise as-new. Lovely unclipped DJ. 6" by 9.5", 224 pages, 70 illustrations, introduction by Robert Hardy. - The ageless traditions of country life on the British Isles. This book is a collection of anecdotes, articles and extracts by authors Thomas Hardy, Jan Morris, Dorothy Wordsworth, Thackeray, Flora Thompson, Phil Drabble, Richard Jefferies, Henry Williamson, Edward Thomas, Samuel Johnson, Izaak Walton, J.H.B. Peel, Gwyn Jones, H.J. Massingham, Mary Russell Mitford, Wilson Stephens and many others.. more information

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London, U.K.: Heinemann, 1967 FINE/VG First UK Edition. Clean, tight, unmarked - no wear to boards, binding or pages. Interiors pristine. Original unclipped DJ has light shelf-wear, one 1/4" tear along top edge. 5.25" by 8", 241 pages. - - - A collection of 11 autobiographical 'memories' from the author's life, including "The Walnut Shell" and "The Same Music" - and 10 works of fiction from this gifted storyteller, including "The Stroke of Twelve" and the novella "Doublefields." . Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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NY: E.P. Dutton, 1980 FINE/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing. A pristine unmarked volume in brand new condition. 5.5" by 8.25", 144 pages, unclipped DJ. - - - A collection of 14 critically acclaimed stories from this literary craftsman: 'The Mad Dog Instructional League', 'Whatever the Cost', 'The Material Plane', 'Something to Protect', 'The Tom in Particular', 'Broken Wings', 'Some Savage Present', 'Certainties', 'Waiting Till Thirty', 'The Price of Song', 'All Concerned', 'Let Nature Take Its Course', 'Passion's Duration', 'Mad Dog, One More Time.'. Hard Cover. more information

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London, U.K.: Macgibbon & Kee, 1963 NEAR-FINE/NEAR-FINE First Edition, 1st UK Printing. No wear to boards, pristine text, small ownership inscription on ffep else unmarked, very slight spine lean, appears unread. Clipped DJ has no tears, no chipping, a few light marks only, very nice. 5.25" by 8", 436 pages. - - This is the first edition of the first volume published in this series, very collectible. Contains stories by Freida Arkin, Edward Dahlberg, George Garrett, Donald Hall, Jack Thomas Leahy, Ben Maddow, Arthur Miller (The Prophecy), Flannery O'Connor (Everything That Rises Must Converge), Irwin Shaw (Love on a Dark Street), John Updike (Pigeon Feathers) and many others. . Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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NY: Doubleday, 1962 FINE/NEAR-FINE First Edition (stated), 1st Printing. A beautiful copy, pristine text is clearly unhandled and unread. No markings, as-new binding, superb blue-on-blue boards. Near-Fine DJ is nearly perfect with no tears, no chipping. 6" x 8.5", 320 pages, Norman Rockwell art on DJ. this is the 24th annual collection of short stories published in the Saturday Evening Post. Included in this year's volume are stories by Ray Bradbury (The Beggar on the Dublin Bridge - first publication in book form), C.S. Forester (Doctor Blanke's First Command, a Novelette), Shirley Ann Grau (The First Day of School), William Saroyan (Paris is the Place for You), John D. Macdonald (Hit and Run), Margaret Laurence (The Exiles) and 14 other fine writers.. Hard Cover. more information

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NY: Random House, 1997 NEAR-FINE/NEAR-FINE First Edition, 2nd printing. Nearly perfect boards and unclipped DJ, no markings, as-new binding and interior. 6" x 8.5", 205 pages. This collection of short stories examines long-term relationships and coping methods used by partners who become bored. Most of the couples are unhappy and yearn for broader, more diverse, and more ambitious lives. Adultery, alcohol, divorce, death, deception, and resignation all figure prominently in the outcomes of these stories. . Hard Cover. more information

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Turnstone Press, 1989 FINE First Printing, 1st Edition Trade Paperback, with nearly perfect covers, no creases, no markings, and as-new binding and interiors. 5.5" x 8.5", 98 pages. - This anthology collects the stories of 9 Icelandic Canadian Writers, in celebration of the Icelandic Festival's 100th anniversary in Manitoba. The stories reflect both their heritage from Iceland and the "fresh breeze" blowing through their culture. The selections are: W. D. Valgardson (The Man Who Was Always Running Out of Toilet Paper) , Martha Brooks (The Best Weekend of My Life), Kristine Kristofferson (The Ghost of Warrens Landing), Betty Jane Wylie (Memories of Chocolate Sauce), Kristjana Gunnars (Insomnia), Bill Holm (In the Garden), Maureen Arnason (The Dancers), Paul A. Sigurdson (Shall I Compare Thee), David Arnason (Night Train to Barcelona). . Soft Cover. more information

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McGraw Hill, 1965 VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing. Pristine unmarked interiors, nearly perfect wraps with one light crease on back cover, otherwise Fine. 5.5 x 8, 455 pages plus chronology of authors. - - - Large collection of short stories - American, English, European and Russian - from mid-19th-century to 1960's. Includes selections from 22 nineteenth century masters and 26 modern writers, as well as 13 stories representing new or experimental dimensions of short fiction. Brief biographical notes and an introductory essay on each short story included.. Trade Paperback. more information

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Toronto: Longmans Canada Ltd., 1967 Fine/Very Good First Edition, 1st Printing. An exceptional copy: short hand-written gift inscription on front endpaper, nearly perfect printed boards, pristine text. Unclipped DJ looks great with minor edgewear, tiny edge tears. 8vo, 6" x 10", 164 pages, b&w illustrations by Pat Gagnon. - A collection of 63 essays by this outstanding and multiple award winning Canadian author - provocative and at times, wildly humorous - each essay a gem of Canadian literature. . Hard Cover. more information

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Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.: Louisiana State University Press, 1994 FINE/NEAR-FINE First Edition, 1st Printing of this author's second collection of stories. Perfect red boards, small ownership stamp on front paste-down, two tiny fore-edge marks, otherwise AS-NEW. Unclipped DJ has no tears, no chipping, small laminate ripple, very nice. 5.75" by 8.75", 113 pages. - - - A collection of 14 stories of growing up, hanging on, and getting old. With wit, affection and finesse that few writers can muster, Innes-Brown tells truly wonderful stories in this, her second collection.. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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NY: Harper & Row, 1976 NEAR-FINE/GOOD First Edition, 2nd Printing. Crisp, clean, tight, no markings or any kind. Unclipped DJ has edgewear and light chipping. 5.75" x 8.5", 179 pages. Multiple Nebula Award winner Le Guin presents 11 of her short science fiction stories in this volume: The Fountains, The Ballow, Ile Forest, Conversations at Night, The Road East, Brothers and Sisters, A Week in the Country, An die Musik, The House, The Lady of Moge, Imaginary Countries. . Hard Cover. more information

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Doubleday Canada, 2002 BRAND NEW/BRAND NEW First Edition, 1st Printing. Publisher's news release and review slip laid in. Unmarked, unhandled, no wear to book or unclipped DJ. 5.75" x 8.5", 349 pages. A haunting collection of 15 short stories by the author of the national bestseller Cape Breton Road. Excellent reviews by authors Richard Ford, Wallace Stegner, Alistair MacLeod and Scott Turow. . Hard Cover. more information

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Toronto: Penguin Books Canada, 1995 VERY FINE/AS-NEW First Edition, 1st Canadian Printing. Perfect boards, binding, pages & unclipped DJ, small inscription on endpaper. 6.25" by 9.25", 307 pages. - - - An anthology of 26 short stories of summer selected and introduced by CBC storyteller Alan Maitland. Authors and stories are: Poaching with My Old Guy by Paul Quarrington; The Little White Girl by Joyce Marshall; The Rooted Lover by Laurence Housman; Shellfish for Monsieur Chabre by Emile Zola; The Thrill of the Grass by W. P. Kinsella; Storm Glass by Jane Urquhart; Mouche by Guy de Maupassant; Shoo Fly Dyck by John Kooistra; The Book of Beasts by E. Nesbit; The Country by Ivan Turgenev; Dulse by Alice Munro; The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde; Viper's Bugloss by Janice Kulyk Keefer; The Town of the Little People by Sholom Aleichem; Moon Prayer by Roch Carrier; Patio Talk and Vines by Lesley-Anne Bourne; Telemachus Friend by O. Henry; The Circus by Katherine Anne Porter; Why I Stick to the Farm by Peter McArthur; A Girl's Story by David Arnason; Oranges by Alphonse Daudet; The Old Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing by Stephen Leacock; True Trash by Margaret Atwood; The Mysteries of Radio by Robert Benchley; An Adventure on Island Rock by Lucy Maude Montgomery; and Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer. . Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Thistledown Press, 1986 FINE First Edition, 1st Printing Trade Paperback. A spectacular copy of this first bound collection of Margoshes' short stories. Crisp, clean, no markings, looks & feels unread. 6" by 9", 144 pages, blue endpapers. - - - Contains 11 short stories by this accomplished Canadian author.. more information

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Copp Clark, 1951 FINE First Edition, no DJ as issued. A spectacular copy with illustrated brown and green cloth boards (no bumps, no rubs). As-new spine, binding and hinges. All text appears unhandled and unread, clean as a whistle, no wear. School stamp on endpapers only, otherwise unmarked. 5.5" x 8', 518 pages, b&w illustrations in text by Virginia Byers and Margaret Salisbury. Several full page plates on thick glossy paper, some by Group of Seven artists. Plates by Tom Thomson, A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris, J.E.H. MacDonald, F.H. Varley, Franklin Carmichael and A.J. Casson. Part of the Canadian Reading Devlopment Series, this 1951 textbook was prepareds for high school and college students, and features many Canadian authors and poets. The stories are organized in sections entitled "Growing Up in Canada", "Under the Sky", "Looking About Us", "Creators of Beauty", "Laughing Matter", "These Were Our People", "Good Tales", "New Days - New Ways" and "Tales of Courage.". Hard Cover. more information

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Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1999 FINE Trade Paperback. Crisp, clean, square, tight, no creases, nearly perfect covers, nearly new. 6" x 9", 466 pages, glossary. This anthology of 40 short stories explores the dimensions of short narrative fiction. "Includes traditional classics from European culture, from Chaucer to Gogol and Chekhov, and extends to popular and celebrated stories from contemporary writers. There is a decided emphasis on new stories from the Plains region of Canada and the United States. Guy Vanderhaeghe, Richard Ford, Margaret Laurence, Thomas King, Bonnie Burnard, Louise Erdrich - all of them present masterly tales with specific appeal to students at post-secondary institutions.". Soft Cover. more information

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Ecco Press, 1993 FINE First Edition Softcover, 1st printing stated. Tiny remainder dot on bottom edge, otherwise as-new in all respects. No interior markings, crisp, clean, solid, no creases. 5.5" by 8.25", 193 pages. - - - A collection of 35 short stories by this author - described as "tiny - mostly exquisite - gems" by the New York Times Book Review.. Trade Paperback. more information

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McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1967 FINE 4th edition reprint (printed in 1970s or 1980s), which for the first time collects a new group of Canadian writers who appeared in the 50s. Nearly perfect covers, no creases, only a few pages with small pencil marks. Square, solid, clean. Approx. 5" x 8", 346 pages. This highly regarded collection of short stories includes the works of 29 Canadian writers such as Irving Layton, Hugh Garner, Alden Nowlan, Brian Moore, Suinclair Ross, Alice Munro, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Susanna Moodie, Ethel Wilson, Stephen Leacock, Morley Callaghan and Frederick Philip Grove. Dr. Pacey has written a detailed historical introduction to this fourth edition and provided copious notes (biographical sketches) on all the authors. . Soft Cover. more information

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Queenston House, 1981 VERY GOOD First Edition Paperback.4.25" x 7", 167 pages including very short biographical sketches of each author. Excellent wraps, square and solid binding, FINE unmarked interiors. "An entertaining and provocative collection of short stories by fourteen Manitoba writers." The authors are: Betty Chapman, Graham Hurlburt, Charles Wilkins, Helen Mulligan, Margaret Clarke, Marie Barton, Sandra Birdsell, David S. Williamson, Molly Stewart, Mary Lile Benham, Patricia Fontaine, Armin Wiebe, Max Goldin and Jake MacDonald. . Soft Cover. more information

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Turnstone Press, 1986 VG+ trade paperback. Nearly perfect covers, fine interiors, crisp and clean, square and tight, with some notes in the margins of "A Letter to My Son." 5.25" x 8.25", 117 pages. From the back cover: George Ryga has been called 'that most intriguing yet maddening of Canadian writers.' These two plays offer evidence of that judgement as Ryga writes about Canada and its culture from the perspective of Mexico and an Ukrainian immigrant. 'Portrait of Angelica' is a 'ballad play' set in a small Mexican town, and follows the interaction between Mexicans and a group of Canadian tourists. 'A Letter to My Son' is a fascinating portrait of Ivan Lepa, an old Ukrainian Canadian farmer. . Soft Cover. more information

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Random House - Vintage Canada, 1996 VERY GOOD Trade Paperback. Very nice wraps with no creases, slight edge wear, fine unmarked interiors. 5.5" x 8.5", 201 pages. A collection of 21 short stories by this winner of the Pulitzer Prize. . Soft Cover. more information

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Vintage Canada, 2003 NEAR-FINE 2nd Printing Softcover. Crisp, clean, unmarked, appears unread. 6" x 9", 380 pages. A thoughtful gift idea for any young woman.The vignettes presented in Threads 2 are more than just true-life tales of survival and defeat, love and pain, illness and recovery. They're balm for the spirit. Reading doesn't get any more satisfying than this.. Trade Paperback. more information

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Doubleday Canada, 1999 FINE/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing. No markings, no wear, very nice copy for collectors. 5.75" by 8.5", 254 pages. - A collection of witty short stories about men whose lives collide with the demands of career, home and family - men who are reluctant to surrender their youthful aspirations, and who protect their inner turmoil and secret vulnerabilities.. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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