Canada from Books of the World

Edmonton, Alberta: Quagmire Press, 2013. First Printing (stated) / full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, very tight, and uncreased. Light rubbing to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 240 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi, 2012. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated). Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, head slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 319 pages. A brilliant collection of stories.

New York: Walker & Company, November 2006. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 356 pages. Before Hiroshima, there was Halifax. In 1917 the busy Canadian port was crowded with ships leaving for war-torn Europe. On December 6, two of them, the Mont Blanc… Read more

Toronto: Random House Canada, November 2016. Trade Paperback. Fine. Black remainder dot to bottom edge. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. 304 pages. The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and twenty Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive… Read more

New York: Ballantine / Fawcett Crest, February 1987. Mass Market Paperback. 21st printing, December 1989. Very Good. Interior unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight with light spine crease. Cover clean and bright with front hinge crease. Edgewear. 395 pages. Winner of the 1985 Governor General's (Canada) Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. Adapted into… Read more

New York: Ariel Books, 1958. Hardcover. First Edition, likely first printing (no additional printings listed). Quarter-bound in pink cloth over boards with black titles and green sides with three black illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. 23 full-page color lithographs and numerous B&W illustrations by Lynd Ward. Very Good. FFEP clipped. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Corners sharp. Not from… Read more

Ottawa: Canada Map Office / Bureau des Cartes du Canada, January 1983. Three cartographic indexes: Index I - Eastern Canada (eastern Manitoba to the Maritimes); Index 2 - Western Canada - British Columbus to eastern Manitoba; Index 3 - Northern Canada. Geographic coverage complete in three sheets. Color. Printed on both sides. Sheets 28 x 40 inches, folded to 6… Read more

Yellowknife, Canada: Travel Arctic, Government of the Northwest Territories, 1984. Folding map. 2 maps on 1 sheet; printed on both sides, color. Sheet 38 x 27 inches, folded to 10 x 5 inches. Near Fine condition. Not from a library. Unmarked. No tears. Relief shown by hachures and shading on some sheets. Shows populated places, highways, air strips, tundra area,… Read more

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, November 1989. Paperback. 1991 reprint. Near Fine. Dust stains to top edge. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 235 pages. Penelope Wain believes that her lover, Neil Macrae, has been killed while serving overseas under her father. That he died apparently in… Read more

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1981. Trade Paperback. Second printing, 1982. Very Good-. Creasing and half-inch chip to lower corner of front cover. Text tanned but unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Dust stains to top edge. 527 + xii pages.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Trade Paperback. Harper Torchbooks, HB 3011. Later printing. Very Good. Tanned. Price stamp to first page, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Edge and corner wear. No tears. Not from a library. 294 pages. Contents: The New American Nation Series, Editor's Introduction, Preface, Coming of the Revolution, Road… Read more

New York: Ballantine Books. Mass Market Paperback. May 1990. Very Good. Interior tanned but unmarked. Spine is straight, tight and uncreased. Corner creases to front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 617 pages. Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is.

Toronto: Vintage Canada, March 2001. Trade Paperback. 2nd printing. Near Fine. Mild reading wear to corners, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. No tears, creases, or folds. 359 pages.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, April 1950. Hardcover. First Edition (not stated), Later Printing. Teal blue cloth over boards. Deckle edge. Very Good book / no jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight. Light wear to corners and spine ends. Not from a library. No remainder mark. No tears, folds, or creases. 376 pages. The poignant story of Isabel Jardin, a strong… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 2017. Hardcover. First Edition / Full number line. Very Good book in a Fine jacket. Gift inscription on front free endpage, otherwise Fine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 245 pages. Jacob Rigolet, a soon-to-be former assistant to a wealthy art collector, looks up from his seat at an auction--his mother,… Read more