Search Results: Canadian Non-Fiction from High Park Books

Vancouver, B.C.: Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, 1997. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. September 26 - October 12, 1997. 169 pages with colour and B&W photos. Slight edge/corner/spine end wear. Approaching near fine condition.

Vancouver, B.C.: Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, 1997. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. September 29 - October 11, 1998. 176 pages with colour and B&W photos. Slight edge/corner/spine end wear. Approaching near fine condition.

Toronto, Canada: Harper Collins,, 2004. First Edition . Near Fine +/Near Fine. Inspired observations form one of the country's most popular journalists. Cream boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Edmonton, Alberta: Newest Press, 2005. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+. A well-researched account of the life of Canadian writer, academic, critic (1909 - 1998) - author of The Double Hook. Large format pictorial soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author was a professor of English at St Michael's College, University of Toronto and studied with Watson at U of T. 356 pages with index and bibliography. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor corner curling. Pages clean tight and unmarked,

Stratford, Ontario: Williams-Wallace Publishers, 1991. Assumed First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 175 pages with bibliography. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1999. First Printing . Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine +. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Creative Non-fiction set in Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula & based on 3 generations of the Johnston family by the author of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. 272pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Toronto: University Of Toronto Press, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good -. An important examination of Canadian writers over the previous century by the poet & academic. He extends Frye's concept of the Canadian identity battling the hostile wilderness and climate into an literary exploration, by contemporary writers, that seeks the reconciliation of man & nature. The author won a Governor General's Award for poetry for his 1977 'Under the Thunder of Flowers'. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 197 pages with index. The brown boards have very gentle bumping to 2 corners, and a very amount of slight soiling to page ends. White, illustrated DJ has minor edge wear with a few short tears at corners. SIGNED by Jones on half title page & INSCRIBED to Sylvia Du Vernet, Toronto academic & writer, on inside front page. Includes 1970 newspaper review clippings from the T.O. Star (George Woodcock) & the Globe & Mail (Peter… Read More

Toronto: Second Story Press, 2003. First Edition . Card Covers. Very Good+. A transplanted American academic guides us through 300 years of cultural traditions as reflected in Canadian & American literary traditions. 328 pages with bibliography & index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED to Sylvia (Du Vernet), Toronto academic and writer.

Montreal: Association for Canadian Studies, 1997. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine +/No DJ Issued. Selected Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies, held at Brock University, June 1-3. 1996. 137 pages with text in French & English. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Emeryville, Ontario: Biblioasis, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Taupe card covers with reddish-brown type on spine & front. 280pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor corner wear / curling & slight bump to top corner

Toronto: ECW Press, 2001. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 178 pages + 24 pages of B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very slight culring to covers. Internals like new.

Toronto: Anansi, 2001. First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine +. The author discusses how the delivery of public services/goods, such as health care & education, has risen to prominence (perhaps an obsession) in a post-industrail society. CBC Massey Lecture Series. (xvi) 295 pages with extensive notes & bibliography. Stein is an accomplished professor of Political Science & director of the Monk Institute, University of Toronto. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight corner curling

Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association of the Deaf, 2001. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A project report prepared for the Canadian Association of the Deaf and the Human Resources Development Canada. 183 pages including references plus 3 unpaginated appendices. Slight edge/corner wear.

Toronto: Discovery Channel, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Detailed analysis of the 1999-2000 season programming. High quality hardcover with adhered photo on front and gilt lettering on spine, matched with equally high quality glossy pages with astonishing photos. 157 pages with index. Slight curling to top and bottom edges of DJ

Self-published, 1991. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Memories of a beloved pet dog. 72 pages with a few B&W photos. Minor rubbing to edges and corners.

Montreal & London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1970. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection of addresses that record an academic's reflections on varied aspects of the rapid growth and unresting change in Canadian universities in the sixties Corry was Principal of Queen's University from 1961-68 and author of 'Democratic Government and Polictics'. Light brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 121 pages. DJ has rubbing, slight rubbing, edge/corner wear and several short tears.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Hignell Printing Ltd, 1998. Assumed First Edition . Pictorial Wraps. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. 187pp. Slight creasing to the corner of a few pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Clementsvale, Nova Scotia: Pen Pal Publishing, 1994. Soft cover. Near Fine. Stories with Annapolis Valley rural charm by the retired Presbyterian minister. 116 pages with B&W illustrations. Illustrated by Jim Todd, Heather Roberts & Art White. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight corner wear.

Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 1994. Soft cover. Near Fine +. Signed by author on title page: "For Danielle - With my best wishes to you for a most deluxe future! Best wishes, Iris." 336 pages.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pp. From the library of writer activist & saint June Callwood. INSCRIBED to June Callwood who wrote a short glowing back jacket review for the book. Includes a short thank you letter on M&S stationery from M&S senior editor Dinah Forbes to Callwood for her comment. AIso includes an intimate thank you note on folded plain card from Petrie to Callwood thanking her for the kind comment. Nice association copy and collector's item. Slight edge wear to DJ.