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Little, Brown & Co. (Canada) Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316319066 . Signed by author on half title page where she has crossed through her typed name and signed it below. Hardcover with untrimmed pages has light wear to spine ends & corners, slight soiling. Small address plate on endpage. Interior pages are other wise clean & unmarked. Jacket has light edgewear, scuffing, a little wrinkling/creasing around edges and a few tiny corner tears, not price clipped. .. Corinne Ditchburn is a photographer. The story of her life, from its beginnings in the northern Candian wilderness, to London, England, where she worked during WW II as a war correspondent for Lord Beaverbrok, is a brilliant tale of a woman struggling for identity and love in the cataclysm of war ....; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

WA: Golden Bell. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 1550560433 . Signed and inscribed on title page: "Best wishes to ____, a fine student of mine, Sept 30/94, O. E. Simon". Also has previous owner's name written inside front cover. Cover has some scuffing and light wear to edges and corners. Pages clean and intact, numerous b/w photos. The author proposes that women protect themselves from rape and physical assault through vigorous self-defense. His first line of defense is knowledge mixed with an ounce of basic suspicion. He covers many physical conditions and locations of potential attacks, including car, elevator and bike to name but three.... An excellent resource. (230os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 157 pages; Signed by Author .

Fort St. John, B. C.: Snowberry Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780973667820 . Signed by author & illustrator on half title page. Oblong (approx. 9.5 x 12.5"). Excellent condition - clean and unmarked. Jacket has slight edge crinkling and a little scuffing. Colour illus. Calligraphy by Judith Bain Dampier. A beautifully illustrated story of a back bear getting ready to hibernate for the winter. [575] ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

St. Albert, AB: Self Published. Near Fine. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0969200722 . Signed/inscribed by author on endpage: "August 25/87. To ____, I hope you like the novel. Best of luck in everything you do. Sincerely, Jud Town." very nice condition - pages clean and intact, no markings. Cover has slight soiling, light crease along spine sides, slight corner wear. "The media warned but nobody listened. The world turned a deaf ear, afraid to accept the enormity of the consequences. Now it's too late . A Libyan-sponsored terrorist attack strikes at the very seat of capitalism, Wall Street, detonating an A-bomb, concealed in a backpack...." (175os, 0814) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 191 pages; Signed by Author .

Edmonton, AB: Macbee Publishing. Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 0968798632 . Light wear to edges/corners, small peeled area on front, light scuffing to rear, interior pages clean & tight, 167 pages. Book Two in the Molly O'Connor Series: Molly O'Connor decides to take a leave of absence following the murders connected with Driftwood school. A Friend at a university in Arizona offers her lodgings, so she enrolls as a special student for the fall term. Soon after classes and rehearsals begin, she discovers that she has traded one set of problems for another.... Friends and acquaintances in the music department start having strange accidents. Certain that all these events are linked in some way, she asks Brian Donegan, the detective who led the investigation into the murders at Driftwood school, to help convince the police in Tucson that she isn't just another middle-aged meddler.... (os) ; 8vo; Signed by Author .

St. Lucie Press. Fine. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 1574442635 . Signed/Inscribed by both authors on endpage: "To ___, With Best Wishes, Neil Douglas, Terry Wykowski. " Excellent condition, only very light edge and corner wear, light scuffing, no jacket as issued. Pages clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "Takes a critical look at organizational learning and change management from a leadership perspective in late 20th century organizations. The authors argue that the dynamics that restrain the efforts of leaders transcend personal attributes and leadership styles..." ; Signed by All Authors .

ON: Napoleon Publishing. Very Good+. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0929141482 . Signed/inscribed by author on title page: "To ___, Best Wishes! ! David A. Poulsen" . Very nice, clean, tight condition. Pages unmarked. Cover has light edge/corner wear, light scuffing, a little upturning of front cover. "Twelve year-old Billy Gavin and seventeen year-old John "Bearman" Ridell, two boys from seemingly different backgrounds, discover that they in fact have a great deal in common - they are both runaways. When the news of a downed plane and a missing rodeo cowboy in the woods and mountains reaches them, Bearman becomes obsessed with the thought of finding a lost man. The boys find themselves faced with the greatest challenge of their lives. " [osl-233] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: Aqua Quest. Near Fine. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 1881652157 . Signed by author on title page. Softcover is new and unread. It has light shelf wear involving some scuffing of the cover, a tiny tear to upper rear spine and a little wear/curling to corners. 437 pages plus booklists. Autographed sticker on front. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Book DescriptionLurking beneath an ocean crevasse near the edge of the abyss, Blackwolf, a deadly high-tech submarine waits to launch an attack of unimaginable horror. Can it be stopped before thousands die? In this sequel to Thief of the Deep, Ex-Navy Seal, Doc Holiday, vows to destroy Blackwolf and her evil crew..... [460? ]; Signed by Author .

Regina, SK: Coteau Books. Fine. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 1550501445 . Signed by author on title page. Excellent condition. Cover has slight wear at corners, slight spotting endpage, old price sticker on rear cover. Pages otherwise clean, intact and unmarked. "In a powerful, matter-of-fact prairie woman's voice, Rita Moir weaves a memoir of travels alone and with her mother along the backroads of the country, and of their own family's history. Through her mother's stories, her own explorations, and powerful animal dreams, Rita comes to an understanding of, and deeper kinship with, her female ancestors. In her journeying, Rita is drawn back again and again — both physically and imaginatively — to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southern Alberta. It becomes both a sacred place for her and a metaphor for the process of rediscovering hersel...." (os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Edmonton, AB: Beartrap Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed by author on title page: "To Dennis, Ed Brennan". Small taped tear to spine bottom, light corner wear, light soiling to rear cover & light creasing to rear. Interior pages clean & unmarked. B/w photos. A coupon for some sort of contest was removed from rear. 62 pages. An ex-oilfield driller, Ed Brennan kept his poetry secret. After a car accident left him in a wheelchair, he set out to show that nothing can keep you down. This very personal collection of poetry tells his story. Ed is also the author of 2 other poetry books, TREASURED COLLECTIONS and STRIP OFF MY HEART; 8vo; Signed by Author .

Edmonton, AB: In Between Pub.. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0968642608 . Very Scarce title. Stories from the 124th Street Reading Series, signed by all authors opposite title page. Slight corner wear, a little bumping to upper spine, rubbing to back corner and along spine edge, slight soiling to cover. 102 pages. Brief bios at rear. Includes: Twelve Bar Blues by Joanne McLernon; Love and Ashes by Chris Allen; The Game by Sherry Fulton; Capte Breton 1881 by Sara Jean MacDonald; The Time in Between by T. M. Wilson; I Bought a Car by Tani Baskett; Candying Creatures by Colin Mulholland; Weighting for Jake by Daniel Cunningham and The Priest, the Peacemaker and the Postcards by Phil Mendzat. (os300? ) ; ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall .

Greystone Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 1553651561 . HC/DJ - fine condition. Signed/inscribed by the author on title page: "Thanks for your support - David Suzuki". Hardcover is clean and tight, with no markings. Jacket is excellent, with slight scuffing and a small amount of edge crinkling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; The first volume of David Suzuki’s autobiography, Metamorphosis, looked back at his life from 1986, when he was 50. In this eagerly awaited second installment, Suzuki, now 70, reflects on his entire life, and on his hopes for the future. The book begins with his life-changing encounters with racism while interned in a Canadian concentration camp during World War II and continues through his troubled teenage years and later successes as a scientist and host of PBS’s The Nature of Things. With characteristic candor and passion, he describes his growing consciousness of the natural world and humankind’s… Read More

Self Published. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 1550562207 . Signed by author and illustrator on endpage. Cover has light edgewear and some creasing. Came with 3, 2" pin-on Dinosaurs are Delicious buttons, all with different designs. These were pinned on various pages and left tiny tears and wrinkling to several upper corners. These have now been neatly taped. The buttons are included. Pages are otherwise unmarked. Part of the time capsule series. "When EEK & her friends find themselves transported to a strange prehistoric world, little did they suspect that her friend's unique talents would save them from becoming dinosaur munchies!" Historically accurate, characters are fictitious. (os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

Trafford Publishing. Very Good+. 2004. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. 1412035910 . Signed/inscribed by author on title page: "To ___, Sweet Dreams, Cheryl K. Tardiff, Dec. 2004". Book is clean & unmarked. Cover has light scuffing & light edge rubbing, light wear to spine ends. "CFBI Agent Jasi McLellan leads a psychically gifted team in the hunt for a serial arsonist- a murderer who has already taken the lives of three innocent people. Unleashing her gift as a Pyro-Psychic, Jasi is compelled toward smoldering ashes and enters the killer's mind. A mind bent on destruction and revenge. ..." [302-osl]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages; Signed by Author .

Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1961. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. 0395073383 . Signed & inscribed by author on 2nd page "For _____, for ___ later, from Antony Alpers, March 1963". Hardcover book is very good, with fair to poor condition dustjacket. Hardcover is clean with light wear to edges, a little moreso to spine ends and corners, corner bumping. Pages clean and intact, light age tanning. B/w photos. Jacket has numerous tears and chips to edges, light staining to rear, not price clipped. "If dogs are man's best friends, perhaps it is only because he sees less of dolphins. In the great age of Greece, literature and legend sang the praises of these extraordinary creatures of the sea, whose sense of fun, friendliness and gentle grace have always endeared them to man...." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author .

Ilthyn Productions. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0973796707 . Signed/inscribed by author on title page: "To ___ Best Wishes, John Warner 27 Aug. 05 (Mocha's Dad) " . Very nice condition. Cover has light edge/corner wear, slight corner curling. Pages clean and intact, no markings. "From the death and suffering on the battlefields of Europe in two wars, to family rivalry and bitter feuding with enemies, the eventual success of the members of the Edmunds family is steeped in the Province's history. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press. Very Good+. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0887532268 . Signed/inscribed by author on half title page "For ___Nice meeting you....All the Best, Paul Vasey". Very good condition. Interior clean and intact, with no markings. Light edge/corner wear to cover, a few small creases and light scuffing. 143 pages. In this collection, the author concerns himself with love - or rather, as the title implies, the failure of love. He wanted to portray, and does so in graphic terms, what happens when people fail to love each other, when they fail to receive the love which they need to sustain them, and perhaps sorriest of all, when they fail to allow themselves to be loved...[osl]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Toronto: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0195409906 . Signed/inscribed by author Mollel on title page. There is also a gift inscription on the same page. Hardcover is in excellent condition, clean and intact, there is a previous owner's name written quite small and crossed out on endpage. Jacket has light edgewear , a couple small edge tears and price sticker on rear. "Traditional tale about trickster Mbeku the tortoise, a favorite among the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria" The greedy tortoise thinks he should have mroe than his share of everything. When he learns the birds are invited. To a feast, he is desperate to go along - but first, he must wings to fly! (os) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author .

Victor Books. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0896931188 . Signed and inscribed by author on endpage: "To ___, Hello from Red Deer! Sigmund Brouwer, Nov/Dec. 92. Pages are clean and tight, some age tanning to page edges and inside cover, several tiny corner creases. Cover is scuffed, with moderate edge and corner wear and a few small creases. Exiled from Magnus, Thomas discovers he cannot prevail against the false sorcerers and that England no longer remains safe for him. The only solution is to retrace the steps of the Last Crusader. In an Age of Darkness, Thomas must seek light in Jerusalem. (105-osl) ; Winds of Light, Book 4; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 130 pages; Signed by Author .

Edmonton: River Books. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 1895836271 . Signed by author and illustrator on dedication page. Excellent condition, clean & tight, a little wear to corners. B/w illus. "Johnny's got big ears and a big mouth - he's so mouthy the other kids call him Johnny Know-it-all. He also has a big desire to fix things - usually other people's lives....of course, this is where the trouble started. " [osl-115] ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Signed by All Authors .