African-Canadian Literature from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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The Question.
by CLARKE, Austin.
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(Toronto): M&S, (1999). First edition. Publisher's pictorial card covers with folding flaps, pp. 243. Signed: Austin Clarke / Bistro 99 / 8 November 1999 Tiny nick at head of spine, else near fine. . Item Price
$30.00

In this City.
by CLARKE, Austin.
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Toronto: Exile Editions, 1992. First edition. Publisher's pictorial card covers, pp. 214. Inscribed: For Philip Fernandez with love / Austin Clarke / 19 October 1993. Fading to spine, else near fine. . Item Price
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Rhythm an' Hardtimes.
by ALLEN, Lillian.
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Toronto: Domestic Bliss, (1982). First edition.. Soft cover. Fine. 21.2 cm x 13.9 cm, stapled card covers, 16pp. Rear cover shows picture of Allen performing and gives her address, not found on later printings. Allen's first dub poetry collection. Allen was born in Jamaica, but has lived in Toronto for many years. Fine copy.
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Nine Men Who Laughed.
by CLARKE, Austin.
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(Markham) Penguin Books, (1986). First edition. Publisher's pictorial card covers, pp. 225. "Penguin Short Fiction" series. . Signed by Clarke. Remainder stripe to bottom page edge, light edge wear to covers, else very good. . Item Price
$25.00

There Are No Elders.
by CLARKE, Austin.
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Toronto: Exile Editions, 1993. First edition. Publisher's pictorial card covers, pp. 167. Inscribed: For Philip Fernandez with love / Austin Clarke / 11 June 1994. Near fine. . Item Price
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No Language is Neutral.
by Brand, Dionne.
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Toronto Coach House Press, (1990). First edition. Card covers, pp. 51, [2]. Inscribed: For Philip / in sisterhood / Dionne Brand. Fine. . Item Price
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A Map to the Door of No Return.
by BRAND, Dionne.
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(N.p).: Doubleday Canada, (2001). First edition. Octavo, off-white boards, pp. 230. Inscribed: For Philip / ... toward a map / Dionne Brand. Fine in dust jacket. . Item Price
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Bread Out of Stone. Recollections Sex Recognitions Race Dreaming Politics.
by BRAND, Dionne.
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(Toronto): Coach House Press, (1994). First edition. Octavo, card covers with folding flaps, pp. 183, (7). Inscribed: For Philip / one love / Dionne Brand 21/5/94. Minor wear to covers, else near fine. . Item Price
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Land to Light On.
by Brand, Dionne.
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(Toronto) M&S, (1997 stated but number row ends in 99). Fourth printing. Card covers, pp. 103, [1]. Governor General's Award foil sticker affixed to front covers, announcing this title as winner in the category of Canadian poetry. Near fine. . Item Price
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What We All Long For. A Novel.
by BRAND, Dionne.
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(Toronto): Alfred A. Knopf Canada, (2005). First edition. Octavo, red boards, pp. 319, (9). Inscribed: For Philip / one love / Dionne Brand. Fine in dust jacket. . Item Price
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Talk About It!
by MAART, Rozena.
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Toronto: Williams-Wallace, 1990. In original shrink wrap, with audio cassette recording of the same title. The text on the rear cover of the book describes Maart as a "Black South African feminist scholar-cum-activist". Shrink wrap has caused the covers to bow, price sticker on spine of book, else a very good, unused copy.. Item Price
$30.00

Some Great Thing.
by HILL, Lawrence.
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(Winnipeg): Turnstone Press, (1992). First edition. Trade paperback format, pp. 240. Inscribed by Hill in 1993. Wear to corner tips, bumped at heel. crease through spine. Very good.. Item Price
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Rhythm an' Hardtimes.
by ALLEN, Lillian.
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Toronto: Domestic Bliss, (N.d). Reprint. 21.6 cm x 14 cm, stapled red card covers printed in black, pp. 16. Rear cover with advertisemnt for two other publications, which were published in 1983. Allen's first dub poetry collection. Allen was born in Jamaica, but has lived in Toronto for many years. A fine copy.. Item Price
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Eyeing the North Star. Directions in African-Canadian Literature.
by CLARKE, George Elliott. Editor.
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(Toronto): M(cClelland) & S(tewart, 1997). First edition. Inscribed by editor George Elliott Clarke and dated in 2002, and signed by Austin Clarke at his contribution. Also contains writings by Gerard Etienne, Claire Harris, Frederick Ward, Olive Senior, Pamela Mordecai, Althea Prince, M. Nourbese Philip, H. Nigel Thomas, Archibald J. Crail, Dionne Brand, Dany Laferriere, Cecil Foster, Makeda Silvera, Paul Tiyambe… Read more about this item Item Price
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Island Wings. A Memoir.
by FOSTER, Cecil.
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(Toronto): HarperCollins, (1998). Advance reading copy of the first edition. Wrappers, a touch of wear to head of spine, else a fine copy.. Item Price
$16.50

In Another Place, Not Here.
by BRAND, Dionne.
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(Toronto): Alfred A. Knopf, (1996). First edition. Octavo, blue boards, pp. 247, (1). Signed by Brand. A New York Times Editor's Choice and a New York Times Notable Book for 1998. Top edge a bit dusty, else near fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
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The Surrogate.
by RAMSARAN, Willa.
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New York: Vantage Press, (1986). First edition. 21 cm x 14.5 cm, black cloth, pp. 234. A novel of surrogate motherhood. The author was born in Trinidad of East Indian parentage. "Final Sale" rubber-stamped in small type on front free endpaper, one corner slightly bumped, else near fine in somewhat used dust jacket, with several small tears, rubbing, a short… Read more about this item Item Price
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When He was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks.
by CLARKE, Austin.
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(Toronto): Anansi, (1971). First edition, paper issue. Inscribed by Clarke in the year of publication. Clarke has been the recipient of the Toronto Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement (1992), the Martin Luther King Junior Award (1999), and the W.O. Mitchell Prize (1999). Trade paperback format, covers creased and rubbed, slight loss at head of spine, else good.. Item Price
$19.25

The Man Who Beat the Man (Nunatak Fiction Ser.)
by ANDRE, F. B.
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(Edmonton): NeWest Press, (200). First edition. mited Trade paperback format, pp. 189, [1], [2] publisher's ads. Trinidad born author who immigrated to Canada in 1971. This is his first novel. Cover with praise from Rachel Wyatt and Bill Gaston. Faint scratches to front cover, else very good.. Item Price
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At the Full and Change of the Moon.
by BRAND, Dionne.
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(Toronto): Alfred A. Knopf Canada, (1999). First edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Brand. The author was born in the Caribbean, and lives in Toronto. She has won the Governor General's Award for poetry. Slight foxing to top page edge, else near fine in dust jacket.
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