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New York: Dodd, Mead. 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Navy boards. Fine copy. White jacket is price-clipped; crease to front panel; small hole to rear gutter; VG otherwise. This Montreal author's third crime novel, set in Montreal.; Octavo. .

Toronto: Random House. 1989. Hardcover. Black boards. pp (viii), 472 + plates. Index. Remainder stripe to bottom page edges, else fine in fine jacket. 1.25 kg parcel; Octavo .

Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. Blue boards. Fine copy. Jacket has some sunning to spine and inner margins of panels, else fine.; Octavo; vi, 186 pages .

Ravenna, Italy: Longo. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers with flaps. pp 202. B&w illustrations. Text in Italian and English. Poetry. Fine copy. ; Octavo; mcm took .

(Ottawa): Oberon. 1973. First Canadian issue. Hardcover. Pale grey illustrated boards. Fine copy. De Charmoy is a British-Canadian artist. Made from sheets of the London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1973, edition. Illustrated with 19th century lithos and wood-engravings, and with captions. ; Quarto; 94 pages; pic .

New York: American Heritage. 1965. First Edition. Colour illustrated boards. pp (112). Well illustrated in colour and b&w. Covers a bit dusty, short repaired tear at top of rear joint, VG otherwise. ; Quarto .

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. 0771055684 . Inscribed by Author.; Octavo, black boards. Slight soiling to the bottom page edges, else fine. The dust jacket was laminated by a previous owner - some of the lamination has been peeled away. Minor wear. VG otherwise, still decent in appearance. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "For ____,… Read more

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Fine. c1963. New edition; Eighth Printing. Softcover. 0771055684 . Inscribed by Author.; 1.025 kg parcel; Octavo; x, 445 pages; 3 pix .

New York: Dover. Very Good. c1979. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed by Author.; pp (iii)-xvi, 382. Many illustrations. Facsimile reprint of the NY, 1922, edition. 1.25 kg parcel ; B&W Illustrations; Octavo;… Read more

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. Black boards. A very nice copy of the author's last book in his lifetime, a novel about a medical doctor.; Octavo .

Toronto: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. pp (xii), 787 + plates. Index. 1.65 kg parcel; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall .

(Eden Mills, ON): Eden Mills Writers' Festival. 2014. Softcover. pp 37, [3], stapled in white card covers with colour cover illustration. Faint cover soiling, else fine. Issued Sept., 2014. Contains one story each by Daniel Webster, Taylor Wilson, and Anastasia McEwen, and seven poems by Amelia Meister. Leon and Constance Rooke were the organizers of the… Read more

(Oakville, Ontario): Presswerk Editions. 2011. CD ROM issued in conjunction with Rooke and Calzetta's artist's book HOW GOD TALKS IN HIS SLEEP AND OTHER FABULOUS FICTIONS (Presswerks, 2011). The CD contains "Animation of Book, Sculpture, and Folios, Tony Calzetta and Leon Rooke in Conversation, 'The Scroll of Civilization' and 'Ravening Beasts', readings by Leon Rooke. The… Read more

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: Author. 2009. First Edition. Softcover. 0981209904 . Octavo, card covers. pp (viii), 153. Colour photos. Fine copy. This is an accurate descriptive bibliography of all the US and Canadian first editions (with comment on some later printings) of all of L.M. Montgomery's published books. Not just a dry reference book, it includes … Read more

Toronto: Stoddart. 1984. First printing. Softcover. 0773720235 . Card covers (not issued in hardcover). Publisher's complimentary copy with slip taped inside front cover. Text paper a bit yellowed, as always; minor cover rubbing; small creases to lower outer corners of covers; VG. The New Age #5, a novel about the theatre in Canada, particularly the early days… Read more

Toronto: Ryerson. 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author; Octavo, light green cloth. Just a little leaned, else fine. This second state jacket, with gilt G-G's sticker on front panel, has faint sunning to the magenta portion of the spine, else fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page "For___, with very best wishes. Alice… Read more

New York: Carroll & Graf. 2000. First US printing. Hardcover. Brown boards. pp (x), 278 + plates. Index. Fine in VG+ jacket. Ross was Canadian, the son of a Premier of Ontario. … Read more

London: Streamline Publications. [1954] ?. First UK printing. Softcover. Superior Books mass market paperback. Cover creases, some soft creases in text, 4 ink digits to half-title page, else a VG bright, clean and unworn copy. Watters p 393. First published NY: Hillman, 1951, in digest size paper covers. Violà dates [1954?] and locates only two copies. A… Read more

Toronto: Belford Brothers. 1876. First printing. Hardcover. pp 35, sewn, in buff paper covers. Damp stain to front and rear cover; mostly erased pencil notes to last (blank) page; lacking the bottom 1.5 cm of backstrip; VG otherwise. A political comedy in six scenes. Watters p 431. Davin, an Irish-born lawyer, journalist, and politician, was the … Read more

Windsor, ON: Biblioasis. 2021. First printing. Softcover. As new. Not issued in hardcover. Signed by Colette Maitland who contributes the story "Downsizing", which won the Metcalf-Rooke Award for best Canadian short story of the year, sponsored by yours truly. ; Octavo; 2 copies; Signed by Contributor .