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First Gustave Dore Illustrated Edition. Prolifically Illustrated 425 images produced from wood engravings. Justly famous thus. Text in French. Signature of J [Ames] M [CGILL] STRACHAN; Soldier, lawyer, Toronto City Councilman. He was the eldest son of bishop John Strachan, first anglican bishop of toronto, and the founder of trinity college now part of the university of toronto.

Review copy with attractive bookplate on First Free Endpaper. Resulting [Critical] review posted to blank page following.

Brodart. After the Remarkable success of Benchley's JAWS as a book and a movie, the author returns to the water. The deep is his third novel. It also was the basis for a movie starring, starring Jacqueline bisset & robert shaw.

Brodart. EX-Library [Tape Residue marks on front and rear Pastedown]. Withdrawn stamp on rear free endpaper. Celebrated Author of this book won the booker prize.

Introspective novel about a young woman obeserving and trying to understand people around her, just prior to world war II. Very highly thought of novel, by a well respected author.

Bottom quarter of spine missing. Paper covered boards, no doubt intended for re-binding [page edges untrimmed]. Text Block otherwise near fine. Eight delightful full page illustrations by George Cruikshank. Faustian story of a regretted pact with the devil. Gift inscription from Edward b. brown [nephew of George brown founder of the globe newspaper in Toronto] to P [Luaus] A [Emilius] Irving, son of Amelius Irving and himself a British Columbia jurist.

First Printing of the Simon and Schuster Edition. This is Bradburry's classic novel. Issued because of a renewed interest in the book, as a consequence of the movie of the same name that came out the previous year. Not the commonly found book club edition. Dystopian novel about the destruction of books by fire and the threat to the dissemination of ideas that follows. Rare in this edition.

Limited to 3250 Copies. Leather spine badly deteriorated. Faux wooden boards with doubled edges. Wonderful cream coloured hand made paper with broad margins. Eight impressive full-page illustrations by robert Locher enhance the text. Mylar Protection.

Signed, inscribed and dated by Buck on the Half Title. One time the general secretary of the communist party of canada. Buck spent time in prison for his views. On the behest of the canadian government, shots were fired in his cell in what may have been an attempt to assassinate him! Front and Covers Creased. Uncommon: rare with authors signature.