New York: Scholastic, (2007.) dj. Hardcover - Novel for older children and young adults based on a true story by this award winning writer. Elijah was the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. This book also garnered many awards; the 2008 Coretta Scott King Award], the 2008 Newbery Honor, the 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction], and the 2008 Book of the Year for Children Award of the Canadian Library Association. 341 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 9780439023443.

New York: Scholastic, (2007.). First edition - Novel for older children and young adults based on a true story by this award winning writer. Elijah was the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. This book also garnered many awards; the 2008 Coretta Scott King Award], the 2008 Newbery Honor, the 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction], and the 2008 Book of the Year for Children Award of the Canadian Library Association. 341 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 9780439023443.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, nd (c 1943.) dj. Hardcover - When he thought he was dying, Sergeant Kent of the Royal Mounted confessed to a murder he did not commit to save another man's life -now that the doctor's diagnosis turned out to be a mistake, he faces hanging.

New York: Ace Books, (1987.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A recreation of the classic fairy tale set on the streets of modern-day Canada. SIGNED on the title page and dated '11. Introduction and foreword by De Lint. Frontispiece and dust jacket art by Thomas Cantry. vii, 202 pp. ISBN: 0-441-379699.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. First edition - The Dionne quintuplets - Marie, Cecile, Emilie, Yvonne and Annette - were removed from their parents by the Canadian government after their birth and made wards of the Ontario government (they were returned to their parents in 1943.) This book emphasizes how healthy they are and how well they are developing in the protective environment set up for them (complete with a viewing area for visitors). Full of photographs of the undeniably cute girls, mostly at play. Square format soft cover.

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (c 1922). Hardcover - Last title in this series listed on verso of title page but lists to #22 at rear of book. Glossy frontispiece. 208 pp plus 4 pp publisher's advertisements,

New York: Walker, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Barbara Simons mystery, set in Montreal, Canada. When a police ride-along that she won at a charity auction takes her to the home of her former boss at the airline, she finds herself more and more involved in investigating - unofficially - his murder. SIGNED on the title page 266 pp. ISBN: 0-802733093.

New York: Walker, 1997. First edition - The second Barbara Simons mystery, set in Montreal, Canada. When a police ride-along that she won at a charity auction takes her to the home of her former boss at the airline, she finds herself more and more involved in investigating - unofficially - his murder. 266 pp.

Fiddletown, CA: Gaby Press, (2009). SIGNED first edition - "This is a novel about culture shock, love, loss, identify, belonging, the Inuit people, and the birth of the Nunavut Territory in Arctic Canada." Although it is a work of fiction, it draws on research and years of living in the area. INSCRBED by the author on the half title page. Glossary. 239 pp. ISBN: 978-0981931951.

New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - A reprint of this work originally published in London in 1833. The author's had a rather negative but narrow view of American society based on his travels in and around New Jersey, New York, and New England, and a positive experience in Canada. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 433 pp. ISBN: 0-405-054521.

Toronto: Random House of Canada, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The rather uncommon true first edition of the second novel by this Barbados born author. This is the moving story of a Caribbean immigrant woman who leaves behind everything - including, for too many years, her daughter - in order to build a better life for her family in Canada, only to find herself plunged into an alien culture and a painful struggle against racism and alienated from her beloved daughter.Dustjacket praise from E. Annie Proulx and Caryl Phillips, among others. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-39422387X.

Toronto: Harper Collins, (1996.). SIGNED - A look at the troubled state of race relations in Canada by this black novelist, who came to Canada from Barbados at the age 24. Although the title refers to how the fugitive slaves (and Foster himself) thought of Canada, the reality is quite different: "The sons and daughters of black doctors, lawyers and politicians are just as likely to drop out of school and to be harassed by the police as are the offspring of domestic servants. For many young Blacks, this situation is not acceptable. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1998. Index. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-00638028X.

Edmonton, Canada: Hurtig Publishers, (1982.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A year's diary entries (actually an amalgam of the many years she lived in Igloolik and Repulse Bay), written by an American-born Canadian living a semi-reclusive life in the Northwest Territories, and which reflect a vanishing Arctic way of life. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 192 pp. Endpaper maps. Includes a mimeographed insert which lists pseudonyms for people mentioned in the book. ISBN: 0-88830-2258.

New York: The Viking Press, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's third mystery featuring police detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker, set in Vancouver, British Columbia, and involving a lost shipment of heroin. The first book in this series was winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-670-830143.

Ontario, Canada: The Viking Press, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Canadian author's fourth mystery featuring police detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker, set in Vancouver, British Columbia, and featuring a bizarre crime - a body has been found in an iced over Chinese ornamental garden, frozen in the Lotus position. SIGNED on the title page. The first book in this series was winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-670-836753.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Canadian author's fourteenth mystery featuring police detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker, set in Vancouver, British Columbia. The kidnapping of a wealthy stock promoter and the wounding of Willow's son in a convenience store robbery seem unrelated - until new evidence is discovered . SIGNED on the title page. The first book in this series was winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. The Vancouver Sun called Gough's novels "hard-boiled but with a wickedly twisted brand of black comedy." 358 pp plus 4 pp ads. ISBN: 0-771034032.

Cleveland, Ohio: Pennington Press, (1959). Hardcover - A delightful story featuring Maggie Muggins and Mr. McGarrity. For twenty-three years during the golden age of radio in Canada, stories for children by Mary Grannan, "Just Mary," were broadcast by CBC first in radio, and starting in 1952 in television. The stories from Just Mary and Maggie Muggins were published in over thirty best-selling books. Illustrated by Bernard Zalusky in orange and black and white drawings . Large format, 60 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Cleveland, Ohio: Pennington Press, (1959). Hardcover - A delightful story featuring Maggie Muggins and Mr. McGarrity. For twenty-three years during the golden age of radio in Canada, stories for children by Mary Grannan, "Just Mary," were broadcast by CBC first in radio, and starting in 1952 in television. The stories from Just Mary and Maggie Muggins were published in over thirty best-selling books. Illustrated by Bernard Zalusky in orange and black and white drawings . Large format, 61 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, 1994. First edition - Humorous essays on the Canadian character - ranging from glossing over serious problems (a man suffering from deep depression is descibed as 'down in the dumps'), encounters with the wilderness -including a very funny story about the snapping turtle taken in by his family - and more. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-88922-3505.

New York: Dial Press / Doubleday, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth nove and perhaps her best: "Two New Yorkers used to the buzz of the Big Apple and the Metropolitan Museum, pack their books and cats in a pickup and set off for the backwoods of Atlantic Canada, their lovely young heads filled with lovely rustic dreams. From the start, things go haywire and the homesteading couple discover Law #1 of the wilderness. Nature goes its way and folks go crazy. The process is alternately hilarious and devastating." 401 pp.

New York: Scholastic, (1968.). Set mostly in Alberta, Canada against the backdrop of the attempt to eliminate cattle mange, this is a classic "horse story" - of a horse turned outlaw by mistreatment as a rodeo horse, left to die when injured, rescued by a young man who wants to be a veterinarian, only to have the horse stolen again. Originally published in 1949. 229 pp.

New York: Dutton, (1983.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this Australian born author who moved to Canada, winner of the Seal Book Award. This is a the story of a woman who accompanies her husband on a research sabbatical to South India, and who finds herself questioning her values and even her marriage as events unfold. Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in 1992. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-525241701.

New York: Bantam, (1984.). First novel by this Australian born author who moved to Canada, winner of the Seal Book Award. This is a the story of a woman who accompanies her husband on a research sabbatical to South India, and who finds herself questioning her values and even her marriage as events unfold. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-553-341162.

New York: Dutton, (1983.) dj. Hardcover - First novel by this Australian born author who moved to Canada, winner of the Seal Book Award. This is a the story of a woman who accompanies her husband on a research sabbatical to South India, and who finds herself questioning her values and even her marriage as events unfold. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-525241701.

New York: Bantam, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a young woman's search for her father, set in Australia, Canada and at MIT in Cambridge. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-553-053469.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Illustrated by the author and inspired by the Indian carvers on the Northwest coast of Canada,

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971.) dj. Hardcover - Canadian author's first novel, a modern classic which vividly portrays the beginning of the destruction of the traditional way of life of the Eskimos as they come into contact with white men. Based on stories passd down from elders about the rescue (and the ensuing events) of three whalers from New Bedford in 1896 which Houston heard during the years he spent on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Illustrated with drawings by the author. 275 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-15-1961158.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971.) dj. Hardcover - Canadian author's first novel, a modern classic which vividly portrays the beginning of the destruction of the traditional way of life of the Eskimos as they come into contact with white men. Based on stories passd down from elders about the rescue (and the ensuing events) of three whalers from New Bedford in 1896 which Houston heard during the years he spent on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Illustrated with drawings by the author. 275 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-15-1961158.