Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, (1998). First edition - Essays, written with "a poet's eye and an explorer's heart" - mostly on Canada, but also ranging into other parts of the "new world" by this award-winning writer. The final essay is a moving meditation on the life and death of a friend. 200 pp. ISBN: 1-551520613.

Kingston and Ottawa: Quarry Press & National Library of Canada, (1995). SIGNED first edition - Essay on various aspects of science fiction, fantasy and horror in Canada, with contributions by Charles de Lint, John Clute, Tanya Huff, Francine Pelletier, Terrence Green, Judith Merrill, Michael Skeet, Marc Lemaire and many others. SIGNED by Charles De Lint at his essay 'Considering Magical Realism in Canada.' A book which grew out of an exhibit at the National Library. Illustrations by Heather Spears. Bibliography. 264 pp. ISBN: 1550821504.

Saskatoon, Canada: Prairie Books, The Western Producer, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Memoir of growing up on the plains of Canada in the early years of the 20th century. "Mrs. Parson's has captured the feeling of being a part of the opening of the Canadian West through the eyes of a receptive child. She was nine in 1907 when the Wilson family moved from Iowa to farm near Lang, Saskatchewan. She attended Normal School in Weyburn and then taught in rural schools in Yellow Grass, Bengough and Khedive." 144 pp.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 16th novel in the award winning Three Pines series featuring Inspector Gamache of the Quebec Surete - "On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather for a family dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. But the evening ends in horror when Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Armand is convinced is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on an elderly man's life.. . as Armand begins to uncover the secrets his godfather has kept hidden for decades, he finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and deceit that threatens to destroy everything - he holds dear." 439 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1250145239.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 15th novel in the award winning Three Pines series featuring Inspector Gamache of the Quebec Surete, who has just returned to his position as head of homicide - as flood waters are rising, a distraught father pleads with him to find his missing daughter 433 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1250066213.

New York: MIinotaur Books - St Martin's, (2014.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Chief Inspector Gamache novel, set in an idyllic tiny village in Quebec province, where Gamache is now happily retired. 373 pp. ISBN: 9781250022066.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2017). Hardcover first edition - Novel in the award winning series featuring Chief Superintendent Armand Gamache, centering on the village of Three Pines. 391 pp. ISBN: 978-1250066190.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2017). First edition - Novel in the award winning series featuring Chief Superintendent Armand Gamache, centering on the village of Three Pines. Author's note. 391 pp.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring Armand Gamache, head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec, set in the town of Three Pines just as it is beginning to emerge from the lockdown, isolation and fears of the pandemic years - but then he is requested to provide security at a speech being given by a university professor - a statistician who uses her statistical studies, and plausible manner, to argue that involuntary euthanasia of the weak and elderly is the only way forward. Illustrated endpapers. 436 pp. ISBN: 978-1250145260.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The twelfth novel in the award winning Three Pines series featuring Inspector Gamache of the Quebec Surete, one which "pulls back the layers to reveal a brilliant and emotionally powerful truth . . . When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes. Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets." 389 pp. ISBN: 978-1250022134.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - The eighteenth thriller in the award-winning series featuring Armand Gamache, head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec, set in the town of Three Pines, The story of two damaged young people whose mother was murdered when they were children, it also briefly references the real life 1989 ƒcole Polytechnique massacre which was the impetus for stricter gun control laws in Canada. 390 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1250145291.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - :A Chief Inspector Gamache mystery. "When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Surete du Quebec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her will. Still on suspension, and frankly curious, Gamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landers, the bookseller from Three Pines, and a young builder. None of them had ever met the elderly woman." 389 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1250066206.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2017). Hardcover first edition - Novel in the award winning series featuring Chief Superintendent Armand Gamache, centering on the village of Three Pines. 391 pp. ISBN: 978-1250066190.

Akron, OH: Saalfield, (1933.). Hardcover - Mystery story for older children set in Nova Scotia. Frontispiece.

New York: St Martin's, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's first novel and the first book in the Sunday murder mysteries series, introducing gay Montreal lawyer Geoffrey Chadwick, who, after "accidentally" killing a hustler, finds himself with a dead body he needs to dispose of. Publishers Weekly noted "Although Chadwick is abrasively disdainful early on, he is fascinating when he loosens up. Phillips keeps the reader hopping with throwaway quotations from Donne and scatalogical references and puns.. . a witty, mordant work."" 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312010974.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1925.). Hardcover - A story of the fur trade set in the remote Northwest frontier on the Drowning River of Canada. 351 pp.

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five years before, the author and husband left their native Connecticut for an abandoned farmhouse in New Brunswick, Canada. This book chronicles their life there in the country they made their own, illustrated with over 75 stunningly beautiful full-color photographs by the author. Printed on heavy glossy stock throughout - a book to savor and enjoy. 143 pp. ISBN: 1-556704607.

New York: New International, 1987. First edition - Features articles on "The Second Assassination of Maurice Bishop" by Larry Clark (the first was his killing in Grenada in 1983, the second assassination was destroying his legacy), "Cuba: A Historic Moment (two speeches by Fidel Castro )", "The Fifty Year Domestic Contra Operation by Larry Seigle, "Land, Labor and the Canadian Revolution" by Michel Dugre, and more. 272 pp.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, (1955.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of eleven year old Jacques and his family's most prized possession: a miniature canoe with 'little chief' in it, given to his ancestors by an Indian chief. Set on the remote Gaspe peninsula on Canada's Atlantic coast.. Illustrated by Nils Hogner with small black and white drawings and illustrated endpapers. 115 pp.

New York: Walker, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - At age 18, Pyrde, an orphan, ex-merchant seaman, disgruntled factory worker, anwered an ad for a fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, and emigrated to Canada, where he spent the next 12 years living in some of the most remote regions of the North. Illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs. Map endpapers. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-0369-0.

New York: Delacorte, (2000) dg. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's first novel, a Gothic thriller described as "at once a classic murder mystery, an intricate legal thriller, and a novel of pure psychological terror." 385 pp. ISBN: 0-38533446x.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c 1928). Hardcover - The fourth book in this adventure series for boys set in the Far North woods.Plain frontispiece."Dick Kent must match wits with a dangerous criminal to find the legendary "Blind Man's Pass." Lists to #5 on the title page. 223 pp.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c 1928) dj. Hardcover - The sixth book in this adventure series for boys set in the Far North Woods. Plain frontispiece. A murder has been committed and the Mounties are on the trail, but they enlist Dick Kent, Sandy MacClaren, and Toma, a young Indian, as special deputies. Lists to #5 on the title page. Plain frontispiece. 228 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1989). Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring private investigator, J.K.G. Jantarro, set in Toronto. ISBN: 0-684-190761.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983 (c 1970) dj. Hardcover - Autobiography of a man born in southwest Alberta in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, and who still runs a working ranch there - a look back at his life as a cowboy, broncbuster, trapper, guide, outfitter, rancher and wildlife photographer. Illustrated with photographs and drawings at the head of each chapter. xv, 298 pp. ISBN: 0-39444938X.

New York: Newmarket Press, (2007.). SIGNED - Saltzman, the daughter of Toronto filmmaker and the acclaimed Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, tells the story of how she reunited with her mother during the shooting of the controversial film "Water;" about the fate of Hindu widows in India in 1938. SIGNED on the title page. Maps, photographs. Afterword by Deepa Mehta. Reading group guide. Index. 287 pp. ISBN: 9781557047854.

New York: Newmarket Press, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - Saltzman, the daughter of Toronto filmmaker and the acclaimed Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, tells the story of how she reunited with her mother during the shooting of the controversial film "Water;" about the fate of Hindu widows in India in 1938. INSCRIBED and dated in October 2007 on the title page. Maps, photographs. Afterword by Deepa Mehta. Reading group guide. Index. 287 pp. ISBN: 9781557047854.

Toronto: Stoddart, (1998). SIGNED - The author's first novel, set in the proud, tight knit Black community of the Little Burgundy district of Quebec in the mid-1940s. It follows the life of Marion Willow, a Black widow, working two jobs as she attempts to raise her three daughters with dignity despite the limitations placed on them due to segregation. INSCRIBED on the title page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-773780024.

Ontario: Cormorant Books, (1997). First edition - "In The Blue Circus Jacques Savoie plunges into a world in which music harmonizes with the poetry of Baudelaire. In the same breath he transports us beyond words into a place where the memories that we think we share can be transformed into dreams." Translated from the French by Sheila Fischman.154 pp. ISBN: 1-89695104X.