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A HOUSE NAMED BRAZIL.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83451More details Price: $35.00 -
ICE TRAP.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's award-winning and very highly praised first novel, a "gripping thriller set in a fascinating and exotic locale" of the sub-Arctic wilderness (Peter Robinson). 340 pp. ISBN: 1416539972.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 48100More details Price: $20.00 -
THE RAMBLER CLUB WITH THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED. #11 in series.
Edition: First edition.
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1914. Hardcover first edition - The adventures of Bob Somers and his four friends of Kingswood, Wisconsin, who formed the Rambler Club - in this they travel to the great northwest, planning on camping out and meeting up with a friend from Arizona who had joined the Mounties. Introduction by the author. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and four internal plates by the author. One of two titles issued in 1914 - this lists 11 titles on both the title page and the final page. 312 pp.
Condition: Good only in tan cloth with dark brown lettering - tear to cloth at top of spine, previous owner's name on front endpaper, other wear, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 74166More details Price: $25.00 -
LORD OF THE PLAINS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
New York: Ballantine, (1990). First edition - Historical novel set in Canada. "When Gabriel and Madelaine Dumont settle along the Saskatchewan, no land office exists to register their claims. But by the mid-1880s, railroad and telegraph lines have brought the Ottawa administration closer--and the government is selling land occupied by Indians and early settlers. Enlisting the help of Louis Riel (leader of an earlier uprising and a religious visionary), the settlers and Indians stage the Great Northwest Rebellion, pitting their knowledge of the plains against the Canadian police's superior numbers, heavy artillery and Gatling machine guns." Author's note, maps. 406 pp. ISBN: -345356004.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 79145More details Price: $16.50 -
THE CANADIAN DOMINION: A Chronicle of Our Northern Neighbor (The Chronicles of America Series #49)
Edition: Early printing.
New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, (c. 1919). Hardcover - History of Canada. Bibliographical note, index.Small format. ix, 296 pp.
Condition: Very good in light olive green cloth ("Canada" written on the spine.)
Book ID: 57912More details Price: $12.50 -
DAUGHTERS OF CAPTAIN COOK.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition in Canada.
Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys 1988. SIGNED first edition - True first edition of the first novel by this Kansas-born writer (the wife of Michael Ondaatje, who is credited with the cover photo) who now lives in Canada, but spent a number of years in Hawaii, where this novel is set. SIGNED on the title page. #40 in the International Fiction List. Cover praise from Timothy Findley and others. 218 pp,. ISBN: 0-88619-1718.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps (some toning to the pages)
Book ID: 25235More details Price: $35.00 -
THE LIMITS OF SANITY.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - The scarce true first edition of this book by a British Columbia journalist which recounts the bizarre murder spree of Dale Merle Nelson, a Canadian logger, who - reportedly under the influence of LSD - murdered eight of his neighbors - during one night in September 1970, as well as inflicting upon them acts of mutilation, necrophilia, and cannibalism. Despite the sensationalism of the crime, this is a serious look at how well the justice system deals with such events, and how it fails us in these cases. Nelson was deemed sane by state psychiatrists and sentenced to life. Map. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-771083394.
Condition: Near fine (lower corners slightly bumped) in a good only dust jacket with overall rubbing and edgewear, some foxing to the verso of dj, original price of 5.95 on dj flap) .
Book ID: 86656More details Price: $150.00 -
THE TRICKING OF FREYA.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a story of a little known Icelandic-Canadian immigrant culture. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (corners of covers curling a little.)
Book ID: 48700More details Price: $25.00 -
THE TRICKING OF FREYA.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a story of a little known Icelandic-Canadian immigrant culture. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. 344 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new.)
Book ID: 51894More details Price: $30.00 -
DO NOT SAY WE HAVE NOTHING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2016). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, the story of two generations of an extended family in China from the days of Mao's Cultural Revolution to their children who were among the students protesting in Tiananmen Square, as two young women- Marie and Ai-Ming - try to piece together the story of their fractured family now living in Vancouver. Winner of the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award and the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 473 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to the edges of the textblock).
Book ID: 86110More details Price: $75.00 -
A MAP OF GLASS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
San Francisco: McAdam / Cage, (2006.) dj. Hardcover - A novel which interweaves two stories - one set in contemporary Toronto and the other the story of a family in the nineteenth century on the shores of Lake Ontario. 371 pp. ISBN: 1596921706.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52817More details Price: $15.00 -
A MAP OF GLASS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
San Francisco: McAdam / Cage, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which interweaves two stories - one set in contemporary Toronto and the other the story of a family in the nineteenth century on the shores of Lake Ontario. 371 pp. ISBN: 1596921706.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 55656More details Price: $22.50 -
MY PRESENT AGE.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: Macmillan, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel (second book) by this prize-winning writer who in 1986 was named one of Canada's 10 best fiction writers. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-7715-98149.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (book slightly over-opened before half title page)
Book ID: 62514More details Price: $25.00 -
ON EVERY STONE.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
Toronto: Pedlar Press, (2002.). First edition - First collection of poetry by this Canadian author. Long commentary by Molly Peacock who talks about how these poems, many of which reflect on the ties between sisters, were inspired by the disappearance of Vigier's sister. 85 pp. ISBN: 0-9686522-98.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 44911More details Price: $18.00 -
FLASHBACK.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Police chief Reid Bennett and his German shepherd Sam, set in the one-policeman town of Murphy's Harbour. 224 pp. Dust jacket illustration by James Sullivan. ISBN: 0-684-194147.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58292More details Price: $15.00 -
WHEN THE KILLING STARTS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Police chief Reid Bennett and his German shepherd Sam, set in the one-policeman town of Murphy's Harbour. 278 pp. Dust jacket illustration by John Gampert. ISBN: 0-684-183315.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63462More details Price: $17.50 -
LIVE BAIT.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third Reid Bennett mystery, set in Toronto, Canada. 212 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-684183307.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66635More details Price: $15.00 -
DEATH IN THE OLD COUNTRY: An Inspector Charlie Salter Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: Collins, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Toronto cop Charlie Salter who is vacationing in England with his wife, Annie. After a minor road accident, they discover an inn which delights them so much they decide to stay a few days - but their stay is cut short when their landlord is found dead, stabbed in his office. Salter is allowed to observe the investigation, but he cannot help becoming more involved. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-002228475.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant, one short closed tear to the dj).
Book ID: 73255More details Price: $20.00 -
SMOKE DETECTOR: An Inspector Charlie Salter Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: Collins, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Toronto cop Charlie Salter who is investigating the death in an arson fire of a second-hand furniture dealer operating at the shady end of the antiques trade.186 pp. ISBN: 0-002228475.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (slight spine slant)
Book ID: 73264More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LAST HAND.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: The Dundurn Group, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The last in the series featuring Inspector Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police, who is feeling useless as his time to retire gets closer - and then he is given one last homicide investigation. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-0888822391.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73285More details Price: $28.50 -
A KILLING CLIMATE: Collected Short Mysteries.
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains all of this award-winning Canadian writer's short stories, including a locked-room mystery, "An Irish Jig" and several set in the Hudson Bay area. Also included is the first short tale about Charlie Salter, a novella, "The Lady of Shalott," written especially for this book, a checklist of Eric Wright's works and a new introduction by Wright. Number 111 of 225 copies sewn in cloth and SIGNED and numbered by the author on a special preliminary page. Laid in is a separately printed pamphlet, "Lodgings for the Night" by Eric Wright. 211 pp plus colophon. Pamphet has 9 pp. ISBN: 1-885941870.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.) plus fine pamphlet.
Book ID: 78995More details Price: $35.00 -
SLEEP WHILE I SING.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Karl Alberg mystery, set in British Columbia, by this Edgar award winning author.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light shelfwear to lower edges of boards, crease on dj flap.)
Book ID: 13655More details Price: $28.00 -
FARTHING'S FORTUNES.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, one which "sees our hero (seduced at 15 by his amorous guardian) fleeing rural Canada to set forth on a lifelong journey of adventure - a search which takes him to the bustling, immigrant-filled New York City of the 1890s; to the Klondike Gold Rush; to Europe, where he runs into the "war to end all wars"; and to the rail yards and hobo jungles of the Great Depression. . . a picaresque tale that is a triumph of the comic imagination." SIGNED on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-7705-14332.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61126More details Price: $35.00 -
THE OTHER PARKSVILLE: Where Our Hearts and Souls Live.
Edition: First printing, a slim trade paperback.
British Columbia, Canada: By the author, 1997. SIGNED first edition - The third book of poetry by this Canadian author, journalist and magazine publisher. Many of the poems refect the area where he lives, on Arbutus Bay in British Columbia. SIGNED on the first page with the words "compliments of." 84 pp.
Condition: Near fine in printed yellow wrappers.
Book ID: 83548More details Price: $16.50