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KICKING TOMORROW.
Edition: First US printing and first hardcover edition.
New York: Random House, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's first novel, a coming of age story set in the mid-1970s. "18-year-old Robbie Bookbinder is bummed out and bored. . Sex feels outmoded, drugs don't seem to deliver like they used to, and rock and roll's a bust in tired old Montreal. Quebec's arming up for a cultural revolution, and bike gangs are warring in the streets." 310 pp. ISBN: 0-679411887.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89839More details Price: $18.50 -
SPIDER BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 13th novel to feature forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. When a corpse in Canada is identified as that of an American soldier who died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam in 1968, Brennan is called in to investigate. Recommended - an excellent series, better in my opinion, than the Patricia Cornwell books. The popular television series "Bones" is nominally based on these books. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1439102398.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket (some light toning).
Book ID: 89383More details Price: $18.00 -
JUMP.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Toronto: McArthur & Company, (2000). First edition - Set in Montreal, this is the first novel by this playwright - the story of a woman who is a freelance journalist, a single mother and a passionate Montrealer - her ex-husband is heading for a breakdown, her children are declaring their independence and she is trying to find a new sense of purpose. 350 pp. ISBN: 0-15528133X.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages)
Book ID: 84506More details Price: $15.00 -
PERILOUS RELATIONS.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84469More details Price: $30.00 -
GRAVE SECRETS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh novel to feature forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. While in wintry Montreal to testify at a murder trial, she finds herself involved with a case of three skeletons in the basement of a pizza parlor - recent skeletons, of young women. The author is herself a forensic anthropologist for both the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec . Recommended - an excellent series, better in my opinion, than the Patricia Cornwell books. SIGNED on the title page. The popular television series "Bones" is nominally based on these books. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-743233476.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (some light toning).
Book ID: 82874More details Price: $30.00 -
PERILOUS RELATIONS.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
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.
Condition: Very near fine in printed violet wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped) A rather uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 69090More details Price: $16.50 -
ALANIS OBOMSAWIN: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2006). First edition - The first book devoted to any Native American filmmaker. "In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television." Illustrated with black and white photographs.Includes filmography, list of Native American documentaries, notes, bibliography, index. xxvi, 260 pp. ISBN: 0-803280459.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 63130More details Price: $27.50