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By: Foran, Charles (signed) ( Mordecai Richler related)
Price: $39.53
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Knopf Canada, 2010, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 160782
------------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, --- 738 pages, b&w photos, signed by Foran without inscription, ---"Foran's book is IT: the definitive, detailed, intimate portrait of Mordecai Richler, the lion of Canadian literature, and the turbulent, changing times that nurtured him. It is also an extraordinary love story that lasted half a century. --The first major biography with access to family letters and archives. Mordecai Richler was an o... View more info
Price: $26.33
Publisher: USA, USA: XLibris Publishing, 2011, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2011
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed (see description)
Seller ID: 163344
------------trade paperback, about 6w x 9h inches, a Very Good to Very Good+ example, a bit of light rubbing and edge wear, signed by the author, ---"Norm Foster has been called Canada's preeminent comic playwright, and he is also one of the most prolific and most produced of all Canadian playwrights. Halifax Chronicle-Herald columnist Ron Foley writes "Foster's stage writing remains one of Canada's greatest theatrical treasures", and The Calgary Herald descr... View more info
By: Fowler, Marian (signed) ( Sara Jeanette Duncan related)
Price: $26.33
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON / Buffalo, NY / London, UK / Sydney, Australia: Anansi, 1983, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 155288
------------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, in a Very Good dustjacket with some very small nicks and a bit of light rubbing, signed by FOWLER on the front balnk endpaper, 333 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo View more info
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2002, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 144906
-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed by the author, ---"Our house, in Little Italy, shared a wall with the Rossis’ next door, and our clothesline connected with the Pilettis’ behind us. My mother used to say that if one of the neighbours’ houses was swallowed up by hell, we would all be pulled down with them. Smart, witty, and emotionally generous, Tempting Faith DiNapoli is first-time novelist Lisa Gabriele’s alternately ... View more info
By: Garner, Hugh
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Ryerson, 1968, 1st Hardcover Edition, First printing: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 143391
----------hardcover, a Very Good+ copy with light rubbing, in a lightly chipped and torn but heavily rubbed dustjacket, ink name on front blank endpaper has been blacked out, originally released as a Paperback Original in the 1940's this edition is greatly expanded, scarce, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED/// View more info
By: Garner, Hugh
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Collins White Circle # CD 482, 1950, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1950
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 154065
------------paperback, a strong Very Good copy of this early Garner work set in the working class neighbourhood, affectionately known as Cabbagetown, better than most copies as this is often found in well read condition because --well-- this was a piece of Canadian writing that was actually read, light wear but an attractive copy of this vintage paperback, a bit of age toning to paper, the later hardcover edition was issued as Garner intended as this pb edition was heavi... View more info
By: Garner, Hugh
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Collins White Circle # CD 482, 1950, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1950
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 154066
------------paperback, a strong Very Good copy of this early Garner work set in the working class neighbourhood, affectionately known as Cabbagetown, better than most copies as this is often found in well read condition because --well-- this was a piece of Canadian writing that was actually read, pencil name on endpaper, light wear but an attractive copy of this vintage paperback, a bit of age toning to paper, the later hardcover edition was issued as Garner intended as ... View more info
By: George, Chief Da, Drawings By Helmut Hirnschall
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Saanichton, British Columbia / Toronto, Ontario, Saanichton, BC / Toronto, ON: Hancock House / Clarke Irwin, 1974, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 160196
-----------hardcover, about 8 x 9.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, bound in rust cloth, in an attractive Good dustjacket with some light rubbing and some short closed tears, some sunning to rear panel, gift inscription on front blank endpaperr, a nice example of the 1st edition, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo View more info
Price: $19.73
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, a Division of Random House Canada, 2010, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 157130
----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed without inscription by Camilla Gibb, ---"Tu' is a young tour guide working in Hanoi for a company called New Dawn. While he leads tourists through the city, including American vets on "war tours," he starts to wonder what it is they are seeing of Vietnam--and what they miss entirely. Maggie, who is Vietnamese by birth but has lived most her life in the U.S., has returned to her country of... View more info
By: Gildiner, Catherine (signed)
Price: $17.09
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Knopf Canada, 2005, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2005
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 155983
-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by the author, ---"During her decade in prison, Kate Fitzgerald has learned a few things. The best way to survive is to absorb yourself in your own world. Never make eye contact with your fellow inmates. And the last person you can trust is your prison psychiatrist - not only is he likely to be lazy and incompetent (really, why else wouldn’t he be getting rich off of well-heeled... View more info
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: ChiZine, 2010, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 152365
----------softcover, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, unread, ---Revolution has broken out in the Forsaken Isles. The islanders have risen up to drive out the Inning Empire, but still they have no one to unite them. Only an Ison can do that—a leader whose heart has been cleansed by the curing of dhota-nur. The power to create an Ison lies in the hands of three people, and none of them are heroes. Spaeth has the ancient Lashnura heritage, but does she have the stat... View more info
Price: $98.93
Publisher: Markham, Ontario, Markham, ON.: Paperjacks / Paper Jacks, 1974, 1st Paperback Edition, Later (14th)Printing: 1986
Edition: Later Printing of the first Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 162201
----------paperback, a Near Fine example, the nicest copy I ahve had in 25+ years of selling, two school stamps, a bit of age toning to paper, unread, no creases, ---this was released in the US by an American publisher as DEATH WIND but was also released as The LAST AMERICAN by PaperJacks-presumably for export to the American market (copies of The LAST AMERICAN are otherwise identical to the Canadian Paperjacks edition but extremely scarce), "Almost alone on an empt... View more info
Price: $65.93
Publisher: Markham, Ontario, Markham, ON.: Paperjacks / Paper Jacks, 1974, 1st Paperback Edition, Later (12th) Printing: 1986
Edition: Later Printing of the first Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 163151
----------paperback, a solid Good to Very Good example, a bit of age toning to paper, spine creases, front endpaper has been removed, ---this was released in the US by an American publisher as DEATH WIND but was also released as The LAST AMERICAN by PaperJacks-presumably for export to the American market (copies of The LAST AMERICAN are otherwise identical to the Canadian Paperjacks edition but extremely scarce), "Almost alone on an empty continent --- Eugene Arnp... View more info
By: Hemon, Louis, Translated By W H Blake
Price: $13.13
Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Macmillan, 1924, 1st Illustrated Edition, First Printing: 1924
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 157790
-----------hardcover, a Very Good copy, fading to the spine, lovely illustrations, gift inscription and bookplate on verso of front cover, brief note tipped in on rear blank endpaper, a very nice edition, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo View more info
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: HarperCollins / Harper Collins / Harper Perennial / HarperPerennial, 2007, 1st Softcover Edition, Later Printing: 2007
Edition: Later printing(s)
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 144779
-----------trade paperback, a Very Good+ copy with a wee bit of very light wear, signed without inscription by Hill, ---"Langston Cane V is 38, divorced and working as a government speech writer, until he's fired for sabotaging the minister's speech. It now seems like the perfect time for Langston the eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father to embark on a quest for his family's past and his own sense of self. In a story that slips seamlessly... View more info
Price: $19.73
Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press, 2005, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing: 2005
Edition: Later Printing of the first Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 146574
-----------trade paperback, a Near Fine copy, signed and inscribed by Hill, ---"Mahatma Grafton is a disillusioned university graduate burdened with a famous name, and suffering from the curse of his generation -- a total lack of interest in the state of the world. The son of a retired railway porter from Winnipeg, he returns home for a job as a reporter with The Winnipeg Herald. Soon Mahatma is scoping local stories of murder and mayhem, breaking a promise to himsel... View more info
Price: $19.73
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: HarperCollins / Harper Collins, 2007, 1st Softcover Edition, Later Printing: 2007
Edition: Later printing(s)
Inscription: Signed (see description)
Seller ID: 147015
-----------trade paperback, a Near Fine copy with a wee bit of very light rubbing, signed and inscribed by Lawrence Hill, ---in the US, Australia and New Zealand this was released with a different title, news reports indicate that Hill's book was to be burned by a Dutch Surinamese group ( Federation for Honour and Reparation of Slavery in Surinam ) who object to the use of the term Negroes, ----"Kidnapped as a child from Africa, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South ... View more info
Price: $17.09
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: HarperCollins / Harper Collins / Harper Perennial / HarperPerennial, 1997, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing: 1997
Edition: Later printing(s)
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 147339
-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, gift inscription on front blank endpaper, signed without inscription by Hill, ---"Langston Cane V is 38, divorced and working as a government speech writer, until he's fired for sabotaging the minister's speech. It now seems like the perfect time for Langston the eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father to embark on a quest for his family's past and his own sense of self. In a... View more info
Price: $32.93
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: HarperCollins / Harper Collins, 2007, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed (see description)
Seller ID: 162475
-----------hardcover, about 6.5 x 9.25 inches, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, likely an unread copy, signed and inscribed "For Shirley all the best, Larry Hill Jan 28/08", ----- in the US, Australia and New Zealand this was released with a different title, news reports indicate that Hill's book was to be burned by a Dutch Surinamese group ( Federation for Honour and Reparation of Slavery in Surinam ) who object to the use of the term Negroes, ---... View more info
Price: $26.33
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: HarperCollins / Harper Collins, 2007, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed (see description)
Seller ID: 162672
-----------hardcover, about 6.5 x 9.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, slight stress mark on spine from having been read, in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, signed and inscribed in the year of publication "For C________Best wishes, Larry Hill August 19/07", ----- in the US, Australia and New Zealand this was released with a different title, news reports indicate that Hill's book was to be burned by a Dutch Surinamese group ( Federation for Honour and Reparation... View more info
