Fiction from Come By Chance Books (IOBA)

New York, New York, USA: Harper/Collins, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 479 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American edition. Signed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author on the title page. In protective jacket. Doris Lessing (1919-2013) was born to British parents in Iran and wrote extensively and movingly about her years in Zimbabwe. An excellent… Read more about this item

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 185 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With printed Kroch's & Brentano's sheet, signed by pioneering bookseller Carl A. Kroch bound in. Maroon covers with gilt inlay. Bumping to spine extremities. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Edgewear and small nicks to dust… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Grove Press, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair+. 287 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light toning to page edges otherwise clean and unmarked. Light surface wear to covers. Edgewear, chipping with some loss at edges of dust jacket. Jules Laforgue (1860-1887) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet often associated with the… Read more about this item

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 376 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Maureen Jennings on the title page. Bright and unmarked. A pristine signed copy by the Canadian author of 'Under the Dragon's Tail', 'Let Loose the Dogs' and 'Except the Dying'

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 442 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Maureen Jennings on the title page. Clean and unmarked. A pristine signed copy by the Canadian author of 'Poor Tom is Cold', 'Under the Dragon's Tail' and 'Except the Dying'

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 376 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first volume in The Salterton Trilogy. First published in September, 1951. This copy was reprinted in November, 1951. Signed by the author Robertson Davies. Davies crossed out his printed name on the title page in… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1998. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine+/Fine. 259 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated by Edith Grossman. Signed by translator Edith Grossman on the title page. From the personal collection of Greg Gatenby- Canadian writer, poet and founder of the Harbourfront Reading Series and the International Festival… Read more about this item

London, England: William Heinemann Ltd. , 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. 328 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Enid Bagnold on the front free endpaper and warmly inscribed to Canadian actress Frances Hyland: "To Frances Hyland "Gertie" : With deep thanks and hopes to a future life for Gertie- from… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2003. Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. Very Good. 333 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Colum McCann on the title page and inscribed to Greg Gatenby- Canadian writer and founder of the International Festival of Authors and with his signature on the front… Read more about this item

Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones B, 2001. First Spanish Edition. Softcover. Fine. 238 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text in Spanish. Traduccion de Carmen Franci. Signed by the author Jim Crace on the title page and inscribed to Greg Gatenby, Canadian writer, poet and founder of the International Festival of Authors. Gatenby was responsible for inviting… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Editions de L'Olivier, 1997. First French Edition. Softcover. Fine+/Very Good+. 405 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. French text. Traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Pierre Carasso et Jacqueline Huet. Signed by the author Jay McInerney and inscribed on the front free endpaper to Greg Gatenby. Gatenby is a Canadian writer, poet and the founder of… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. As New. 272 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Russell Banks and inscribed by him on the title page to Greg Gatenby- Canadian writer, poet and founder of the Harbourfront Reading Series and the International Festival of Authors. From… Read more about this item

London, England: Secker and Warburg, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 342 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author and inscribed by her on the front free endpaper to Greg Gatenby, founder of the International Festival of Authors in Toronto, Canada. With Gatenby's signature on the ffep also. Light bump to… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: The Viking Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 456 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by the American author T. Coraghessan Boyle and inscribed by him on the title page to Greg Gatenby- Canadian writer, poet and founder of the International Festival of Authors. From Gatenby's personal… Read more about this item

London, England: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1980. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 219 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated by the American author T. Coraghessan Boyle on the title page. From the collection of Greg Gatenby- Canadian writer, poet and founder of the International Festival of Authors and with his signature on the… Read more about this item

Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good. 240 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Australian first edition. Inscribed by the author Thomas Keneally on the title page to Greg Gatenby. With Canadian writer/poet Gatenby's signature on the front free endpaper. Greg Gatenby was the founder of the International Festival of Authors and… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: E.P. Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 148 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Signed on the title page. From Greg Gatenby's personal library and with his signature on the front free endpaper. Gatenby is a Canadian writer, poet and founder of the International Festival… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 176 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Harper Short Novel Series. Signed by the author Bobbie Ann Mason and inscribed by her on the title page to Greg Gatenby- literary impresario and founder of the International Festival of… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985. Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. Good+. 245 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Bobbie Ann Mason and inscribed by her on the title page to Greg Gatenby- literary impresario and founder of the International Festival of Authors. From Gatenby's personal collection and… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 772 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author John Barth (1930-) and inscribed by him on the half title to Greg Gatenby- Canadian writer, poet and founder of the International Festival of Authors. From Gatenby's personal library… Read more about this item