Fiction from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Fredericton, N. B.: University Press of New Brunswick, 1951 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition (No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth over boards with black lettering. Unclipped dustjacket is worn, torn and missing the bottom third of the spine section. Front flap attached only at top third. A romance of… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Musson Book Company Ltd., 1947 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Colour Frontispiece, B & W Map and Illustrations. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original beige cloth on boards with blue lettering. Venture Books for Boys. Covers hand-soiled. It looks as if liquid (coffee?) was spilled when the owner was reading page 142 - several… Read more about this item

Ottawa, ON: Oberon Press, 1981 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige softcover. Previous owner's bookplate. Corners slightly riffled. This book was the New Brunswick author's third novel. It is about a dysfunctional family in the Miramichi. 283 pp..

London: Blackie and Son, Limited, 1903 Book. Illus. by Six Illustrations By G. Demain Hammond. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth illustrated with lady painter on boards with gilt lettering. Previous owner's name. Kathy Fairclough is the eldest of four children of the widower, Dr. Fairclough, an academic. Only 14 when… Read more about this item

Saint John, N.B.: Dreamcatcher Publishing, 2005 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. First Printing Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cream trade paperback with photo of monkey and black lettering. A collection of short fictional pieces on various themes, from Che Guevara to the goldfields of the Yukon and back home to New Brunswick. Scarce..

Toronto: George J. McLeod, Ltd., 1925 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on boards. Deals with mother-daughter-lover triangle, with emphasis upon the mother's struggle to speak and be heard, in defiance of societal expectations. Previous owner's name. Minor edge soil. 342 pp..… Read more about this item

Saint John, NB: Daily News Steam Job Office, 1878 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 Inches. Original dark green pebbled cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Front hinge badly cracked. Previous owner's name and address. Minor wear to corners. Rev. Wilson was a Methodist minister in Saint John, NB,… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1924 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original bright red cloth with black titles on boards. This novel is described as an adventure on the Prairies (the author lived in Manitoba). 301 pp..

London: The Book Club, 1940 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 6 x 9. Original red cloth over boards. Top page edges stained red. Previous owner's name on back of half title page, and on last page: "The End. Yes - Now please return to (previous owner)". This is Volume One of "The Herries Chronicle", a family saga… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1955 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Originial blue cloth on boards with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear to corners. Some water spotting to cover. Back half of the dustjacket and a newspaper article about the author laid in. A novel of… Read more about this item

Toronto: Musson Book Company Limited Book. Illus. by Colour Frontispiece And A B & W Illustration By F. Graham Coates. Good Minus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 5 1/2 x 7 Inches. Original olive green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Front hinge broken halfway down, rear hinge cracked. Missing FFEP. Minor edgewear. Dent in edge of front… Read more about this item

London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press Book. Illus. by Eva Roos. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Reprint. 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 Inches. Original maroon cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Mermaid endpapers. Previous owner's name. Hand-soiled yellow dustjacket has missing pieces at top and bottom of spine. Both hinges starting. This novel was a Victorian best-seller,… Read more about this item

Toronto/Boston and New York: William Briggs/Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908 Book. Illus. by 4 Colour Plates By F.C. Yohn. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 Inches. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and embossed design in cover. First two front free endpapers have been excised raggedly with scissors. Previous owner's name. Rear hinge cracked.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1888 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait. Good. Paper Covered Boards. Ninth Edition. 4 1/4 x 7 Inches. Original paper on boards with attractive Art Nouveau decoration and lettering in beige, brown and black. 1/4 of spine paper missing. Fiction in a broad Scots brogue, with a glossary at the back. 285 pp. plus three… Read more about this item

N.Y.: International Book Company, 1889 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Popular Edition. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original brick cloth on boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Top back corner rubbed. It is believed that this is a pirated copy which came out before the UK edition in 1890. When the prosperous Girdlestone firm skids… Read more about this item

London & Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co, Limited, 1928 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First - First Published 1928. 5x7 1/2 Oblong. Original moss green cloth with black lettering on boards. Some minor spotting to edges of text block. "For Sale Abroad" blindstamped on back cover. Bindloss was a prolific British novelist who didn't start writing… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1910 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First - No Additional Printings. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. Original red cloth with intricate floral design blindstamped on front cover with gilt lettering. Spine sunned. Blank bookplate pasted inside front cover. Inkstamped price. No synopsis found of this book written in journal form. Scarce.… Read more about this item

Chicago & New York: George M. Hill Company, 1900 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 Inches. Original maroon cloth on boards with embossed four leaf clover on the cover and gold lettering. Water stains on cover, and bottom of pages not affecting text. Gift inscription. Small puncture in cloth near bottom of spine.… Read more about this item

New York: Rae D. Henkle Co, Inc., 1928 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 Inches. Royal blue cloth cover with yellow titles and black and yellow pictorial cover of a city street. Pictorial endpapers with Art Deco style graphics. Previous owner's name and date written in pencil on title page. This was… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926 Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. Worn and grubby. Buchan readers point out that this one is different. Through the eyes of Leithen, the girl changes frfom a vulgar flapper to a nearly-tragic heroine. 286 pp..