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Monkeys in a Looking Glass
by Curtis, Wayne
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Printing Stated
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781894372695
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$20.00
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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.. Item Price
$20.00
Will Ye Let the Mummers In ?
by Nowlan, Alden
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780772014078
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$40.00
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Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 1984 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue illustrated cover trade paperback with white and yellow lettering. Spine is sunned. 22 short stories by one of New Brunswick's own. Scarce.. Item Price
$40.00
Miracle at Indian River
by Nowlan, Alden
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$20.00
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1968 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket is unclipped, but has minor waterstaining, small tears at top of spine, and a 2 1/2" vertical tear at top of front cover . Missing front free… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Miracle at Indian River
by Nowlan, Alden
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780772014023
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$15.00
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1986 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original light blue trade paperback with red and white lettering. 18 short stories by New Brunswick's most sought-after author and poet. 132 pp.. Item Price
$15.00
Heart Throbs; Volume Two
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1911
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$18.00
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New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1911 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth with full pastedown panel on boards. Prose and verse contributed by the American people. Previous owner's name. 447 pp. plus index of titles and authors.. Item Price
$18.00
Old Man Savarin and Other Stories
by Thomson, Edward William
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- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1895
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$15.00
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Toronto: William Briggs, 1895 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. Wear to head and foot of spine. 14 short stories including McGrath's Bad Night, Little Baptiste, and A Turkey Apiece. Library stamps and bookplate. Edge tear to first free endpaper. 289 pp.. Item Price
$15.00
Frost in April (The Traveller's Library)
by Whitaker, Malachi
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1932
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$75.00
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1932 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. The Bookman for June, 1930, calls Mrs. Whitaker "a very promising writer with certain obvious defects which can probably be remedied." Thumbs up to "Old Abraham" and "The Enchanted Morning" but thumbs down on "New Moon." Decide for yourself. 253… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
The Short Stories of James T. Farrell
by Farrell, James T.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$30.00
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New York: Halcyon House, 1941 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige cloth on boards. Previous owner's initials. DJ is chipped head and foot. 51 stories and a novelette. Heavy book will need extra postage. 308 pp.. Item Price
$30.00
Highroad to Adventure; An Anthology
by Hanson, Earl P. (Ed.)
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- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Published
- 1942
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$15.00
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Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1942 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. A gathering of short stories of adventure from around the world. Juvenile or high school levels. Map endpapers. 591 pp. Heavy book will need extra post age.. Item Price
$15.00
A Book of Canadian Stories
by Pacey, Desmond (Ed.)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Minus
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Published
- 1950
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$15.00
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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1950 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. DJ chipped head and foot, with 3-inch fold tear. Previous owner's name. 310 pp.. Item Price
$15.00
Preferred Lies; A Collection of Short Stories
by Curtis, Wayne
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781551092713
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$15.00
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Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing, Limited, 1998 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover volume of short stories, set in the Maritimes. 137 pp.. Item Price
$15.00
Darkness and Light; An Anthology of African Writing
by Rutherfoord, Peggy (Ed.)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good
- Edition
- First - First Published 1958
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$20.00
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London: Faith Press, Ltd., 1958 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First - First Published 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth in crocodile pattern on boards. Previous owner's name. DJ price-clipped. Short stories by a number of writers from various parts of Africa. The Dignity of Begging, Trousers of Wind, Much Silence, Escapade… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
The Days of Auld Lang Syne
by Maclaren, Ian
- Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First ( No Additional printings)
- Published
- 1895
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$20.00
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Toronto: Fleming H. Revell, 1895 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Another by the tremendously popular author of Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. Text in heavy dialect. Cocked. Cover soil. 366 pp.. Item Price
$20.00
Modeste Mignon; A Daughter of Eve; The Peace of a Home
by Balzac, Honore De
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$30.00
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N.Y.: Athenaeum Society Book. Illus. by Frontispiece. Near Fine. 3/4 Leather on Marbled Board. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original 3/4 maroon Cape Levant on marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. No writing or damage. One of the series titled Scenes from Private Life, part of The Human Comedy. Translated into English by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
The Last Incarnation of Vautrin; Ferragus, Chief of the Devorants; Gobseck; Comedies Played Gratis
by Balzac, Honore De
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$30.00
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N.Y.: Athenaeum Society Book. Illus. by Frontispiece. Near Fine. 3/4 Leather on Marbled Board. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original 3/4 maroon Cape Levant on marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. No writing or damage. One of the series titled Scenes from Parisian Life, part of The Human Comedy. Translated into English by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
Mother Stories
by Lindsay, Maud
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Sixth Impression
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$15.00
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London: George G. Harrap & Company, Ltd., 1928 Book. Illus. by Sarah Noble-Ives. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original grey-green composition on boards. Previous owner's name in pencil. Based on Froebel's "Mother Play." Friedrich Froebel is credited with the origin of kindergartens after his experiments with teaching children outdoors in… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Peter and His Tales of the Wee People (Signed)
by Girvan, S.K.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Minus
- Edition
- First ( No Additional printings)
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$25.00
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London: Wakefield and Richards, 1951 Book. Illus. by Rowell Friers. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. DJ torn foot of spine and thumb-sized piece missing head of spine. Inscribed "With best wishes to the Maple Leaf 'Wee Ireland' from Peter 'hisself'. July, 1956." … Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
Sprigs (Signed)
by Murdoch, Rev. B.J.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good to Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$50.00
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Wexford, Ireland: John English & Co., Ltd., 1955 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. Bright orange DJ has tiny fold tear at head. Inscribed "To R. B. Graham with every good wish from B.J. Murdoch." First printed in 1927, again in 1928, and by demand, again… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
The Eyrie and Other Southern Stories
by Pool, Bettie Freshwater
- Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First ( No Additional printings)
- Published
- 1905
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$40.00
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N.Y.: Broadway Publishing Company, 1905 Book. Illus. by Front. Portrait of Theodosia Burr. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. No writing. Light tanning to first free endpaper. Short stories from Pasquotank River and other parts of North Carolina. Frontispiece with tissue… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
The Golden Book Magazine; Vol. VI, No. 31, July 1927
by Lanier, Henry Wysham (Ed.)
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- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1927
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$15.00
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N.Y.: Review of Reviews Corp., 1927 Book. Illus. by Various Artists. Good Plus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original softcover magazine. Cover art by Amy Hogeboom. Cover front edge worn. Tear to foot of spine glued. Wister, Herbert Jenkins, and many other authors. 144 pp. of stories plus approx.50 pp. ads including colour… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
