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Reaching for the Beaufort Sea: An Autobiography
by Purdy, Al
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781550170887
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- 1
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$37.15
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Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Fine But For A Sticker Scar On Front End Paper, In Jacket With Just The Slightest Traces Of Wear To Extremities. Internally Fine.. Item Price
$37.15
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Conversations with Joseph Heller (Literary Conversations)
by Sorkin, Adam J. ( Editor )
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780878056347
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- 1
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$185.75
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Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed By Subject. 1st Edition. Fine Copy, In A Fine Jacket. Signed By Heller On The Half Title Page. A Truly Significant Association Copy. Item Price
$185.75
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Harper Of Heaven A Record Of Radiant Living
by Service, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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$92.88
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very Good, With Prev. Owner Bkplt., Minor Bumping To Spine Tips. Internally Clean And Solid. Jacket Has Edgewear, And A Chip From Top Of The Sunned Spine, Affecting Author Name.. Item Price
$92.88
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Ploughman Of The Moon An Adventure Into Memory
by Service, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good ++
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
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$315.78
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New York: Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1945. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. About Fine, With Only Slightest Bumping To Extremities. Internally Fine. Jacket Has Rubbing And Wear To Extremities, A Small Hole In The Spine, And A Brown Tape Stain Along A Closed Tear Along Back Panel And Spine. Tape Has Been Removed, But The… Read more about this item Item Price
$315.78
Rimbaud
by Bonnefoy, Yves ( Schmidt, Paul Translator )
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Paperback
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- 1
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$63.16
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New York: Harper & Row Limited, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Fine But For Slightest Traces Of Use To Extremities. An Apparently Unread Copy, With No Spine Crease. First Paperback Edition In English.. Item Price
$63.16
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A Sketch of My Life
by Mann, Thomas
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 1960
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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$33.44
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N. Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, apparently unread copy, in price-clipped jacket with lightly sunned spine.. Item Price
$33.44
The Emergence of the English Author: Scripting the Life of the Poet in Early Modern England (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture)
by Pask, Kevin
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780521481557
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- 1
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$26.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine copy in a fine jacket.. Item Price
$26.00
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Thoreau
by Canby, Henry Seidel ( SIGNED
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Glassine
- Edition
- Limited / Numbered / Signed
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$130.02
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. Book. Fine. Hard Cover Slipcased. Signed by Author(s). Limited / Numbered / Signed. Fine, unread copy, in original browned glassine jacket, which is missing an inch and a half strip from top of back panel and part of spine, and has small chips to bottom of front panel. The slipcase… Read more about this item Item Price
$130.02
Sir Hugh Lane: His Life and Legacy
by Lady Gregory
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780900675348
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- 1
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$55.72
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Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Fine but for prev. owner name and tapestain where errata slip was tipped to ffep., in jacket with insignificant traces of use. An apparently unread copy. Top edge gilt. The Coole edition.. Item Price
$55.72
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Norman Douglas
by Tomlinson, H. M. ( SIGNED LETTER )
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$55.72
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Handwritten Letter, Signed By Author. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for bit of foxing top and bottom edges of text block, in Bawden designed jacket with a long closed tear in back panel, and light wear to extremities. From the library of Frederick Niven, and with a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mordecai; The Life and Times
by Foran, Charles ( SIGNED )
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780676979633
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- 1
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$22.29
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Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Inscribed by author on title page. Heavy volume will require additional postage.. Item Price
$22.29
Lawrence and Brett a Friendship
by Brett, Dorothy
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Hardcover
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$26.00
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London: Martin Secker, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, with a little wear to extremities, and minor soil. Illust. by photos. 288 pages.. Item Price
$26.00
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Mordecai the Life and Times
by Foran, Charles ( SIGNED )
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780676979633
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- 1
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$29.72
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Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, apparently unread copy in a fine jacket. Signed on the title page. Overweight volume will require extra postage.. Item Price
$29.72
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Carol Shields: The Arts Of A Writing Life [signed]`
by Besner, Neil K. ed. ( Shields, Carol ) ( SIGNED )
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780973160802
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- 1
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$26.00
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Winnipeg: Prairie Fire Press, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine but for crease to top edge of last fifty pages. Pictorial Wraps. Signed by Carol Shields on title page.. Item Price
$26.00
Elizabeth
by Usborne, Karen
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780370308876
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- 1
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$22.29
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London: The Bodley Head, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine but for lightly bumped spine ends, in jacket with a little sun-fading to spine.. Item Price
$22.29
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Marjorie Pickthall a Book of Remembrance
by Pierce, Lorne ( SIGNED )
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 1925
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- Hardcover
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$55.72
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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1925. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for minor soil, and slightest traces of wear to extremities. Inscribed " I think I never knew a poem so lovely as her life. Lorne Pierce May 7, 1927 ". Item Price
$55.72
Mordecai Richler: Leaving St Urbain
by Kramer, Reinhold; Mitchell, Tom
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780773533554
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$18.58
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Montreal & Kingston: McGill Queens Univ Pr, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, unread copy in a fine jacket.. Item Price
$18.58
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Right Hand Left Hand
by Livesay, Dorothy ( SIGNED )
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780888781048
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- 1
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$26.00
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Erin, Ontario: Press Porcepic, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Paperback Edition. Fine but for slightest traces of edge wear and faint peripheral toning. Signed on the title page.. Item Price
$26.00