Literature from The Mortuary Korps

xv, 71, [4] p. ; 21 cm. Vintage paperback in bright orange and deep blue pictorial cover, shows minor wear, some sunning to spine, a very faint dampstain accompanied with a slight wrinkling of textblock, but otherwise Very Good. Please see images. From the rear cover: The Elephant Man is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in… Read more about this item

(Vinsamlegast sjáðu neðst á síðunni til þýðingar.) RARE. [At time of listing, there are no other copies for sale online and the book is held at only 11 libraries worldwide.] Language: Icelandic 482 p. ; ill. (portraits, maps); includes bibliography and index. Presumably first edition, this blue cloth hardcover with pictorial dust jacket is still in commercial plastic wrap/unopened. As… Read more about this item

(Voir en bas pour la traduction en français.) Rare collection. This set of periodicals was originally bound for the library of one Monseigneur Maurice Baudoux (1902-1988), Officer of the Order of Canada and archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. He was awarded the honour of the OC for his work in the western provinces on behalf of French Canada. The… Read more about this item

Presumably first edition (thus). 237 p. Vintage edition with yellowed pages, mild shelfwear, and some spine creasing, internally Near Fine. From the rear: A modern city, founded by civilized animals, run by clever animals, unique and alone in a world of wild animals who would like to destroy it. [Note: This is not a metaphorical book description, the characters are… Read more about this item

First Edition. (UK) xii, 709 p., [1] folded leaf (genealogical table). Deep red hardcover, with blindstamped cover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, and red-coloured foredge (top edge only). The covers show some minor edgewear, the tip and heel of spine have some mild bumping, and the coloured foredge exhibits some fading, but it is otherwise Near Fine, with… Read more about this item

Presumably first edition. 152 p. Mild shelfwear, otherwise Fine. From the rear: "The rapidly unreeling dream (or nightmare) of each of these stories—stories of drifters, hookers, highway victims, corporate spies and con-men, dead-- beat dads and the heartbroken—comes at us from off-kilter angles that are wholly the author's own. His imagination is bold and unbreaking, his instinct for the aptest detail… Read more about this item

First edition. 354 p. Bright orange cloth hardcover with black lettering to spine and textured yellow endpapers, has negligible edgewear, a few minor markings, a few faint spots to top foredge, and is very slightly shaken, but is internally Fine. The dust jacket, however, has some wear, including small closed tears, wrinkling, price sticker residue and abrasions, but has been… Read more about this item

First Edition. [17], 322, [3] p.; ill. (colour), 8 plates. Red cloth hardcover, smyth-sewn binding, with gilt lettering to cover and spine, spine exhibits sunning and slight bumping, front cover is slightly bowed, and the covers have minor edgewear, previous owner's name in pen to ffep, cracked but holding at half-title (see photos) and pg. 16, and the foredge and… Read more about this item

First edition, first printing. 216 p. Red-orange hardcover with 1/4 cloth binding and red lettering to spine. Book shows some edgewear/bumping (see photos) but is internally Fine. The dust jacket also has edgewear, including a small tear, but is otherwise Near Fine and housed in a removable protective sleeve. Please see photos. From the dust jacket: Susan Musgrave is one of… Read more about this item

1106 p. Red-letter Bible (words of Jesus in red font) with bookmark ribbon and original box. Includes table of Weights and Measures, and a Concordance. From the box: The Complete English Standard Version Bible word-for-word accuracy and precision; literary beauty and readability Complete ESV Classic Concordance: with more than 12,000 references Premium Bonded Leather Red Letter Text words of Christ… Read more about this item

Inscribed by author. Presumably first edition. 147 p. Some minor edgewear, particularly a bit of rubbing to the top rear corner of spine, but otherwise Fine, possibly unread. From the back: In a tiny farming community next to the U.S. border in southern Manitoba, the characters in David Elias' collection of short stories are constantly "crossing the line" —… Read more about this item

Inscribed by author, award-winning debut novel. Second printing. 385 p. Mild shelfwear and "On the Same Page" program sticker on inside of cover, otherwise Near Fine. Comes with matching bookmark in Fine condition. From the back: Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck his faithful from the… Read more about this item

Inscribed by author, presumably first edition. 72 p.; illustrated by author. Please see images. Though covers show wear, including markings from stickers and a previous owner's attempt to remove a light pen mark, it is internally clean, bright, and tightly bound (possibly even unread). From the back: Arthur Adamson was born in 1926 in Winnipeg. He now teaches… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. 215 p. Light sticker ghost to cover and extremely mild edgewear, otherwise Fine, seemingly unread. From the publisher: Drugs. Violence. Racism. Despair. The tiny, northern town of Fort Fierce has issues in spades, and most of them fester in the high-rise by the lake. In this visceral, emotionally raw, and completely absorbing collection, Carlucci takes his readers… Read more about this item

Advance Reading Copy. 280 p. Price correction to rear and extremely mild edgewear, otherwise Fine, seemingly unread. From the back: Dr. Phillip Sharpe, absent-minded professor extraordinaire, teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto and is one of Canada's most combative public intellectuals. But when a live TV debate with his fiercest rival goes horribly off the rails, an oblivious… Read more about this item

First Edition. Half-title is stamped in blue with "NOT FOR RESALE / REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY". 224 p. Fine. From the back: October, 1962, the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Clement Greenberg, the art critic of the 20th century, is more interested in silencing his rival Harold Rosenberg than with the threat of nuclear destruction. Greenberg is driving from New York… Read more about this item

250 p. Illustrated. Covers show significant wear with cracked hinges, and the textblock has a few minor tears, but is otherwise internally Fine and possibly even unread. From cataloguing data: A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

554 p. Blind-stamped brown cloth hardcover with some (dulled) gilt. Covers are worn, ffep is missing, frontispiece detached but present with some edge tears, shaken, starting at first folio, but the majority of the textblock (pg. 9-554) is in remarkably fine condition for its age, well-bound, clean and bright. This classic by… Read more about this item

356 p. Mild page curl and minor shelfwear, otherwise Near Fine. Winner of the Man Booker Prize. From the back: After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, an orang-utan, a zebra with a… Read more about this item

Advance reading copy (ARC). 183 + [4] p. Very, very slight shelfwear, otherwise Fine. From the back: Adua, an immigrant from Somalia to Italy, has lived in Rome for nearly forty years. She came seeking freedom from a strict father and an oppressive regime, but her dreams of becoming a film star ended in shame. Now that the civil war in… Read more about this item