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NORMAN, Howard Bird Artist. 1st US in dj
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux,, 1994,
NORMAN, Howard. The Bird Artist. N.Y.: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, (1994). First U.S. Edition. Pp (14),3-289,(3). 8vo, blue boards, grey cloth spine. A novel of Witless Bay. "The Bird Artist, Howard Norman's spellbinding new novel, is set in Newfoundland in 1911. Fabian Vas's story, told with disarming simplicity and grace, takes place against a spare and profoundly beautiful landscape where the most powerful of emotions stand out starkly against naked rock, sea and sky." "My name is Fabian Vas. I live in Witless Bay, Newfoundland. You would not have heard of me. Obscurity is not necessarily failure, though; I am a bird artist, and have more or less made a living at it. Yet I murdered the lighthouse keeper, Botho August, and that is an equal part of how I think of myself." - front dj flap. Owner's name on ffep, else vg in price-clipped dj. 30.00
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30.00 CDN
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NORMAN, Howard Bird Artist. 1st US in dj. signed
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux,, 1994,
NORMAN, Howard. The Bird Artist. N.Y.: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, (1994). First U.S. Edition. Pp (14),3-289,(3). 8vo, blue boards, grey cloth spine. A novel of Witless Bay. "The Bird Artist, Howard Norman's spellbinding new novel, is set in Newfoundland in 1911. Fabian Vas's story, told with disarming simplicity and grace, takes place against a spare and profoundly beautiful landscape where the most powerful of emotions stand out starkly against naked rock, sea and sky." "My name is Fabian Vas. I live in Witless Bay, Newfoundland. You would not have heard of me. Obscurity is not necessarily failure, though; I am a bird artist, and have more or less made a living at it. Yet I murdered the lighthouse keeper, Botho August, and that is an equal part of how I think of myself." - front dj flap. Vg in edgeworn dj. With lengthy inscription from the author to ffep, and author's signature to tiele page. 35.00
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NORMAN, Howard Haunting of L. 1st pr in dj
Alfred A. Knopf, 2002, ISBN:0676974996
NORMAN, Howard. The Haunting of L.. (Toronto): Alfred A. Knopf, (2002). First Printing. Pp. 326. 8vo, red paper covered boards, brown paper covered spine, gilt titles to spine. Vg in dj. 20.00
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NORMAN, Howard Museum Guard. 1st Cdn in dj
Alfred A. Knopf, 1998,
NORMAN, Howard. The Museum Guard. (Toronto): Alfred A. Knopf, (1998). First Canadian Edition. Pp. 310. 8vo, green paper covered boards, black cloth spine, gilt lettering to front and spine. The tale of a museum guard working in Halifax in 1938, his unrequited love for a young Jewish woman and her obsession with a Dutch painting entitled Jewess on a Street in Amsterdam. Vg in dj. 30.00
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NORMAN, Howard TROTSKY, Leon My Famous Evening : Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries & Preoccupations. in dj
National Geographic, Washington, DC:, 2004, ISBN:0792266307
NORMAN, Howard. My Famous Evening : Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries & Preoccupations. Washington, DC: National Geographic, (2004). Pp. 197. 8vo, grey paper covered boards, black cloth spine with silver titles. Includes a chapter on information the author gathered for a documentary (which was never made), about the days spent in Halifax by Leon Trotsky and his family in 1917,including his internment in Amherst. Vg in dj. 20.00
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DUNCAN, Norman. PYLE, Howard Way of the Sea. 1st Cdn printing
Fleming H. Revell Company, Toronto, 1903,
DUNCAN, Norman. The Way of the Sea. Frontispiece by Howard Pyle. Toronto : Fleming H. Revell Company, (October) 1903. First Canadian Printing. Pp [i]-ix,(1),[1]-332,(2), frontis. 8vo, dark green cloth, decorated panel to front board, gilt lettering to spine. A collection of short stories for boys, previously published in magazines, set in Newfoundland. Edgeworn, hinges cracked, contemporary name, else very good. 75.00
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