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Rebellion of Young David and Other Stories. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: BUCKLER, Ernest CHAMBERS, Robert D., (ed.)

Price: $270.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1975, ISBN:0771017669:

Seller ID: 109774

BUCKLER, Ernest. The Rebellion of Young David and Other Stories. Selected and arranged by Robert D. Chambers. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1975). First Edition. Pp (8),3-138. 8vo, off white cloth, brown lettering to spine. Orange, Ernest Buckler: An Annotated Bibliography A4, Laugherp.65, Spadoni & Donnelly 2624. "By the author of "one of the greatest nove ls in the English language" (as poet Alden Nowlan termed "The Mountain and the Valley"), these remarkable short stories reveal the creative faculties of Ernest Buckler in what will be to many of his reader...
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Black Queen Stories. First Edition in dustjacket, signed.

By: CALLAGHAN, Barry. International Fiction List No.9.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, 1982, ISBN:0919630243:

Seller ID: 109791

CALLAGHAN, Barry. The Black Queen Stories. (Toronto) : Lester & Orpen Dennys, (1982). Pp. (10),1-165,(1). 8vo, tan cloth, gilt lettering to spine. International Fiction List No.9. "Here are fourteen tales about people -- the sensual, ambiguous relationship of people to each other and the world they live in; resonant tales about men and women reaching out to each other in their loneliness -- like Poodles John who owns a small clothing store, and drives a big white car with old-fashioned fin-tail fenders; Crow Jane, the after-hours-club blues singer; or Slaverne Tuttle whose passionate affai...
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Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance. First Edition, Signed

By: CHOYCE, Lesley

Price: $10.00

Publisher: blewointmentpress, Toronto, 1984,:

Seller ID: 4870

CHOYCE, Lesley. Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance and Other Stories. (Toronto) : blewointmentpress, (1984). Pp (8),9-[92],(4). 8vo, trade paperback. Lesley Willis Choyce (b. March 21, 1951, Riverside, New Jersey), novelist, poet,educator and publisher. This collection contains the title story as well a s "Major Repairs", "The Paper Route", "Breakage", "Local Heroes", "Dancing the Night Away", "Prying Loose" and "Family Protection". Signed copy. Very good. 10.00
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Travelling Ladies. First Edition in dustjacket, signed.

By: KEEFER, Janice Kulyk

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Random House, 1990,:

Seller ID: 36291

KEEFER, Janice Kulyk. Travelling Ladies. Stories. Toronto : Random House, (1990). First Printing. Pp. (12),1-299,(9). 8vo, grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "Janice Kulyk Keefer inbvites us to take up residence with a host of brilliantly realized characters who are also travelling -- some to the cool elegance of Europe or imagined passions of England and North America -- others through a time of uncertain bloom in youth or to a final 'crossing over' at thte end of their days. In all, the separate girls and women of these remarkable stories form a cohesive whole -- a continuum -- fro...
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Margaret Laurence : The Making of a Writer. First Edition in dustjacket, signed.

By: LAURENCE, Margaret). XIQUES, Donez.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2005, ISBN:1550025791: 2005

Seller ID: 78027

ISBN: 1550025791

(LAURENCE, Margaret) Donez XIQUES. Margaret Laurence : The Making of a Writer. Toronto : Dundurn Press, (2005). First Pritning. Pp. (8),[9]-408, + 8 pages of b&w plates. Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering to spine.

Dona Xiques (b. April 30, 1936, Staten Island, New York). The author resides regularly in Nova Scotia.

"'Margaret Laurence: The Making of a Writer' is an engaging narrative that contains new and important findings about Laurence's life and career. This biography reveals the challenges, successes, and failures of the long apprentice...
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Something Happened Here

By: LEVINE, Norman

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Penguin, Toronto, 1991, ISBN:0140129235:

Seller ID: 96550

LEVINE, Norman. Something Happened Here. Toronto : (Penguin Books, (1991). First Printing. Pp (14),[1]-194. 8vo, cardcovers. Contains: "Because of theWar", "Something Happened Here", Gifts", "A Maritime Story" (pp.73-91, wit h Fredericton as the main locale), "Django, Karfunkelstein, and Roses", "Tricks", "Gwen John" and "Soap Opera". Signed and inscribed: "For ---, For old times sake / Norman Levine / Sept 30 93". Very good. 20.00
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Moons of Jupiter : Stories. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: MUNRO, Alice

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Macmillan of Canada, Toronto , 1982, ISBN:0771597258:

Seller ID: 33646

MUNRO, Alice. The Moons of Jupiter : Stories by Alice Munro. Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, (1982). First Printing. Pp. (6),[1]-233,(1). 8vo, tan cloth spine, rust boards, metallic copper titles to spine. Thacker, Alice Munro: An Annotated Bibliography A5. Shortlisted for the 1982 Governor-General' s Award for English language fiction. Munro's fourth collection of short stories. "Whether the setting is familiar or not, the stories always ring true, because of Alice Munruo's way with her characters, or, more precisely, her people. They may be innocent or sly, prudish or sensual, cynical or ...
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Daydreams of Angels. Second Printing, signed.

By: O'NEILL, Heather.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: HarperCollins, Toronto, 2015, ISBN:9781554684519:

Seller ID: 115191

O'NEILL, Heather. Daydreams of Angels. (Toronto) : HarperCollins Publishers, (2014). Second Printing. Pp. (6),1-354,(4). 8vo, illustrated pale-blue cardcovers with yellow & dark blue lettering to front cover and spnie, Frenchflaps. Heather O'Neill (b. 1973, Montreal). Shortlisted for the 2015 Scoti abank Giller Prize. "Heather O'Neill's unforgettable novels, 'The Girl Who Was Saturday Night' and 'Lullabies for Little Criminals', captured readers with the vulnerability and charm of her characters Nouschka and Baby and the irreverent descriptions of their lives on Montreal's St. Laurent Boul...
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Simple Recipes. First Edition

By: THIEN, Madeleine

Price: $15.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Ltd., Toronto, 2001, ISBN:0771085117:

Seller ID: 113039

THIEN, Madeleine. Simple Recipes. (Toronto) : McClelland & Stewart, Ltd., (2001). First Edition. Pp. (12),3-229,(1). 8vo, photo-illustrated card covers, French flaps. "Simple Recipes marks the exciting debut of Madeleine Thien. The seven stories in her haunting collection circle around and through the emotionally charged territory of family relationships — often within families that have splintered — and examine the experience ot alienation, weaving in the conflict between generations and cultures. A young woman searches bacK in time for the pivotal moment when her family lost faith in...
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Simple Recipes. First Edition, Signed

By: THIEN, Madeleine

Price: $80.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Ltd., 2001, ISBN:0771085117:

Seller ID: 45427

ISBN: 0771085117

THIEN, Madeleine. Simple Recipes. (Toronto) : McClelland & Stewart, Ltd., (2001). First Edition. Pp. (12),3-229,(1). 8vo, photo-illustrated card covers, French flaps.
"Simple Recipes marks the exciting debut of Madeleine Thien. The seven stories in her haunting collection circle around and through the emotionally charged territory of family relationships — often within families that have splintered — and examine the experience ot alienation, weaving in the conflict between generations and cultures.

A young woman searches back in time for the pivotal moment wh...
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Keyword:LITERATURE CANADA TORONTO LITERARY CANADIAN FICTION STORY SHORT SIGNED SHORT STORIES