Keyword:LITERATURE FIRST CANADA WOMEN CANADIAN FICTION LITERARY SIGNED

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Painted Lives : A novel. First Edition in dustjacket, signed.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Random House, Toronto, 1990, ISBN:0394221362:

Seller ID: 100306

ALLEN, Charlotte Vale. Painted Lives : A novel. Toronto: Random House, 1990. First Printing. Pp. (8),[1]-307,(5). 8vo, blue paper covered boards, giltlettered purple cloth spine. The Toronto-born author's twenty-sixth novel. "At its center is Mattie Sylvester. Fiery, headstrong, and outrageous, Mat tie is the elderly widow of one of America's foremost artists, Gideon Sylvester. Living now in a rabling house on an island off the Atlantic coast, Mattie spends hours each day gazing out to sea, recalling a turbulent past whose memory still makes her tremble with rage. Mattie's routine begins t...
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Lady Oracle. First Edition in dustjacket, signed.

By: ATWOOD, Margaret

Price: $65.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1976, ISBN:0771008155:

Seller ID: 109789

ATWOOD, Margaret. Lady Oracle. (Toronto): McClelland and Stewart, (1976). First Printing. Pp. (6),7-345,(7). 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "An original and compelling work, a masterful achievement by one of themost prominent and influential authors in Canada today, 'Lady Oracle' is a mixture of the bizarre and the eeire, the terrifying and the brilliantly s atiric. Passing one woman's life through the prisom of her unique literary vision, Margaret Atwood has created a novel of lasting impact. The heroine of 'Lady Oracle' is a young woman whose sanity is threatened by the fac...
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Bodily Harm. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: ATWOOD, Margaret

Price: $40.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, 1981,:

Seller ID: 4101

ATWOOD, Margaret. Bodily Harm. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart, (1981). First Edition. Pp. 301. 8vo, beige cloth, purple cloth to spine. Spadoni and Donnelly 3217. Very good in slightly browned dustjacket. Author's signature to title page. 40.00
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Alias Grace. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed.

By: ATWOOD, Margaret

Price: $40.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1996, ISBN:077100835x:

Seller ID: 72270

ATWOOD, Margaret. Alias Grace. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart, (1996). First Printing. Pp. (14),[5]-470. 8vo, cream paper-covered boards with giltlettering to front and spine. Winner of the 1996 Giller Prize. Shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize. "In her astonishing new novel, Margaret Atwood takes the reader back in time and into the life and mind of one of the mostenigmatic and notorious women of mid-nineteenth-century Canada. As the sto ry begins, one-time maid-of-all-work Grace Marks is serving a life sentencein the Kingston Penitentiary for her involvement in the vicious murder o...
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Scotia Story Tellers : Personal Glimpses of 21 Nova Scotia Writers. First Edition, Signed

By: BAUCHMAN, Rosemary RADDALL, Thomas CHOYCE, Leslie KERSLAKE, Susan

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Lancelot Press, Hantsport, 1983, ISBN:0889992037: 1983

Seller ID: 83476

ISBN: 0889992037

BAUCHMAN, Rosemary. Scotia Story Tellers : Personal Glimpses of 21 Nova Scotia Writers. Hantsport, Nova Scotia : Lancelot Press, (1983). First Edition. Pp (2),[3]-173,(3). Illustrated with a b&w photo of each author. 8vo (140 x 203 mm), white & yellow photo-illustrated cardcovers, with black lettering to spine.

Rosemary Bauchman, née Jefferies (b. September 3, 1919, Adelstrop, Gloucestershire, England - d. October 3, 2010, Victoria, B.C.) was living in Halifax at the time of publication with her husband Perry.

"This is a book about book writers - story tellers, adv...
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Samara the Wholehearted. First Edition, Signed

By: BAUER, Nancy

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Goose Lane, 1991,: 1991

Seller ID: 10957

ISBN: 0864921039

BAUER, Nancy. Samara the Wholehearted. (Fredericton, New Brunswick) : Goose Lane, (1991). First Edition. Pp (6),7-163,(1). 8vo, art-illustrated yellow cardcovers, with purple lettering to spine.

Cover art : Peter Bell's "Return to the Day Haunt of the Siffleur Montagne".

Nancy Bauer, née Luke (b. July 7, 1934 (b. Chelmsford, Massachusetts) Canadian writer and editor and longtime resident of New Brunswick.

This is her fourth novel.

"Nancy Bauer has the ability to create some of the most memorable female characters in contemporary literature. For...
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Night Travellers. Signed

By: BIRDSELL, Sandra

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1982, ISBN:0888010729:

Seller ID: 96541

BIRDSELL, Sandra. Night Travellers. (Winnipeg) : Turnstone Press, 1982. First Edition. Pp (10),[1]-182. 8vo, card covers, white spine. "[...] thirteenstories which weave through the lives of the Lafreniere sisters and their family - 'night travellers' who move through and out of a landscape of small town dreams, memories and desires." - rear cover. Very good. With a signed inscription by Birdsell: "For --, Remembering N.S. and some great people." 16.00
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Nights in the Underground : An exploration of love. First Edition, Signed

By: BLAIS, Marie-Claire ELLENWOOD, Ray, translated

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1979,:

Seller ID: 9570

BLAIS, Marie-Claire. Nights in the Underground : An exploration of love. Translated by Ray Ellenwood. Don Mills : Musson, (1979). First Edition. Pp 199. 8vo, card covers. Rear cover creased, else very good. Signed. 20.00
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Eileen McCullough. Signed

By: BOISSONNEAU, Alice

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Simon & Pierre Publishing Company, Toronto, 1976, ISBN:0889240523:

Seller ID: 86766

BOISSONNEAU, Alice. Eileen McCullough. Toronto : Simon & Pierre Publishing Company Limited, (1976). First Printing. Pp [1]-192. 8vo, orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine. “Written with sensitivity and unusual style, this story expresses the fears and problems of a teenage girl developing into adulthood. All levels of wartime Toronto society during the forties, from the Queen Street industrial slums to St. Clair Avenue wealthy homes, provide the setting for this first novel.” - from the dj. “Alice Boissoneau was born inWalkerton, Ontario. [...] As a qualified social worker, she spent a g...
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Purple for Sky. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: BRUNEAU, Carol

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Cormorant Books, Dunvegan, Ont., 2000,:

Seller ID: 70128

BRUNEAU, Carol. Purple for Sky. (Dunvegan, Ont.): Cormorant Books, (2000). Pp 407. 8vo, tan cloth Carol Bruneau (b. Halifax, Nova Scotia). . Vg in dj.Signed by the author. 30.00
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Purple for Sky. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: BRUNEAU, Carol

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cormorant Books, Dunvegan, Ont., 2000,:

Seller ID: 73401

BRUNEAU, Carol. Purple for Sky. (Dunvegan, Ont.): Cormorant Books, (2000). First Printing. Pp 407. 8vo, tan cloth. Carol Bruneau (b. Halifax, Nova Scotia). Vg in dj. Inscribed by the author. 25.00
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After the Angel Mill. First Edition, Signed

By: BRUNEAU, Carol

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cormorant Books, Dunvegan, Ont., 1995, ISBN:0920953913:

Seller ID: 39067

BRUNEAU, Carol. After the Angel Mill. (Dunvegan, Ontario) : Cormorant Books, (1995). First Edition. Pp (8),9-168,(8). 8vo (139 x 214 mm), art-illustrated card covers, with black lettering to spine, and a small b&w photo of Bruneau on the rear cover. Cover art by Elllson Robertson.

Carol Bruneau (b. 1956, Halifax) was living Halifax at the time of publication.

"This linked collection chronicles four generations of women in a Cape Breton family, women who represent the unsung multitude who have struggled through the years to make homes and keep families clothed an...
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Suddenly. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed.

By: BURNARD, Bonnie

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Harper Collins Publisher Ltd., Toronto, 2009, ISBN:0002254948:

Seller ID: 103803

BURNARD, Bonnie. Suddenly : A Novel. (Toronto ): Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. /, A Phyllis Bruce Book, (2009). First Edition. Pp. (12),3-317,(9). 8vo, white paper covered boards with grey cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine. ".Sandra, Colleen and Jude have been friends for nearly a lifetime. Theyshare sexual secrets, decorating tips, counsel on marriage, even a hairdre sser. Despite their differences and occasional snarls, the friendship only grows stronger over time, and their partners, Jack, Richard and Gus, go along with it, letting this union shape their lives. Now, with Sandra's cr...
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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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Tide Road. First Edition, Signed.

By: COMPTON, Valerie

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Goose Lane, Fredericton, 2011, ISBN:9780864926357:

Seller ID: 110168

COMPTON, Valerie. Tide Road. (Fredericton, NB): Goose Lane Editions, (2011). First Edition. Pp. (8),9-236,(4). 8vo, photo-illustrated yellowish card covers with pale green titles to front and spine. A novel by the PEI-born, Halifax-residing author. "On a strangely warm day in January, Stella vanishes without a trace, leaving behind a young daughter and a husband bewilderedby her sudden absence. The police officially label her disappearance an ac cident, a drowning, Stella somehow slipping beneath the thin ice of a nearby river. As her mother Sonia clings to the remnants of her family, she ...
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Losing Eddie. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: COREY, Deborah Joy

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Algonquin Books , 1993,: 1993

Seller ID: 6855

ISBN: 094557567x

COREY, Deborah Joy. Losing Eddie. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1993. First American Printing. Pp (12), 1-222, (4). 8vo [130 x 185 mm], blue cloth spine, pinkish paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine.

Deborah Joy Corey (b. 1958, Temperance Vale, York County, New Brunswick).

Winner of the W. H. Smith Books in Canada First Novel award.

"Losing Eddie is a first novel stunningly narrated by a nameless nine-year old who sees herself as the outsider in her own family.

Inside her home, disaster draw...
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Wind Tails : a novel. Signed

By: DEGRACE, Anne

Price: $22.00

Publisher: McArthur & Company, Toronto , 2007, ISBN:9781552786635:

Seller ID: 84076

DEGRACE, Anne. Wind Tails : a novel. Toronto : McArthur & Company, (2007). First Printing. Pp [1]-302,(2). 8vo, black cloth, silver lettering to spine. “Anne DeGrace is a librarian, journalist, writer, illustrator, volunteer,mother and multi-tasker. Wind Tails is her second novel. She lives in Nels on, B.C.” - from the dj. Pen mark to top edge, else very good to fine in unclipped dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author. 22.00
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The Flannigans. First Edition, Signed

By: DOHANEY, M.T.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Pennywell Books, St. John's, NF, 2007, ISBN:9781897317068:

Seller ID: 77263

ISBN: 1897317069

DOHANEY, M.T. The Flannigans. St. John's : Pennywell Press, 2007. First Printing. Pp (6),1-229,(5). 8vo (140 x 216 mm), photo-illustrated cardcovers, with green lettering to pale green spine, with a small b&w photo of Dohaney on the rear cover.

Myrtis Theresa 'Jean' Dohaney (b. 1930, Point Verde, Newfoundland) was living in Fredericton at the time of publication.

A novel arranged in 19 chapters.

"The Flannigans were a tightly knit family. They were particularly united in their stand against Newfoundland's possible entry into Confederation. When a m...
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Little Shadows. A novel. First Edition in dustjacket, signed.

By: ENDICOTT, Marina.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Doubleday Canada, 2011, ISBN:9780385668910:

Seller ID: 114806

ENDICOTT, Marina. The Little Shadows. A novel. [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, (2011). First Printing. Pp. (10),3-530,(6). 8vo, white cloth spine with light blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Shortlisted for the 2011 Governer-General's Award for English-language fiction. Longlisted for the 2011 Giller Prize. "In 'The Little Shadows', we follow the lives of the threeAvery sisters ('The Belle Auroras', as they become known on the stage): Au rora, the eldest and most conventionally beautiful; thoughtful Clover, a year younger; and headstrong spirte Bella, the youngest. The girls, overs...
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Glassy Sea. First Edition in dustjacket, signed.

By: ENGEL, Marian

Price: $40.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1978, ISBN:0771030843:

Seller ID: 109798

ENGEL, Marian. The Glassy Sea. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart, (1978). First Printing. Pp. (8),9-167,(1). 8vo, maroon cloth spine with rose paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Wengle, Marian Engle: An AnnotatedBibliography A6, Spadoni and Donnelly 2955. "'The Glassy Sea' is a beautif ully orchestrated novel of one extraordinary woman's spiritual odyssey, unfolding in the midst of a crisis of faith and emotion, a dark night of the soul that lasts a season and spans a lifetime. There is compassionate mastery in Ms Engel's full-blooded characterization of Marguerite Heber, an A...
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Keyword:LITERATURE FIRST CANADA WOMEN CANADIAN FICTION LITERARY SIGNED