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100 Years More or Less. Vol.2

By: SEARLE, Eva FENETY, Jack, preface ODELL, William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: 1973,

Seller ID: 4751

SEARLE, Eva. 100 Years More or Less. Volume II. Preface by Jack Fenety. (Fredericton) : A Radio Atlantic Publication, 1973. Printed by Unipress. Pp (4),5-99,(1). 8vo, trade paperback. "[...] stories from the past - all of them scripts written by Eva Searlec for CFNB radio broadcast during Canada's Centennial Year, but which stretched some four years beyond."- preface. Includes short pices on "The King of Nackawic", "Maggie Jean Chestnut", "The Voyage of William Odell", "Hotels" and "Fires in Fredericton", "Big Business in Two Cities". Vg....
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6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: MERRIL, Judith, ed. ASIMOV, Isaac. BRADBURY, Ray. AMIS, Kingsley.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York, 1961,

Seller ID: 108571

MERRIL, Judith, ed. The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F. Edited by JudithMerril. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1961). First Printing. Pp. (8),[9]- 384. 8vo, purple cloth with blue lettering to spine, top edge dyed a dark blue. Includes the following stories and illustrations: Holley Cantine's "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble", Bernard Wolfe's "The Never Ending Penny", Ward Moore's "The Fellow Who Married the Girl", R.C. Phelan's "Something Invented Me", Felicia Lamport's "A Sigh for Cybernetics", Michael Ffolkes's "Obvious!", Arthur C. Clarke...
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72 : New Canadian Stories. Pbk

By: HELWIG, David and Joan HARCOURT, (eds.) ATWOOD, Margaret RULE, Jane MCWHIRTER, George

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oberon, 1972, ISBN:0887500676

Seller ID: 45015

HELWIG, David and Joan HARCOURT, (eds.). 72 : New Canadian Stories. [Ottawa]: (Oberon, 1972). Paperback Edition. Pp (6), 7-135, (1). 8vo, black card covers. Includes the following stories: Leo Simpson's "The Ferris Wheel", Jane Rule' "Brother and Sister", John Newlove's "The Story of a Cat", Don Bailey's "A Bauble for Bernice", George McWhirter's "The Harbinger", Beth Harvor's "Magicians", John Sandman's "One for the Road", Nora Keeling's "The Year", Andreas Schroeder's "The Mill", Gail Fox's "The Man who Killed Heming...
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73 : New Canadian Stories.

By: HELWIG, David and Joan HARCOURT, (eds.) HORWOOD, Harold COHEN, Matt DREW, Wayland

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oberon Press, Ottawa, 1973, ISBN:0887500897

Seller ID: 82812

HELWIG, David and Joan HARCOURT, (eds.). 73 : New Canadian Stories. [Ottawa] : Oberon Press, (1973). Paperback Edition. Pp (3), 4-175,(1). 8vo, black card covers, lettered in white and blue. Includes the following stories: John Metcalf's "The Strange Aberration of Mr. Ken Smythe", Merna Summers's "The Blizzard", Joyce Marshall's "A Private Place", Hugh Garner's "Losers weepers", Dale Zieroth's "Jeremy, His Arrangements", Jean-Guy Carrier's "A Strangeness of Habit, a Twist of Mind", Harold Horwood's "The Shell Collector", Matt Cohen's "...
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75 : New Canadian Stories. Pbk

By: HELWIG, David and Joan HARCOURT, (eds.) GIBBS, Robert PERCY, H.R. FINDLEY, Timothy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oberon, 1975, ISBN:0887501672

Seller ID: 5866

HELWIG, David and Joan HARCOURT, (eds.). 75 : New Canadian Stories. N.pl.: (Oberon, 1975). Pp (8), 9-208. Paperback Edition. 8vo, brown illustrated card covers. Includes the following stories: Leo Simpson's "The Lady and the Travelling Salesman", Joyce Marshall's "Summer", Timothy Findley's "Losers,Finders : Strangers at the Door", Robert Gibb's "You Know What Thought Did ", J. Michael Yates's "Something is Nothing", Don Bailey's "Eric the Red", Sean Virgo's "Home and Native Land", H.R. Percy's "Falling for Mavis", JaneRule's "...
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76 : New Canadian Stories.

By: HARCOURT, Joan, and John METCALF (eds.). THOMAS, Audrey LEVINE, Norman

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oberon, Ottawa, 1976, ISBN:0887501958

Seller ID: 80198

HARCOURT, Joan, and John METCALF (eds.). 76 : New Canadian Stories. [Ottawa]: (Oberon, 1976). Paperback Edition. Pp [1]-156,(4). 8vo, illustrated white card covers. Stories by Norman Levine, Hugh Hood, Donald Cameron, AudreyThomas, George Elliott, Clark Blaise, Elizabeth Spencer, Leon Rooke, H.R. Percy, and Andreas Schroeder. Light wear and light browning, cocked, else vg. 20.00
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76 : New Canadian Stories. First hardcover edition in dust jacket. ex-ibrary.

By: HARCOURT, Joan, and John METCALF (eds.). THOMAS, Audrey LEVINE, Norman PERCY, H.R.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Oberon, Ottawa, 1976, ISBN:0887501931

Seller ID: 103367

HARCOURT, Joan, and John METCALF (eds.). 76 : New Canadian Stories. [Ottawa]: (Oberon, 1976). Paperback Edition. Pp (6), 7-156, (4). 8vo, black cloth with yellow lettering. Includes the following stories: Norman Levine's "We All Begin in a Little Magazine" , Hugh Hood's "God Has Manifested Himself Unto Us as Canadian Tire", Silver Donald Cameron's "Composition: Double Exposure", Audrey Thomas's "The More Little Mummy in the World", George Elliott's "Four Little Words", Clark Blaise's "The Sense of an Ending", Elizabeth Spencer's "I, Maureen&#...
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89 : Best Canadian Stories.

By: HELWIG, David, and Maggie HELWIG (eds.). MUNRO, Alice BUTALA, Sharon HEIGHTON, Steven

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Oberon, 1989, ISBN:0887507727

Seller ID: 88440

HELWIG, David, and Maggie HELWIG (eds.). 89 : Best Canadian Stories. N.pl.:(Oberon, 1989). Pp [1]-189,(3). 8vo, illustrated white card covers. Includ es stories by Dave Margoshes, Margaret Dyment, Chetan Rajani, Douglas Dinniwell, Sharon Butala, Janina C. Hornosty, Bonnie Burnard, Steven Heighton, and Alice Munro. Very good. 12.00
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A Bird in the House: Stories. First Canadian Edition in dustjacket

By: LAURENCE, Margaret

Price: $175.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1970, : 1970

Seller ID: 40872

LAURENCE, Margaret. A Bird in the House : Stories. Toronto / Montreal : McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1970). First Canadian Edition. "Printed and bound in the United States of America". Pp (12),3-207,(3). 8vo, gold cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ML logo to front board. Warwick A7, Spadoni and Donnelly 2184. Jean Margaret Laurence, CC (née Wemyss) (b. July 18, 1926, Neepawa, Manitoba – d. January 5, 1987, Selwyn, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature. "With the wonderful amalgam of strength and sensi...
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A Bit Off The Map and Other Stories. First American Edition in dustjacket

By: WILSON, Angus

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Viking , New York, 1957, : 1957

Seller ID: 18513

WILSON, Angus. A Bit Off The Map and Other Stories. New York : The Viking Press, 1957. First US Printing. Pp (6),1-193,(1). 8vo, purple cloth, front board and spine lettered in blue, top edge dyed black. Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson, CBE (b. August 11, 1913, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - d. May 31, 1991, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk). Stape & Thomas, Angus Wilson : A Bibliography A8b. "It was as a new master of the short siory that Angus Wilson first won an avid following and critical acclaim in England and Amenca (Such Darling Dodos, 1951, and The Wrong Set, 1950). Recently, Mr. ...
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A Bit Off The Map and Other Stories. First Edition in dustjacket

By: WILSON, Angus

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London, 1957, : 1957

Seller ID: 4337

WILSON, Angus. A Bit Off The Map and Other Stories. London : Secker & Warburg, 1957. First UK Edition. Pp. (6),1-193,(1). 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Stape & Thomas, Angus Wilson : A Bibliography A8. Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson, CBE (b. August 11, 1913, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - d. May 31, 1991, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk). The stories are : "A Bit off the Map", "A Flat Country Christmas", "More Friend than Lodger", "Once a Lady", "After the Show ", "Higher Standards", "A Sad Fall", and "Ten Minutes to Twelve". W. H. Smith Lending Library book plate affixed t...
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A Little Thing I Tied Myself : Stories of Atlantic Canadian Fly Tiers. First Edition, Signed

By: MacLEAN, Don

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing : 2006

Seller ID: 70770

ISBN-13: 9781551095370

MacLEAN, Don. A Little Thing I Tied Myself : Stories of Atlantic Canadian Fly Tiers . (Halifax, NS) : Nimbus Publishing, (2006). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp (6),[1]-138, + 8 pages of colour photos of flies at rear. With 100 b&w photos as well as some other illustrations in the text. 8vo (158 x 222 mm), photo-illustrated glossy card covers, with black lettering to rear cover & spine, with black, red, & white lettering to front cover. .. Don MacLean (b. 1954) was living in Nova Scotia at the time of publication. There is a colour photo of him on the rear cover. .. ...
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A Newspaperman Remembers: Tales of thirty-eight years of newspaper work and other reminiscences. First Edition

By: MURPHY, J. Elmer

Price: $30.00

Publisher: 1980, : 1980

Seller ID: 58502

MURPHY, J. Elmer. A Newspaperman Remembers : Tales of thirty-eight years of newspaper work and other reminiscences. by J. Elmer Murphy, Retired publisher of The Journal-Pioneer. Summerside, PEI : "Printed by Williams & Crue", [ca. 1980?]. First Edition. Pp. (6),1-126,(2). Illustrated with 13 b&w photos in the text. 8vo, tan photo-illustrated cardcovers, black lettering to front & spine. J. Elmer Murphy (b. January 27, 1914 - d. February 11, 2000) publisher of The Journal-Pioneer, the Summerside newspaper. Arranged in three sections: Reporters have All the Fun. An Explanation De...
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A Place to Die. First Edition.

By: BOWERING, George

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oberon Press, Ottawa, 1983 : 1983

Seller ID: 101144

ISBN-13: 9780887504778

BOWERING, George. A Place to Die. [Ottawa] : Oberon Press, (1983). First Edition. "Printed in Canada". Pp (4),5-127,(1). 8vo (139 x 214 mm), black & red photo-illustrated glossy card covers, with black lettering to spine, with white lettering to rear cover. George Harry Bowering, O.C., O.B.C. (b. December 1, 1935, Penticton, British Columbia). "The present collection is very different [from the earlier Flycatcher & other Stories], though the style, as always, is fresh and clever, the smile sardonic." Nine short stories : "Carter Fell", "A Short Story", "Match-Boxes", "Comparat...
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A Rose for Minnie Mullet : A Collection of Short Stories. First Edition in dustjacket

By: GRANTMYRE, Barbara

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Brunswick Press, Fredericton, 1964, : 1964

Seller ID: 23774

GRANTMYRE, Barbara. A Rose for Minnie Mullet : A Collection of Short Stories. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada : Brunswick Press, (1964). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada by Unipress, Fredericton, N.B." Pp (8),9-157,(3). 8vo (146 x 224 m), orange cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Laugher p 215. This is her second book. Barbara Grantmyre, née Lucas (b. 1903, Bolton, Lancashire, England - d. 1977) was living in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia at the time of publication. "According to reviewers Barbara Grantmyre is 'a Canadian author with characters as salty as their own...
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A Stronger Climate: 9 Stories. First American Edition in dustjacket

By: JHABVALA, Ruth Prawer

Price: $35.00

Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., New York, 1968, : 1968

Seller ID: 59324

JHABVALA, Ruth Prawer. A Stronger Climate : 9 Stories. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1968). First US Printing. Pp (14),11-214,(6). 8vo, purple cloth spine with navy blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (b. May 7, 1927, Cologne, Germany – d. April 3, 2013, New York City) was a German-born British and American novelist. A collection of nine short stories by the Indian author. "The nine stories in A Stronger Climate represent her second collection. Once again she proves her mastery as she probes Indian sociey, revealing its comedy, its...
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A Treasury of Newfoundland Prose & Verse. First Edition

By: CUFF, Harry A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Harry Cuff Publications Limited, St. John's, 1983 : 1983

Seller ID: 65665

ISBN-13: 9780919095465

CUFF, Harry A., (ed.). A Treasury of Newfoundland Prose & Verse. Chosen by Harry A. Cuff St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada : Harry Cuff Publications Limited, 1983. First Edition. "Printed in Canada by Creative Printers & Publishers Ltd." Pp (2),i-iv,5-144. With 15 b&w photos and some other illustrations in the text. 8vo (140 x 215 mm), light blue illustrated glossy card covers, with black lettering to front & spine. Harry Alfred Cuff (b. August 8, 1928, in Bonavista, Newfoundland - d. August 31, 2013, St. John's). A collection of works selected from books published by Harry Cuff Pu...
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A Tree for Poverty : Somali Poetry and Prose. Paperback facsimile reprint

By: LAURENCE, Margaret

Price: $30.00

Publisher: McMaster University Library Press / Irish University Press, 1970, : 1970

Seller ID: 28073

ISBN-13: 9780716514152

LAURENCE, Margaret. A Tree for Poverty : Somali Poetry and Prose. Collected by Margaret Laurence. (Shannon, Ireland) : McMaster University Library Press / Irish University Press, (1970). "Printed in the Republic of Ireland at Shannon by Robert Hogg Printer to Irish University Press". Pp (4),[v]-vi,(4),[1]-146,(4). 8vo (135 x 209 mm), tan card covers, red lettering to front cover & spine. Warwick A11. Jean Margaret Laurence, CC (née Wemyss) (b. July 18, 1926, Neepawa, Manitoba – d. January 5, 1987, Selwyn, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major fig...
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A-tae.

By: GREEY, Edward.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Mossant, Vallon & Co., 1925,

Seller ID: 95216

GREEY, Edward. A-tae. N.pl.: Issued by Mossant, Vallon & Co., n.d. [ca 1920s?]. Pp (36). 8vo, white embossed stitched card covers, red lettering to front cover. A Chinese love story by Edward Greey, a gift book by Mossant, Vallon & Co. Spine and margins browned, edges nicked, else very good. 20.00
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Academy Broadcast Vol. 1 No. I March 1933

By: Halifax Academy)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: 1933,

Seller ID: 51992

(HALIFAX ACADEMY). The Academy Broadcast Vol. 1 No. I March 1933. [Halifax]: n. p., 1933. Pp. 32. Illustrated. 8vo, stapled light brown paper covers with school crest to front. The premier issue of the publication by the Halifax Grammar School including short stories, sports and school notes. Previous owner's name typewritten in several places, covers lightly rubbed, else vg. 30.00
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