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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1974 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. Advance Proof. 6 x 9 1/2 Inches. Grey softcover with red lettering on cover. Edges of textblock are spotted and stained. This is an Advance Proof Copy of Laurence's fifth novel, to be released in May, 1974. It is the story of a woman writer in Manitoba. The book has been banned many times by school boards, so it must be good! 382 pp. plus Acknowledgements and Note..

London: Chatto and Windus, 1902 Book. Fair to Good. Hardcover. Sole Authorized English Version. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Front hinge cracked and glued. Text block aging. Edited by Ernest A. Vizetelly. First printed in 1877, it seems to bear witness to the overwhelming power of strong drink. Very convincing ! 410 pp..

N.Y.: Random House, 1999 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth spine on black boards. First gathering not well-secured in printing. A large, heavy volume of 985 pp. Contains extracts from Vidal's work..

London: Whittaker and Co., 1847 Book. Illus. by J & F. Tallis Engraving Frontispiece. Fair. Hardcover. Third Edition, Greatly Enlarged. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Rebound in green cloth on boards in 1923. Random ink writing on prelims. Previous owner's name. Gutter strain following copyright page. This volume appears to refer to Moral Extracts only. 419 pp..

London: Collins Clear Type Press Book. Illus. by F. M. P.. Good. Full Leather on Flexible Board. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Glossy maroon pigskin leather on flexible board. Title page missing; In its place is a poem, Lake of the Woods, written by M. B. Leitch, Complaint Department. Previous owner's signature is Flora McDonald, Wapella, Sask. Minor scuffing to ends of spine and corners. 632 pp. with notes, plus catalog. (See two following listings from same previous owner)..

London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1905 Book. Illus. by B & W Frontispiece By S. Ivanowski. Good Plus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Inches. Olive cloth on boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Dampstain on back cover and affecting last eight leaves. Previous owner's lovely bookplate in the front. Remains of paper stuck to second front free endpaper. Foxing inside front and back covers. This is Volume VI of the Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff, and was translated from Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood. 352 pp..

London: Collins' Clear-Type Press Book. Illus. by Paul Hardy. Good Plus to Very Good. Full Leather on Flexible Board. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original deep maroon pigskin on flexible boards. Previous owner's name on dark endpaper. This novel pointed up the issue of "ship-knackers", owners who purchased only worn-out ships and profited by them until their inevitable failure, usually with significant loss of human life. Top edges gilt. 400 pp..

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1934 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait By Evan Mcdonald. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey clolth on boards. A "McAree miscellany" gleaned from his columns in The Mail and Empire newspaper, predecessor of the Globe and Mail. Previous owner's name. 332 pp..

New York: Pantheon Books, Inc., 1944 Book. Illus. by 100 Woodcuts By Frans Masereel. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige cloth on boards. DJ chipped head and foot, with one flap torn full length at fold. No writing or other damage. First published in 1869, when Belgium was only 30 years old. Ranks with Don Quixote and Pantagruel in significance. This is the story of the revolution of seven Low Country provinces against Philip II of Spain in the 16th Century. A tale of love and liberty, enabled by good humor. 496 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage..

London: John Westhouse, 1947 Book. Illus. by Brian Robb. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tan cloth on boards. DJ lightly worn head and foot of spine. No writing. Covers slightly warped. 221 pp..

New York: Review of Reviews Corp., 1935 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled softcover, pp. 513-640. A literary magazine I haven't seen bfore. Stories include "The Pastry-Cook of Madrigal" by Rafael Sabatini, "Dounia" by Alexander Pushkin, and "The Bearer of the Tooth"by Frank Buck. Special Features include "Confessions" by Jean Jacques Rousseau. Many more stories and features..

London: Isbister and Company, 1889 Book. Illus. by Many B/W Illustrations. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark green cloth on beveled boards. Previous owner's name. A gathering of interesting stories, reports, poems, and hundreds of b/w drawings, several full-page on machined paper, by various artists. All edges gilt. A marvelous substitution for, and improvement over, television ! 860 pp. This heavy book will need extra postage..

London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Ltd. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original grey cloth on boards with black titles and decoration. Part of "The Evergreen Library" series. Previous owner's name. 3/4" split in cloth at top of rear spine. Pictorial dustjacket is in two pieces with approximately 2" missing from top of spine. It is also sunned. Print in the book is extremely small and close together. Scott first published this novel anonymously in 1815, and it proved to be quite popular - the first edition sold out on the first day. 418 pp..

Ottawa: Graphic Publishers Limited, 1930 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Showing school stamp, so must have been used as a high school text. Begins with the "literature of knowledge" and then passes on to the higher levels of truth and beauty. Liberally underlined. 295 pp. with index..

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1934 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Cumberland Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original maroon cloth on blindstamped boards. Gold spine titles. A romantic novel set in Polchester, which town is the protagonist of the story, in the early Twentieth Century. Harmer John seems too good to be true. Book is heavily cocked. Previous owner's name. 485 pp..

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited Book. Illus. by Phiz. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards with paper spine label. Lever began this project a few years after gaining a position as a country doctor and marrying his first wife. Apparently he wrote late at night, with little thought of organization. Lorrequer is said to be a string of Irish stories, good, bad, and indifferent. The success of his writing surprised him. He followed this with several more which we have listed separately, all in matching covers. Volume I of a 2-volume set has 280 pp..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1924 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. The author taught 40 years at Dalhousie University, and was largely responsible for increasing the popularity of Herman Melville as a result of his essay on Moby Dick, which he called "the best sea story ever written." - internet. Although he died in 1933, there might be something to gain by applying some of his comments to modern Canadian literature. Nearly every name in the book is underlined in pencil. Previous owner's name. 247 pp..

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1920 Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orignal maroon cloth on boards. First free endpaper missing. Front hinge cracked. No writing. Not only a history, but also a commentary on early Canadian literature. 200 pp., including index..

London, Calcutta, Sydney: George G. Harrap, 1925 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Reprint. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles and embossed publishers' logo on front cover. 1/8" tear in cloth at bottom spine edge of back cover. 1/4" tear at top of hinge edge of FFEP. Front hinge starting. Originally published in 1742, this was Henry Fielding's first novel, and one of the first novels in the English language. It is described by Fielding as an "comic epic poem in prose" about a good-natured footman's trip home from London with his friend, an absent-minded parson. 310 pp..

Paris: Garnier Freres Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original patterned boards backed in green leather with four raised bands and black spine label lettered in gold. Previous owner's name and date (1878) on title page. Minor wear to corners and head and foot of spine. Five pages only have red marginal numbers written in. No other writing or damage. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. 425 pp. plus Table Des Materies..