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Toronto: Longmans, Green & Company. Good. 1954. Third Printing. Card Covers. 178 p. 17.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers, with cloth-backed spine. Fore-corners show wear. Some light overall soil to the covers. Inside pages are lightly toned. A collection of stories about a habitant farm bordering the St. Lawrence in the 1870's. Part of the Heritage of Canadian Literature series from this publisher. .

Hodder & Stoughton. Good. 1913. Hardcover. 487 p. 20 cm. Sound cloth-covered binding. Some wear to the corners. Ring mark and some staining. Text block edges are grimy. Pencilled name in three places. Inside pages generally clean with occasional soiling and stains. G. B. Lancaster is a pseudonym for Edith Joan Lyttleton, an Australasian writer whose novel settings included New Zealand, Australia, and Canada and often deal with imperialism and colonial identity. Lyttleton was one of New Zealand's most popular authors throughout the first half of the 20th century. This novel is set in Canada and tells the story of two Royal Canadian Mounted police men bringing law and order in western Canada. It was made into a Hollywood film in the 1920s. .

Self Published By the Author. Very Good-. 2008. Softcover. 143920067X . 368 p. 20.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A little wear to the corners and edges. Small colour scuff on fore-edge of the text block. Except for author's inscription, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. A novel by a Port Hope, Ontario resident. Inscribed to a previous owner by the author on the title page. .

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Good+. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 400 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in red, cloth-covered boards, with gilt spine titles and elephant motif on upper board. Top fore-corner of lower board has been nibbled. Other corners have a little wear. A little soil and staining to the text block edges. Top edge is gilt. Inside pages are generally clean and unmarked, with slight toning. A few leaves have tiny creases to the bottom front corner. Dust jacket has edge and corner wear, heaviest to corners and including some tiny chips and creases. The spine is darkened. Faint pencil check marks on rear panel. A collection of short stories. .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good. Hardcover. 310 p. 21 cm. Tan cloth covered boards, with colour illustration to upper board and gilt titles on board and spine. The front hinge is cracked and a bit loose. Corners bumped. Some overall soiling to both boards. Text block edges are somewhat grimy. Foxing to title page and other preliminaries, and along the edges of some pages. Pages generally clean otherwise. A novel set in Selesia during the Seven Year's War of the mid 18th century. .

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0807820636 . 81 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding, with cloth backed spine and paper-covered boards. Text block edges a little dusty. Else fine. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a tiny bit of wear to the spine ends and corner tips. Lightly shelf rubbed. The first appearance of an original novella retelling an episode from Thomas Wolfe's childhood. .

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Good. Hardcover. 288 p. 19 cm. Not dated. Bound in red-cloth illustrated boards. A little loose in its binding. Corners softened and stained. Both boards rubbed and show some soil. Spine somewhat faded. Text block edges are tanned. Front endpapers have some staining. Foxing to endpapers and to the margins of some pages. A novel by Canadian pioneer writer Catharine Parr Traill about three children who get lost in the woods near Rice Lake north of Cobourg, Ontario. Originally titled Canadian Crusoes. Includes four colour plates. .

New York: Longman Inc.. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 058228452X . 519 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Front edge of front cover curling somewhat. Light wear to the edges. Previous owner's name on half title page. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A selection of thirty five short pieces of magical realism fiction from a wide variety of twentieth century authors, ranging from Tolstoy to Faulkner. .

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0770517110 . 166 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Moisture stain to bottom edge of lower board, which has caused some spotting to both lower edges of the boards. Text block edges are slightly tanned. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. A few pages have a tiny corner bump/creases. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean. Dust jacket has edge wear, heaviest to the spine ends and corners. Front panel has some speckling near the bottom. Sticker pull mark on rear panel. A novel of the McGregor family set in southwestern Ontario in the second half of the 19th century and into the 20th. .

Toronto: Irwin Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0772515395 . 540 p. 23.5 cm. Sound and square binding in burgundy, cloth-covered boards. Minor rub wear to the edges. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little edge wear. Flap edges are slightly darkened. Light shelf rubbing. A collection of stories in the words of Davies' fictional news editor Samuel Marchbanks and others. Some of the material is taken from two earlier works: The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks and Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Peterborough, Ontario: The Review. Very Good. 1994. Softcover. 110 p. 21.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the edges and corner tips. Shelf rubbed with light scratches. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The first issue of a literary journal featuring Canadian writers' short stories and poetry. .

Peterborough, Ontario: The Review. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 120 + ads p. 21.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corner tips. Shelf rubbed with light scratches. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An issue of a literary journal featuring Canadian writers' short stories and poetry. .

Peterborough, Ontario: The Review. Very Good. 1994. Softcover. 235 + ads p. 21.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corner tips. Shelf rubbed with light scratches. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An issue of a literary journal featuring Canadian writers' short stories and poetry. .

Peterborough, Ontario: The Review. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 114 + ads p. 21.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corner tips. Shelf rubbed with light scratches. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An issue of a literary journal featuring Canadian writers' short stories and poetry. .

Toronto: The Copp Clark Co., Limited. Very Good. 1897. Hardcover. 323 p. 19 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Some wear to the corners and spine ends. Titles and decorations still bright. Tiny stamp on top edge of text block and all text block edges are tanned. Both sets of endpapers are discoloured. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. The first collection of stories by the author featuring the character "Pretty" Pierre, a man of French and Indian parentage and set in northern Canada during the times of the Hudson's Bay Trading Company. .

London: Robert Hale. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0709151012 . 336 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A little wear to the corner tips and spine ends. Top edge slightly dusty. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edge wear, a bit heavier at the spine ends. Rear panel has tanned. Not price clipped. The first novel of the Plantagenet saga by the author. .

Port Hope, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Very Good+. Softcover. 174 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light corner wear and top half of spine is slightly faded. A fictionalized account of the life of a female schoolmaster at the boy's school. The author was a teacher at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. .

Winona Lake, Indiana: Light and Life Press. Very Good+. ©1988. Softcover. 0893671401 . 174 p. 18 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to edges and corners. A bit of rubbing. Stamp on the title page, otherwise the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The sequel to Prairie Rose about Elba and Alma's adventures homesteading on the plains of Saskatchewan. .

London: The Folio Society. Near Fine. 1998. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 152 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in stamped, cloth-covered boards. One leaf has a tiny dent to its fore-edge. Otherwise, there is virtually no discernable wear. The protective sleeve is rubbed with light scratch marks and has a small dent along the bottom edge and some glue remains from a price sticker. An attractive copy of the classic story of teacher Jean Brodie and her students. Includes six full colour illustrations by artist Beryl Cook. .

Port Hope, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. 2007. Second Edition. Softcover. 0978063708 . 78 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A few small scuff marks to the covers. Minor edge wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A collection of six short stories from a Port Hope, Ontario writer. .