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Invisible Hand Legacy Books, 2015. (CAD) This is a special edition which is limited to 150 numbered and lettered copies signed by W.B. MacDonlad. This is copy No. 15 and is INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To B---& P------/ Very best! Bruce MacDonald", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Cloth, 94pp, B&W photos. 22 short stories. W.B. (Bruce) MacDonald was born in New Westminster, B.C. He has been published in the Malahat Review, Quarry, and the Antigonish Review.His poem "i like your parents' liquor store, baby" won first prize in This Magazine's "Great Canadian Literary Hunt." He is the author of eight books including Heroes and The Mornin' The Psychedelic '60s Came Splashin' Through Tidal Pools. (1.5 JM LVR 201/b1. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Minotaur Books, 2022. (USA) 1st printing. No mrkings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 375pp. Detective Inaya Rahman and Lt. Waqas Seif of the Denver Police are recruited to look into the disappearance of immigrant girls in the Colorado town of Blackwater Falls. (1.9 JM HOJ 302/2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. (CAD) First Edition No markings, there is a small portion of the lower cover edge that is worn therefore Very Good in clipped Near Fine Dj illus by Heather Cooper. beige bds with spine overprinted in brown, 285pp. Atwood's second collection of stories. (1.6 JM LVR 206/5. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2015. (CAD) 1sst printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To J------/ who was really patient/ All best/ Jim Shepard/ Vancouver 2015", no other markings, about Fine in unclipped VG dust jacket with tiny tear to top corner of front flap fold and small attendant crease. Hardcover, 260pp. This is a coming of age novel set in the Jewish ghetto as the Nazis swept into Waraw Poland. Shepard lives in Massachusetts. (1.5 JM 0732. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine (-)/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Vancouver: Summerwild., 1990. (CAD) First Edition Blue bds with gold spine titles, 278pp. Frontis illus by Ed Hill. The author is a retired air force colonel. This is his first novel about a bush pilot in British Columbia. The book is INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to a former Prime Minister of Canada: "To Rt. Hon. Joe Clark/with best personal/wishes & appreciation/Stewart Dickson/Sechelt,B.C./15 Oct 92." The author's business card is laid-in. A Fine copy in complete Fine- Dj with high portions of the Dj lightly rubbed and light tanning to verso edge of Dj. [1.9 JM HOQ 103/b5. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1944. (CAD) 1st Canadian edition. No markings, just a hint of spine slant, very slight darkening to the extreme edges of the covers where unprotected by the dust jacket, otherwise Very Good in unclipped Good only dust jacket with two edge tears, some rubbing to head of spine and very faint spot to rear panel; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Blue cloth with gold titles, 381pp. The Jalna series consists of sixteen novels that tell the story of the Canadian Whiteoak family from 1854 to 1954, although each of the novels can also be enjoyed as an independent story. Chronologically this novel is the first of the series, in which an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their new home. De la Roche chronicles their trials and tribulations during the building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humourous events that arise. (1.8 JM HOJ 302/2. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo -… Leer más

NY: Viking, 1961. (USA) Presumed 1st American edition: "The English-Lanuage edition first published in 1961...Published in 1961 by the Viking Press ". Owner's inscription to end paper, no other markings, a few faint foxing spots to top edge of covers where unpritected by the dust jacket, two tiny spots to leading edge of pages, otherwise Very Good in price-clipped Good only dust jacket with small chips and other edge faults, owner's phone number to front flap in ink. Green cloth with black cltoh spine, 248 pp. This is one of Greene's African novels set in the Belgian Congo in a leproserie. (1.5 JM LVR 200/b5. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2010. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To---/ Yann Martel/ Oct 14, 2010", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, [215]pp. Beatrice is a donkey and Virgil is a howler monkey in a journey that brings them to Okapi Taxidermy. (1.8 JM HOZ 401/4. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Atria Books, 2009. (USA) INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: " All my best,/ Malla Nunn/ xx", no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Black boards, 375pp. Award-winning screenwriter Malla Nunn delivers a romantic crime novel set in South Africa of the 1950s. (1.8 JM HOJ 304/2. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2010. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, there is an owner's inscription on the title page as well, no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 483pp. A novelist with writer's block reads his 11 year-old son a bedtime story to try to bridge the gulf between them. He picks a curious old book and finds that it quickly becomes the center of his son's life. (2.3 JM HOZ 401/2. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2010. (CAD) 1st printing, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "Dear ---/ Thanks for reading/ I hope you enjoy it. / Rivhard Harvell", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Maroon boards, 374pp. This is the author first novel and " odes for the ears what Perfume did for the nose". It is a comong of age novel about a young man with an extraordinary gift for sound. (2.0 JM LVR 206/b4. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toromto: HarperCollins, 2014. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket with the Giller Prize Finalist sticker removed from the front panel. Boards, 225pp. This novel was a Finalist in the ScotiaBank Giller Prize Awards and won the National Jewish Book Award. The story centers on Baruch Kotler, a disgraced Israeli politician. When he refuses to back down from a contrary but principled stand regarding the West Bank settlements, his political opponents expose his affair with a mistress decades his junior. He and the fierce young Leora flee the scandal for Yalta, where he comes face to face with the former friend who denounced him to the KGB almost forty years earlier. (1.5 JM HOQ 103/b1. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toromto: HarperCollins, 2014. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket with the Giller Proize sticker to the front panel. Boards, 225pp. This novel was a Finalist in the ScotiaBank Giller Prize Awards and won the National Jewish Book Award. The story centers on Baruch Kotler, a disgraced Israeli politician. When he refuses to back down from a contrary but principled stand regarding the West Bank settlements, his political opponents expose his affair with a mistress decades his junior. He and the fierce young Leora flee the scandal for Yalta, where he comes face to face with the former friend who denounced him to the KGB almost forty years earlier. (1.5 JM HOQ 103/b2. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toromto: HarperCollins, 2014. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 225pp. This novel was a Finalist in the ScotiaBank Giller Prize Awards. The story centers on Baruch Kotler, a disgraced Israeli politician. When he refuses to back down from a contrary but principled stand regarding the West Bank settlements, his political opponents expose his affair with a mistress decades his junior. He and the fierce young Leora flee the scandal for Yalta, where he comes face to face with the former friend who denounced him to the KGB almost forty years earlier. (1.5 JM HOZ 402/3. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toromto: HarperCollins, 2014. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 225pp. This novel was a Finalist in the ScotiaBank Giller Prize Awards. The story centers on Baruch Kotler, a disgraced Israeli politician. When he refuses to back down from a contrary but principled stand regarding the West Bank settlements, his political opponents expose his affair with a mistress decades his junior. He and the fierce young Leora flee the scandal for Yalta, where he comes face to face with the former friend who denounced him to the KGB almost forty years earlier. (1.5 JM HOJ 304/1. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toromto: HarperCollins, 2014. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 225pp. This novel about a Soviet Jewish dissisdent was a Finalist in the ScotiaBank Giller Prize Awards. (1.5 JM HOQ 100/b5. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2007. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings,Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 346pp. This is a novel about a widow of the Great War by a BC author. (1.8 JM LVR 200/b5. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Canada: Invisible Hand Legacy Books, 2015. (CAD) This is a special edition which is limited to 150 numbered and lettered copies signed by W.B. MacDonlad. This is copy No. 61 and is INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To E--/ Very best! Bruce MacDonald", no other markings, Fine in about Fine dust jacket with a couple of small creases to the front flap. Cloth, 94pp, B&W photos. 22 shoort stories. W.B. (Bruce) MacDonald was born in New Westminster, B.C. He has been published in the Malahat Review, Quarry, and the Antigonish Review.His poem "i like your parents' liquor store, baby" won first prize in This Magazine's "Great Canadian Literary Hunt." He is the author of eight books including Heroes and The Mornin' The Psychedelic '60s Came Splashin' Through Tidal Pools. (1.5 JM LVR 202/b4. Inscribed By Author. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2011. (CAD) First printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (in a squiggle) and dated 2011 on the half title page, no othe rmarkigs, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jaxket. Boards, 347pp. A novel of three lives that intersect by the the Giller prize-nominated author of Stanley Park. (1.8 JM HOQ 102/b3. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. (UK) First British Edition No markings, slight toning to page edges, about Fine in unclipped about Fine dust jacket. Blue boards, 281pp. This is the first British edition of Atwood's collection of short stories. (1.8 JM HOZ 403/b4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".