Fiction from Bazaar of Books

Lies of Silence by Brian Moore. [London]: Bloomsbury, [1990]. pp. 195. signed by the author on the title page, without dedication. Hardcover, blue boards with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt title to spine with blue ribbon marker (corners square, very light foxing to top edge, light mark to top of back cover plus several tiny indentations to back… Saber más sobre este artículo

Denison Avenue. Novel by Christina Wong. Illustrations by Daniel Innes. (Artwork and text issued separately, back-to-back and inverted). [Toronto]: E C W Press, [2023]. pp. 232, illustrated section unpaginated: total pages 328. Paperback (slight wear to corners, interior is clean & unmarked). Fine condition. "A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese… Saber más sobre este artículo

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (#838) by George Orwell. [Harmondsworth, Middlesex]: Penguin Books in association with Secker & Warburg, [1955]. First published 1945 by Secker and Warburg Ltd. Published in Penguin Books 1951. Reprinted 1952, 1954, 1955. pp. 120 + 8 pp. advertising. Paperback (both top edge & spine darkened, some wear to top & bottom of spine, covers bit… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Wildlife" by Richard Ford. Toronto: Little, Brown and Company (Canada) Limited, [1990]. First edition, First printing. Inscribed by the author. pp. 177. Hardcover, black boards with gilt title on spine (corners square, owner's bookplate on front endpaper, pages toned, few marks on top and fore edges, interior is clean & unmarked). d.j., unclipped (bit soiled, corners rubbed, top and bottom… Saber más sobre este artículo

"An Object of Beauty" by Steve Martin. New York: Grand Central Publishing, [2010]. Hardcover, white cloth with crimson title on spine (corners straight, some foxing on top edge, interior clean & unmarked, gift inscription on title page). d.j., unclipped (slight mark at top of back cover). Very Good+ condition. Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" (23.5cm x 16cm).

"The Dalkey Archive" by Flann O'Brien. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1964. First edition. pp. 222. Hardcover, green boards with gilt title on spine (corners straight, foxing on top edge, small stain at bottom of back cover, interior is clean and unmarked). d.j., unclipped (soiled, bit worn, toned on inside of jacket with some foxing). Very Good condition. Size: 8" x 5 1/8"… Saber más sobre este artículo

"The Gaspards of Pine Croft: A Romance of the Windermere" by Ralph Connor. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1923]. First edition. pp. 318. Hardcover, green cloth with black title on front & spine. Note: front & back covers are of the same design, with title, author, etc. (spine bumped & bit worn, corners bent, owner signature on front free… Saber más sobre este artículo

"A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. Introduction by Ford Madox Ford. New York: The Modern Library, n.d. (c.1940s). pp. 355. Hardcover, grey cloth, green label on front with gilt title, also green label on spine with gilt title (spine bumped and frayed, top & fore edge are foxed, 2 lower corners bent, corners worn, some marks or wear on… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Traffics and Discoveries" by Rudyard Kipling. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1904. pp. 363. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt title on front and spine and ship illustration stamped on cover (corners bent & worn, spine bumped & frayed, back cover dented on bottom edge, gift inscription on front free endpaper, interior is clean & unmarked). top edge gilt, others are… Saber más sobre este artículo

"A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean. Wood engravings by Barry Moser. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, [1989]. Originally published in 1976. pp. 162. Many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, quarter grey cloth with beige boards and bronze gilt title on the spine, with a "fly" blindstamped on the front cover. (corners square with one slightly… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Great Fairy Tales of Ireland." Compiled and introduced by Mary McGarry. Illustrations by Richard Hook. New York: Avenel Books (a division of Crown Publishers, Inc.), [1973]. pp. 127, Bibliography. many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, green boards with gilt title on spine (foxing on top edge, corners square & slightly rubbed, dent to edge of back cover, interior clean &… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Great Tales of the West." Compiled by Bill Pronzini ^ Martin H. Greenberg. [New York]: Galahad Books, [1985]. pp. 445. Hardcover, brick boards with gilt title on spine (corners square, spine bumped, few spots of foxing on edges, previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, interior is clean & unmarked). dj., unclipped (spine faded, some toning inside jacket, wear along… Saber más sobre este artículo

"The Miss Hobbema Pageant" by W. P. Kinsella. Toronto: Harper & Collins, [1989]. First edition. pp. 200. Paperback (inside covers toned, also margins toned, interior is clean & unmarked). Very Good condition. Size: 7 3/4" x 5 1/8". (20cm x 13 cm).

"South Riding An English Landscape" by Winifred Holtby. London: Collins, 1936. Published February, 1936- First impression. This Fifth impression, March, 1936. pp. 589. Hardcover, green cloth with blue title on spine (corners bent & worn, spine frayed with short tears and also darkened, edgeworn, some soiling to covers, binding cracked at title page, lower edge is uncut, previous owner's signature… Saber más sobre este artículo

"The Bar Sinister" by Richard Harding Davis. Illustrated by E. M. Ashe. Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co., Limited, 1903. pp. 108. 7 colour illustrations, tissue paper on frontispiece. Hardcover, tan cloth, turquoise title on front cover, & spine, with coat of arms (hinge partially cracked but still tight, spine bumped & frayed, corners bent & worn, few marks to cover,… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Canadian Short Stories." Selected and with an Introduction by Robert Weaver. London: Oxford University Press, 1960. First edition. pp. 420. Hardcover, blue cloth with coat of arms, gilt title on spine (spine bumped, lower corners bent, light staining to covers, some foxing to edges, price on front free endpaper & mark, otherwise interior is clean & unmarked, publisher's deboss on… Saber más sobre este artículo

"The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham." (2 vols. in slipcase). Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1952]. pp. 955 (vol. 1); pp. 681 (vol. 2). Hardcover, grey cloth with gilt title on spine, 2 vols. in black slipcase, boards with paper label (both volumes appear to be unread: Vol. 1- faint mark on back cover, interior… Saber más sobre este artículo

"The Fencepost Chronicles" by W. P. Kinsella. First edition. [Don Mills, Ontario]: Totem Press (Collins Publishers), [1986]. pp. 190. Paperback (covers slightly darkened, text margins toned, interior is clean & unmarked). Very Good condition. Size: 7 3/4" x 5 1/8" (19.5cm x 13cm)

"Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1922]. pp. 195. Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt title & decoration on front cover. Gilt on spine title is worn or mostly missing (corners bent & rubbed, top edge soiled, spine & back cover dampstained also a little on front cover, spine bumped & bit frayed, endpapers foxed, rear endpaper… Saber más sobre este artículo

"I Am Mary Dunne," a novel by Brian Moore. Toronto/Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, [1968]. pp. 217. Hardcover, quarter gold cloth and purple boards with black & red title on spine, yellow top edge (corners square, some wear to bottom of spine, small stain on bottom edge, interior is clean and unmarked). dj., clipped (spine faded, bottom of spine chipped… Saber más sobre este artículo