Short Stories from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Saint John, N.B.: Dreamcatcher Publishing, 2005 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. First Printing Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cream trade paperback with photo of monkey and black lettering. A collection of short fictional pieces on various themes, from Che Guevara to the goldfields of the Yukon and back home to New Brunswick. Scarce..

Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 1984 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue illustrated cover trade paperback with white and yellow lettering. Spine is sunned. 22 short stories by one of New Brunswick's own. Scarce..

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1968 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket is unclipped, but has minor waterstaining, small tears at top of spine, and a 2 1/2" vertical tear at top of front cover . Missing front free… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1986 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original light blue trade paperback with red and white lettering. 18 short stories by New Brunswick's most sought-after author and poet. 132 pp..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Limited, 2006 Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. A selection by Margaret Atwood of Alice Munro's best stories, in the order in which they were written. 509 pp..

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1911 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth with full pastedown panel on boards. Prose and verse contributed by the American people. Previous owner's name. 447 pp. plus index of titles and authors..

Toronto: William Briggs, 1895 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. Wear to head and foot of spine. 14 short stories including McGrath's Bad Night, Little Baptiste, and A Turkey Apiece. Library stamps and bookplate. Edge tear to first free endpaper. 289 pp..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1932 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. The Bookman for June, 1930, calls Mrs. Whitaker "a very promising writer with certain obvious defects which can probably be remedied." Thumbs up to "Old Abraham" and "The Enchanted Morning" but thumbs down on "New Moon." Decide for yourself. 253… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Halcyon House, 1941 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige cloth on boards. Previous owner's initials. DJ is chipped head and foot. 51 stories and a novelette. Heavy book will need extra postage. 308 pp..

Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1942 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. A gathering of short stories of adventure from around the world. Juvenile or high school levels. Map endpapers. 591 pp. Heavy book will need extra post age..

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1950 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. DJ chipped head and foot, with 3-inch fold tear. Previous owner's name. 310 pp..

Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing, Limited, 1998 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover volume of short stories, set in the Maritimes. 137 pp..

London: Faith Press, Ltd., 1958 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First - First Published 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth in crocodile pattern on boards. Previous owner's name. DJ price-clipped. Short stories by a number of writers from various parts of Africa. The Dignity of Begging, Trousers of Wind, Much Silence, Escapade… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Fleming H. Revell, 1895 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Another by the tremendously popular author of Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. Text in heavy dialect. Cocked. Cover soil. 366 pp..

N.Y.: Athenaeum Society Book. Illus. by Frontispiece. Near Fine. 3/4 Leather on Marbled Board. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original 3/4 maroon Cape Levant on marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. No writing or damage. One of the series titled Scenes from Private Life, part of The Human Comedy. Translated into English by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.Y.: Athenaeum Society Book. Illus. by Frontispiece. Near Fine. 3/4 Leather on Marbled Board. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original 3/4 maroon Cape Levant on marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. No writing or damage. One of the series titled Scenes from Parisian Life, part of The Human Comedy. Translated into English by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George G. Harrap & Company, Ltd., 1928 Book. Illus. by Sarah Noble-Ives. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original grey-green composition on boards. Previous owner's name in pencil. Based on Froebel's "Mother Play." Friedrich Froebel is credited with the origin of kindergartens after his experiments with teaching children outdoors in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Wakefield and Richards, 1951 Book. Illus. by Rowell Friers. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. DJ torn foot of spine and thumb-sized piece missing head of spine. Inscribed "With best wishes to the Maple Leaf 'Wee Ireland' from Peter 'hisself'. July, 1956." … Saber más sobre este artículo

Wexford, Ireland: John English & Co., Ltd., 1955 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. Bright orange DJ has tiny fold tear at head. Inscribed "To R. B. Graham with every good wish from B.J. Murdoch." First printed in 1927, again in 1928, and by demand, again… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.Y.: Broadway Publishing Company, 1905 Book. Illus. by Front. Portrait of Theodosia Burr. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. No writing. Light tanning to first free endpaper. Short stories from Pasquotank River and other parts of North Carolina. Frontispiece with tissue… Saber más sobre este artículo