Modern First Editions from JWMah

NY: William Morrow, 2010. (USA) 1st printing of the first edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, tiny bump to top corner tip of front cover, thus Fine(-) in unclipped Fine(-) dust jacket with tiny crease to rear flap. Hardcover, 387pp. In this suspense novel, defense attorney Paul Madriani is on… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Sinclair-Stevenson Limited., 1996. (UK) First printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markingsFine in unclipped Fine (-) dust jacket with a crease to the front flap. Hardcover, 277pp. In this speculative novel, part dream and part history, John Milton is shipwrecked and forced to wander through the American wilderness with a young companion....(1.6… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Random House of Canada, 2006. (CAD) First Printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket Black boards, 394pp. This novel is about cultural contact and its consequences on the North and is centered on the character of Victoria, born in the Tundra in the 1950s. (2.0 JM HOJ… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Penguin Viking., 2001. (CAD) 1st printing of first edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS as "Slade": above the book title to the title page, "Welcome to...[Death's Door", Slade" no othe rmarkings, a touch of rubbing to the base of the spine otherwise Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket with a hint of rubbing to panel gloss. Grey hardcover with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Montreal & Kingston: McGill Queens University Press, 2003. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket with the facsimile suicide letter in perfect order in the envelope. Red boards, 969pp. B&W illus. This huge book is a fictional treatment of the suicide of Hebert Aquin, the Montreal novelist who shot himself… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1985. (CAD) First printing of the Canadian First edition. No markings, there is a long wrinkle to the cloth of thr spine (a manufacturing fault) otherwise Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 246pp. Black Robe is an account of the 17th-century encounter between the Huron and Iroquois the French called "Les Sauvages" and the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1995. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To R--- with my best feelings, Yevgeny, 1995", two word pen notation to endpaper with date, no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 398pp. This is an epic novel of modern Russia told with the backdrop of the events surrounding the attempted coup of 1991,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London / NY: W.H.Allen, 1973. (uk) Stated 1st British edition, No markings, tiny bump to top corner of cover, Near Fine in unclipped Good dust jacket with 1/2 x 1/2" chip to the base of the spine at the front anel and a touch of rubbing to top flap fold corner. Hardcover, 386pp. This novel is set in Hollywood… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: HarperCollins, 2004. (CAD) 1st printing of the First Canadian edition, No markings, Fine in Fne dust jacket with very light rubbing to panel gloss. Hardcover, 317pp. The twice nominated Booker Prize author, returns t the short story form in this book, which contains 17 overlapping stories set in the small town world of Western Australia. (1.9 JM HOQ 103/b2.… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2000. (USA) 1st printing of the American edition, No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 155pp. Sobin is a poet and lives in Provence. From the jacket: Philippe Cabassac has fly-truffled every winter since childhood on his family estate in Provence. Stalking the flies that lay their eggs over the odoriferous truffles, he… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Minton, Balch & Company., 1932. (USA) Presumed 1st American edition with the year 1932 to the title page and to the copyright page. No markings,, Very Good in price-clipped Acceptable only dust jacket with large chip to lower conrer of front panel and loss to head and foot of spine panel; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Blue cloth… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Alfred A Knopf, 2014. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "For Sam, Ann-Marie MacDonald", no othe rmarkings, Fine in unclipped Fine (-) dust jacket with a pin prink sized faint gray mark to the white part of the front of the jacket.(Unobtrusive). Dj is in mylar sleeve. Grey hardback with yellow spine, patterned endpapers,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2002. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no other markings, small lentil size faint spot to the leading edge of pages, otherwise Very Good (+). Wraps with flaps, 342pp. From the flap When curmudgeonly Owen Jones died in a Bella Coola nursing home, no one who knew the elderly man could imagine the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Collins, 1954. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, toning to the half-title, two small white spots to the cover, otherwsie Very Good in Fair dust jacket with large chip to base of spine, another to top edge of rear panel, edge tears and small faults; the front panel illus is bright and clean; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Blue… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2003. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no othe rmarkings, Fine in unclipped Fine (-) dustkact with closed 1/8" tear to base of spine; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover, 383pp. From the jacket: In this novel, Sony Aalto flies back to Vancouve Island, where he learns that his difficult… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. (USA) Stated first edition. Owner's name to endpaper, no other markings, a brace of five faint whitish stops to the front cover and a single spot to the back cover, Very Good (-) in unclipped Very Good (-) dust jacket with a chip to upper edge of rear panel and a touch… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1956. (USA) Stated 1st printing of the American edition. No markings, tiny tear to foot of spine, slight bump to lower corner of back cover, otherwise Very Good in unclipped Good(-) only dust jacket with small edge chips and tears and asmall spot of scuffing to the lower edge of the front panel; Dj is now… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2008. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To B-------/ with my best wishes/ Bill Deverell/ Sechelt '08" , no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket with s couple of tiny scuff marks to front panel. Hardcover, 421pp. The retired lawyer, Arthur Beauchamp, has to leave his v=beloved goat farm on Garabaldi Island to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: MacMillan, 1947. (CAD) !st edition with 1947 to the title page and to the copyright page. Red cloth with gold spine titles, in the first stae dust jacket with the photo of the author to the back panel and the 8 line text below the photo. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "To Dorothy S---/ Vancouver BC/… Saber más sobre este artículo