Canadian Literature

October 24 , 2006

 Adderson, Caroline  Sitting Practice  Toronto, Thomas Allen, 2003 ; 321 pp. First Edition; 8VO. SIGNED by the author on the title   page. Her widely praised second novel.A fine copy, as new and unread.  Refer to our book   number 20703. F/F  $40.00

  Alexis, Andre  Childhood  Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1998 ; 265 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Author's first novel.   Signed by Alexis.  True first.  No hardcover edition published. Winner of  the Chapters First   Novel Prize.Trade paperback with French flaps. A fine copy.  Refer to our book number   6300. Fine in stiff wraps  $16.00

  Anderson-Dargatz, Gail  A Recipe for Bees  Toronto, KNOPF, 1998 ; 311 pp. First Edition; 8VO. By the author of A Cure For Death by   Lightning. Boldly SIGNED by the author on the title page.  Refer to our book number 20716.   F/F  $20.00

  Anderson-Dargatz, Gail  The Cure For Death by Lightning  Toronto, KNOPF, 1996 ; 294 pp. First Edition; 8VO. The author's widely praised first novel. A   magical book. SIGNED by the author on the title page with signed handmade (by the author)   bookmark laid in.  Refer to our book number 20715. F/F  $40.00

  Anderson-Dargatz, Gail  The Cure For Death by Lightning  Toronto, KNOPF, 1996 ; 294 pp. First Edition; 8VO. The author's widely praised first novel. A   magical book. With signed handmade (by the author) bookmark laid in.  Refer to our book   number 12368. F/F  $30.00

  Atwood, Margaret  Dancing Girls and Other Stories  New York, Simon & Schuster, 1982 ; 240 pp. First US Edition; 8VO. INSCRIBED by the   author on the title page.A fine copy in like unclipped jacket.  Refer to our book number   22246. F/NF  $25.00

  Atwood, Margaret  Oryx and Crake  Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 2003 ;  First Edition; 8VO. A fine unread copy SIGNED by   Atwood on the title page. Shipped in box with protected jacket.  Refer to our book number   17340. F/F  $40.00

 
 
Atwood, Margaret  The Animals in that Country  Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1968 ; 69 pp. First Edition; 8VO. The scarce hardcover   edition of Atwood's second book.Some wear to the bottom of the front boards, 3 pinpricks   near top of front cover. Gift Inscription on FEP. Very light small stain on foreedge side of   front cover. Jacket quite worn with one irregular 1" tear surrounded by attendant wrinklings at   top front. Some stainin to jacket spine and panels. 50˘ seems to have been scratched into   the top front cover towards the fold. Don't you believe it.  Refer to our book number 9799.   $125.00

  Atwood, Margaret  The Penelopiad  Toronto, KNOPF, 2005 ; 199 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Atwood's retelling of the Odyssey from   Penelope's point of view. One of the first three volumes in the enormous Myths publishing   project. SIGNED by Atwood on the title page.As new and unread.  Refer to our book number   22911. F/F  $36.00

  Atwood, Margaret  True Stories  Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1981 ; 103 pp. First Edition; 8VO. SIGNED by Atwood on   the half-title. Her ninth collection of poetry. Cover art by the author.Very light edgewear.    Refer to our book number 13735. NF in Wraps  $20.00

  Badami, Anita Rau  Tamarind Men  Toronto, Viking Press, 1996 ; 266 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Author's first novel. Published in   trade paperback with flaps  Refer to our book number 14812. Fine in Wraps  $14.00

  Baird, Irene  John  Philadelphia, LIPPINCOTT, 1937 ; 235 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A lovely copy in like   priceclipped jacket.  Refer to our book number 22600. F/NF  $20.00

  Barbeau, Marius (ill Arthur Price)  The Tree of Dreams  Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1955 ; 112 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Very nicely illustrated   by Price.  Early legends from French Canada.Jacket very lightly worn.  Refer to our book   number 22031. F/NF  $15.00

  Bird, Will R  Here Stays Good Yorkshire  Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1945 ; 332 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Winner of the All Canada Fiction   Award.Book in very nice unworn condition.  Jacket chipped and creased with some losses at   spine extremities.  Refer to our book number 23533. VG/VG  $14.00

 
 
Bird, Will R  Sunrise For Peter and other stories  Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1946 ; 223 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Review copy with slip laid in and   SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper.Book in very nice unworn condition.  Jacket   chipped and creased with some losses at top of rear panel.  Refer to our book number   23534. F/VG  $15.00

  Birney, Earle  Down the Long Table  Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1955 ; 298 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Large ink price on FEP.   Light wear to jacket with one half inch tear and a tape repaired tear at bottom. Still, an   attractive and solid copy.  Refer to our book number 7063. VG/VG  $25.00

  Birney, Earle  TURVEY - A MILITARY PICARESQUE  Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1949 ; 288 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A lovely copy of   Birney's first novel. Book is in bright unworn condition, jacket has very light edgewear, spine   browned.  Refer to our book number 22243. F/NF  $15.00

  Blais, Marie-Claire  Deaf to the City (La Sourd de la Ville)  Toronto, Lester Orpen Dennys, 1981(1979) ; 220 pp. First English Language Edition; 8VO.   Translated by Carol Dunlop. Winer of the Governor-General's Award. Very nice copy in like   unpriceclipped jacket. Owner's name on FEP.  Refer to our book number 10039. NF/NF  $18.00

  Blais, Marie-Claire  Mad Shadows (La Belle Bete)  London, Jonathan Cape, 1960 ; 123 pp. First British Edition; 8VO. The author's first novel.   Light bumping to book corners, priceclipped jacket worn with several tears  Refer to our book   number 10037. NF/VG  $25.00

  Bock, Dennis  The Ash Garden  Toronto, HarperFlamingo, 2001 ; 281 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Author's highly praised first   novel. True first edition.  Refer to our book number 14324. F/F  $20.00

  Bodsworth, Fred  The Sparrow's Fall  London, Longmans Green, 1967 ; 255 pp. First British Edition; 8VO. Very light wear to   priceclipped jacket.  Refer to our book number 22621. F/NF  $18.00

 
 
Bowen, Gail  Murder at the Mendel  Toronto, Douglas & McIntyre, 1991 ; 213 pp. First Edition; 8VO. The second  Joanne   Killbourn mystery. SIGNED by Bowen on the title page.Very light wear to unpricelipped   jacket  Refer to our book number 18990. NF/NF  $16.00

  Bowering, Marilyn  The Visitors Have All Returned  Erin, Ont, Porcepic Books, 1979 ; 86 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Bowering's first prose book.   Illustrated with evocative black and white photos. Light edgewear.  Refer to our book number   14869. VG in Wraps  $14.00

  Brooke, Frances  The History of Emily Montague by the Author of Lady Julia   Mandeville  Ottawa, Graphic Publishers Limited, 1931 ; 333 pp. First Thus; 8VO. Volume 2 of the Canada   Series edited by F P Grove, with introduction and notes by Lawrence J Burpee and appendix   by F P Grove. This is considered the first Canadian novel, published in 1769 - Brooke was   the wife of the first clergyman of the Church of England in Canada. Bound in dark maroon   limp cloth, gilt titles and decorations on the spine, faded on the front cover.Light edgewear, a   nice copy than is usually found. Watters p.252.  Refer to our book number 20129. VG  $30.00

  Cameron, Donald  Faces of Leacock : An Appreciation  Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1967 ; 174 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Light wear to unclipped jacket.    Refer to our book number 22566. F/NF  $15.00

  Campbell, Wilfrid  Collected Poems of Wilfrid Campbell  Toronto, William Briggs, 1905f ; 354 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A handsome volume in very nice   bright condition.  Refer to our book number 21809. NF  $30.00

  CAPPON, James  Bliss Carman and the Literary Currents and Influences of His   Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1930 ; 340 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A fine copy in a worn and taped   jacket.  Refer to our book number 22414. Fine/Good  $18.00

 
 
Carman, Bliss  Later Poems  Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1921 ; 203 pp. First Edition; 12MO. Made up of poems form   The Rough Rider, Echoes from Vagabondia and April Airs. With an appreciation by R H   Hathaway and decorations by J E H MacDonald. Very attractively bound in blue-gray cloth   wth Macdonald design on front cover (duplicated on jacket) and gilt titling on front and spine.   Together with a sheet from an autograph book signed by Carman below two lines of verse   and dated January 1926The book is in lovely, almost new condition, with an ink inscription on   the half-title noting Carman's death in 1929. Jacket chipped and creased, missing bottom   inch of spine. A very handsome little book.  Refer to our book number 16184. NF/G  $50.00

  CARR, EMILY  The Book of Small  Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1942 ; 245 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Carr's memoir of her   Victoria (and Victorian girlhood).  Colour tissue guareded frontis.Very light wear to book,   owner's name on front pastedown, areas of sunning on spine and front board. Jacket worn,   missing bottom 2" of spine, a number of other chips and tears.  Refer to our book number   22864. VG/G  $60.00

  Casper, Claudia  The Reconstruction  Toronto, VIKING PRESS, 1996 ; 259 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Author's first novel.  Pictorial   boards with clear mylar jacket. SIGNED on the title page.Some light scratching to clear   jacket.  Refer to our book number 16223. F/NF  $15.00

  Child, Philip  Day of Wrath  Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1945 ; 274 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Winner of the All Canada Fiction   Award.A lovely copy in like jacket.  Refer to our book number 22603. F/NF  $15.00

  Child, Philip  Mr. Ames Against Time  Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1949 ; 244 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Winner of the All Canada Fiction   Award.Jacket lightly worn with some erosion at spine extremities.  Refer to our book number   22604. F/VG  $15.00

  Chittick, V. L. O.  THOMAS CHANDLER HALIBURTON ("SAM SLICK"): A STUDY IN   PROVINCIAL TORYISM.  New York, Columbia University Press, 1924 ; 695 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Light wear, spine   faded, some wear to spine extremities.  Refer to our book number 22400. VG  $15.00

 
 
Christy, Jim  Between The Meridians  Victoria, Ekstasis Editions, 1999 ; 248 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Short pieces by this versatile   and talented author.  Refer to our book number 8307. Fine in Wraps  $18.00

  Cody, H A  The Frontiersman  Toronto, William Briggs, 1910 ; 342 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. A handsome copy of   the author's first book.  Refer to our book number 22605. Fine  $15.00

  Connor, Ralph  Black Rock : A Tale of the Selkirks  Toronto, Westminster, 1898 ; 322 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A gorgeous copy bound in bright red   cloth with gilt stamping on spine and black on the cover.Owner's name on FFEP.  Refer to   our book number 22511. Fine  $20.00

  Connor, Ralph  Postscript to Adventure  London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938 ; 369 pp. First British Edition; 8VO. Edited by J King   Gordon. Portrait frontisSome rubbing to Jacket spine and rear panel, else a fine copy of the   first edition.  Refer to our book number 22539. F/NF  $25.00

  Connor, Ralph  The Gay Crusader  Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1936 ; 376 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. A beautiful   copy in like jacket. Owner's stamp on FFEP.  Refer to our book number 22541. F/F  $18.00

  Connor, Ralph  The Major  Toronto, Mcclelland Goodchild and Stewart, 1917 ; 381 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. A   beautiful copy in like jacket with only the lightest of wear.  Refer to our book number 22540.   F/NF  $20.00

  Connor, Ralph  The Man From Glengarry  Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1928 ; 473 pp. First Canadian Edition?; 8VO. Good solid copy   in very worn but quite striking dustjacket depicting fisticuffs in the logging camp.  Refer to   our book number 6729. VG/Good  $22.00

 
 
Connor, Ralph  The Prospector : A Tale of the Crow's Nest Pass  Toronto, Westminster, 1904 ; 401 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A very handsome and bright copy.   Variant binding with handles of pick and shovel on spine pointing upward. A fine copy.  Refer   to our book number 22510. Fine  $15.00

  Connor, Ralph  The Rebel Loyalist  London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1936 ; 360 pp. First British Edition; 8VO. One of   Connor's scarcer books, paricularly in jacket and in this edition.Some spotting to book   boards, otherwise very light wear.  The bright unclipped jacket has a number of small chips   and tears.  Refer to our book number 23787. VG/VG  $16.00

  Connor, Ralph  The Sky Pilot  Toronto, Westminster, 1899 ; 300 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A stunning copy in bright red cloth.   Pages starting to brown.  Refer to our book number 22505. Fine  $20.00

  Connor, Ralph  The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land  New York, George H Doran, 1919 ; 349 pp. ; 8VO. A lovely copy in lightly worn jacket.    Refer to our book number 22504. NF/NF  $20.00

  Connor, Ralph  Torches Through the Bush  Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1934 ; 300 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. Light wear to   book, owner's name and address on FFEP. Jacket creased and rubbed  Refer to our book   number 22542. NF/VG  $20.00

  Cotes, Mrs Everard (Sara Jeanette   Duncan)  Cousin Cinderella  New York, Macmillan, 1908 ; 365 pp. First US Edition; 8VO. Bound in green ribbed cloth with   a rather handsome gilt and coloured motif of maple leaves on the front cover and spine.   Black and white frontis.Some foxing, overall light wear. A handsome copy.  Refer to our   book number 22533. VG  $60.00

  Cotes, Mrs Everard (Sara Jeanette   Duncan)  The Path of a Star  Toronto, W J Gage, 1899 ; 311 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. Rebound in morocco grained   cloth and brown morocco spine ruled and stamped in gilt.  First published by Stokes in 1898   as Hilda.Owner's stamp on FFEP, otherwise fine.  Refer to our book number 22536. NF  $75.00

 
 
Creal, Margaret  The Man Who Sold Prayers  Toronto, Lester Orpen Dennys, 1981 ; 198 pp. First Edition; 8VO. SIGNED by the author on   the title page. The author's first collection of short stories.Very light wear to unpriceclipped   jacket.  Refer to our book number 16983. NF/NF  $15.00

  Davies, Robertson  A Voice From the Attic  New York/Toronto, Knopf / McClelland & Stewart, 1960 ; 360 pp. First Edition; 8VO. The