Original red cloth with gilt lettering on boards. Deals with mother-daughter-lover triangle, with emphasis upon the mother's struggle to speak and be heard, in defiance of societal expectations. Previous owner's name. Minor edge soil. 342 pp. View More...
Original bright maroon cloth with gilt pictorial on boards. DJ from H.K. Fly Company, N.Y., has several repaired tears inside, and a cover crease, but is complete. A haunting DJ and front. of a girl with a bucket of kittens and a violin going ourt into a blizzard ! Four full-page b/w plates. Previous owner's name and small lodge sticker on front endpaper. 352 pp. View More...
Original red cloth on boards. Previous owner's label and pencilled circle on first free endpaper. A novel concerning rival traders who compete for both business and love in the frozen barrens of Labrador. 153 pp. View More...
Protagonist is a Labrador fur trader succeeding his father, who made a few enemies in the business. The author is widely respected due to his production of novels, short stories, and magazine articles on various Nature themes. In fact, one French publisher authorized White's total output in French. No marks or damage to the book. DJ is lightly chipped around the edges. 153 pp. Scarce ! View More...
Original dark blue cloth on boards. DJ has piece missing at bottom of spine. SEE SCAN. Ned Trent had bucked the powerful factor of the local Hudson's Bay outlet, who then sentenced Ned to "la longue traverse". Then he met the factor's daughter ... 260 pp. P.O.N. View More...
Original dark green cloth bordered in black on boards. Previous owner's name and date (1924). A bishop from the city retires to a country parish for "rest and relaxation." It's not to be ! 315 pp. View More...
Original tan cloth lettered and decorated in black on boards. Page heads state "The Boys' Big Game Series" on verso, and "The White Tiger of Nepal" on recto. 255 pp. plus teaser previews of three similar stories. General age-toning, but easily readable. View More...
Original blue cloth decorated in lighter blue, gilt, and portrait pastedown. No DJ. Spine lettering worn. Nick, the protagonist, begins by watching women from his window, pursues one in particular, and then...? Five quaint colour drawings and a cover pastedown by Wallace Morgan illustrate this oh-so-Victorian glimpse of New York social life. Front free end paper missing. "Old Ladies Home" in ink script, and initials OLH on edges suggest that it was an informal library copy. Minor corner wear. 311 pp. Don't miss the PHOTO. View More...
Original plum cloth with oval pastedown portrait and white lettering on boards. Front free endpaper missing. Corner and edge wear. "Old Ladies' Home" on title, and "OLH" on edges. Unusually fine art work by Orson Lowell in colour. 306 pp. View More...
Apparently a later book, written substantially by "A.M." near or after the death of her husband and co-author, "C.N." Numerous EP scribbles in ink, PON, front hinge broken, and spine faded. 355 pp. plus brief ads. View More...
Original dark green pebbled cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Front hinge badly cracked. Previous owner's name and address. Minor wear to corners. Rev. Wilson was a Methodist minister in Saint John, NB, who dabbled in writing in his spare time. He was active in the Sons of Temperance. This novel seeks to be uplifting to the young men who read it, and makes me think of Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge publications. Scarce. 287 pp. View More...
Original pictorial cover trade paperback. My suggestion is to check internet references for insight into this book. Very good condition. Inscribed by author, it is her second novel. 212 pp. plus bio. View More...
Original green paper boards with beige cloth spine. Colour illustrated DJ has minor top and bottom wear. A scheme to capture a Russian nuclear sub. 252 pp. View More...
Original beige cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ has one tiny tear at top rear. Untrimmed front edges. "A subtle study of love and passing violence...framed by the serenity and peace of mind of a bygone day." 241 pp. plus A Note on the Type. View More...
Original red cloth with black lettering on boards, no DJ. Large, bleached stain on spine, interior foxing, OW better than good. First edition of a rare work. A fanciful story of how life changes for a penniless man who discovers a spring of unusual water in his London backyard. 283 pp. View More...
Original red cloth lettered in black on boards. Rear hinge lightly cracked and glued. Library ink stamp with no further evidence. Edges grubby. No names or other writing. Believed First Canadian Edition. Ca. 1925. A complicated comedy perhaps only Wodehouse could imagine. 248 pp. View More...
Original maroon cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Mermaid endpapers. Previous owner's name. Hand-soiled yellow dustjacket has missing pieces at top and bottom of spine. Both hinges starting. This novel was a Victorian best-seller, and reads like a soap opera. It has been adapted to stage and film multiple times. 644 pp. View More...
Beige cloth on boards. Spine darkened. Previous owner's initials the only marks. Foxing freckles on front and bottom edges. Written as third in a trio with Action and Passion (1933) and Sinbad the Soldier (1935). Again, the protagonist ends up in the Foreign Legion. 319 pp. View More...
