Search Results: Short Fiction from Ainsworth Books

London: Heinemann/Octopus. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. Omnibus. Hardcover. 0706405684 . Only slight wear to DJ; A bright, solid book, price clipped DJ in Mylar ; 2.44 x 9.45 x 6.14 Inches; 937 pages .

London: Leonard Parsons Ltd.. Good+. 1923. First English Edition. Hardcover. A tight solid book. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 251 pages; Blue cloth boards have sun-fading, corners bumped. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. This is a series of short stories, mostly reflecting mostly historical - ancient Greece, Roman, mediaeval Europe, et al. .

Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920501338 . Light creasing top edge of DJ, two tiny scratches on DJ spine; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; B&W Illustrations; 121 pages .

London: James Clarke & Co. Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 256 pages; Red cloth boards have some light soiling, very light shelfwear to edges and corners. Previous owner's name on FFEP. .

Vancouver BC: Arsenal Pulp Press. Very Good+. 2005. Second Printing. Paperback. 155152192x . Signed by Author; Minor scuffing.; Inscribed by author on title page. A bright, solid book. ; Trade PB; 8.30 X 5.50 X 0.60 inches; 176 pages; Inscribed by the author "to Ruth - all the best. Ivan Coyote". .

Toronto: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002238896 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.7 Inches; 165 pages; When it was first published in 1992, Linda Svendsen’s Marine Life was welcomed with exceptional reviews on both sides of the border. The eight seamlessly interwoven stories charted the longings, pleasures and terrors of Adele Nordstrom, a child who looks unsparingly at the failures of her family, and as an adult is destined to repeat them. Now these powerful stories have beentransformed into a film, directed by Anne Wheeler and starring Cybil Shepherd, making its debut in May 2000 at the Cannes Film Festival.Adele is the baby of the family, the afterthought and nearly invisible presence amid a crumbling domestic empire. She is doggedly devoted to her family: her womanizing brother, Ray, her self-destructive sister, Joyce, and her mother, June, a… Read More

Vancouver BC: Arsenal Pulp Press. Near Fine. 2008. First Edition. Paperback. 1551522470 . Signed by Author; Minor scuffing.; Inscribed by author on title page. A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8.27 X 5.43 X 0.31 inches; 152 pages; Inscribed by the author, "To Ruth: nice meeting you. Ivan Coyote". .

Canada: Oberon Press. Very Good. 1998. Paperback. 0778011097 . Fore corners worn, mild creasing to front card cover ; A bright solid, book ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages; ""Pity" draws the reader through the descending layers of horror of an Israeli soldier who is party to an assassination attempt gone terribly wrong. In "Terror" a man recalls a traumatic childhood incident that taught him family comes first—before justice, before fear. On a lighter note, "Mish-Mash" is a comical tornado set off when a winning lottery ticket is discovered in a less-than-conventional family, best described as "Sholem Aleichem writes Peyton Place on speed" (Montreal Gazette). Underneath their often brash exteriors Mandelman’s characters search for reconciliation and fulfillment in a land where conflict is a part of everyday life. Mandelman ensnares readers in intense plot-driven narratives that are pierced through with unexpected and… Read More

Toronto, ON: The Ryerson Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author; DJ chipped, scuffed with some creasing, top corner a little bumped, gift notation on verso of FFEP ; Signed by Percy on FFEP. DJ in Mylar A tight solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 163 pages; The stories run "the gamut of the storyteller's art - from tales of the supernatural... to simple narratives that catch the pathos of everyday life... stories reflecting the author's own experience as a ship's officer." .

Toronto: Coach House Press. Very Good. 1972. Later Printing. Paperback. Light edge wear to extremities of this book, short split top back spine edge ; French flaps over card covers, humourous illustrations throughout. ; A humorous homage to the legend of the knight, Sir Galahad. This is an early short story by Matt Cohen, one of Canada's most beloved modern fiction writers who was first published in 1969 and continued with many novels, collections of poetry, short stories. After his death in 1999 it came out that he has wrote children's books under the name Teddy Jam. This is not from the limited edition first printing. .